A New Delhi Girl, Chaitanya Venkateswaran got a chance to spend her one day as the UK’s senior-most diplomat in India. He had utilised her full day as a Diplomat. She got this chance under an initiative which aimed at empowering and highlighting the challenges faced by women across the world.

The British High Commission has been organising the ”High Commissioner for a Day” competition annually since 2017. During this competition young Indian women aged 18 to 23 years got a chance to become their most senior diplomat.

Chaitanya Venkateswaran is the fourth young woman to take over as the British High Commissioner in an annual competition run by the UK mission in celebration of International Day of the Girl Child on October 11, the British High Commission said in a statement.