A new Regional Passport Officer (RPO) and Head of Office, Hyderabad, has been appointed. Jonnalagadda Snehaja, a 2016 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, has assumed the charge. Snehaja is from Hyderabad and is also a chartered accountant. Before taking charge as RPO Hyderabad, she served as secondary secretary at the Embassy of India in Beijing. In Delhi, she served as Under Secretary in the Bangladesh and Myanmar divisions and vigilance division in the Ministry of External Affairs.