Minister of State (PMO) Prithviraj Chauhan will head for China, and Science and Technology minister Kapil Sibal will also fan out in various other countries.
The remaining seven envoys are top diplomats, including Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan, Special envoy on West Asia C R Gharekhan and Ministry of External Affairs’ three secretaries - Secretary (west) Nalin Surie, Secretary (east) N Ravi and Secretary (economic relations) Hardeep Puri.