<p>Her first post went out from her account (www.twitter.com/forsecnrao) at about 12.10 p.m. Friday - "Leaving4NewYork tonite."<br /><br />According to a foreign ministry official, Rao will be herself sending out tweets through her Blackberry phone. “It will be mainly used to inform about her events,” he said.<br /><br />The second tweet sent by Rao was, “Enroute to (Washington) DC. Spkg at The New School NY on India-China on Sat 3.30pm”.<br /><br />She is accompanying External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna to the UN.<br /><br />Within an hour, she had gathered 150 followers with word of mouth spreading through <br />twitter. “Thank you all for your words of welcome!” she noted.<br /><br />With this, the ministry of external affairs has taken another big step in the social media web.<br /><br />The ministry's public diplomacy division started its own account last year, <br />(www.twitter.com/Indiandiplomacy), which has over 5,800 followers.<br /></p>
<p>Her first post went out from her account (www.twitter.com/forsecnrao) at about 12.10 p.m. Friday - "Leaving4NewYork tonite."<br /><br />According to a foreign ministry official, Rao will be herself sending out tweets through her Blackberry phone. “It will be mainly used to inform about her events,” he said.<br /><br />The second tweet sent by Rao was, “Enroute to (Washington) DC. Spkg at The New School NY on India-China on Sat 3.30pm”.<br /><br />She is accompanying External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna to the UN.<br /><br />Within an hour, she had gathered 150 followers with word of mouth spreading through <br />twitter. “Thank you all for your words of welcome!” she noted.<br /><br />With this, the ministry of external affairs has taken another big step in the social media web.<br /><br />The ministry's public diplomacy division started its own account last year, <br />(www.twitter.com/Indiandiplomacy), which has over 5,800 followers.<br /></p>