India on Friday said the 'pat-down' search of Ambassador Meera Shankar at a US airport was not good public diplomacy and that it was awaiting a report from its embassy in Washington over the incident before it can take up the matter with American authorities.

Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Friday said India will take up the issue of frisking of Indian Ambassador to the United States Meera Shankar with the American Embassy here.