Anil Wadhwa
Anil Wadhwa | |
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Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino[3][4] | |
In office March 2016[1][2] – May 2017[5][6] | |
Preceded by | Basant Kumar Gupta[7] |
Succeeded by | Reenat Sandhu[6] |
Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, India | |
In office February 2014[8][9] – February 2016[9][1][2] | |
Succeeded by | Preeti Saran[10] |
Indian Ambassador to Poland and Lithuania[11] | |
In office March 2004 – August 2007 | |
Preceded by | R. L. Narayan |
Succeeded by | C.M. Bhandari |
Indian Ambassador to Oman[13] | |
In office August 2007[12] – September 2007[12] | |
Preceded by | Ashok Kumar Attri[14] |
Succeeded by | J. S. Mukul[14] |
Indian Ambassador to Thailand | |
In office November 2011[15] – January 2014[15] | |
Preceded by | Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty[15] |
Succeeded by | Harsh Vardhan Shringla[15] |
Personal details | |
Born | [16][17] | 26 May 1957
Nationality | Indian |
Spouse | Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa[18][19] |
Alma mater | University of Delhi |
Occupation | IFS |
Profession | Civil Servant |
Anil Wadha (born 26 May 1957[16]) is an Indian civil servant who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service cadre. He has served as the Indian Ambassador to Italy, Poland, Oman and Thailand.[20] He is currently a Senior Fellow and Cluster Leader at the Vivekananda International Foundation in New Delhi.[21]
Personal life
[edit]Wadhwa holds a Master of Arts with a specialisation in Chinese History as well as Medieval Indian history and Architecture[17] from the University of Delhi.[22] He is married to Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, who also belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. They have two sons.[23]
Career
[edit]Anil Wadhwa was a member of the Indian Foreign Service from 1 July 1979 to 31 May 2017.[24] He has served at the Indian missions in Hong Kong, Beijing, Geneva, Warsaw,[11] Muscat,[14] Bangkok[15] and Rome.[8][9]
He has served as the Director/Joint Secretary at the Technical Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague from July 1993 to July 2000.[25]
He was also a United Nations Disarmament Fellow at Geneva from July to November 1989.[24] During Wadhwa's tenure as the Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino, he served as the Indian Permanent representative to three Rome-based agencies of the United Nations: Food and Agriculture Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development and World Food Programme.[24]
Wadhwa has coordinated the evacuation of Indian nationals from Iraq, Yemen and Libya while serving as the Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs, India.[24] He was also associated with the Operation Raahat.[26][27][28][29]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Embassy of India, Rome, Italy". www.indianembassyrome.in.
- ^ a b "MEA | About MEA : Profiles : Secretary (East)". www.mea.gov.in.
- ^ "Indian Mandarins is Exclusive News, Views and Analysis News portal on Indian bureaucracy, governance, PSUs and Corporate". IndianMandarins.
- ^ "Senior diplomat Anil Wadhwa new Ambassador to Italy". The Economic Times. 26 November 2015.
- ^ "Soon, MEA to see major reshuffle".
- ^ a b "New Indian envoys to EU, Italy, Denmark named".
- ^ "Indian Mandarins is Exclusive News, Views and Analysis News portal on Indian bureaucracy, governance, PSUs and Corporate". IndianMandarins.
- ^ a b IANS (9 January 2014). "Anil Wadhwa new Secretary-East" – via Business Standard.
- ^ a b c . 14 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180214205044/http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/gsb/Files/Substitute_Representatives/English/INDIA_Wadhwa.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2018.
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(help) - ^ "Anil Wadhwa is India's next envoy to Italy".
- ^ a b "Embassy Of India, Warsaw, Poland and Lithuania : List of former Ambassadors". February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14.
- ^ a b "Data" (PDF). www.fao.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ "Anil Wadhwa appointed new Ambassador to Italy – The Sen Times". February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14.
- ^ a b c "Embassy of India, Muscat, Oman : Embassy Officers". Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ^ a b c d e "Previous Ambassadors - Embassy of India,Bangkok - Thailand". February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14.
- ^ a b "Data" (PDF). www.fao.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ a b "Anil Wadhwa named India's new ambassador to Italy". November 26, 2015 – via Business Standard.
- ^ "NPO JIIPA English". NPO JIIPA En.
- ^ "Abuse of domestic workers will be stopped: Anil Wadhwa". The Hindu. June 30, 2009 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ ANI (26 November 2015). "Anil Wadhwa is India's Ambassador to Italy". Business Standard India – via Business Standard.
- ^ "Amb Anil Wadhwa, Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader, VIF | Vivekananda International Foundation". February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14.
- ^ "ANIL WADHWA Profile | Thailand Tatler". February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14.
- ^ "NPO JIIPA English". February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14.
- ^ a b c d "EAMUNC - Mentor | Anil Wadhwa". February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14.
- ^ "Data" (PDF). www.fao.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ "India evacuates 5,600 from Yemen, 200 Indians unwilling to leave". www.oneindia.com. April 10, 2015.
- ^ "Untitled Page". pib.gov.in.
- ^ "India to shut embassy as situation worsens in strife-torn Yemen". April 10, 2015.
- ^ "200 Indians refuse to leave Yemen as rescue ends". Gulf-Times. April 10, 2015.