Anil Wadhwa

Anil Wadha; born 26 May 1957[1] is an Indian diplomat who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. He has served as the Indian Ambassador to Italy, Poland, Oman and Thailand.[2] He is currently a Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader at the Vivekananda International Foundation in New Delhi.[3]

Anil Wadhwa
Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino[4][5]
In office
March 2016[6][7] – May 2017[8][9]
Preceded byBasant Kumar Gupta[10]
Succeeded byReenat Sandhu[9]
Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, India
In office
February 2014[11][12] – February 2016[12][6][7]
Succeeded byPreeti Saran[13]
Indian Ambassador to Poland and Lithuania[14]
In office
March 2004 – August 2007
Preceded byR. L. Narayan
Succeeded byC.M. Bhandari
Indian Ambassador to Oman[15]
In office
August 2007[16] – September 2007[16]
Preceded byAshok Kumar Attri[17]
Succeeded byJ. S. Mukul[17]
Indian Ambassador to Thailand
In office
November 2011[18] – January 2014[18]
Preceded byPinak Ranjan Chakravarty[18]
Succeeded byHarsh Vardhan Shringla[18]
Personal details
Born (1957-05-26) 26 May 1957[19][20]
NationalityIndian
Spouse(s)Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa[21][22]
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
OccupationDiplomat IFS

Personal life

Wadhwa holds a Master of Arts with a specialisation in Chinese History as well as Medieval Indian history and Architecture[20] from the University of Delhi.[23] He is married to Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, who also belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. They have two sons.[24]

Career

Anil Wadhwa was a member of the Indian Foreign Service from 1 July 1979 to 31 May 2017.[25] He has served at the Indian missions in Hong Kong, Beijing, Geneva, Warsaw,[14] Muscat,[17] Bangkok[18] and Rome.[11][12]

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.[26]

He was also a United Nations Disarmament Fellow at Geneva from July to November 1989.[27] 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.[28]

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.[29] He was also associated with the Operation Raahat.[30][31][32][33]

See Also
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References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf
  2. ANI (26 November 2015). "Anil Wadhwa is India's Ambassador to Italy" – via Business Standard.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214205549/http://www.vifindia.org/author/amd-anil-wadhwa
  4. http://indianmandarins.com/wadhwa-concurrently-accredited-as-next-ambassador-to-san-marino/
  5. "Senior diplomat Anil Wadhwa new Ambassador to Italy". 26 November 2015 – via The Economic Times.
  6. "Embassy of India, Rome, Italy". www.indianembassyrome.in.
  7. http://www.mea.gov.in/se.htm
  8. "Soon, MEA to see major reshuffle".
  9. "New Indian envoys to EU, Italy, Denmark named".
  10. https://indianmandarins.com/anil-wadhwa-appointed-as-next-ambassdor-to-italy/
  11. IANS (9 January 2014). "Anil Wadhwa new Secretary-East" – via Business Standard.
  12. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). 14 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2018.
  13. http://www.uniindia.com/anil-wadhwa-is-india-s-next-envoy-to-italy/india/news/285704.html
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214223324/http://www.indianembassywarsaw.in/eoi.php?id=Previous
  15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214231404/http://www.tkbsen.in/2015/11/anil-wadhwa-appointed-new-ambassador-to-italy/
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214231617/http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/gsb/Files/Substitute_Representatives/English/INDIA_Wadhwa.pdf
  17. http://www.indemb-oman.org/eoi.php?id=Officials
  18. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214224233/http://www.indianembassy.in.th/pages.php?id=3
  19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf
  20. http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/anil-wadhwa-named-india-s-new-ambassador-to-italy-115112601356_1.html
  21. http://npo-jiipa.org/en/news/news3.html
  22. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Abuse-of-domestic-workers-will-be-stopped-Anil-Wadhwa/article16587642.ece
  23. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214215838/http://www.thailandtatler.com/tatler-list/500list/anil-wadhwa
  24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214220257/http://npo-jiipa.org/en/news/news3.html
  25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214222140/http://eamunc.org/anil-wadhwa.html
  26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214230209/http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/gsb/Files/Substitute_Representatives/English/INDIA_Wadhwa.pdf
  27. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214222140/http://eamunc.org/anil-wadhwa.html
  28. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214222140/http://eamunc.org/anil-wadhwa.html
  29. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214222140/http://eamunc.org/anil-wadhwa.html
  30. https://www.oneindia.com/india/india-evacuates-5600-from-yemen-200-indians-unwilling-leave-1712879.html
  31. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=118364
  32. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/india-to-shut-embassy-as-situation-worsens-in-strife-torn-yemen/
  33. http://www.gulf-times.com/story/434419/200-Indians-refuse-to-leave-Yemen-as-rescue-ends
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