Anil Wadhwa | |
|---|---|
| Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino [1] [2] | |
| In office March 2016 [3] [4] –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] [3] [4] | |
| 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 [12] | |
| In office August 2007 [13] –September 2011 [13] | |
| 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 | 26 May 1957 [16] [17] |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Spouse | Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa [18] [19] |
| Alma mater | St Stephen's College,Delhi Delhi University |
| Occupation | IFS |
| Profession | Civil Servant |
Anil Wadhwa (born 26 May 1957 [16] ) is a retired Indian diplomat of Indian Foreign Service who 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]
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]
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]
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