Ruchi Ghanashyam | |
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High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom | |
In office November 2018 –June 2020 | |
Preceded by | Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha [1] [2] |
Succeeded by | Gaitri Issar Kumar |
Secretary (West),Ministry of External Affairs,India | |
In office 17 April 2017 [3] –November 2018 [4] | |
Preceded by | Sujata Mehta [5] |
Succeeded by | A. Gitesh Sarma [6] [7] |
Indian High Commissioner to South Africa [8] | |
In office 28 October 2013 [8] –13 April 2017 [8] | |
Preceded by | Virendra Gupta |
Succeeded by | Ruchira Kamboj |
Indian High Commissioner to Ghana with concurrent accreditation to Burkina Faso,Togo and Sierra Leone [9] | |
In office 2008 [10] –2011 [10] | |
Preceded by | Rajesh Nandan Prasad |
Succeeded by | Rajinder Bhagat |
Minister,Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations,New York [3] | |
In office May 2004 [3] –March 2008 [3] | |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 April 1960 |
Nationality | Indian |
Spouse | Ajjampur Rangaiah Ghanashyam |
Alma mater | Bhopal University |
Occupation | Indian Foreign Service |
Ruchi Ghanashyam (born 4 April 1960 [11] ) is a retired Indian diplomat who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service.
Ruchi Ghanashyam holds a Master of Arts degree in psychology from Bhopal University. [3] She is married to Ajjampur Rangaiah Ghanashyam,who also belonged to the Indian Foreign Service. They have two sons. [3]
She joined the Indian Foreign Service in August 1982. She was the Third Secretary at the Indian Embassy in Damascus where she learnt Arabic. [4] She has served in Indian missions in Brussels,Kathmandu,Damascus,Islamabad [3] Pretoria [12] and Accra. [5] Ruchi has served at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi as Director (Pakistan) from August 2000 to March 2004. [13] Prior to this,she was the Counsellor (Political,Press &Information) at the Indian High Commission in Pakistan. As an Undersecretary at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi,she handled the Audio-Visual Publicity for the Ministry. [3]
Ghanashyam was the first Indian woman diplomat to be posted in Islamabad when the harassment of Indian diplomats was routine. [14]