Anil Wadhwa Explained

Anil Wadha; born 26 May 1957[1] 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.[2] He is currently a Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader at the Vivekananda International Foundation in New Delhi.[3]

Office:Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino[4] [5]
Term Start:March 2016[6] [7]
Term End:May 2017[8] [9]
Predecessor:Basant Kumar Gupta[10]
Successor:Reenat Sandhu
Office1:Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, India
Term Start1:February 2014[11] [12]
Term End1:February 2016
Successor1:Preeti Saran[13]
Office2:Indian Ambassador to Poland and Lithuania[14]
Term Start2:March 2004
Term End2:August 2007
Predecessor2:R. L. Narayan
Successor2:C.M. Bhandari
Office3:Indian Ambassador to Oman[15]
Term Start3:August 2007[16]
Term End3:September 2007
Predecessor3:Ashok Kumar Attri[17]
Successor3:J. S. Mukul
Office4:Indian Ambassador to Thailand
Term Start4:November 2011[18]
Term End4:January 2014
Predecessor4:Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty
Successor4:Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Birth Date:26 May 1957[19]
Occupation:IFS
Alma Mater:University of Delhi
Profession:Civil Servant
Nationality:Indian
Spouse:Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa[20] [21]

Personal life

Wadhwa holds a Master of Arts with a specialisation in Chinese History as well as Medieval Indian history and Architecture[19] 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

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,[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.[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

References

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  2. News: Anil Wadhwa is India's Ambassador to Italy. ANI. Business Standard India. 26 November 2015. Business Standard.
  3. Web site: Amb Anil Wadhwa, Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader, VIF | Vivekananda International Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214205549/http://www.vifindia.org/author/amd-anil-wadhwa. 2018-02-14. February 14, 2018.
  4. Web site: Indian Mandarins is Exclusive News, Views and Analysis News portal on Indian bureaucracy, governance, PSUs and Corporate. IndianMandarins.
  5. News: Senior diplomat Anil Wadhwa new Ambassador to Italy. 26 November 2015. The Economic Times.
  6. Web site: Embassy of India, Rome, Italy. www.indianembassyrome.in.
  7. Web site: MEA | About MEA : Profiles : Secretary (East). www.mea.gov.in.
  8. Web site: Soon, MEA to see major reshuffle.
  9. Web site: New Indian envoys to EU, Italy, Denmark named.
  10. Web site: Indian Mandarins is Exclusive News, Views and Analysis News portal on Indian bureaucracy, governance, PSUs and Corporate. IndianMandarins.
  11. Web site: Anil Wadhwa new Secretary-East. IANS. 9 January 2014. Business Standard.
  12. Web site: http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/gsb/Files/Substitute_Representatives/English/INDIA_Wadhwa.pdf. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214205044/http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/gsb/Files/Substitute_Representatives/English/INDIA_Wadhwa.pdf. dead. 14 February 2018. 14 February 2018.
  13. Web site: Anil Wadhwa is India's next envoy to Italy.
  14. Web site: Embassy Of India, Warsaw, Poland and Lithuania : List of former Ambassadors. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214223324/http://www.indianembassywarsaw.in/eoi.php?id=Previous. 2018-02-14. February 14, 2018.
  15. Web site: Anil Wadhwa appointed new Ambassador to Italy – The Sen Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214231404/http://www.tkbsen.in/2015/11/anil-wadhwa-appointed-new-ambassador-to-italy/. 2018-02-14. February 14, 2018.
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  18. Web site: Previous Ambassadors - Embassy of India,Bangkok - Thailand. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214224233/http://www.indianembassy.in.th/pages.php?id=3. 2018-02-14. February 14, 2018.
  19. Web site: Anil Wadhwa named India's new ambassador to Italy. November 26, 2015. Business Standard.
  20. Web site: NPO JIIPA English. NPO JIIPA En.
  21. News: Abuse of domestic workers will be stopped: Anil Wadhwa. The Hindu . June 30, 2009. www.thehindu.com.
  22. Web site: ANIL WADHWA Profile | Thailand Tatler. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214215838/http://www.thailandtatler.com/tatler-list/500list/anil-wadhwa. 2018-02-14. February 14, 2018.
  23. Web site: NPO JIIPA English. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214220257/http://npo-jiipa.org/en/news/news3.html. 2018-02-14. February 14, 2018.
  24. Web site: EAMUNC - Mentor | Anil Wadhwa. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214222140/http://eamunc.org/anil-wadhwa.html. 2018-02-14. February 14, 2018.
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  26. Web site: India evacuates 5,600 from Yemen, 200 Indians unwilling to leave. April 10, 2015. www.oneindia.com.
  27. Web site: Untitled Page. pib.gov.in.
  28. Web site: India to shut embassy as situation worsens in strife-torn Yemen. April 10, 2015.
  29. Web site: 200 Indians refuse to leave Yemen as rescue ends. April 10, 2015. Gulf-Times.

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