Reenat Sandhu Explained

Office:Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino[1]
Term Start:9 July 2017
Term End:September 2020
Predecessor:Anil Wadhwa
Birth Date:7 June 1964[2]
Occupation:Diplomat IFS
Children:2
Alma Mater:Delhi School of Economics
Nationality:Indian
Spouse:Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Office1:Additional Secretary (Indo-Pacific, South, Oceania)
Termend1:2021
Termstart1:September 2020
Office2:Secretary (West)
Termstart2:2021
Termend2:2022

Reenat Sandhu (born 7 June 1964)[2] is a retired Indian diplomat and former ambassador of India to the Netherlands. She had previously served as Secretary West in the Ministry of External Affairs and as the Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino.[1]

Personal life

Sandhu holds a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.[3] She is married to Taranjit Singh Sandhu who served as Ambassador of India to the United States. They have two children.[3]

Career

Reenat Sandhu joined the Indian Foreign Service in August 1989.[2] She has served at the Indian missions in Moscow, Kyiv, Washington, D.C., Colombo, New York and Geneva.[3] She has also worked at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi and handled Investment and Trade Promotion, Projects, East Europe and Sri Lanka desks.

She was the Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organization in Geneva from 2011 to 2014. From 2014 to 2017, she was the Minister (Commerce)[4] and later the Deputy Chief of Mission[5] at the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C.[3]

Sandhu was made the first Additional Secretary of the new Oceania vertical in the MEA, including the former Indo-Pacific and South divisions.[6] [7] Following this she became Secretary (West) and served their till February 2022.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Indian envoys to EU, Italy, Denmark named- The New Indian Express. https://web.archive.org/web/20180608111215/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/jun/14/new-indian-envoys-to-eu-italy-denmark-named-1616551.html. live. 8 June 2018. 8 June 2018.
  2. Web site: https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf. https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf. dead. 22 April 2018. 22 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Embassy of India, Rome, Italy : Ambassador's Profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20180608111556/http://www.indianembassyrome.in/eoi.php?id=Ambassador. dead. 8 June 2018. 8 June 2018.
  4. Web site: Ms. Reenat Sandhu, Minister (Commerce), Embassy of India, Washington at Invest Punjab - 10.10.2016, PBIP. https://web.archive.org/web/20180608113107/http://investpunjab.gov.in/ImageGallery/ViewImages/10055. dead. 8 June 2018. 8 June 2018.
  5. Web site: Welcome to Embassy of India, Washington D C, USA. https://web.archive.org/web/20180608113218/https://www.indianembassy.org/archives_details.php?nid=22. dead. 8 June 2018. 8 June 2018.
  6. Web site: Bagchi. Indrani. 29 September 2021. With eye on China, MEA brings Indo-Pacific, Asean policies under one unit. 2021-09-24. The Times of India.
  7. Web site: Roche. Elizabeth. 2020-09-29. New MEA division to focus on Indo-Pacific. 2021-09-24. mint. en.
  8. Web site: Profiles :Secretary (West). 2021-09-24. mea.gov.in.