Ruchi Ghanashyam Explained

Office:High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
Term Start:November 2018
Term End:June 2020
Predecessor:Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha[1] [2]
Successor:Gaitri Issar Kumar
Office1:Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs, India
Term Start1:17 April 2017[3]
Term End1:November 2018[4]
Predecessor1:Sujata Mehta[5]
Successor1:A. Gitesh Sarma[6] [7]
Office2:Indian High Commissioner to South Africa[8]
Term Start2:28 October 2013
Term End2:13 April 2017
Predecessor2:Virendra Gupta
Successor2:Ruchira Kamboj
Office3:Indian High Commissioner to Ghana with concurrent accreditation to Burkina Faso, Togo and Sierra Leone[9]
Term Start3:2008[10]
Term End3:2011
Predecessor3:Rajesh Nandan Prasad
Successor3:Rajinder Bhagat
Office4:Minister, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York
Term Start4:May 2004
Term End4:March 2008
Birth Date:4 April 1960
Occupation:Indian Foreign Service
Alma Mater:Bhopal University
Nationality:Indian
Spouse:Ajjampur Rangaiah Ghanashyam
Honorific Suffix:IFS
Honorific Prefix:Her Excellency

Ruchi Ghanashyam (born 4 April 1960[11]) is a retired Indian diplomat who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service.

Personal life

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]

Career

She joined the Indian Foreign Service in August 1982. She was the Third Secretary at the Indian Embassy in Damascus where she learnt Arabic.[12] She has served in Indian missions in Brussels, Kathmandu, Damascus, Islamabad[3] Pretoria[13] and Accra.[5] Ruchi has served at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi as Director (Pakistan) from August 2000 to March 2004.[14] 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.[15]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Some distrust in Indo-UK relations, says envoy YK Sinha. https://web.archive.org/web/20181223003806/https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/some-distrust-in-indo-uk-relations-says-envoy-yk-sinha/story-ioYuIsYzeWuV8ljWLhJg4H.html. 2018-12-23. 22 October 2018.
  2. Web site: Welcome to High Commission of India, London, UK . www.hcilondon.gov.in . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181223003547/https://www.hcilondon.gov.in/pages?id=eyJpdiI6IlRvXC94OWRCR2tNQ0h2UzdlTzRqYU5nPT0iLCJ2YWx1ZSI6InZjUWVoM0FVQzR5d3Nid2JoZzRGa1E9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImM0MzhmMzE4YTk1MjExMzIyYzczYmYyODNjMWRjNjk3MmRjMDQxMWQ4OTJmNjJlZmM4MzQzM2VhZTAzNmIyNWQifQ

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    . 23 December 2018 . dead.
  3. Web site: MEA - About MEA : Profiles :Secretary (West). 6 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180506094101/http://www.mea.gov.in/sw.htm. 2018-05-06.
  4. Web site: Welcome to High Commission of India, London, UK . www.hcilondon.gov.in . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181223004558/https://www.hcilondon.gov.in/pages?id=eyJpdiI6IjQ5eTZtd2ZYbXVFQ2M4b3ZXNGVCVEE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiblFmRHBUTlMyV3lob3ExcjdmS2w4QT09IiwibWFjIjoiMDZjNWJhY2M2NGIyMGIyMzNmYmE4Y2Q0NzhmYWE4MTZkZTlmYWExZGJjNDY0OTNmODVkM2U0OTczNTlkYzE0NSJ9&subid=eyJpdiI6ImtLbWVZaThCSHZNNHp2ZzFHOUF4M2c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiZTl1djBNdnV0TUpEQzNldUZCbUVNQT09IiwibWFjIjoiZWNmZGIxNmU5MDI4MDQ4Mjg3ODgyOGVhMDc1MDViMjg2NmJjMWEzMmEwODA2OTZjODhlZTg1MjgxOWI1MjhjMyJ9 . 23 December 2018 . dead.
  5. Web site: Ruchi Ghanashyam appointed Secretary (West) in MEA. 28 February 2017.
  6. Web site: Appointment of Shri A. Gitesh Sarma, as Secretary (West) MEA. https://web.archive.org/web/20181006161451/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=183606. 2018-10-06.
  7. Web site: A Gitesh Sarma appointed as Secretary (West) in MEA . www.uniindia.com . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006161356/http://www.uniindia.com/a-gitesh-sarma-appointed-as-secretary-west-in-mea/india/news/1356976.html . 6 October 2018 . dead.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20180506094638/http://www.hcisouthafrica.in/hc.php?id=Previous Former High Commissioners
  9. Web site: High Commission of India, Accra, Ghana : Welcome to the High Commission of India, Accra. 6 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180506100701/http://www.hciaccra.in/hci.php?id=About. 2018-05-06.
  10. Web site: High Commission of India, Accra, Ghana : Former High Commissioners. 6 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180506095511/http://www.hciaccra.in/hci.php?id=Former. 2018-05-06.
  11. Web site: Sorry for the inconvenience. 22 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf. 2018-04-22.
  12. Web site: Welcome to High Commission of India, London, UK . www.hcilondon.gov.in . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181223004558/https://www.hcilondon.gov.in/pages?id=eyJpdiI6IjQ5eTZtd2ZYbXVFQ2M4b3ZXNGVCVEE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiblFmRHBUTlMyV3lob3ExcjdmS2w4QT09IiwibWFjIjoiMDZjNWJhY2M2NGIyMGIyMzNmYmE4Y2Q0NzhmYWE4MTZkZTlmYWExZGJjNDY0OTNmODVkM2U0OTczNTlkYzE0NSJ9&subid=eyJpdiI6ImtLbWVZaThCSHZNNHp2ZzFHOUF4M2c9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiZTl1djBNdnV0TUpEQzNldUZCbUVNQT09IiwibWFjIjoiZWNmZGIxNmU5MDI4MDQ4Mjg3ODgyOGVhMDc1MDViMjg2NmJjMWEzMmEwODA2OTZjODhlZTg1MjgxOWI1MjhjMyJ9 . 23 December 2018 . dead.
  13. Web site: India, South Africa united for centuries by umblical cord: Ruchi Ghanashyam - The Financial Express. 6 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180506134200/https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/india-south-africa-united-for-centuries-by-umblical-cord/622756/. 2018-05-06.
  14. Web site: 2018-06-08. Long Demarche Home. 2021-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180608113556/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/long-demarche-home/219095. 2018-06-08.
  15. Web site: 2018-06-08. Ms Uninterrupted. 2021-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180608113823/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/ms-uninterrupted/238083. 2018-06-08.

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