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]
Anil Wadhwa | |
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Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino[6][7] | |
In office March 2016[4][5] – May 2017[8][9] | |
Preceded by | Basant Kumar Gupta[10] |
Succeeded by | Reenat Sandhu[9] |
Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs, India | |
In office February 2014[11][12] – February 2016[12][4][5] | |
Succeeded by | Preeti Saran[13] |
Indian Ambassador to Poland and Lithuania[14] | |
In office March 2004 – August 2007 | |
Preceded by | R. L. Narayan |
Succeeded by | C.M. Bhandari |
Indian Ambassador to Oman[16] | |
In office August 2007[15] – September 2007[15] | |
Preceded by | Ashok Kumar Attri[17] |
Succeeded by | J. S. Mukul[17] |
Indian Ambassador to Thailand | |
In office November 2011[18] – January 2014[18] | |
Preceded by | Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty[18] |
Succeeded by | Harsh Vardhan Shringla[18] |
Personal details | |
Born | [1][19] | 26 May 1957
Nationality | Indian |
Spouse | Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa[20][21] |
Alma mater | University of Delhi |
Occupation | IFS |
Profession | Civil Servant |
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]
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]