Anil Wadhwa

Anil Wadhwa
Anil Wadhwa
Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino[4][5]
	In office; March 2016[6][7] – 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][6][7]
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[15]
	In office; August 2007[16] – September 2007[16]
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	26 May 1957[19][20]
Nationality	Indian
Spouse(s)	Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa[21][22]
Alma mater	University of Delhi
Occupation	Diplomat IFS

Anil Wadha; born 26 May 1957[1] is an Indian diplomat who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. 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]

Personal life

Wadhwa holds a Master of Arts with a specialisation in Chinese History as well as Medieval Indian history and Architecture[20] from the University of Delhi.[23] He is married to Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, who also belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. They have two sons.[24]

Anil Wadhwa was a member of the Indian Foreign Service from 1 July 1979 to 31 May 2017.[25] 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.[26]

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.[29] He was also associated with the Operation Raahat.[30][31][32][33]

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