Her Excellency
Ruchi Ghanashyam
IFS
High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
In office
November 2018 – June 2020
Preceded byYashvardhan Kumar Sinha[1][2]
Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs, India
In office
17 April 2017[3] – November 2018[4]
Preceded bySujata Mehta[5]
Succeeded byA. Gitesh Sarma[6][7]
Indian High Commissioner to South Africa[8]
In office
28 October 2013[8] – 13 April 2017[8]
Preceded byVirendra Gupta
Succeeded byRuchira Kamboj
Indian High Commissioner to Ghana with concurrent accreditation to Burkina Faso, Togo and Sierra Leone[9]
In office
2008[10]–2011[10]
Preceded byRajesh Nandan Prasad
Succeeded byRajinder Bhagat
Minister, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York[3]
In office
May 2004[3] – March 2008[3]
Personal details
Born (1960-04-04) 4 April 1960
NationalityIndian
SpouseAjjampur Rangaiah Ghanashyam
Alma materBhopal University
OccupationIndian Foreign Service

Ruchi Ghanashyam (born 4 April 1960[11]) is an 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.[4] She has served in Indian missions in Brussels, Kathmandu, Damascus, Islamabad[3] Pretoria[12] and Accra.[5] Ruchi has served at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi as Director (Pakistan) from August 2000 to March 2004.[13] 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.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Some distrust in Indo-UK relations, says envoy YK Sinha". 22 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to High Commission of India, London, UK". www.hcilondon.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "MEA - About MEA : Profiles :Secretary (West)". 6 May 2018. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Welcome to High Commission of India, London, UK". www.hcilondon.gov.in. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Ruchi Ghanashyam appointed Secretary (West) in MEA". 28 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Appointment of Shri A. Gitesh Sarma, as Secretary (West) MEA". Archived from the original on 6 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "A Gitesh Sarma appointed as Secretary (West) in MEA". www.uniindia.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 Former High Commissioners High Commission of India
  9. ↑ "High Commission of India, Accra, Ghana : Welcome to the High Commission of India, Accra". 6 May 2018. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018.
  10. 1 2 "High Commission of India, Accra, Ghana : Former High Commissioners". 6 May 2018. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Sorry for the inconvenience" (PDF). 22 April 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "India, South Africa united for centuries by umblical cord: Ruchi Ghanashyam - The Financial Express". 6 May 2018. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Long Demarche Home". 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "Ms Uninterrupted". 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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