Ruchi Ghanashyam (born 4 April 1960
) is an
Indian diplomat
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who belongs to the
Indian Foreign Service.
Personal life
Ruchi Ghanashyam holds a
Master of Arts degree in
psychology from
Bhopal University.
She is married to Ajjampur Rangaiah Ghanashyam, who also belonged to the
Indian Foreign Service. They have two sons.
Career
She joined the
Indian Foreign Service in August 1982. She was the Third Secretary at the
Indian Embassy in
Damascus
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where she learnt
Arabic.
She has served in
Indian missions in
Brussels,
Kathmandu,
Damascus
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Islamabad and
Accra
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Ruchi has served at the
Ministry of External Affairs in
New Delhi as Director (Pakistan) from August 2000 to March 2004. 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.
Ghanashyam was the first
Indian woman
diplomat
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to be posted in
Islamabad when the harassment of
Indian diplomats was routine.
See also
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A. Gitesh Sarma
A. Gitesh Sarma or Anumula Gitesh Sarma (born in 1961) is an Indian diplomat. He has worked for the Indian Foreign Service since 1986. He completed his schooling from St. Xavier's School, Hazaribagh and received a BA and an MA (in political sci ...
*
Vijay Gokhale
*
Harsh V Shringla
*
Taranjit Singh Sandhu
*
Syed Akbaruddin
References
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Living people
Indian Foreign Service officers
Indian women ambassadors
1960 births
Ambassadors of India to South Africa
Barkatullah University alumni
High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom