Reenat Sandhu

Reenat Sandhu
Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino[1]
In office
9 July 2017 – September 2020
Preceded byAnil Wadhwa
Additional Secretary (Indo-Pacific, South, Oceania)
In office
September 2020 – 2021
Secretary (West)
In office
2021–2022
Personal details
Born (1964-06-07) 7 June 1964 (age 60)[2]
NationalityIndian
SpouseTaranjit Singh Sandhu
Children2
Alma materDelhi School of Economics
OccupationDiplomat IFS

Reenat Sandhu (born 7 June 1964)[2] is a retired Indian diplomat and former ambassador of India to the Netherlands. She had previously served as Secretary West in the Ministry of External Affairs and as the Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino.[1]

Personal life

Sandhu holds a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.[3] She is married to Taranjit Singh Sandhu who served as Ambassador of India to the United States. They have two children.[3]

Career

Reenat Sandhu joined the Indian Foreign Service in August 1989.[2] She has served at the Indian missions in Moscow, Kyiv, Washington, D.C., Colombo, New York and Geneva.[3] She has also worked at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi and handled Investment and Trade Promotion, Projects, East Europe and Sri Lanka desks.[citation needed]

She was the Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organization in Geneva from 2011 to 2014. From 2014 to 2017, she was the Minister (Commerce)[4] and later the Deputy Chief of Mission[5] at the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C.[3]

Sandhu was made the first Additional Secretary of the new Oceania vertical in the MEA, including the former Indo-Pacific and South divisions.[6][7] Following this she became Secretary (West) and served their till February 2022.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "New Indian envoys to EU, Italy, Denmark named- The New Indian Express". 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c . 22 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2018. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ a b c d "Embassy of India, Rome, Italy : Ambassador's Profile". 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Ms. Reenat Sandhu, Minister (Commerce), Embassy of India, Washington at Invest Punjab - 10.10.2016, PBIP". 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Welcome to Embassy of India, Washington D C, USA". 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018.
  6. ^ Bagchi, Indrani (29 September 2021). "With eye on China, MEA brings Indo-Pacific, Asean policies under one unit". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  7. ^ Roche, Elizabeth (29 September 2020). "New MEA division to focus on Indo-Pacific". mint. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Profiles :Secretary (West)". mea.gov.in. Retrieved 24 September 2021.


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