Ruchi Ghanashyam | |
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High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom | |
In office November 2018 – June 2020 | |
Preceded by | Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha[1][2] |
Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs, India | |
In office 17 April 2017[3] – November 2018[4] | |
Preceded by | Sujata Mehta[5] |
Succeeded by | A. Gitesh Sarma[6][7] |
Indian High Commissioner to South Africa[8] | |
In office 28 October 2013[8] – 13 April 2017[8] | |
Preceded by | Virendra Gupta |
Succeeded by | Ruchira Kamboj |
Indian High Commissioner to Ghana with concurrent accreditation to Burkina Faso, Togo and Sierra Leone[10] | |
In office 2008[9]–2011[9] | |
Preceded by | Rajesh Nandan Prasad |
Succeeded by | Rajinder Bhagat |
Minister, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York[3] | |
In office May 2004[3] – March 2008[3] | |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 April 1960 |
Nationality | Indian |
Spouse | Ajjampur Rangaiah Ghanashyam |
Alma mater | Bhopal University |
Occupation | Indian Foreign Service |
Ruchi Ghanashyam (born 4 April 1960[11]) is an Indian diplomat who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service.
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]
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]