Reenat Sandhu

Reenat Sandhu
Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino[1]
Assumed office
9 July 2017
Preceded by Anil Wadhwa
Personal details
Born (1964-06-07) 7 June 1964[2]
Nationality Indian
Spouse(s) Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Children Two
Alma mater Delhi School of Economics
Occupation Diplomat IFS

Reenat Sandhu; born 7 June 1964[2] is an Indian diplomat and the current Indian Ambassador to Italy and San Marino.[1]

Peronsal 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 also belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. 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, Kiev, 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.

She was the Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organisation 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "New Indian envoys to EU, Italy, Denmark named- The New Indian Express". 8 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Wayback Machine" (PDF). 22 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Embassy of India, Rome, Italy : Ambassador's Profile". 8 June 2018.
  4. "Ms. Reenat Sandhu, Minister (Commerce), Embassy of India, Washington at Invest Punjab - 10.10.2016, PBIP". 8 June 2018.
  5. "Welcome to Embassy of India, Washington D C, USA". 8 June 2018.
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