Anil Wadhwa appointed as the next Ambassador of lndia to the Republic of ltaly Anil Wadhwa appointed as the next Ambassador of lndia to the Republic of ltaly

Anil Wadhwa, currently secretary (east) in the External Affairs Ministry named India’s new ambassador toItaly.He will replace Basant K Gupta at the Indian embassy in Rome.

About Anil Wadhwa :

• Wadhwa has been a member of the Indian Foreign Service since July 1, 1979.
• Second secretary and first secretary in the Indian embassy in Beijing, under secretary/deputy secretary in the external affairs ministry in New Delhi.
• UN disarmament fellow in Geneva, first secretary (disarmament) at the permanent mission of India in Geneva, and counsellor at the Indian embassy in Beijing.
• He was also director/joint secretary on deputation to the Provisional Technical Secretariat and later the Technical Secretariat for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, chief advisor in the external affairs ministry (earthquake relief) in Gujarat, and joint secretary (central and eastern Europe) in the ministry.
• Wadhwa has served as the Indian ambassador to Poland, Oman, and Thailand.
• Wadhwa has contributed a number of articles, mainly in the field of disarmament and international security, to various publications.