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{{Short description|Indian diplomat}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Ambassador Reenat Sandhu.jpg
| office = [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Ambassador]] to [[Italy]] and [[San Marino]]<ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/jun/14/new-indian-envoys-to-eu-italy-denmark-named-1616551.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608111215/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/jun/14/new-indian-envoys-to-eu-italy-denmark-named-1616551.html|url-status=live|archive-date=8 June 2018|title=New Indian envoys to EU, Italy, Denmark named- The New Indian Express|date=8 June 2018|publisher=}}</ref>
| term_start = 9 July 2017
| term_end = September 2020
| predecessor = [[Anil Wadhwa]]
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|06|7|df=y}}<ref name="archive.org1">{{cite web|url=https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422070724/https://mea.gov.in/writereaddata/images/Civi_List_27-7-12.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 April 2018|title=|date=22 April 2018|publisher=}}</ref>
| occupation = [[Diplomat]] [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]
| children = 2
| party =
| alma_mater = [[Delhi School of Economics]]
| profession =
| spouse = [[Taranjit Singh Sandhu]]
| sibling =
| website =
| office1 = Additional Secretary (Indo-Pacific, South, Oceania)
| term_end1 = 2021
| term_start1 = September 2020
| office2 = Secretary (West)
| term_start2 = 2021
| term_end2 = 2022
}}
'''Reenat Sandhu''' (born 7 June 1964)<ref name="archive.org1"/> is a retired [[Indian people|Indian]] [[diplomat]] and former ambassador of [[India]] to the [[Netherlands]]. She had previously served as Secretary West in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] and as the [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Ambassador]] to [[Italy]] and [[San Marino]].<ref name="archive.org"/>

==Personal life==
Sandhu holds a [[Master of Arts]] degree in Economics from the [[Delhi School of Economics]].<ref name="archive.org2">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianembassyrome.in/eoi.php?id=Ambassador|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608111556/http://www.indianembassyrome.in/eoi.php?id=Ambassador|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2018|title=Embassy of India, Rome, Italy : Ambassador's Profile|date=8 June 2018|publisher=}}</ref> She is married to [[Taranjit Singh Sandhu]] who served as [[List of ambassadors of India to the United States|Ambassador of India to the United States]]. They have two children.<ref name="archive.org2"/>

==Career==
Reenat Sandhu joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in August 1989.<ref name="archive.org1"/> She has served at the [[Indian people|Indian]] missions in [[Moscow]], [[Kyiv]], [[Washington, D.C.]], [[Colombo]], [[New York City|New York]] and [[Geneva]].<ref name="archive.org2"/> She has also worked at the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] in [[New Delhi]] and handled Investment and Trade Promotion, Projects, East Europe and [[Sri Lanka]] desks.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

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)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investpunjab.gov.in/ImageGallery/ViewImages/10055|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608113107/http://investpunjab.gov.in/ImageGallery/ViewImages/10055|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2018|title=Ms. Reenat Sandhu, Minister (Commerce), Embassy of India, Washington at Invest Punjab - 10.10.2016, PBIP|date=8 June 2018|publisher=}}</ref> and later the [[Deputy Chief of Mission]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indianembassy.org/archives_details.php?nid=22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608113218/https://www.indianembassy.org/archives_details.php?nid=22|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2018|title=Welcome to Embassy of India, Washington D C, USA|date=8 June 2018|publisher=}}</ref> at the [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.|Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="archive.org2"/>

Sandhu was made the first Additional Secretary of the new Oceania vertical in the MEA, including the former Indo-Pacific and South divisions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bagchi|first=Indrani|date=29 September 2021|title=With eye on China, MEA brings Indo-Pacific, Asean policies under one unit|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/with-eye-on-china-mea-brings-indo-pacific-asean-policies-under-one-unit/articleshow/78374295.cms|access-date=2021-09-24|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Roche|first=Elizabeth|date=2020-09-29|title=New MEA division to focus on Indo-Pacific|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/new-mea-division-to-focus-on-indo-pacific-11601342184071.html|access-date=2021-09-24|website=mint|language=en}}</ref> Following this she became Secretary (West) and served there till February 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profiles :Secretary (West)|url=https://mea.gov.in/sw.htm|access-date=2021-09-24|website=mea.gov.in}}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian Foreign Service officers]]
[[Category:Women ambassadors of India]]
[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Italy]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to San Marino]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Delhi School of Economics alumni]]

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