Venu Rajamony
Venu Rajamony (born 12 November 1960) is an Indian diplomat who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service. He was the Ambassador of India to the Netherlands from 2017 to 2020. He was also the Permanent Representative of India to the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague as well as responsible for India’s relations with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).

In addition, he held the post of Press Secretary to the President of India during the tenure of President Pranab Mukherjee from 2012 to 2017.

A career diplomat with more than three decades of experience, scholar of international relations and former journalist, Rajamony held several key positions in India and abroad before retiring from service in November 2020.

Born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, he completed his primary education there before moving with his parents to Kochi. He holds degrees in Politics from Kerala University and Law from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, and a postgraduate degree in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

He began his career as a journalist with the Indian Express, Kochi, in 1983 and qualified for the Indian Foreign Service in 1986. Fluent in the Chinese language, Rajamony is also proficient in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and French. He has served as a diplomat in Indian missions in Hong Kong, Beijing, Geneva, Dubai, and Washington, D.C.

While serving as Consul General of India in Dubai from 2007 to 2010, Rajamony took several initiatives for the welfare of the two million-strong Indian community there and also to promote trade and investment between the UAE and India.

During his tenure in the Netherlands, Rajamony appeared on behalf of India before the ICJ in The Hague in the matter of "Advisory Opinion concerning the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius." He was a member of the Indian delegation before the ICJ in the Jadhav case (India Vs. Pakistan) and Co-Agent of India in the case concerning the Enrica Lexie incident (Italy Vs. India) before the PCA. He was also the leader of the Indian delegation to multiple sessions of the Conference of States Parties and Executive Council of the OPCW.
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