Venu Rajamony
Venu Rajamony | |
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| Officer on Special Duty (External Cooperation) to the State Government of Kerala | |
| In office 17 September 2021 – 16 September 2023 | |
| Ambassador of India to the Netherlands | |
| In office 8 May 2017 – 2020 | |
| Preceded by | J.S. Mukul |
| Succeeded by | Pradeep Kumar Rawat |
| Press Secretary, President of India | |
| In office 2012–2017 | |
| President | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Consul General of India to Dubai | |
| In office 2007–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Y.K. Sinha |
| Succeeded by | Sanjay Verma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 November 1960 |
| Alma mater | Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| Occupation | Diplomat IFS |
| Website | www |
Venu Rajamony (born 12 November 1960) is an Indian diplomat and professor affiliated with the Indian Foreign Service. He serves as Chairman of the Future Kerala Mission and Principal Advisor at Jain University. He teaches Diplomatic Practice at the Jindal Global Law School of the O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana. On September 17, 2021, he assumed the role of Officer on Special Duty for External Cooperation in the Government of Kerala, holding the rank of Chief Secretary with an office at Kerala House, New Delhi. He declined to continue his service with the State Government on completion of two years for reasons unknown. He held the position of Ambassador of India to the Netherlands from 2017 to 2020. He also served as the Permanent Representative of India to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, overseeing India’s relations with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).
He was Press Secretary to the President of India during the tenure of President Pranab Mukherjee from 2012 to 2017.