Raj Wadhwani joins ISD from the US Consulate General in Mumbai, where he served as Political and Economic Section Chief, responsible for reporting on economic reform, business, finance, human rights, religious freedom, women’s issues, and party politics. Some of Raj’s other US Foreign Service assignments were in Baghdad, where he served as Deputy Spokesman/Information Officer; in Washington as Desk Officer for Economic Affairs in the Office of Iranian Affairs; as Political Officer and Vice Consul in Amman; as Vice Consul in the US Embassy in Riyadh; and as Provincial Action Officer on the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Baghdad.