Venu Rajamony is a career diplomat, scholar of international relations, and a former journalist. He is also a well-known public speaker, author and a patron of arts and culture. He held important offices such as Ambassador of India to the Netherlands (2017-2020), the Permanent Representative of India to the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at the Hague, the Press Secretary to the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, and Consul General of India in Dubai. He has authored two books: What We Can Learn from The Dutch – Rebuilding Kerala post 2018 Floods, and India and the Netherlands – Past, Present and Future.
Foreign Countries and The Rebuilding of Kerala- How can our State Benefit from External Co-operation?