The name, Sneha Dubey has been dominating the Internet for a couple of days due to her belligerent speech at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in the response to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s statements about being a Pakistan as a “Victim” of terror.
India’s first secretary Sneha Dubey said the entire world has suffered because of Pakistan’s policies as the country nurtures terrorists in its backyard. The entire union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh “were, are and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India”.
“This includes the areas that are under the illegal occupation of Pakistan. We call upon Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas under its illegal occupation,” Dubey added.
Such a response came in reference to Imran Khan’s address about the 2019 decision of India to abrogate Article 370 and the death of pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani.
“The worst and most pervasive form of Islamophobia now rules India,” Khan said in the address that was delivered by video due to Covid precautions.
Responding to this, Dubey said India is a pluralistic democracy where a lot of minorities live together.
While delivering the speech, the young diplomat was courageous and confident.
Who’s Sneha Dubey?
She is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer from the 2012 batch. She completed her schooling in Goa and graduated from Fergusson College in Pune. She pursued her MPhil in international studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi.
Dubey dreamt of becoming an IFS officer at the age of 12. In 2011, she even cleared the civil services examination on the first attempt.
After being selected as an IFS, Dubey joined the Ministry of External Affairs as an Under Secretary and in 2014, she served as the Third Secretary at the Embassy for India in Madrid.
She believes that as an IFS officer, she has got a great opportunity to represent her country. She is the first person in her family who works as a government servant. Wherein Dubey’s father works with a multinational company, her mother is a school teacher. She is also an avid traveller.
