Ruchi Ghanashyam holds a Master of Arts degree in psychology from Bhopal University.

[3] She is married to Ajjampur Rangaiah Ghanashyam, who also belonged to the Indian Foreign Service.

[4] She has served in Indian missions in Brussels, Kathmandu, Damascus, Islamabad[3] Pretoria[12] and Accra.

[5] Ruchi has served at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi as Director (Pakistan) from August 2000 to March 2004.

[13] Prior to this, she was the Counsellor (Political, Press & Information) at the Indian High Commission in Pakistan.