Former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women;
Former Ambassador of India
Years active
1974—2020
Spouse
Hardeep Singh Puri
Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri[1] (born 1952) is a former assistant secretary-general at the United Nations and the former deputy executive director of UN Women.[2] Prior to her 15-year stint at the United Nations, she served as an Indian diplomat for 28 years. From 1999 until 2002, she was India's Ambassador to Hungary, while also concurrently accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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^UN Department of Public Information - News and Media Division, New York (11 March 2011). "Secretary-General Appoints Lakshmi Puri of India Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships, UN Women". United Nations. Secretary-General Press Press Doc ID: SG/A/1283 BIO/4274 WOM/1857 - Meetings Coverage and Press Releases. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri (born 1952) is a former assistant secretary-general at the United Nations and the former deputy executive director of UN Women...
following the Operation Ganga initiative. Hardeep Singh Puri is married to Ambassador LakshmiPuri, of the Indian Foreign Service, and, later, the United...
Char Dham v t e Puri Rameswaram Dwarka Badrinath The Char Dham (Hindi: चारधाम, romanized: Cārdhām transl. the four abodes), also rendered the Chatur Dhama...
Subhashini Ali and Anisa Puri. Subhashini is a prominent communist politician and labour activist. According to Ali, Lakshmi was an atheist. The filmmaker...
R... Rajkumar. She produced and starred in the film Jyothi Lakshmi (2015), directed by Puri Jagannadh. Her next film, Pratighatana, in which she played...
2010 – 15 March 2013 Deputy LakshmiPuri Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Preceded by Position established Succeeded by LakshmiPuri (acting) President pro tempore...
Badrinath Dwarka Jagannath Puri Rameswaram Puri (Odia: [ˈpuɾi] ) is a coastal city and a municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is the...
Om Prakash Puri, OBE (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Urdu, Malayalam...
Petla "Puri" Jagannadh (born 28 September 1966) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry...
Nassar (reprising their roles from the original) along with Tabu, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Johnny Walker, Paresh Rawal, Rajendranath Zutshi, Ayesha Jhulka and...
Bachelet as the inaugural head. On 11 March 2011, John Hendra of Canada and LakshmiPuri of India were appointed as first deputy executive directors at the level...
Malaysia (May 29, 2013) (Moderated by Shereen El Feki with Gary Barker, LakshmiPuri, Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau) Fortune (magazine) "Most Powerful Women...
Khira mohana was invented in Odisha to offer the goddess Lakshmi at Jagannath Temple, Puri. Khir Mohana or Khirmohan is also called Brown Rasogolla....
June 2020. "Pesarattu Movie Review". The Times of India. "Confirmed : NTR – Puri Jagannadh film titled "Temper"". indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original...
originated in Puri, as khira mohana, which later evolved into the Pahala rasgulla. It has been traditionally offered as bhog to goddess Lakshmi at Jagannath...
the context that the Puri temple had been originally built by Ganga king Anantavarman Chodaganga (1078–1147) for Vishnu and Lakshmi. These sources are silent...
UN Women goodwill ambassador for China by Assistant Secretary-General LakshmiPuri. In this role, she became involved in the UN's "Step It Up for Gender...
discusses gender and social norms. The goddess Lakshmi embarks on a journey outside her shrine of Puri, observing that many were heedless of the fact...
List of sports awards honoring women List of female Nobel laureates LakshmiPuri (September 21, 2016), UN Women recognizes the champions and stalwarts...
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