Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)
President
Droupadi Murmu
Preceded by
T. S. Tirumurti
Indian Ambassador to Bhutan
In office February 2019 – June 2022
Preceded by
Jaideep Sarkar
Succeeded by
Sudhakar Dalela
High Commissioner of India to South Africa
In office July 2017 – February 2019
Preceded by
Ruchi Ghanashyam
Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO
In office April 2014 – July 2017
Preceded by
Vinay Sheel Oberoi
Succeeded by
Vinay Mohan Kwatra
Chief of Protocol
In office June 2011 – April 2014
Preceded by
Sunil Kumar Lal
Succeeded by
Jaideep Mazumdar
Personal details
Born
(1964-05-03) 3 May 1964 (age 60)[2] Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India [citation needed]
Spouse
Diwakar Kamboj
Children
1
Education
Master of Arts (Political Science)
Occupation
Diplomat
Ruchira Kamboj (née Patni, born 3 May 1964) is an Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1987 batch, who currently serves as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since August 2022. She has previously served as High Commissioner of India to South Africa, first female Indian Ambassador to Bhutan and Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO, Paris. She was the All-India women's topper of the 1987 Civil Services batch and the topper of the 1987 Foreign Service batch.[3][4][5]
On 21 June 2022, Kamboj was appointed as the Ambassador/Permanent Representative - designate of India to the United Nations in New York.[6] Her appointment makes her the first female Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. She assumed charge as PR-designate on 1 August 2022.
^"H. E. Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj". High Commission of India, Pretoria. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
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^"Shaking hands with the high and the mighty". 29 March 2014.
^@RuchiraKamboj (5 September 2015). "@Minashu_M The best gift that I could give to my mother" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^"Ms. Ruchira Kamboj appointed as the next Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York". Indian Expesss. 21 June 2022.
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