Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations - wikipedia Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Ambassador of India to the United Nations Emblem of India Incumbent Syed Akbaruddin since January 2016 Style His / Her Excellency Appointer President of India Formation 1946 Website www.pminewyork.org The Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations is the India 's foremost diplomatic representative to the United Nations ( UN ). The permanent Representative ( UN ambassador ) is the head of a diplomatic mission to the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City. The current Permanent Representative of India is Syed Akbaruddin, who was appointed in January 2016. He is to be succeeded by Rajiv Kumar Chander. Indian Mission to the UN Headquarters in New York Contents 1 List of Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations 2 See also 3 References 4 External links List of Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations This is a list of Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Name Portrait Entered office Left office Notes Samarendranath Sen September 1946 March 1948 Permanent Liaison Officer To The UN Sir Benegal N. Rau March 1948 1948 Minister Representative to the UN Rajeshwar Dayal December 1949 August 1954 Arthur S. Lall September 1954 December 1958 C.S. Jha January 1959 July 1962 B.N. Chakrvarthy August 1962 July 1965 G. Parthasarathy August 1965 December 1968 Samar Sen January 1969 July 1974 Rikhi Jaipal July 1974 May 1979 Brajesh C. Mishra June 1979 March 1981 Natarajan Krishnan April 1981 September 1986 C.R. Gharekhan October 1986 December 1992 Mohammad Hamid Ansari January 1993 January 1995 Prakash Shah February 1995 July 1997 Kamalesh Sharma August 1997 May 2002 V.K. Nambiar May 2002 May 2004 Nirupam Sen September 2004 March 2009 Hardeep Singh Puri May 2009 February 2013 Asoke Kumar Mukerji April 2013 December 2015 Syed Akbaruddin January 2016 Incumbent See also United Nations portal India and the United Nations List of current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations Foreign relations of India Diplomatic missions of India References ^ Jump up to : `` About us ''. Retrieved 2017 - 11 - 22. Jump up ^ `` About us ''. Retrieved 2013 - 08 - 21. Jump up ^ `` History of Ambassadors '', United States Mission to the United Nations, March 2011, webpage : USUN - a. Jump up ^ `` Rajiv Kumar Chander appointed as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Offices in Geneva ''. www.mea.gov.in/. Retrieved 22 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Permanent Representatives of India to the United Nations ''. Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 19. 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Question: who served as ambassdor of india to united nations
Answer: Syed Akbaruddin