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Ruchira Kamboj is prepared to assume post as India's permanent representative to the UN

Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj was appointed as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York in June of this year.

Sruthi Subramanian

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Ruchira Kamboj is prepared to assume post as India's permanent representative to the UN
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Ruchira Kamboj, a senior diplomat, is appointed as India's new Permanent Representative (PR) to the UN and the inauguration is set to take place on Tuesday. She will thereafter become the nation's first female envoy to the UN headquarters in New York.

She tweeted, “Just in, as PR- designate to the UN. Wonderful today to meet all  my Ambassador friends in the Security Council. It is my deepest honour to serve my country in this new position,” to which Kamboj's predecessor, Ambassador T S Tirumurti, commented, “Congratulations and all good wishes for your success Ruchira!”