<p>Senior diplomat Ruchira Kamboj was on Tuesday appointed India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.</p>.<p>Kamboj, a 1987-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is presently serving as India's envoy to Bhutan.</p>.<p>She will succeed T S Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the UN.</p>.<p>Kamboj is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a brief statement.</p>.<p>Kamboj was the all India women's topper of the 1987 Civil Services batch and the topper of the foreign service batch of that year.</p>.<p>She began her diplomatic journey in Paris, France where she was posted as the Third Secretary in the Indian Embassy to France from 1989-1991.</p>.<p>From Paris, she returned to Delhi where she worked as under secretary in the Europe West Division of the Ministry of External Affairs from 1991–96.</p>.<p>From 1996-1999, she served in Mauritius as First Secretary (Economic and Commercial) and Head of Chancery at the Indian High Commission in Port Louis.</p>.<p>Kamboj served as the high commissioner of India to South Africa, with concurrent accreditation to the Kingdom of Lesotho from July, 2017 to March, 2019.</p>.<p>She assumed charge as Indian envoy to Bhutan on 17 May, 2019.</p>.<p>Kamboj also served as Counsellor at India's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York from 2002-2005. </p>
<p>Senior diplomat Ruchira Kamboj was on Tuesday appointed India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.</p>.<p>Kamboj, a 1987-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is presently serving as India's envoy to Bhutan.</p>.<p>She will succeed T S Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the UN.</p>.<p>Kamboj is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a brief statement.</p>.<p>Kamboj was the all India women's topper of the 1987 Civil Services batch and the topper of the foreign service batch of that year.</p>.<p>She began her diplomatic journey in Paris, France where she was posted as the Third Secretary in the Indian Embassy to France from 1989-1991.</p>.<p>From Paris, she returned to Delhi where she worked as under secretary in the Europe West Division of the Ministry of External Affairs from 1991–96.</p>.<p>From 1996-1999, she served in Mauritius as First Secretary (Economic and Commercial) and Head of Chancery at the Indian High Commission in Port Louis.</p>.<p>Kamboj served as the high commissioner of India to South Africa, with concurrent accreditation to the Kingdom of Lesotho from July, 2017 to March, 2019.</p>.<p>She assumed charge as Indian envoy to Bhutan on 17 May, 2019.</p>.<p>Kamboj also served as Counsellor at India's Permanent Mission to the UN in New York from 2002-2005. </p>