Ruchira kamboj: (née Patni

Ruchira Kamboj (née Patni, born 3 May 1964 [citation needed]) is a retired Indian diplomat of 1987 batch of Indian Foreign Service who has served as the India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2022 to May 2024 until her retirement. Ruchira Kamboj, first Indian woman Ambassador to UN, retires after 35 years of illustrious diplomatic career Kamboj was also the topper of the 1987 Civil Services batch and has handled key ... The first woman diplomat to occupy the prestigious position as the Ambassador of India at the UN, Kamboj – who had joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1987 – took to social media to bid goodbye. Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, a distinguished officer of the 1987 batch of the Indian Foreign Service and the all-India women’s topper of that year’s Civil Services exam, has built a groundbreaking diplomatic career defined by several firsts.