<P> The current Permanent Representative of India is Syed Akbaruddin, who was appointed in January 2016 . He is to be succeeded by Rajiv Kumar Chander . </P> <P> This is a list of Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Entered office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Samarendranath Sen </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> September 1946 </Td> <Td> March 1948 </Td> <Td> Permanent Liaison Officer To The UN </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sir Benegal N. Rau </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> March 1948 </Td> <Td> 1948 </Td> <Td> Minister Representative to the UN </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rajeshwar Dayal </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> December 1949 </Td> <Td> August 1954 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arthur S. Lall </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> September 1954 </Td> <Td> December 1958 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C.S. Jha </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> January 1959 </Td> <Td> July 1962 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> B.N. Chakrvarthy </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 1962 </Td> <Td> July 1965 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> G. Parthasarathy </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 1965 </Td> <Td> December 1968 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Samar Sen </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> January 1969 </Td> <Td> July 1974 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rikhi Jaipal </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> July 1974 </Td> <Td> May 1979 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brajesh C. Mishra </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> June 1979 </Td> <Td> March 1981 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Natarajan Krishnan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> April 1981 </Td> <Td> September 1986 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> C.R. Gharekhan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> October 1986 </Td> <Td> December 1992 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mohammad Hamid Ansari </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> January 1993 </Td> <Td> January 1995 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prakash Shah </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> February 1995 </Td> <Td> July 1997 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kamalesh Sharma </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> August 1997 </Td> <Td> May 2002 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> V.K. Nambiar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> May 2002 </Td> <Td> May 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nirupam Sen </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> September 2004 </Td> <Td> March 2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hardeep Singh Puri </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> May 2009 </Td> <Td> February 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Asoke Kumar Mukerji </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> April 2013 </Td> <Td> December 2015 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Syed Akbaruddin </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> January 2016 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Entered office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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