Hardeep Singh Puri is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently serving as the Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India.
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Appointed as Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Minister
Appointed as Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
Elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh
Published ‘Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: Decoding Dominant Narratives’ (Konark Publications)
Appointed as Union Minister of State, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Appointed as Union Minister (Independent Charge), Ministry of Civil Aviation
Re-appointed as Union Minister (Independent Charge), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Authored 'Delusional Politics: Back To The Future' (Penguin-Random House)
Appointed as Union Minister (Independent Charge), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
President of the Governing Body and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Research and Information System for Developing Countries
Published an article on ‘India’s Trade Policy Dilemma and the Role of Domestic Reform’, (Carnegie India, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Delivered Public Lecture on 'India and the Western Liberal Democratic Order' at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi
Authored ‘Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos’ (Harper Collins)
Lecture Tour in leading Universities, think tanks, and other Academic Institutions, across the US and India. These were complemented with Academic Publications in Journals and Media Outlets on topics such as Foreign Policy, Trade Policy, Security Policy, Cyber Space, and the 2030 Development Agenda
Vice President of the International Peace Institute (a Non-Profit think tank Headquartered in New York) and Secretary-General of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM). The ICM, chaired by Kevin Rudd former Prime Minister of Australia, was an Independent Commission tasked to undertake an arm’s length audit on whether the UN is ‘fit for purpose’, on the occasion of its 70th anniversary. It has undertaken this task through an analysis of 16 thematic or issue areas that the multilateral system, anchored in the UN, will have to confront in the coming decades
Vice President of IPI & Secretary-General of ICM
Presided over the UN Security Council during August 2011 and again in November 2012
Chairman, Working Group established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1566 (2004)
Chairman, Security Council Committee concerning Somalia and Eritrea
Chairman, Counter-Terrorism Committee of UN
Head of the Indian Delegation to the UN Security Council
Facilitator (appointed by President of General Assembly) for the creation of UN Women
Vice President: 64th Session of UNGA
Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, New York
Ranking Official for Economic Diplomacy responsible for all Multilateral Economic Issues including those relating to the United Nations, WTO, and International Financial Institutions, and for Trade Finance, Investment, and Technology Promotion. Coordinated key Policy Initiatives such as Energy Security and Food Security; Headed India’s overseas Technical and Development Cooperation Programme – the largest South-South Initiative of its kind
Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi
Oversaw transformation of Bilateral Relations encompassing exponential increase in Trade, Investment, Technological, Defense and Energy Cooperation, Political and Strategic Collaboration, Cultural Contacts and Social Sector Interaction, and Multilateral Partnerships including the path-breaking India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) initiative and BRICs related dialogue
Ambassador of India to Brazil
Proactively negotiated/facilitated first-ever Public Health Treaty – the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Outcomes of the two World Summits on Information Societies, UNCTAD XI Conference Outcome – the Sao Paulo Consensus, the establishment of the Human Rights Council, Development Agenda in WIPO
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Administrative Head of India’s largest Diplomatic Mission at a crucial phase in Bilateral Relations; facilitated the establishment of “Friends of India” groups in all major Political Parties in UK; stabled institutional frameworks for intensifying India-UK corporate interaction; launched programmes to broad-base bilateral economic ties by reaching out to all regions of UK; structured and enhanced engagement with the Indian Diaspora; Representative of India to The Commonwealth Secretariat.
Ambassador/Deputy High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
Head of the Territorial Division. Coordinated Bilateral Relations with West European Countries also dealt with the EU, EFTA and the Commonwealth
Joint Secretary (Europe West), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi
Coordinated India’s International Defence Cooperation
Headed Defence Planning and Coordination division responsible for Army-Air Force-Navy Cooperation
First Foreign Service Officer seconded to serve as Head of Division responsible for the Indian Navy
Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi
Worked on key initiatives that Transformed Bilateral Relations including in the area of Security and Strategic Cooperation, Human Rights, Science and Technology Cooperation, and Economic and Business Partnerships, Leader of the Indian Delegation to the 2nd and 3rd Rounds of Indo-US dialogue on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.
Joint Secretary (Americas), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi
Chief of Staff to the Head of the Diplomatic Service, Government of India
Director (Foreign Secretary’s Office), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of India
Director, Multilateral and Economic Relations, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Provided Technical Support, Capacity-Building Assistance, and Advice to Developing Countries participating in the GATT Uruguay Round resulting in the establishment of the WTO
Coordinator, UNDP/UNCTAD Multilateral Trade Negotiations Project To Help Developing Countries In The Uruguay Round Of MTNS
First Secretary/Counsellor (Political), High Commission of India, Colombo
Political Officer of the Indian Peacekeeping Force
Assisted in the negotiations of the historic India-Sri Lanka Agreement for Peace and Normalcy in Sri Lanka (1987)
Chairman, GATT Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.
First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India to GATT, Geneva
Under Secretary (Foreign Service Personnel), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India where he handled the Human Resources Management of the Diplomatic Services
Officer on Special Duty (Press Relations) in the Spokesman’s Office, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, India.
Second Secretary (Political & Commercial) at the Embassy of India in Tokyo
Third Secretary (Language Trainee) at the Embassy of India in Tokyo
Married fellow IFS officer Smt Lakshmi M Puri who went on to become Ambassador and Assistant Secretary-General of the UN and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women in New York.
Joins the Indian Foreign Service
Worked as Lecturer in History at St. Stephens College, Delhi University
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in History from Delhi University (First in order of merit)
Elected as Prime Minister of the Hindu College Parliament
Won many University competitions and accomplished as a debater and public speaker
Master of Arts in History from Delhi University (First Division)
Completes primary education from The Frank Anthony Public School, Lajpat Nagar
Born to Shri Bhagat Singh Puri and Smt Kundan Puri on the 15th of February