Syed Akbaruddin

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Syed Akbaruddin
Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs
In office
7 December 2011 – 18 April 2015
Serving with Vishnu Prakash (7 Dec 2011 – 7 Jan 2012)
Preceded byVishnu Prakash
Succeeded byVikas Swarup
Personal details
Born (1960-04-27) 27 April 1960 (age 64)
Civil Servant (IFS
)

Syed Akbaruddin is a retired Indian

IAEA from 2006 to 2011.[1][2] He is currently serving as the dean of Kautilya School of Public Policy.[3][4]

Career

Akbaruddin is a 1985 batch

Foreign Secretary's Office of the Ministry from 2004 to 2005.[6]

Akbaruddin was the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of

Additional Secretary in the Ministry from April 2015 to September 2015.[12] In November 2015, Akbaruddin was appointed as India's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, succeeding Asoke Kumar Mukerji
. [13][14]

PR to the UN

Main article: Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations

Akbaruddin presented his credentials to

SDGs.[19]

Personal life

Syed Akbaruddin was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana State) on 27 April 1960 to Professor Syed Bashiruddin, formerly the head of the Department of Journalism and Communication at Osmania University, who headed the department for many years and served as Indian ambassador to

Sri Sathya Sai University, Prasanthi Nilayam campus. She had also authored 2 books on Sathya Sai Baba.[20]

Syed Akbaruddin studied at

Hyderabad Public School.[21] He holds a Master's Degree in Politics and International Relations.[22][23]

See also

References

  1. ^ "India's New UN Envoy Meets His Pakistani Counterpart". NDTV Convergence Limited. Press Trust Of India. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Syed Akbaruddin made India's permanent representative to the UN in major MEA rejig". Economic Times. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  3. ^ "About Us - Kautilya". 20 September 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Ex-UN envoy Syed Akbaruddin joins Kautilya School of Public Policy as dean". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Hyderabadis lead India's charge on Article 370 at UN | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  6. ^ Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy (8 December 2011). "West Asia expert Syed Akbaruddin to be MEA's spokesperson". India Today. New Delhi. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Vikas Swarup takes charge as MEA spokesperson". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Spokesperson's Office – Personnel". Mea.gov.in. Ministry of External Affairs. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Syed Akbaruddin is new spokesperson of India's Foreign Office". Yahoo News. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  10. ^ "Organogram of the Ministry of External Affairs" (PDF). mea.gov.in. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Syed Akbaruddin bids adieu; novelist Vikas Swarup takes over as the MEA Spokesperson". DNA. Diligent Media Corporation. 18 April 2015. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Vikas Swarup takes over as Spokesperson in MEA". The Economic Times. 18 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Syed Akbaruddin India's next permanent representative to UN". Mint. 16 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Syed Akbaruddin named India's permanent representative to UN". The Times of India. 16 November 2015.
  15. ^ "His Excellency Syed Akbaruddin; The Diplomat". The Diplomat.
  16. ^ "Syed Akbaruddin terms 2019 a year of successes for India at UN". All India Radio. 26 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi". United Nations Security Council.
  18. ^ "PM Modi inaugurates Gandhi Solar Park with 193 solar panels". Hindustan Times. 25 September 2019.
  19. ^ "UN's top development official in awe of India's efforts". India Today.
  20. ^ "Sai Baba and the Quranic Myths, by Zeba Bashiruddin".
  21. ^ "Syed Akbaruddin grateful to alma mater Hyderabad Public School".
  22. ^ "Welcome to Permanent Mission of India to the UN, New York". www.pminewyork.gov.in.
  23. ^ "MEA | India and the United Nations". www.mea.gov.in.

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Preceded by Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs
2011–2015 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
2016-2020 		Succeeded by
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