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{{Short description|Former Ambassador (born 1959)}}
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| honorific_prefix = [[His Excellency]], [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indembkathmandu.gov.in/page/amb-profile | title=H. E. Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri | publisher=Embassy of India, Kathmandu | accessdate=22 January 2019 }}</ref>
| name = Manjeev Singh Puri
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| office = Indian Ambassador to [[Nepal]]
| term_start = March 2017
| term_end = January 2020
| predecessor = Ranjit Rae
| successor = [[Vinay Mohan Kwatra]]
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| office1 = Ambassador of India to [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]] and [[European Union|EU]]
| term_start1 = January 2014
| term_end1 = March 2017
| predecessor1 = Dinkar Khullar
| successor1 = [[Gaitri Issar Kumar]]
| office2 = Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative of [[India]] to the UN [[Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations|PMI]]
| term_start2 = March 2009
| term_end2 = December 2013
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1959}}
| birth_place = [[Punjab, India]]
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| spouse = Namrita
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| children = One daughter and one son
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[[File:The Ambassador of India to Nepal, Shri Manjeev Singh Puri calling on the President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at Rastrapati Bhavan.jpg|thumb|The Ambassador of India to Nepal, Shri Manjeev Singh Puri calling on the President of India, Shri [[Ram Nath Kovind]], at Rastrapati Bhavan]]
'''Manjeev Singh Puri''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਮੰਜੀਵ ਸਿੰਘ ਪੁਰੀ) is a retired [[Indian people|Indian]] [[diplomat]] of the [[Indian Foreign Service]] who has served as an Indian Ambassador to [[Nepal]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Belgium]] and [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Manjeev-Singh-Puri-new-envoy-to-Nepal/article17393029.ece|title=Manjeev Singh Puri new envoy to Nepal|date=2 March 2017|accessdate=23 January 2019|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Education==
He has an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from [[Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies]] of [[Mumbai University]] and got his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] (Honours) in Economics degree from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] of
[[Delhi University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jbims.edu/alumni//|title=Alumni- JBIMS|website=JBIMS|accessdate=18 June 2025}}</ref>

==Diplomatic career==
Manjeev Singh Puri joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in the year 1982 and in the course of his diplomatic career spanning over 36 years, he has served in different capacity in Indian Missions abroad and in the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (India)|India's Foreign Ministry]] including a number of multilateral organizations such as the [[United Nations]], [[European Union]] etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/28129/Manjeev_Singh_Puri_appointed_as_the_Ambassador_of_India_to_Nepal|title=Manjeev Singh Puri appointed as the Ambassador of India to Nepal|website=Mea.gov.in|accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref>

In Delhi, he has served as Joint Secretary (UN- Economic & Social) and Deputy Chief of Protocol in the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (India)|India's Foreign Ministry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=81869091&privcapId=26268543&previousCapId=26268543&previousTitle=The+Energy+and+Resources+Institute|title=Bloomberg - Are you a robot?|website=Bloomberg.com|accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref> Prior to becoming India's Ambassador to [[Nepal]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-02-13/indian-envoy-meets-uml-chair-oli.html|title=Indian envoy meets UML Chair Oli|website=Kathmandupost.ekantipur.com|accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref> he has served as Ambassador of India in [[Brussels]] from 2014-2017 and as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the [[UN]] in [[New York City|New York]] from 2009 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gsinstitute.org/a-un-celebration-love-towards-all-malice-towards-none/|title=A UN Celebration: Love Towards All, Malice Towards None - Global Security Institute|website=Gsinstitute.org|accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He serves on the advisory board of [[The Energy and Resources Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wsds.teriin.org/2018/bio/Manjeev-Singh-Puri.pdf|title=Manjeev Singh Puri|website=Wsds.teriin.org|accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref> He is married to Ms. Namrita and has one daughter and one son.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indianembassybrussels.gov.in/pages.php?id=375|title=Welcome to Embassy of India, Belgium, Luxembourg & European Union|website=Indianembassybrussels.gov.in|accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]]
*[[Vijay Keshav Gokhale|Vijay Gokhale]]
*[[Navtej Sarna]]
*[[Taranjit Singh Sandhu]]
*[[Pankaj Saran]]
*[[Riva Ganguly Das]]
*[[S. Jaishankar]]

==References==
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[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Indian Foreign Service officers]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to the European Union]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Belgium]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Luxembourg]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Nepal]]

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