Diplomat Parvathaneni Harish was appointed as India’s next ambassador to the United Nations in New York on August 14.

• Currently he is serving as India’s ambassador to Germany.
• He is a 1990-batch Indian Foreign Service officer.
• The position of India’s ambassador or permanent representative to the UN has been vacant since Ruchira Kamboj's retirement in June.
• He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a brief statement.