T. S. Tirumurti

T. S. Tirumurti
Tirumurti in 2018
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
In office
19 May 2020 – 30 June 2022
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Preceded bySyed Akbaruddin
Succeeded byRuchira Kamboj
Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs
In office
5 February 2018[2] – 30 April 2020
Preceded byVijay Keshav Gokhale[3]
Succeeded byRahul Chhabra
High Commissioner of India to Malaysia [5]
In office
20 December 2013[4] – 4 February 2018
Preceded byVijay Keshav Gokhale[6]
Succeeded byMridul Kumar[7]
1st Representative of India to the State of Palestine[8]
In office
1 January 1996 – 1 January 1998
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byP. Harish
Personal details
Born (1962-03-07) 7 March 1962 (age 62)[2]
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
SpouseGowri Tirumurti[2]
RelativesRamanathan Krishnan (Father in-law)
OccupationIFS
ProfessionCivil Servant

T. S. Tirumurti (born 7 March 1962) is a retired Indian civil servant (Ambassador) of the Indian Foreign Service cadre.[9] His diplomatic career spanned 37 years (1985-2022). He served as the Secretary to Government of India and later as Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in New York when India became a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 8th time.[10] He was also the President of the UN Security Council for August 2021.[11]

After his retirement from the Indian Foreign Service, Tirumurti has been appointed as Distinguished Professor in Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai.[12] He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar.[13]

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  2. ^ a b c "MEA - About MEA : Profiles : Secretary (ER)". 20 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Diplomat T S Tirumurti Appointed Economic Relations Secretary News18. Retrieved 29 August 2021
  4. ^ "Welcome to High Commission of India, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)". 20 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Vijay Gokhale, T S Tirumurti rise on Malaysia experience". The Times of India.
  6. ^ "Know Your Diplomat: India's new ambassador to Germany Vijay Keshav Gokhale". www.babusofindia.com.
  7. ^ "Indian Mandarins is Exclusive News, Views and Analysis News portal on Indian bureaucracy, governance, PSUs and Corporate".
  8. ^ "Welcome to Representative Office of India, Ramallah, Palestine". www.roiramallah.org.
  9. ^ Indian Foreign Service [@indiandiplomats] (1 July 2022). "IFSA bid fond farewell to Mr T S Tirumurti, PR at UN, New York..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "T S Tirumurti appointed India's Permanent Representative to the UN". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Ambassador T. S. Tirumurti (India) on the programme of work for the month of August - Security Council Media Stakeout | UN Web TV". webtv.un.org. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, India". IIT Madras. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Board of Governors | Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology". www.daiict.ac.in. Retrieved 7 March 2024.