Hardeep Singh Puri, India's Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has a distinguished career spanning diplomacy and politics. A former Indian Foreign Service officer, he served as India's Permanent Representative to the UN. Puri joined the BJP in 2013 after 39 years as a diplomat. He has held multiple ministerial portfolios, including Housing and Urban Affairs, and Civil Aviation, where he led Operation Devi Shakti for COVID-19 evacuations.