Harish Parvathaneni is an Indian diplomat who is serving as Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations since 1 September 2024.

A 1990 batch of Indian Foreign Service, he served as ambassador to Germany from 2021 until 2024 and to Vietnam from 2016 till 2019.

[3] He worked in Indian Embassay in Cairo (Egypt) and Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), and was India’s representative to the Palestinian Authority.

[4] Harish served as joint secretary and officer on special duty to India's Vice President Hamid Ansari for five years, beginning in 2007.

[5] He served as India's consular general of United States in Houston from July 2012 till March 2016.