P. K. Banerjee (Indian diplomat)

P. K. Banerjee
P. K. Banerjee
Chargé d'affaires to China
	In office; 1962–1962
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	Ratan Kumar Nehru
Succeeded by	Jagat Singh Mehta
Indian High Commissioner to Kenya
	In office; 1964–1966
Preceded by	Prem Krishen
Succeeded by	es:Prem Narain Bhatia
1st Indian ambassador to Costa Rica
	In office; 1968–1969
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Succeeded by	Vishnu Kalyandas Ahuja
Indian ambassador to Thailand
	In office; 1969–1971
Preceded by	K. R. Narayanan
Succeeded by	Romesh Bhandari
6th Indian permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva
	In office; August 1971 – August 1973
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Preceded by	Natarajan Krishnan
Succeeded by	Brajesh Mishra
Personal details
Born	7 December 1917; Kolkata, India
Died	2003

Purnendu Kumar Banerjee^[1] (7 December 1917 – 2003) was Indian Chargé d'affaires in Beijing during the India-China border conflict, also called the Sino-Indian War. He wrote a short book on his encounters with Zhou En Lai (1898–1976). Banerjee was a recipient of the 1963 Padma Shri award, India's fourth highest civilian award. In 1969, he became India's first ambassador to Costa Rica.^[2] He was the sixth Ambassador in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN Office in Geneva.^[3]

Selected publications

Banerjee, Purnendu Kumar (1990). My Peking memoirs of the Chinese invasion of India. New Delhi: Clarion Books.^[1]
Banerjee, Purnendu Kumar (2002). Assignment Americas: perspective of a partnership in values. Kolkata: Bibhasa. ^[4]