Petal Gahlot is an Indian Diplomat who is currently serving as the First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. She is trending on the Internet for her strong factual response to Pakistan at the UNGA in September 2025. She was born on 24th November 1990 in Delhi and is 34 years old as of September 2025 ^{Ref.Source:- Petal Gahlot X’s Profile}.

Petal Gahlot was born to Sanjay Gahlot and Sushama Gahlot in 1990. His father was a Captain in Indian Army and took voluntary retirement after 6 years. He then joined Indian Revenue Service in 1991 and served till 2021. Petal Gahlot has a brother by the name of Sahir Gahlot ^{Ref.Source:- Petal Gahlot’s X Profile}.

Petal Gahlot’s husband is an IAS. She met her husband at the training at LBSNAA in 2015 ^{Ref.Source:- ForumIAS}. She is in a long-distance marriage as her husband works in India while she works for the Indian Government abroad.

Petal Gahlot has done a BA in Political Science, Sociology, and French Literature from St. Xavier’s College in Malhar in 2010. She then went on to do an MA in Political Science and Government in 2012 from Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR), Delhi. In 2020, she completed her MA in Language Interpretation and Translation from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

In 2013, she gave her first attempt at UPSC but failed. She gave the exam again in 2015 and got an All India Rank of 96 and joined the IFS.