Paper Title
The Absent Giant: India Quest for UNSC Permanent Seat in 2026

Abstract
The 2026 global world order is heading towards multilateral world order from USA dominated unilateral world order after cold war ended with the fall of Berlin wall. This paper examine the major role and necessity of India in the UNSC permanent seat quest. This paper going to examine the long standing and historical aspirations of India since the end of world war 2. The paper is about to examine the various challenges, efforts, roles , contribution and diplomatic efforts made by India to be the part of UNSC permanent membership. India provides strong case for it’s quest for permanent seat, it can be evident through growing military capabilities, emerging economy and largest democracy in the world . India through it’s contribution to UN peacekeeping mission and humanitarian assistance along with active role in global politics through decision making has provided the strong case to get permanent membership at UNSC. But getting permanent seat at UNSC is a complex task because countries like China puts veto and coffee club at UN has been consistency defying India participation. But the recent global world order facing the Various issues like cross border terrorism, climate change, cross border infiltration, economic protectionism and wars has created chaos in the global politics . India principle of Vasudhaiva kutumbakam and soft power diplomacy along with stable economy create strong case for India to be part of UNSC permanent seat. Keywords - UNSC Permanent Seat, Multilateral World Order, Soft Power Diplomacy, Vsudhaiva kutumbakam, Global Politics, UN Peacekeeping Mission.