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List of ambassadors of India to the United States

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bodyIndia to the United States
insigniaFile:Emblem of India.svg
insigniasize75px
insigniacaptionEmblem of India
imageFile:Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., April 11, 2024 (cropped).jpg
incumbentVinay Mohan Kwatra
incumbentsince13 August 2024
appointerPresident of India
inauguralAsaf Ali
formation1947
websiteEmbassy of India, Washington D.C., U.S.
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flagcaptionFlag of India

The ambassador of India to the United States is the chief diplomatic representative of India to the United States, housed in the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The current ambassador is Vinay Mohan Kwatra.

List of Indian ambassadors to the United States

Sr. No.NamePhotoEntered officeLeft officeNotes
1stAsaf Ali[[File:Asaf Ali 1949.jpg60px]]19471948Lawyer and former Governor of Odisha.
2ndBenegal Rama Rau[[File:Sir Benegal Rama Rau, governor of Reserve Bank of India.jpg60px]]194819494th Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
3rdVijaya Lakshmi Pandit[[File:Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1965b.jpg60px]]19491951First women President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953)
4thBinay Ranjan Sen[[File:Binay Ranjan Sen.jpg60px]]19511952Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1956–67)
5thGaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta19521958
6thM. C. Chagla[[File:Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla.jpg60px]]19581961Indian Cabinet minister
7thBraj Kumar Nehru[[File:Braj Kumar Nehru (cropped).gif60px]]19611968ICS officer, Governor of seven different states. Also served as Economic Affairs Secretary.
8thAli Yavar Jung19681970Governor of Maharashtra, VC of AMU, VC of Osmania University
9thLakshmi Kant Jha19701973ICS, Secy Industries, Commerce, Finance, Secy to the PM,8th Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Governor of J&K
10thT. N. Kaul19731976ICS, former Foreign Secretary.
11thKewal Singh19761977ICS, former Foreign Secretary.
12thNanabhoy Palkhivala[[File:Nanabhoy Palkhivala 2004 stamp of India.jpg60px]]19771979Eminent lawyer
13thK. R. Narayanan[[File:K. R. Narayanan.jpg60px]]1980198410th President of India
14thKatyayani Shankar Bajpai19841986
15thP. K. Kaul19861989IAS officer, former Cabinet Secretary of India. Also served as Finance Secretary, Defence Secretary and Commerce Secretary.
16thKaran Singh[[File:Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg60px]]19891990Titular Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
17thAbid Hussain[[File:Abid Hussain in mid 1980s Ministry of Commerce.jpg60px]]19901992IAS officer, former Commerce Secretary.
18thSiddhartha Shankar Ray19921996Minister of Education, Chief Minister of West Bengal
19thNaresh Chandra[[File:Naresh Chandra July 2012.jpg60px]]19962001IAS officer, former Cabinet Secretary of India. Also served as Home Secretary, Defence Secretary.
20thLalit Mansingh[[File:Lalit Mansingh.jpg60px]]20012004IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary and Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
21stRonen Sen[[File:Defense.gov News Photo 070716-D-9880W-084 (cropped).jpg60px]]August 2004March 2009IFS officer.
22ndMeera Shankar[[File:Meera Shankar at U.S.-India People to People Conference cropped.jpg60px]]20092011IFS officer.
23rdNirupama Rao[[File:Nirupama Rao.jpg60px]]1 August 20115 November 2013IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary.
24thSubrahmanyam Jaishankar[[File:Minister Jaishankar (48823162971) (cropped).jpg60px]]1 December 201328 January 2015IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary and current Union Minister for External Affairs.
25thArun Kumar Singh[[File:Indian Ambassador Arun Kumar Singh.jpg60px]]6 May 2015August 2016IFS officer.
26thNavtej Sarna[[File:Navtej Singh Sarna.jpg60px]]November 201620 December 2018IFS officer
27thHarsh Vardhan Shringla[[File:Amb - GU India Initiative - 2019-04-23.jpg60px]]11 January 201911 January 2020IFS officer, 33rd Foreign Secretary
28thTaranjit Singh Sandhu[[File:India Artemis Accords Signing (NHQ202306210057).jpg60px]]6 February 202031 January 2024IFS officer
29thVinay Mohan Kwatra[[File:Deputy Secretary Sherman Meets with Indian Foreign Secretary Kwatra (52484258491) (cropped).jpg71x71px]]13 August 2024IncumbentFormer IFS officer,

References

References

  1. (9 January 2019). "Ambassador of India to the United States". Embassy of India, Washington.
  2. (20 December 2018). "Harsh Vardhan Shringla appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the US". Ministry of External Affairs.
  3. "Indian envoy to United States Harsh Vardhan Shringla will be the next Foreign Secretary". The Economic Times.
  4. "Outgoing India's envoy to US, Harsha Vardhan Shringla calls on President Trump {{!}} India News - Times of India".
  5. (6 February 2020). "Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu presents his credentials to US president Donald Trump". Ministry of External Affairs.
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