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1 List of Indian Ambassadors to the United States  




2 See also  




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Ambassador of India to the United States

Emblem of India
Flag of India

Incumbent
vacant
since 1 February 2024

Appointer

President of India

Inaugural holder

Asaf Ali

Formation

1947

Website

Embassy of India, Washington D.C., U.S.

Embassy of IndiainWashington, D.C.

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.[1] The former ambassador was Taranjit Singh Sandhu who served until 31 January 2024.

List of Indian Ambassadors to the United States[edit]

Sr. No.

Name

Photo

Entered office

Left office

Notes

1st

Asaf Ali

1947

1948

Lawyer and former Governor of Odisha.

2nd

Benegal Rama Rau

1948

1949

4th Governor of Reserve Bank of India.

3rd

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

1949

1951

First women President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953)

4th

Binay Ranjan Sen

1951

1952

Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1956–67)

5th

Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta

1952

1958

6th

M. C. Chagla

1958

1961

Indian Cabinet minister

7th

Braj Kumar Nehru

1961

1968

ICS officer, Governor of seven different states. Also served as Economic Affairs Secretary.

8th

Ali Yavar Jung

1968

1970

Governor of Maharashtra, VC of AMU, VC of Osmania University

9th

Lakshmi Kant Jha

1970

1973

ICS, Secy Industries, Commerce, Finance, Secy to the PM,8th Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Governor of J&K

10th

T. N. Kaul

1973

1976

ICS, former Foreign Secretary.

11th

Kewal Singh

1976

1977

ICS, former Foreign Secretary.

12th

Nanabhoy Palkhivala

1977

1979

Eminent lawyer

13th

K. R. Narayanan

1980

1984

10th President of India

14th

Katyayani Shankar Bajpai

1984

1986

15th

P. K. Kaul

1986

1989

IAS officer, former Cabinet Secretary of India. Also served as Finance Secretary, Defence Secretary and Commerce Secretary.

16th

Karan Singh

1989

1990

Titular Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir

17th

Abid Hussain

1990

1992

IAS officer, former Commerce Secretary.

18th

Siddhartha Shankar Ray

1992

1996

Minister of Education, Chief Minister of West Bengal

19th

Naresh Chandra

1996

2001

IAS officer, former Cabinet Secretary of India. Also served as Home Secretary, Defence Secretary.

20th

Lalit Mansingh

2001

2004

IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary and Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

21st

Ronen Sen

August 2004

March 2009

IFS officer.

22nd

Meera Shankar

2009

2011

IFS officer.

23rd

Nirupama Rao

1 August 2011

5 November 2013

IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary.

24th

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

1 December 2013

28 January 2015

IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary and current Union Minister for External Affairs.

25th

Arun Kumar Singh

6 May 2015

August 2016

IFS officer.

26th

Navtej Sarna

November 2016

20 December 2018

IFS officer

27th

Harsh Vardhan Shringla

11 January 2019[2]

11 January 2020[3][4]

IFS officer, 33rd Foreign Secretary

28th

Taranjit Singh Sandhu

6 February 2020 [5]

31 January 2024

IFS officer

29th

Vacant

since 1 February 2024

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ambassador of India to the United States". Embassy of India, Washington. 9 January 2019.
  • ^ "Harsh Vardhan Shringla appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the US". Ministry of External Affairs. 20 December 2018.
  • ^ "Indian envoy to United States Harsh Vardhan Shringla will be the next Foreign Secretary". The Economic Times.
  • ^ "Outgoing India's envoy to US, Harsha Vardhan Shringla calls on President Trump | India News - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-12.
  • ^ "Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu presents his credentials to US president Donald Trump". Ministry of External Affairs. 6 February 2020.

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