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 current ambassador is Vinay Mohan Kwatra.
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Name |
Photo |
Entered office |
Left office |
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1st |
Asaf Ali |
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1947 |
1948 |
Lawyer and former Governor of Odisha. |
2nd |
Benegal Rama Rau |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1989 |
1990 |
Titular Maharaja 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Vinay Mohan Kwatra |
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13 August 2024 |
Incumbent |
Former IFS officer,
34th Foreign Secretary |
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