Ambassador of India to the United States 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 India in Washington, 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
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
References
^ "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.
India Ambassador, Official page indianembassy.org
Embassay of India, Washington DC-Ambassadors of India to the United States
External links
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