List of Indian Ambassadors to the United States
Name |
Photo |
Entered office |
Left office |
Notes |
Asaf Ali |
|
1947 |
1948 |
Lawyer and former Governor of Odisha. |
Benegal Rama Rau |
|
1948 |
1949 |
4th Governor of Reserve Bank of India. |
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
|
1949 |
1951 |
First Woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953) |
Binay Ranjan Sen |
|
1951 |
1952 |
Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization (1956–67) |
Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta |
|
1952 |
1958 |
|
M. C. Chagla |
|
1958 |
1961 |
Eminent lawyer |
Braj Kumar Nehru |
|
1961 |
1968 |
ICS officer, Governor of seven different states. Also served as Economic Affairs Secretary. |
Ali Yavar Jung |
|
1968 |
1970 |
Governor of Maharashtra, VC of AMU, VC of Osmania univ. |
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 |
T. N. Kaul |
|
1973 |
1976 |
[ICS, former Foreign Secretary. |
Kewal Singh |
|
1976 |
1977 |
[[ICS], former Foreign Secretary. |
Nanabhoy Palkhivala |
|
1977 |
1979 |
Eminent lawyer |
K. R. Narayanan |
|
1980 |
1984 |
10th President of India |
K. Shankar Bajpai |
|
1984 |
1986 |
|
P. K. Kaul |
|
1986 |
1989 |
IAS officer, former Cabinet Secretary of India. Also served as Finance Secretary, Defence Secretary and Commerce Secretary. |
Karan Singh |
|
1989 |
1990 |
Titular Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir |
Abid Hussain |
|
1990 |
1992 |
IAS officer, former Commerce Secretary. |
Siddhartha Shankar Ray |
|
1992 |
1996 |
Minister of Education, Chief Minister of West Bengal |
Naresh Chandra |
|
1996 |
2001 |
IAS officer, former Cabinet Secretary of India. Also served as Home Secretary, Defence Secretary and Finance Secretary. |
Lalit Mansingh |
|
2001 |
2004 |
IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary and Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. |
Ronen Sen |
|
2004 |
2009 |
IFS officer. |
Meera Shankar |
|
2009 |
2011 |
IFS officer. |
Nirupama Rao |
|
2011 |
2013 |
IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary. |
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar |
|
2013 |
28 January 2015 |
IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary. |
Arun Kumar Singh |
|
2015 |
2016 |
IFS officer. |
Navtej Sarna |
|
2016 |
Till date |
IFS officer. |