List of ambassadors of India to the United States
The Indian Ambassador to the United States is the chief diplomatic representative of India to the United States, housed in the Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.[2] The current ambassador is Taranjit Singh Sandhu[3] who succeeded Harsh Vardhan Shringla in February, 2020.
Ambassador of India to the United States | |
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Nominator | Ram Nath Kovind |
Inaugural holder | Asaf Ali |
Formation | 1947 |
Website | Embassy of India, Washington D.C., United States |
List of Indian Ambassadors to the United States
Name | Photo | Entered office | Left office | Notes |
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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 and current Union Minister for External Affairs. | |
Arun Kumar Singh | 2015 | 2016 | IFS officer. | |
Navtej Sarna | 2016 | 20 December 2018 | IFS officer | |
Harsh Vardhan Shringla | 11 January 2019[4] | 11 January 2020[5] [6] | IFS officer, 33rd Foreign Secretary of India | |
Taranjit Singh Sandhu | 6 February 2020 [7] | Incumbent | IFS officer |
See also
References
- "Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu presents his credentials to US president Donald Trump". Ministry of External Affairs. 6 February 2020.
- "Ambassador of India to the United States". Embassy of India, Washington. 9 January 2019.
- "Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu presents his credentials to US president Donald Trump". Ministry of External Affairs. 6 February 2020.
- "Harsh Vardhan Shringla appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the US". Ministry of External Affairs. 20 December 2018.
- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/indian-envoy-to-united-states-harsh-vardhan-shringla-will-be-the-next-foreign-secretary/articleshow/72942706.cms?from=mdr
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/outgoing-indias-envoy-to-us-harsha-vardhan-shringla-calls-on-president-trump/articleshow/73210713.cms
- "Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu presents his credentials to US president Donald Trump". Ministry of External Affairs. 6 February 2020.
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