Ambassador of India to the United States
Incumbent
Taranjit Singh Sandhu[1]
since 6 February 2020
NominatorPresident of India
Inaugural holderAsaf Ali
Formation1947
WebsiteEmbassy of India, Washington D.C., United States
Embassy of India in Washington, D.C.

The Indian Ambassador to the United States of America is the chief diplomatic representative of India to the United States, housed in the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C.[2] The current ambassador is Taranjit Singh Sandhu[3] who succeeded Harsh Vardhan Shringla in February, 2020 following Shringla's appointment as Foreign Secretary of India.

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 women President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953)
Binay Ranjan Sen 1951 1952 Director General of the 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 University
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
Katyayani 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.
Lalit Mansingh 2001 2004 IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary and Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Ronen Sen August 2004 March 2009 IFS officer.
Meera Shankar 2009 2011 IFS officer.
Nirupama Rao 1 August 2011 5 November 2013 IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar 1 December 2013 28 January 2015 IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary and current Union Minister for External Affairs.
Arun Kumar Singh 6 May 2015 August 2016 IFS officer.
Navtej Sarna November 2016 20 December 2018 IFS officer
Harsh Vardhan Shringla11 January 2019[4]11 January 2020[5][6] IFS officer, 33rd Foreign Secretary
Taranjit Singh Sandhu6 February 2020 [7] Incumbent IFS officer

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu presents his credentials to US president Donald Trump". Ministry of External Affairs. 6 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ambassador of India to the United States". Embassy of India, Washington. 9 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu presents his credentials to US president Donald Trump". Ministry of External Affairs. 6 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Harsh Vardhan Shringla appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the US". Ministry of External Affairs. 20 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Indian envoy to United States Harsh Vardhan Shringla will be the next Foreign Secretary". The Economic Times.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu presents his credentials to US president Donald Trump". Ministry of External Affairs. 6 February 2020.

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