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 following Shringla's appointment as Foreign Secretary of India.
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 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 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 | |
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 | 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 | |
Taranjit Singh Sandhu | 6 February 2020 [7] | Incumbent | IFS officer |
See also
- India–United States relations
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.
- India Ambassador, Official page indianembassy.org
- Embassay of India, Washington DC-Ambassadors of India to the United States
External links
Media related to Ambassadors of India to the United States at Wikimedia Commons
- India Ambassador, Official page at Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.
- Ministry of External Affairs, Official website
- Ministry of External Affairs, Official Twitter handle