List of ambassadors of India to the United States facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Ambassador of India to the United States |
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vacant since 1 February 2024 |
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| 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. 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 |
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| 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 | .gif) |
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 | .jpg) |
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 | _(cropped).jpg) |
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 | 11 January 2020 | IFS officer, 33rd Foreign Secretary |
| 28th | Taranjit Singh Sandhu | 6 February 2020 | 31 January 2024 | IFS officer | |
| 29th | Vacant | since 1 February 2024 |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Embajadores de la India en los Estados Unidos para niños
- India–United States relations
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