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.[1] The current ambassador is Vinay Mohan Kwatra.
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| Sr. No. |
Name |
Photo |
Entered office |
Left office |
Notes |
| 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 |
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1952 |
1958 |
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| 6th |
M. C. Chagla |
 |
1958 |
1961 |
Indian Cabinet minister |
| 7th |
Braj Kumar Nehru |
 |
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 |
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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 |
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1984 |
1986 |
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| 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 Maharaja 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 |
 |
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 |
 |
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[2] | 11 January 2020[3][4] |
IFS officer, 33rd Foreign Secretary |
| 28th |
Taranjit Singh Sandhu |  | 6 February 2020 [5] |
31 January 2024 |
IFS officer |
| 29th |
Vinay Mohan Kwatra |
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13 August 2024 |
Incumbent |
Former IFS officer,
34th Foreign Secretary |
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