List of ambassadors of India to the United States

The Indian Ambassador to the United States is the main representative of India to the United States. They live in the embassy of India in Washington, D.C.

Ambassador of India to the United States
Incumbent Navtej Singh Sarna since September 2016
Nominator	Pranab Mukherjee
Formation	1947
First holder	Asaf Ali
Website	Embassy of India, Washington D.C., United States

List of Indian Ambassadors to the United States

Name	Photo	Entered office	Left office	Notes
Asaf Ali	84x84px	1947	1948
Benegal Rama Rau		1948	1949	4th Governor of Reserve Bank of India
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit	62x62px	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
Braj Kumar Nehru		1961	1968
Ali Yavar Jung		1968	1970
Lakshmi Kant Jha		1970	1973	8th Governor of Reserve Bank of India
T. N. Kaul		1973	1976
Kewal Singh		1976	1977
Nanabhoy Palkhivala		1977	1979
K. R. Narayanan	73x73px	1980	1984	10th President of India
K. Shankar Bajpai		1984	1986
P. K. Kaul		1986	1989
Karan Singh	90x90px	1989	1990	Titular Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir
Abid Hussain		1990	1992
Siddhartha Shankar Ray		1992	1996
Naresh Chandra		1996	2001
Lalit Mansingh		2001	2004
Ronen Sen	80x80px	2004	2009
Meera Shankar	68x68px	2009	2011
Nirupama Rao	81x81px	2011	2013
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar	79x79px	2013	28 January 2015
Arun Kumar Singh		2015	2016
Navtej Sarna		2016

List Of Ambassadors Of India To The United States Media

• Icicles on the Embassy of India.JPG

  Embassy of India in Washington, D.C.

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  Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and others at Governor-General‘s Dussehra reception held at Government House, New Delhi on September 29, 1949. Asaf Ali, the then Governor of Orrisa.

• Sir Benegal Rama Rau, governor of Reserve Bank of India.jpg

  Sir Benegal Rama Rau, governor of Reserve Bank of India

• Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1965b.jpg

  Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1965b

• Binay Ranjan Sen.jpg

  Binay Ranjan Sen was a Indian diplomat

• Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla.jpg

  President John F. Kennedy meets with the Ambassador of India, Mohamed Ali (Mahommedali) Currim Chagla. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

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  Braj Kumar Nehru (cropped)

• Nanabhoy Palkhivala 2004 stamp of India.jpg

  Nanabhoy Palkhivala 2004 stamp of India

• K. R. Narayanan.jpg

  President of India Kocheril Raman Narayanan.

References

• India Ambassador, Official page Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine indianembassy.org
• Embassay of India, Washington DC-Ambassadors of India to the United States

Other websites

• India Ambassador, Official page Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine at Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.
• Ministry of External Affairs, Official website