List of ambassadors of India to the United States

Ambassador of India to the United States
Ambassador of India to the United States
	Incumbent; Taranjit Singh Sandhu; since 6 February 2020
Nominator	Ram Nath Kovind
Inaugural holder	Asaf Ali
Formation	1947
Website	Embassy 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 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.

List of Indian Ambassadors to the United States[edit]

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 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	File:Ambassador Abid Hussain.jpg	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