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List of ambassadors and high commissioners of India

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This is a list of currently serving ambassadors, high commissioners and permanent representatives of India. High commissioners lead India's diplomatic missions in member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and ambassadors lead diplomatic missions in other states. The head of a diplomatic mission to an international organization is called a permanent representative. All ambassadors, high commissioners and permanent representatives of India are appointed by the Ministry of External Affairs and are almost always career diplomats and members of the Indian Foreign Service.

Current ambassadors and high commissioners

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Africa

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Host country List Ambassador/High Commissioner Appointed Websites Refs
Algeria List Dr. Swati Vijay Kulkarni April 2024 EOI, Algiers [1]
Angola List Dr. Vidhu P Nair February 2024 EOI, Angola [2]
Botswana Bharath Kumar Kuthati July 2023 HCI, Gaborone
Burkina Faso Om Prakash Meena January 2025 EOI, Ouagadougou
Cameroon Vijay Khanduja May 2024 HCI, Yaounde
DR Congo
Accredited to:
 V. Venkataraman September 2024 EOI, Kinshasa
Congo, Republic of Madan Lal Raigar September 2024 EOI, Brazzavile
Cote D'Ivoire
Accredited to:
 Rajesh Ranjan November 2022 EOI, Abidjaan
Djibouti Ramachandran Chandramouli June 2021 EOI, Djibouti
Egypt
Accredited to:
 Suresh K. Reddy May 2025 EOI, Cairo
Equatorial Guinea Prashant Kumar Das July 2023 EOI, Malabo
Eswatini N Ram Prasad August 2023 HCI, Mbabane
Eritrea Prakash Chand January 2023 HCI, Asmara
Ethiopia
Accredited to:
 Anil Kumar Rai February 2024 EOI, Addis Ababa
Ghana Manish Gupta July 2023 HCI, Accra
Guinea Avtar Singh January 2023 EOI, Conakry
Kenya List Namgya C. Khampa July 2023 HCI, Nairobi
Liberia Manoj Bihari Verma January 2025 EOI, Monrovia
Libya Ngulkham Jathom Gangte October 2021
Madagascar List B Wilson Babu November 2022 EOI, Antanarivo
Malawi S. Gopalakrishnan January 2021 HCI, Lilongwe
Mali Dr.N.Nandakumar November 2019 EOI, Bamako
Mauritania Naresh Kumar May 2024 EOI, Nouackchott
Mauritius K. Nandini Singla October 2020 HCI, Port Louis
Morocco Sanjay Rana September 2024 EOI, Rabat
Mozambique Robert Shetkintong November 2023 HCI, Maputo
Namibia Rahul Shrivastava November 2024 HCI, Windhoek
Niger Sita Ram Meena May 2024 EOI, Niamey
Nigeria[a]
Accredited to:
 Abhishek Singh October 2025 HCI, Abuja
Senegal Dinkar Asthana 2022 08 EOI, Dakar
Seychelles Kartik Pande 2022 11 HCI, Victoria-Mahe
South Africa
Accredited to:
 Prabhat Kumar 2023 08 HCI, Pretoria
Sudan Vacant EOI, Khartoum
Tanzania List Bishwadip Dey 2024 06 HCI, Dar Es Salaam
Tunisia Ngulkham Jathom Gangte 2021 08 EOI, Tunis
Zambia Alok Ranjan Jha December 2024 HCI, Lusaka
Zimbabwe Bramha Kumar April 2024 EOI, Harare

Asia

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Host country List Ambassador/High Commissioner Appointed Websites Refs
Afghanistan Karan Yadav, chargé d'affaires EOI, Kabul
Bahrain Vinod K Jacob August 2023 EOI, Bahrain
Bangladesh List Pranay Kumar Verma July 2022 HCI, Dhaka
Bhutan List Sudhakar Dalela August 2022 EOI, Thimpu
Brunei Darussalam Alok Amitabh Dimri March 2022 HCI, Brunei
Cambodia Devyani Khobragade September 2020 EOI, Phonm Penh
China List Pradeep Kumar Rawat December 2021 EOI, Beijing
Indonesia Sandeep Chakravorty August 2023 EOI, Jakarta
Iran Rudra Gaurav Shreshth May 2023 EOI, Tehran
Iraq Prashant Pise August 2021 EOI, Baghdad
Israel List JP Singh October 2019 EOI, Tel Aviv
Japan Sibi George September 2022 EOI, Tokyo
Jordan Manish Chauhan EOI, Amman
North Korea Aliawati Longkumer June 2025
South Korea Gourangalal Das September 2025 EOI, Seoul
Kuwait Adarsh Swaika October 2022 EOI, Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan Birender Singh Yadav December 2024 EOI, Bishkek
Lebanon Md. Noor Rahman Sheikh June 2023 EOI, Beirut
Malaysia B. Nagabhushana Reddy August 2021 HCI, Kuala Lumpur
Maldives Munu Mahawar October 2021 HCI, Male
Mongolia Atul Malhari Gotsurve March 2024 EOI, Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar Abhay Thakur April 2024 EOI, Yangon
  Nepal Naveen Srivastava June 2022 EOI, Kathmandu
Oman Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas March 2025 EOI, Muscat
Pakistan List Vacant since August 2019

Geetika Srivastava, chargé d'affaires

HCI, Islamabad
Philippines
Accredited to:
 Harsh Kumar Jain 2024 05 EOI, Manila
Qatar Vipul 2023 08 EOI, Doha
Saudi Arabia Suhel Ajaz Khan[3] 2023 01 EOI, Riyadh
Singapore Shilpak Ambule June 2023 HCI, Singapore
Sri Lanka Santosh Jha 2023 12 HCI, Colombo
Tajikistan Rajesh Uike 2024 03 EOI, Dushanbe
Thailand Nagesh Singh 2022 08 EOI, Bangkok
Turkmenistan Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat 2024 01 EOI, Ashgabat
United Arab Emirates List Sunjay Sudhir 2021 11 EOI, Abu Dhabi
Uzbekistan Smita Pant[4] December 2023 EOI, Tashkent
Vietnam Sandeep Arya 2022 10 EOI, Hanoi
Yemen Suhel Ajaz Khan 2024 06 EOI, Sana'a

Europe

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Host country List Ambassador/High Commissioner Appointed Websites Refs
Albania Ravindra Prasad Jaiswal January 2025 EOI, Tirana [5]
Armenia Nilakshi Saha Sinha March 2023 EOI, Yerevan [6]
Austria Shambu S. Kumaran April 2024 EOI, Vienna
Azerbaijan Mr. Sridharan Madhusudhanan EOI, Baku
Belarus Ashok Kumar December 2024 EOI, Minsk [7]
Belgium
Accredited to:
 Saurabh Kumar November 2023 EOI, Brussels
Bulgaria Sanjay Rana March 2021 EOI, Sofia
Croatia Arun Goel September 2024 EOI, Zagreb
Cyprus Mr Manish May 2024 HCI, Nicosia
Czech Republic Hemant H. Kotalwar September 2020 EOI, Prague
Denmark Manish Prabhat April 2024 EOI, Copenhegen
Estonia Ashish Kumar Sinha April 2025 EOI, Tallinn
Finland Raveesh Kumar July 2020 EOI, Helsinki
France
Accredited to:
 List Jawed Ashraf July 2020 EOI, Paris [8]
Germany List Ajit Gupte October 2024 EOI, Berlin [9]
Greece List Rudrendra Tandon March 2023 EOI, Athens
Hungary
Accredited to:
 Partha Sathpathy November 2021 EOI, Budapest
Iceland B. Shyam July 2021 EOI, Reykjavik [10]
Ireland Akhilesh Mishra August 2021 EOI, Dublin
Italy Vani Rao April 2024 EOI, Rome
Kazakhstan Nagendra Prasad June 2023 EOI, Astana
Latvia Namrata S Kumar January 2025 EOI, Riga
Lithuania Devesh Uttam July 2023 EOI, Vilnius
Malta Gloria Gangte February 2021 HCI, Malta
Netherlands Mr Kumar Tuhin June 2024 EOI, Hague
Norway Gloria Gangte EOI, Oslo
Poland Nagma Mohammad Mallick 2021 07 EOI, Warsaw
Portugal Manish Chauhan 2021 01 EOI, Lisbon
Romania
Accredited to:
 Manoj Kumar Mohapatra July 2025 EOI, Bucharest
Russia List Vinay Kumar March 2024 EOI, Moscow
Serbia Shubhdarshini Tripathi 2023 09 EOI, Belgrade
Slovak Republic Apoorva Srivastava 2022 10 EOI, Bratislava
Slovenia Amit Narang March 2025 EOI, Ljubljana
Spain
Accredited to:
 Jayant N. Khobragade September 2025 EOI, Madrid
Sweden
Accredited To:
 Anurag Bhushan 2025 06 EOI, Stockholm
 Switzerland
Accredited To:
 List Mridul Kumar 2023 06 EOI, Berne
Turkey Shri Muktesh K. Pardeshi November 2024 EOI, Ankara
Ukraine Ravi Shankar 2024 05 EOI, Kyiv
United Kingdom List Vikram Doraiswami 2022 09 HCI, London

North America

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Host country List Ambassador/High Commissioner Appointed Websites Refs
Canada Dinesh K. Patnaik June 2022 HCI, Ottawa
Cuba T. Armstrong Changsan March 2024 EOI, Havana
Guatemala
Accredited to:
 Raj Kumar Singh September 2025 EOI, Guatemala
Jamaica
Accredited to:
 Mayank Joshi June 2024 HCI, Kingston
Mexico Pankaj Sharma February 2022 EOI, Mexico City
Trinidad and Tobago Pradeep Rajpurohit 2023 10 HCI, Port of Spain
United States List Vinay Mohan Kwatra 2024 07 EOI, Washington, D.C.

South America

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Host country List Ambassador/High Commissioner Appointed Websites Refs
Argentina
Accredited to:
 Ajaneesh Kumar January 2025 EOI, Buenos Aires [11]
Bolivia Rohitkumar R. Vadhwana September 2024
Brazil Suresh Reddy September 2020 EOI, Brasilia
Chile Abhilasha Joshi March 2024 EOI, Santiago
Colombia Vanlalhuma September 2022 EOI, Bogota
Guyana Amit Telang September 2023 HCI, Georgetown
Paraguay Yogeshwar Sangwan 2022 02 EOI, Asuncion
Peru Vishvas Vidu Sapkal 2022 07 EOI, Lima
Suriname
Accredited to:
 Subhash Prasad Gupta 2024 07 EOI, Paramaribo
Venezuela Ashok Babu 2023 11 EOI, Caracas

Oceania

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Host country List Ambassador/High Commissioner Appointed Websites Refs
Australia
Accredited to:
 Gopal Bagalay January 2024 HCI, Canberra [12][13]
Fiji
Accredited to:
 P. S. Karthigeyan July 2021 HCI, Suva
New Zealand
Accredited to:
 Neeta Bhushan September 2022 HCI, Wellington
Papua New Guinea
Accredited to:
 Inbasekar Sundaramurthy 2021 06 HCI, Port Moresby

Honorary consuls

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Host country High Commissioner / Ambassador Refs
Antigua & Barbuda Amit Telang
Aruba
Barbados
Belize Shamim Aktar
Benin
Chad Abhay Thakur [14]
Comoros Abhay Kumar 28 May 2019 [b]
Costa Rica Upendra Singh Rawat 3 December 2019-12-03 [c]
Dominican Republic
Estonia Radha Venkataraman 17 May 2019
Ecuador Sanjiv Ranjan[d] 2019 09 02
El Salvador
Gabon Nina Tshering La [e][15]
Gambia G. V. Srinivas 2019 10 24[f]
Georgia Kishan Dan Dewal[g] 2019 10 11
Guinea (with Cape Verde) G. V. Srinivas 2019 09 23 [h]
Haiti
Honduras
Liberia Y. K. Sailas Thangal
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Mauritania
Montenegro Jaideep Mazumdar [16]
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua (with Panama) Upendra Singh Rawat 2019 10 18[i]
North Macedonia
Réunion
Saint Kitts and Nevis Amit Telang
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Junior Bacchus
Saint Lucia
Sierra Leone
Togo M. S. Padmaja 2019 11 13

Permanent representatives to international organizations

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Host organization Location Permanent Representatives and Deputy Representatives Took office Ref.
Conference on Disarmament Geneva Shamim Aktar 11 November 2018 [17]
Caribbean Community Georgetown, Guyana Amit Telang December 2023
European Union[EU] Brussels Santosh Jha 17 July 2020 [18]
United Nations New York City Parvathaneni Harish
(Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations) 		September 2024 [19]
Geneva Arindam Bagchi 2024 [20][21]
UNESCO Paris Vishal V. Sharma October 2020 [22]
World Trade Organisation Geneva Brajendra Navneet 29 June, 2021 [23]
ASEAN Jakarta Jayant N. Khobragade 20 January 2021 [24]
African Union[AU] Addis Ababa Robert Shetkintong March 2020
IAEA Vienna Malina Paul Jan 2022
  • AU – Since March 2005, Indian Ambassador appointed to Ethiopia, with office in Addis Ababa, is also concurrently accredited as the Permanent Representative of India to the African Union.
  • EU – Indian Ambassador appointed to the Kingdom of Belgium, with office in Brussels, is also concurrently accredited as the Permanent Representative of India to the European Union.

Notes

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  1. ^ Along with Chad
  2. ^ additional charge with Madagascar
  3. ^ additional charge with Nicaragua and Panama
  4. ^ additional charge with Colombia
  5. ^ additional charge along with Democratic Republic of the Congo
  6. ^ additional charge with Guinea and Cape Verde
  7. ^ additional charge with Armenia
  8. ^ additional charge on 2019 10 22
  9. ^ additional charge of Panama since 19 July 2019

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dr. Swati Vijay Kulkarni appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. September 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "Dr. Vidhu P. Nair appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Angola". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. January 11, 2024.
  3. ^ ANI (2023-01-17). "Suhel Ajaz Khan assumes charge as new Indian envoy to Saudi Arabia". ThePrint. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  4. ^ "Ms. Smita Pant appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan". 26 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Operationalization of New resident Mission of India in Tirana, Albania". mea.gov.in. MEA. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Ms. Nilakshi Saha Sinha appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Armenia". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. January 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "Shri Ashok Kumar appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Belarus". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. December 5, 2024.
  8. ^ "Jawed Ashraf set to be the next envoy to France". Hindustan Times. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Shri Ajit Gupte appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Germany". www.mea.gov.in. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Shri B. Shyam appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Iceland". mea.gov.in. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Ajaneesh Kumar appointed as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Argentina". January 29, 2025.
  12. ^ "Shri Gopal Baglay appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Australia". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. September 13, 2023.
  13. ^ "Shri Gopal Baglay concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Nauru". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. June 23, 2024.
  14. ^ "Mr.Takur designated additional charge". ani. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Mr.La given the additional changes". ani. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Shri Jaideep Mazumdar has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to Montenegro". www.mea.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  17. ^ "Ambassador/PR : Ambassador Amandeep Gill". meaindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  18. ^ "Shri Santosh Jha appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Belgium". www.mea.gov.in. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Ruchira Kamboj appointed as India's Permanent Representative to United Nations". ThePrint. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Welcome to Permanent Mission of India in Geneva". www.pmindiaun.org. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  21. ^ Geneva, United Nations Office of. "Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva". www.unog.ch. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  22. ^ "Shri Vishal V. Sharma has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO, Paris". mea.gov.in. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  23. ^ "Welcome to Permanent Mission of India in Geneva". www.pmindiaun.org. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  24. ^ "Jayant Khobragade named Indias next envoy to ASEAN secretariat". Hindustan Times. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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