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
Africa
| 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: |
Vacant | 2025 | EOI, Abidjaan | ||
| Djibouti | M. Keivom | August 2024 | 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 | Raj Kamal | January 2026 | HCI, Asmara | ||
| Ethiopia Accredited to: |
Anil Kumar Rai | February 2024 | EOI, Addis Ababa | ||
| Ghana | Vacant | January 2026 | HCI, Accra | ||
| Guinea | Sandeep Sood | January 2026 | EOI, Conakry | ||
| Kenya | List | Adarsh Swaika | July 2025 | HCI, Nairobi | |
| Liberia | Manoj Bihari Verma | January 2025 | EOI, Monrovia | ||
| Libya | Ngulkham Jathom Gangte | October 2021 | |||
| Madagascar | List | Vacant | November 2022 | EOI, Antanarivo | |
| Malawi | Amararam Gujar | July 2025 | HCI, Lilongwe | ||
| Mali | Dr.N.Nandakumar | November 2019 | EOI, Bamako | ||
| Mauritania | Neeraj Agrawal | January 2026 | EOI, Nouackchott | ||
| Mauritius | Anurag Srivastava | 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 | Rohit Rathish | HCI, Victoria-Mahe | |||
| South Africa Accredited to: |
Prabhat Kumar | 2023 08 | HCI, Pretoria | ||
| Sudan | List | Vacant | EOI, Khartoum | ||
| Tanzania | List | Bishwadip Dey | 2024 06 | HCI, Dar Es Salaam | |
| Tunisia | Devyani Uttam Khobragade | 2021 08 | EOI, Tunis | ||
| Zambia | Alok Ranjan Jha | December 2024 | HCI, Lusaka | ||
| Zimbabwe | Bramha Kumar | April 2024 | EOI, Harare |
Asia
| Host country | List | Ambassador/High Commissioner | Appointed | Websites | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Karan Yadav, chargé d'affaires | ||||
| Bahrain | Vinod K Jacob | August 2023 | EOI, Bahrain | ||
| Bangladesh | List | Pranay Kumar Verma | July 2022 | HCI, Dhaka | |
| Bhutan | List | Sandeep Arya | August 2025 | EOI, Thimpu | |
| Brunei Darussalam | Ramu Abbagani | July 2025 | HCI, Brunei | ||
| Cambodia | Vanlalvawna Bawitlung | January 2025 | EOI, Phonm Penh | ||
| China | List | Pradeep Kumar Rawat | December 2021 | EOI, Beijing | |
| Indonesia | List | Sandeep Chakravorty | August 2023 | EOI, Jakarta | |
| Iran | Rudra Gaurav Shreshth | May 2023 | EOI, Tehran | ||
| Iraq | Soumen Bagchi | November 2024 | EOI, Baghdad | ||
| Israel | List | Jitender Pal Singh | January 2025 | EOI, Tel Aviv | |
| Japan | List | Nagma Mohamed Mallick | September 2025 | EOI, Tokyo | |
| Jordan | Manish Chauhan | EOI, Amman | |||
| North Korea | Aliawati Longkumer | June 2025 | |||
| South Korea | Gourangalal Das | September 2025 | EOI, Seoul | ||
| Kazakhstan | Manish Chauhan | June 2023 | EOI, Astana | ||
| Kuwait | Paramita Tripathi | 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 | G. Balasubramanian | December 2024 | 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 | 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 | Dr. 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 | Bandaru Wilsonbabu | 2025 10 | EOI, Ashgabat | ||
| United Arab Emirates | List | Dr. Deepak Mittal | 2025 10 | EOI, Abu Dhabi | |
| Uzbekistan | Smita Pant[4] | December 2023 | EOI, Tashkent | ||
| Vietnam | Tshering W. Sherpa | 2025 09 | EOI, Hanoi | ||
| Yemen | Suhel Ajaz Khan | 2024 06 |
Europe
| 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 | Abhay Kumar | EOI, Baku | |||
| Belarus | Ashok Kumar | December 2024 | EOI, Minsk | [7] | |
| Belgium Accredited to: |
Vacant | November 2023 | EOI, Brussels | ||
| Bulgaria | Arun Kumar Sahu | December 2024 | EOI, Sofia | ||
| Croatia | Arun Goel | September 2024 | EOI, Zagreb | ||
| Cyprus | Mr Manish | May 2024 | HCI, Nicosia | ||
| Czech Republic | List | Raveesh Kumar | September 2024 | EOI, Prague | |
| Denmark | Manish Prabhat | April 2024 | EOI, Copenhegen | ||
| Estonia | Ashish Kumar Sinha | April 2025 | EOI, Tallinn | ||
| Finland | Hemant H. Kotalwar | June 2024 | EOI, Helsinki | ||
| France Accredited to: |
List | Sanjeev Singla | July 2025 | EOI, Paris | [8] |
| Germany | List | Ajit Gupte | October 2024 | EOI, Berlin | [9] |
| Greece | List | Rudrendra Tandon | March 2023 | EOI, Athens | |
| Hungary Accredited to: |
Anshuman Gaur | October 2025 | EOI, Budapest | ||
| Iceland | R Ravindra | July 2025 | EOI, Reykjavik | [10] | |
| Ireland | Vacant | August 2021 | EOI, Dublin | ||
| Italy | Vani Rao | April 2024 | EOI, Rome | ||
| Latvia | Namrata S Kumar | January 2025 | EOI, Riga | ||
| Lithuania | Devesh Uttam | July 2023 | EOI, Vilnius | ||
| Malta | Vacant | February 2021 | HCI, Malta | ||
| Netherlands | Mr Kumar Tuhin | June 2024 | EOI, Hague | ||
| Norway | Gloria Gangte | EOI, Oslo | |||
| Poland | Vacant | EOI, Warsaw | |||
| Portugal | Puneet R. Kundal | 2024 07 | EOI, Lisbon | ||
| Romania Accredited to: |
Manoj Kumar Mohapatra | July 2025 | EOI, Bucharest | ||
| Russia | List | Vinay Kumar | March 2024 | EOI, Moscow | |
| Serbia | Abhishek Shukla | 2025 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
| 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 | Dr. 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
| 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 | EOI, La Paz | ||
| Brazil | List | Dinesh Bhatia | May 2025 | EOI, Brasilia | |
| Chile | Abhilasha Joshi | March 2024 | EOI, Santiago | ||
| Colombia | Vanlalhuma | September 2022 | EOI, Bogota | ||
| Guyana | Vacant | September 2023 | HCI, Georgetown | ||
| Paraguay | Yogeshwar Sangwan | 2022 02 | EOI, Asuncion | ||
| Peru | List | 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
| Host country | List | Ambassador/High Commissioner | Appointed | Websites | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Accredited to: |
Vacant | January 2024 | HCI, Canberra | [12][13] | |
| Fiji Accredited to: |
Suneet Mehta | July 2024 | HCI, Suva | ||
| New Zealand Accredited to: |
Muanpuii Saiawi | September 2022 | HCI, Wellington | ||
| Papua New Guinea Accredited to: |
Rajeev Kumar | 2021 06 | HCI, Port Moresby |
Honorary consuls
| 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
| 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
- ^ Along with Chad
- ^ additional charge with Madagascar
- ^ additional charge with Nicaragua and Panama
- ^ additional charge with Colombia
- ^ additional charge along with Democratic Republic of the Congo
- ^ additional charge with Guinea and Cape Verde
- ^ additional charge with Armenia
- ^ additional charge on 2019 10 22
- ^ additional charge of Panama since 19 July 2019
See also
- Foreign relations of India
- List of ambassadors and high commissioners to India
- List of ambassadors of India
- List of diplomatic missions of India
- List of diplomatic missions in India
- Visa policy of India
- Visa requirements for Indian citizens
References
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- ^ "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.
- ^ ANI (2023-01-17). "Suhel Ajaz Khan assumes charge as new Indian envoy to Saudi Arabia". ThePrint. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- ^ "Ms. Smita Pant appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan". 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Operationalization of New resident Mission of India in Tirana, Albania". mea.gov.in. MEA. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
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