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List of Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries

This article highlights the concept of ambassadors along with the list of the names of Indian ambassadors to foreign countries.

This article will give the list of Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries. The names of people representing the Indian Embassy overseas is important for General Awareness of various competitive and Government exams. 

Who are Ambassadors?

The U.S. Department of State defines the role of ambassador as follows: “An ambassador is the official representative of a state to a foreign government and is usually charged with addressing bilateral and international concerns, executing agreements and representing his or her home country in talks with other states”. Ambassador is the Chief Representative of India (on behalf of the Government) to various countries. The individual appointed as an ambassador has been selected for his/her expertise which may be in a particular area like management, economics, science, etc.

The list includes all Indian Ambassadors who have represented India at least one time in a country which includes Geneva, New York, Lima and Washington etc.:

S.No.

Foreign Countries

Indian Ambassadors

1

Afghanistan

Rudrendra Tandon

2

Algeria

Gaurav Ahluwalia

3

Angola

Pratibha Parkar

4

Argentina (along with Paraguay & Uruguay)

Dinesh Bhatia

5

Armenia

Kishan Dan Dewal

6

Australia

Manpreet Vohra

7

Austria

Jaideep Mazumdar

8

Azerbaijan

Sanjay Rana

9

Bahrain

Piyush Srivastava

10

Bangladesh

Vikram Doraiswami

11

Belarus

Alok Ranjan Jha

12

Belgium

Santosh Jha

18

Belize

Vacant

13

Bhutan

Ruchira Kamboj

14

Botswana

Rajesh Ranjan

15

Brazil

Suresh Reddy

16

Brunei Darussalam

Ajaneesh Kumar

17

Bulgaria

Pooja Kapoor

19

Cambodia

Devyani Uttam Khobragade

20

Canada

Ajay Bisaria

21

Chile

Anita Nayar

22

China

Pradeep Kumar Rawat

23

Colombia

Sanjiv Ranjan

24

Congo & Gabon

Ram Karan Verma

25

Croatia

Raj Kumar Srivastava

26

Cuba

Madhu Sethi

27

Cyprus

Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat

28

Czech Republic

Hemant H. Kotalwar

29

Denmark

Pooja Kapoor

30

Egypt

Ajit Vinayak Gupte

31

Eritrea

Subhash Chand

32

Fiji

P S Karthigeyan

33

Finland

Raveesh Kumar

34

France

Jawed Ashraf

35

Germany

Parvathaneni Harish

36

Ghana

Sugandh Rajaram

37

Greece

Amrit Lugun

38

Guatemala

B.S. Mubarak

39

Guyana

K J Srinivasa

41

Hungary

Kumar Tuhin

42

Iceland

B Shyam

43

Indonesia

Manoj Kumar Bharti

44

Iran

Gaddam Dharmendra

45

Iraq

Prashant Pise

46

Ireland

Akhilesh Mishra

47

Israel

Sanjeev Singla

48

Italy

Reenat Sandhu

49

Ivory Coast (along with Liberia & Guinea)

Sailas Thangal

50

Jamaica

R. Masakui

51

Japan

Sanjay Kumar Verma

52

Jordan

Anwar Haleem

53

Kazakhstan

Prabhat Kumar

54

Kenya

Virander Kumar Paul

55

Korea

Ms Sripriya Ranganathan

56

Kuwait

Sibi George

57

Kyrgyzstan

Alok Amitabh Dimri,

58

Lebanon

Suhel Ajaz Khan

59

Lesotho

Jaideep Sarkar

60

Libya

Puneet R. Kundal

61

Madagascar

Abhay Kumar

62

Malawi

S Gopalkrishnan

63

Malaysia

Mridul Kumar

64

Maldives

Munu Mahawar

65

Mali

Anjani Kumar

66

Malta

Sangeeta Bahadur

67

Mauritius

K. Nandini Singla

68

Mexico

Vacant

69

Mongolia

Dr. T Suresh babu

70

Morocco

Rajesh Vaishnaw

71

Mozambique

Ankan Banerjee

72

Myanmar

Saurabh Kumar

73

Namibia

Prashant Aggarwal

74

Nepal

Vinay Mohan Kwatra

75

Netherlands

Pradeep Kumar Rawat

76

New Zealand

Muktesh K. Pardeshi

77

Nicaragua

Upender Singh Rawat

78

Niger

Prem K. Nair

79

Nigeria & Chad

Abhay Thakur

80

Norway

B. Bala Bhaskar

81

Oman

Munu Mahawar

82

Pakistan

Vacant

83

Papua New Guinea

Sushil Kumar Singhal

84

Peru

M. Subbarayudu

85

Philippines

Shambhu S. Kumaran

86

Poland

Nagma Mohammad Mallick

87

Portugal

Manish Chauhan

88

Qatar

Deepak Mittal

89

Romania

Rahul Shrivastava

90

Russia

Pawan Kapoor

91

Saudi Arabia

Ausaf Sayeed

92

Senegal

G.V. Srinivas

93

Serbia

Narinder Chauhan

94

Seychelles

Dalbir Suhag Singh

95

Singapore

P Kumaran

96

Slovak Republic

Param Jit Mann

98

Slovenia

Sarvajit Chakravarti

97

South Africa

Jaideep Sarkar

99

Sri Lanka

Gopal Baglay

100

South Sudan

S.D. Moorthy

101

Republic of Sudan

Ravindra Prasad Jaiswal

102

Suriname

Mahender Singh Kanyal

103

Sweden & Latvia

Tanmaya Lal

104

Switzerland

Monika Kapil Mohta

105

Tajikistan

Viraj Singh

106

Tanzania

Sanjiv Kohli

107

Thailand

Suchitra Durai

108

Trinidad and Tobago

Arun Kumar Sahu

109

Tunisia

Puneet R. Kundal

110

Turkey

Sanjay Panda

111

Turkmenistan

Vidhu P. Nair

112

Ukraine

Manoj Kumar Bharti

113

United Arab Emirates

Pavan Kapoor

114

United Kingdom

Gaitri I. Kumar

115

United States

Taranjit Singh Sandhu

116

Uzbekistan

Manish Prabhat

117

Venezuela

Abhishek Singh

118

Vietnam

Pranay Verma

119

Yemen

Vacant

120

Zambia

Vacant

121

Zimbabwe

Vijay Khanduja

CONCLUSION:

These Ambassadors of India are playing an important role in the field of diplomacy and foreign affairs. They represent India in various countries, including Geneva, New York, Lima and Washington, etc. Furthermore, it is important to remember the names of all ambassadors as they are most likely to come to the exam.

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