This article will give the list of Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries and all the latest updates about the Ambassadors. Names of persons representing Indian embassies abroad are important for general awareness of various competitive and government exams.
About High commissioners and Ambassadors
• High commissioners represent India’s diplomatic missions in member states of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Ambassadors represent diplomatic missions in other states except for the Commonwealth countries.
• The head of a diplomatic mission to an international organization is called a permanent representative.
Commonwealth of Nations
• The Commonwealth of Nations is a political association of 54 member states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire.
Recent News about Ambassadors to India and other countries
• the USA has appointed Eric Garcetti as its new ambassador to India.
• Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations has been appointed as the Under Secretary General of the United Nations.
Recent News about Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries
• Vijay Shekhar Sharma has been made the ambassador of the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG).
• Music Maestro, AR Rahman has been appointed as ambassador of the Indo-UK culture platform, Season of Culture.
• Sachin Tendulkar will continue as United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ for a record 20th year, working for the welfare of underprivileged children.
• Ruchira Kamboj is the current Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. She has previously served as the High Commissioner of India to South Africa. She was the first female Indian Ambassador to Bhutan.
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
• UNICEF has appointed 25-year-old Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate as a Goodwill Ambassador.
• He has been recognized by UNICEF for his outstanding global support for climate justice for current and future generations.
• Millie Bobby Brown was UNICEF’s youngest Goodwill Ambassador (appointed in 2018).
Indian ambassadors and high commissioners to foreign countries (Appointed in 2022)
SL.No | Country / Organisation | Person |
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1. | Nepal | Naveen Srivastava |
2. | Netherlands | Reenat Sandhu |
3. | Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. | Ruchira Kamboj |
4. | Thailand | Nagesh Singh |
5. | Bangladesh | Pranay Kumar Verma |
6. | United Kingdom | Vikram Doraiswami |
7. | Bhutan | Sudhakar Dalela |
8. | Kenya | Namgya C. Khampa |
9. | Madagascar | Bandaru Wilsonbabu |
10. | Japan | Sibi George |
11. | Eritrea | Prakash Chand |
12. | Canada | Sanjay Verma |
13. | United Kingdom | Vikram Doraiswami |
14. | South Korea | Amit Kumar |
15. | Cote d’Ivoire | Rajesh Ranjan |
16. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Partha Satpathy |
17. | Slovak Republic | Apoorva Srivastava |
18. | Guinea | Avtar Singh |
19. | Kuwait | Adarsh Swaika |
20. | Republic of Colombia | Shri Vanlalhuma |
21. | Seychelles | Shri Kartik Pande |
22. | Republic of Malta | Ms. Gloria Gangte |
23. | Republic of Senegal | Shri Dinkar Asthana |
24. | New Zealand | Neeta Bhushan |
Indian ambassadors and high commissioners to foreign countries (Appointed in 2021)
SL.No | Country | Person |
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1. | Australia | Manpreet Vohra |
2. | Belarus | Alok Ranjan Jha |
3. | Bulgaria | Sanjay Rana |
4. | Chile | Subrata Bhattacharjee |
5. | Denmark | Pooja Kapoor |
6. | Egypt | Ajit Vinayak Gupte |
7. | Fiji | P. S. Karthigeyan |
8. | Iceland | B. Shyam |
9. | Iraq | Prashant Pise |
10. | Ireland | Akhilesh Mishra |
11. | Kazakhstan | SUbhadarshini Tripthi |
12. | Liberia | Pradip Kumar Yadav |
13. | Malaysia | B. Nagabhushana Reddy |
14. | Malta | Sangeeta Bahadur |
15. | Mozambique | Ankan Banerjee |
16. | Poland | Nagma Mohammad Mallick |
17. | Serbia | Sanjiv Kohli |
18. | Tanzania | Binaya Shrikanta Praadhaan |
19. | Germany | Harish Parvathaneni |
20. | First Muslim to be nominated by Joe Biden as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom | Rashad Hussain |
Indian ambassadors to foreign countries (Appointed in 2020)
SL.No | Country | Person |
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1. | Afghanistan | Rudrendra Tandon |
2. | Algeria | Gaurav Ahluwalia |
3. | Angola | Pratibha Parkar |
4. | Bahrain | Piyush Srivastava |
5. | Bangladesh | Vikram Doraiswami |
6. | Belgium | Santosh Jha |
7. | Brazil | Suresh Reddy |
8. | Cambodia | Devyani Uttam Khobragade |
9. | Canada | Ajay Bisaria |
10. | DR Congo | Ram Karan Verma |
11. | Croatia | Rajkumar Shrivastava |
12. | Ethiopia | Robert Shetkintong |
13. | Finland | Raveesh Kumar |
14. | France | Jawed Ashraf |
15. | Kuwait | Sibi George |
16. | Singapore | P Kumaran |
17. | Nepal | Vinay Mohan Kwarta |
18. | Philippines | Shambhu S. Kumaran |
19. | Qatar | Deepak Mittal |
20 | Romania | Rahul Shrivastava |
Ambassadors and high commissioners of India (Important Countries)
SL.No | Country | Person |
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1. | China | Vikram Misri |
2. | Japan | Sanjay Kumar Verma |
3. | Israel | Sanjeeb Kumar Sringla |
4. | USA | Taranjit Singh Sandhu |
5. | Srilanka | Gopal Baglay |
6. | Nepal | Naveen Srivastava |
7. | Bangladesh | Vikram Doraiswami |
8. | Brazil | Suresh K. Reddy |
9. | France | Jawed Ashraf |
10. | Indonesia | Manoj Kumar Bharti |
11. | Bhutan | Ruchira Kamboj |
12. | Canada | Ajay Bisaria |
13. | Maldives | Sunjay Sudhir |
14. | Mauritius | Abhay Thakur |
15. | Russia | D.B. Venkatesh Varma |
16. | Singapore | P Kumaran |
17. | South Africa | Jaideep Sarkar |
18. | United Arab Emirates | Pavan Kapoor |
19. | United Kingdom | Gaitri Issar Kumar |
20. | Kazakhstan | SUbhadarshini Tripthi |
Permanent representatives to International organizations
◘ Recent Updates
• The current Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations is Ruchira Kamboj, who took charge of the post on August 1, 2022.
SL. No | Host organization | Location | Permanent Representatives |
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1. | United Nations | New York City | Ruchira Kamboj |
2. | UNESCO | Paris | Vishal V. Sharma |
3. | World Trade Organization | Geneva | Brajendra Navneet |
4. | Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) | Jakarta | Jayant N. Khobragade |
5. | African Union | Addis Ababa | Robert Shetkintong |
6. | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) | Vienna | Malina Paul |
7. | Conference on Disarmament | Geneva | Shamim Aktar |
Other Related Topics
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List of recent appointments in 2022
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