Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries
Here is a list of all important Indian Ambassadors/High Commissioners in Other Countries and Their Ambassadors with us. A Question related to Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries will be there in competitive examinations UPSC, State PSC, IBPS, SBI, RBI, LIC & all other competitive exams.
List of Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries:
|
Sl no |
Country |
Name of Indian Ambassador |
|
1 |
Afghanistan |
Manpreet Vohra |
|
2 |
Algeria |
Mr. Kuldeep Singh Bhardwaj |
|
3 |
Angola |
Mr. Sushil Kumar Singhal |
|
4 |
Armenia |
Dr. T. Suresh Babu |
|
5 |
Australia |
Mr.Navdeep Suri |
|
6 |
Azerbaijan |
Shri Sanjay Rana |
|
7 |
Bahrain |
Mr Alok Kumar Sinha |
|
8 |
Belarus |
Mr. Pankaj Saxena |
|
9 |
Belgium |
Shri Manjeev Singh Puri |
|
10 |
Bhutan |
Sh. Jaideep Sarkar |
|
11 |
Brazil |
Shri Sunil Kumar Lal |
|
12 |
Bulgaria |
Rajesh K. Sachdeva |
|
13 |
Cambodia |
Naveen Srivastava |
|
14 |
Chile |
Ms. Anita Nayar |
|
15 |
China |
Mr. Vijay Gokhale |
|
16 |
Colombia |
Shri Prabhat Kumar |
|
17 |
Cote d Ivoire [Ivory coast] |
Mr. Dinesh Bhatia |
|
18 |
Croatia |
Sandeep Kumar |
|
19 |
Cuba |
Shri Tsewang Namgyal |
|
20 |
Czech Republic |
Shri V. Ashok |
|
21 |
Denmark |
Shri Rajeev Shahare |
|
22 |
Egypt |
Sanjay Bhattacharyya |
|
23 |
Finland |
Shri. Ashok Kumar Sharma |
|
24 |
France |
H.E. Dr. Mohan Kumar |
|
25 |
Germany |
Mukta Tomar |
|
26 |
Greece |
Tsewang Topden |
|
27 |
Guatemala |
Sajeev Babu Kurup |
|
28 |
Guyana |
Venkatachalam Mahalingam |
|
29 |
Hungary |
H.E. Mr. Rahul Chhabra |
|
30 |
Iceland |
H.E.Ashok Das |
|
31 |
Indonesia |
Ms. Nengcha Lhouvum |
|
32 |
Iran |
Shri. Saurabh Kumar |
|
33 |
Iraq |
Shri George Raju |
|
34 |
Ireland |
Mrs. Vijay Thakur Singh |
|
35 |
Israel |
Jaideep Sarkar |
|
36 |
Italy |
Shri Anil Wadhwa |
|
37 |
Japan |
Shri Sujan R. Chinoy |
|
38 |
Jordan |
Anil Trigunayat |
|
39 |
Kazakhstan |
Harsh K Jain |
|
40 |
Korea (DPR) |
Smt. Jasminder Kasturia |
|
41 |
Korea (ROK) |
Vikram Doraiswami |
|
42 |
Kuwait |
Shri Sunil Jain |
|
43 |
Kyrgyzstan |
L. Savithri |
|
44 |
Lebanon |
Sanjiv Arora |
|
45 |
Libya |
H.E. Mr. Azar A. H. Khan |
|
46 |
Madagascar |
C.B.Thapliyal |
|
47 |
Mali |
AJAY KUMAR SHARMA |
|
48 |
Mexico |
H.E. Mr. Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi |
|
49 |
Mongolia |
DR. T. Suresh Babu |
|
50 |
Morocco |
Dr. (Ms.) Kheya Bhattacharya |
|
51 |
Myanmar |
Shri Vikram Misri |
|
52 |
Nepal |
Ranjit Rae |
|
53 |
Netherlands |
Mr. J.S. Mukul |
|
54 |
Niger |
Vacant |
|
55 |
Norway |
H.E. Mr. Debraj Pradhan |
|
56 |
Oman |
Shri I.M. Pandey |
|
57 |
Panama |
Ms. Shamma Jain |
|
58 |
Peru |
Sandeep Chakravorty |
|
59 |
Philippines |
Shri L. D. Ralte |
|
60 |
Poland |
Shri Ajay Bisaria |
|
61 |
Portugal |
Mrs. K. Nandini Singla |
|
62 |
Qatar |
Mr. Sanjiv Arora |
|
63 |
Romania |
Dr. A.V.S. Ramesh Chandra |
|
64 |
Russia |
Pankaj Saran |
|
65 |
Saudi Arabia |
Mr. Ahmad Javed |
|
66 |
Senegal |
Mr. Partha Satpathy |
|
67 |
Serbia |
Ms. Narinder Chauhan |
|
68 |
Slovak Republic |
Mr. Param Jit Mann |
|
69 |
Slovenia |
Mr. Sarvajit Chakravarti |
|
70 |
South Sudan |
Mr. Srikumar Menon |
|
71 |
Sudan |
H.E. Mr. Amrit Lugun |
|
72 |
Suriname |
Satendar Kumar |
|
73 |
Sweden |
Ms Monika Kapil Mohta |
|
74 |
Switzerland |
Ms. Smita Purushottam |
|
75 |
Tajikistan |
Shri Somnath Ghosh |
|
76 |
Thailand |
Shri Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi |
|
77 |
Tunisia |
Shri Prashant Pise |
|
78 |
Turkey |
Shri Rahul Kulshreshth |
|
79 |
Turkmenistan |
Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad |
|
80 |
Ukraine |
Mr. Manoj Kumar Bharti |
|
81 |
United Arab Emirates |
H.E. Navdeep Singh Suri |
|
82 |
United States of America |
Mr. Navtej Sarna |
|
83 |
UN-PMI CD (Geneva) |
D.B. Venkatesh Varma |
|
84 |
UN-PMI (Geneva) |
Shri Ajit Kumar |
|
85 |
UN-PMI (New York) |
Syed Akbaruddin |
|
86 |
Uzbekistan |
Vinod Kumar |
|
87 |
Venezuela |
Rahul Shrivastava |
|
88 |
Vietnam |
Mr. P. Harish |
|
89 |
Yemen |
Amrit Lugun |
|
90 |
Zimbabwe |
Mr. R. Masakui |
List of Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries – High Commissioner
|
S.no |
Country |
Name of High Commissioner and other head |
|
1 |
Afghanistan |
Shaida Mohammad Abdali |
|
2 |
Austria |
Ms. Renu Pall (Ambassador-Designate) |
|
3 |
Bangladesh |
Shri Harsh Vardhan Shringla (High Commissioner) |
|
4 |
Botswana |
Dr. Ketan Shukla (High Commissioner) |
|
5 |
Brunei Darussalam |
Mrs. Nagma M. Mallick (High Commissioner) |
|
6 |
Canada |
Mr Vikas Swarup (High Commissioner) |
|
7 |
Congo [Democratic Republic] |
Shri Pradip Kumar Yadav (Charge d’ Affaires a.i.) |
|
8 |
Cyprus |
Shri Ravi Bangar (High Commissioner) |
|
9 |
Ethiopia |
Shri Vijayakumar K (Head of Chancery) |
|
10 |
Fiji |
Sh. Vishvas Sapkal (High Commissioner) |
|
11 |
Ghana |
Shri Birender Singh Yadav (High Commissioner) |
|
12 |
Jamaica |
Sevala Naik Mude (High Commissioner) |
|
13 |
Kenya |
Ms. Suchitra Durai (High Commissioner) |
|
14 |
Laos |
Vacant, Naresh Kumar (Charge d’ Affaires, a.i. & Head of Chancery) |
|
15 |
Malawi |
Vanlalhuma (High Commissioner) |
|
16 |
Malaysia |
Shri T.S. Tirumurti (High Commissioner) |
|
17 |
Maldives |
Shri Rajeev Shahare (High Commissioner) |
|
18 |
Mauritius |
Abhay Thakur (High Commissioner) |
|
19 |
Mozambique |
Mr. R. Gaurav Shresth (High Commissioner) |
|
20 |
Namibia |
Mr. Kumar Tuhin (High Commissioner) |
|
21 |
New Zealand |
Sanjiv Kohli (High Commissioner) |
|
22 |
Nigeria |
Shri B.N. Reddy (High Commissioner) |
|
23 |
Pakistan |
Gautam Babawale (High Commissioner) |
|
24 |
Palestine |
Mahesh Kumar (Representative of India) |
|
25 |
Papua New Guinea |
Dr. A.M. Gondane (High Commissioner) |
|
26 |
Seychelles |
Dr Ausaf Sayeed (High Commissioner) |
|
27 |
Singapore |
Mr. Jawed Ashraf (High Commissioner) |
|
28 |
South Africa |
Smt. Ruchi Ghanashyam (High Commissioner) |
|
29 |
Spain |
Shri Siddhartha Chattopadhyay (Charge d’ Affaires a.i.) |
|
30 |
Sri Lanka |
Y.K.Sinha (High Commissioner) |
|
31 |
Syria |
Shri. S. R. Meena (Chargé d’affaires) |
|
32 |
Tanzania |
Mr. Sandeep Arya (High Commissioner) |
|
33 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Shri Gauri Shankar Gupta (High Commissioner) |
|
34 |
Uganda |
Shri Pankaj Kumar Singhal (Acting High Commissioner) |
|
35 |
United Kingdom |
Mr. Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha (High Commissioner) |
|
36 |
Zambia |
H.E. Mr. Gaddam Dharmendra (High Commissioner) |
Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries – FAQ’s
- How to become an Ambassador of India (IFS)?
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts Civil Services Exam and a candidate who desires to become an Ambassador of India then he/she has to take this exam. An IFS Officer will be in authority for the administration and activities of Indian missions abroad, and for the forming and execution of the Government’s foreign policy. Indian Foreign Service (IFS) offers vast exposure to different culture, ethnic, social and political and social setting all over the world. An IFS Officer can be posted in 160 odd Indian Embassies and Missions abroad. They can also be allocated to institutions like United Nations, UNESCO, World Bank, SAARC, etc. In India, they could be allocated as Passport and Visa Officers at various locations.
- Why are Indian ambassadors sent to other countries?
Some of the purposes for which an ambassador is sent are –
To protect citizens: Due to the advent of modern travel, today’s world is a much smaller place in relative terms. With this new reality, it is just as important as ever that the nations of the world have at least a small staff, living in foreign capitals, in order to aid travelers and visitors from their home nation. As an officer of the foreign service, an ambassador is expected to protect the citizens of his home country in the host country.
To support prosperity: Another result of the increase in foreign travel is the growth of trade between nations. For most countries, the national economy is now part of the global economy. This means increased opportunities to sell and trade with other nations. When two nations are conducting a trade, it is usually advantageous to both parties to have an ambassador and perhaps a small staff living in the other land, where they act as an intermediary between cooperative businesses.
Work for peace: One of the cornerstones of foreign diplomatic missions is to work for peace. This task can grow into a fight against international terrorism, the drug trade, international bribery, and human trafficking. Ambassadors help stop these acts, helping people across the globe. These activities are important and sensitive and are usually carried out in coordination with the Defense Ministry of the state.
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