This article will give the list of Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries. The names of people representing Indian Embassy overseas is important for General Awareness of various competitive and Government exams.
Who are the Ambassadors?
Indian Ambassadors are the Chief diplomatic representative of India housed in the Embassy of India in foreign countries.Â
Who is the newly appointed Indian Ambassador to the United States? Taranjit Singh Sandhu, an IFS officer representing the Indian Embassy in the United States, took the office on 6th February 2020.Â
Candidates can know more on IFS officers from the links given below:
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Indian Ambassadors To Foreign Countries
The table below gives the list of people representing Indian embassies in different countries. Candidates can download the list of Indian Ambassadors to foreign countries PDF for future reference and assistance.
List of Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries | ||
S.No. | Foreign Countries | Indian Ambassadors |
1 | Afghanistan | Vinay Kumar |
2 | Algeria | Satbir Singh |
3 | Angola | Srikumar Menon |
4 | Argentina (along with Paraguay & Uruguay) | Dinesh Bhatia |
5 | Armenia | Kishan Dan Dewal |
6 | Australia | Anumula Gitesh Sarma |
7 | Austria | Renu Pall |
8 | Azerbaijan | B Vanlalvawna |
9 | Bahrain | Alok Kumar Sinha |
10 | Bangladesh | Riva Ganguly Das |
11 | Belarus | Sangeeta Bahadur |
12 | Belgium | Gaitri Issar Kumar |
18 | Belize | Manpreet Vohra |
13 | Bhutan | Ruchira Kamboj |
14 | Botswana | Rajesh Ranjan |
15 | Brazil | Ashok Das |
16 | Brunei Darussalam | Ajaneesh Kumar |
17 | Bulgaria | Pooja Kapoor |
19 | Cambodia | Manika Jain |
20 | Canada | Vikas Swarup |
21 | Chile | Anita Nayar |
22 | China | Vikram Misri |
23 | Colombia | Sanjiv Ranjan |
24 | Congo & Gabon | Nina Tshering La |
25 | Croatia | Arindam Bagchi |
26 | Cuba | Tsewang Namgyal |
27 | Cyprus | Madhumita Hazarika Bhagat |
28 | Czech Republic | Narinder Chauhan |
29 | Denmark | Ajit Gupte |
30 | Egypt | Rahul Kulshreshth |
31 | Eritrea | Subhash Chand |
32 | Fiji | Ms. Padmaja |
33 | Finland | Ashok Kumar Sharma |
34 | France | Dr. Mohan Kumar |
35 | Germany | Mukta Tomar |
36 | Ghana | Birender Singh Yadav |
37 | Greece | Shamma Jain |
38 | Guatemala | Sajeev Babu Kurup |
39 | Guyana | K J Srinivasa |
41 | Hungary | Rahul Chhabra |
42 | Iceland | T. Armstrong Changsan |
43 | Indonesia | Nengcha Lhouvum |
44 | Iran | Shri. Saurabh Kumar |
45 | Iraq | George Raju |
46 | Ireland | Sandeep Kumar |
47 | Israel | Pavan Kapoor |
48 | Italy | Reenat Sandhu |
49 | Ivory Coast (along with Liberia & Guinea) | R. Ravindra |
50 | Jamaica | Sevala Naik Mude |
51 | Japan | Sanjay Kumar Verma |
52 | Jordan | Anil Trigunayat |
53 | Kazakhstan | Harsh K Jain |
54 | Kenya | Suchitra Durai |
55 | Korea | Atul M. Gotsurve |
56 | Kuwait | Sunil Jain |
57 | Kyrgyzstan | L. Savithri |
58 | Lebanon | Suhel Ajaz Khan |
59 | Lesotho | Jaideep Sarkar |
60 | Libya | Azar A. H. Khan |
61 | Madagascar | Abhay Kumar |
62 | Malawi | Vanlalhuma |
63 | Malaysia | Shri Mridul Kumar |
64 | Maldives | Rajeev Shahare |
65 | Mali | Ajay Kumar Sharma |
66 | Malta | Rajesh Vaishnaw |
67 | Mauritius | Abhay Thakur |
68 | Mexico | Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi |
69 | Mongolia | Dr. T. Suresh Babu |
70 | Morocco | Dr. Shambu Singh Kumaran |
71 | Mozambique | VACANT |
72 | Myanmar | Vikram Misri |
73 | Namibia | Prashant Aggarwal |
74 | Nepal | Manjeev Singh Puri |
75 | Netherlands | Venu Rajamony |
76 | New Zealand | Muktesh kumar pardesi |
77 | Nicaragua | Upendra singh rawat |
78 | Niger | Rajesh Agrawal |
79 | Nigeria & Chad | Abhay Thakur |
80 | Norway | B. Bala Bhaskar |
81 | Oman | I.M. Pandey |
82 | Pakistan | Ajay Bisaria |
83 | Papua New Guinea | Dr. A.M. Gondane |
84 | Peru | Krishna R Urs |
85 | Philippines | Jaideep Mazumdar |
86 | Poland | Tswang Namgymal |
87 | Portugal | K. Nandini Singla |
88 | Qatar | Sanjiv Arora |
89 | Romania | ThangLura Darlong |
90 | Russia | Pankaj Saran |
91 | Saudi Arabia | Ausaf Sayeed |
92 | Senegal | Partha Satpathy |
93 | Serbia | Subrata bhattacharji |
94 | Seychelles | Dalbir Suhag Singh |
95 | Singapore | Jawed Ashraf |
96 | Slovak Republic | Param Jit Mann |
98 | Slovenia | Sarvajit Chakravarti |
97 | South Africa | Jaideep Sarkar |
99 | Sri Lanka | Taranjit Singh Sandhu |
100 | Sudan | Ravindra Jaiswal |
101 | Sudan | Amrit Lugun |
102 | Suriname | Satendar Kumar |
103 | Sweden & Latvia | Monika Kapil Mohta |
104 | Switzerland | Sibi George |
105 | Tajikistan | Somnath Ghosh |
106 | Tanzania | Sanjiv Kohli |
107 | Thailand | Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi |
108 | Trinidad and Tobago | Arun Kumar Sahu |
109 | Tunisia | Prashant Pise |
110 | Turkey | Sanjay Bhattacharyya |
111 | Turkmenistan | Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad |
112 | Ukraine | Manoj Kumar Bharti |
113 | United Arab Emirates | Pavan Kapoor |
114 | United Kingdom | Ruchi Ghanashyam |
115 | United States | Taranjit Singh Sandhu |
116 | Uzbekistan | Santosh Jha |
117 | Venezuela | Rahul Shrivastava |
118 | Vietnam | Pranay Kumar Verma |
119 | Yemen | Amrit Lugun |
120 | Zambia | Gaddam Dharmendra |
121 | Zimbabwe | R. Masakui |
Updated – May 2020 – Reference – Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ambassadors_and_High_Commissioners_of_India]
Aspirants of upcoming government or competitive exams must go through the list of Indian Ambassadors to different countries as general awareness is an important part of the syllabus of all these exams.
Candidates preparing for UPSC exams might also encounter questions on Indian Ambassadors in the preliminary examination.Â
Those who aspire to prepare for various government exams can check important topics for the General Awareness section given below:
Candidates can check the SSC General Awareness page for more relevant topics on GK for Government exams.
General Awareness Sample Questions on Indian AmbassadorsÂ
Given below are the sample questions on the Indian Ambassador to foreign countries for candidates reference to understand the prominence of the topic for the general awareness section of various exams.
Q.1 Taranjit Singh Sandhu succeeds _____ as Indian Ambassador to the United States.
- Pavan Kapoor
- Santosh Jha
- Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi
- Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Answer (4)
Q.2. Who is the youngest Indian Ambassador appointed till now, appointed in 2018, he was 38 years of age.
- Abhay Kumar
- Dinesh Bhatia
- Rajesh Agrawal
- Partha Sehpathy
Answer (1)
Q.3. ____ represents the Indian embassy in China.
- Arindam Bagchi
- Agit Gupte
- Vikram Misri
- Gautam Bambawale
Answer (3)
Q.4. Appointed in 2019, Pavan Kapoor is representing Indian embassy in which country?
- Afghanistan
- UAE
- Serbia
- Saudi Arabia
Answer (2)
Q.5. ____ was the first Indian ambassador to the United States of Independent India.
- Binay Rajan Sen
- Braj Kumar Nehru
- Asif Ali
- Benegal Rama Rau
Answer (3)
List of Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries PDF:-Download PDF Here
Aspirants must have a clear idea of the entire syllabus for the various government exams and only then can they start their preparation systematically. So given below are a set of links they can refer to: