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 List Dr. Swati Vijay Kulkarni EOI, Algiers List Dr. Vidhu P Nair EOI, Angola Bharath Kumar Kuthati HCI, Gaborone Om Prakash Meena EOI, Ouagadougou Vijay Khanduja HCI, Yaounde V. Venkataraman EOI, Kinshasa Madan Lal Raigar EOI, Brazzavile Lakshmanan Ramesh Babu EOI, Abidjaan M. Keivom EOI, DjiboutiList Suresh K. Reddy EOI, Cairo Prashant Kumar Das EOI, Malabo N Ram Prasad HCI, MbabaneRaj KamalHCI, Asmara Anil Kumar Rai EOI, Addis Ababa Surinder BhagatHCI, AccraSandeep SoodEOI, ConakryList Adarsh SwaikaHCI, Nairobi Manoj Bihari Verma EOI, Monrovia Hifzur Rahman EOI, TripoliListVacantEOI, AntanarivoAmararam GujarHCI, Lilongwe Dr.N.Nandakumar EOI, BamakoNeeraj AgrawalEOI, NouackchottAnurag Srivastava HCI, Port Louis List Sanjay Rana EOI, Rabat Robert Shetkintong HCI, MaputoRahul ShrivastavaHCI, WindhoekSita Ram Meena EOI, NiameyAbhishek Singh HCI, AbujaDinkar AsthanaAugust 2022EOI, DakarRohit Rathish HCI, Victoria-MaheListPrabhat Kumar August 2, 2023HCI, PretoriaListVacantEOI, Khartoum ListBishwadip Dey June 2024 HCI, Dar Es SalaamDevyani Uttam KhobragadeNovember 6, 2026EOI, TunisAlok Ranjan Jha HCI, LusakaBramha Kumar EOI, Harare
Asia Host country List Ambassador/High Commissioner Appointed Websites Refs Karan Yadav, chargé d'affaires Vinod K Jacob EOI, Bahrain List Dinesh Trivedi HCI, Dhaka ListSandeep Arya EOI, Thimpu Ramu Abbagani HCI, Brunei Vanlalvawna Bawitlung EOI, Phonm Penh List Vikram Doraiswami EOI, BeijingListSandeep Chakravorty EOI, JakartaListRudra Gaurav Shreshth EOI, Tehran Soumen Bagchi EOI, BaghdadListJitender Pal SinghEOI, Tel AvivListNagma Mohamed MallickEOI, TokyoManish Chauhan EOI, Amman Aliawati LongkumerListGourangalal Das EOI, Seoul Manish Chauhan EOI, AstanaParamita TripathiEOI, KuwaitBirender Singh Yadav EOI, BishkekMd. Noor Rahman SheikhEOI, Beirut ListB. Nagabhushana Reddy HCI, Kuala LumpurG. Balasubramanian HCI, MaleAtul Malhari GotsurveEOI, UlaanbaatarListAbhay Thakur EOI, YangonNaveen Srivastava EOI, KathmanduPrashant Pise May 2026EOI, MuscatListGeetika Srivastava, chargé d'affaires HCI, IslamabadHarsh Kumar JainApril 2024EOI, Manila List Vipul August 2023 EOI, DohaVipulJune 2026EOI, RiyadhListShilpak Ambule HCI, SingaporeListSantosh Jha December 2023 HCI, ColomboRajesh UikeMarch 2024EOI, DushanbePuneet AgrawalMay 2025EOI, BangkokBandaru WilsonbabuOctober 2025EOI, AshgabatListDr. Deepak MittalOctober 2025EOI, Abu DhabiSmita PantEOI, TashkentListTshering W. SherpaSeptember 2025EOI, Hanoi Suhel Ajaz KhanJune 2024
Europe Host country List Ambassador/High Commissioner Appointed Websites RefsRavindra Prasad Jaiswal EOI, Tirana Nilakshi Saha Sinha EOI, Yerevan Shambu S. Kumaran EOI, Vienna Abhay Kumar EOI, Baku Ashok Kumar EOI, Minsk Pranay Kumar Verma EOI, Brussels Arun Kumar Sahu EOI, Sofia Arun Goel EOI, Zagreb Mr Manish HCI, Nicosia ListRaveesh Kumar EOI, Prague List Manish Prabhat EOI, Copenhegen Ashish Kumar Sinha EOI, Tallinn ListHemant H. Kotalwar EOI, Helsinki List Sanjeev Singla EOI, Paris List Ajit Gupte EOI, Berlin ListRudrendra TandonEOI, AthensAnshuman GaurEOI, Budapest R Ravindra EOI, Reykjavik List Manish Gupta EOI, DublinVani RaoEOI, Rome Namrata S KumarEOI, RigaDevesh UttamEOI, Vilnius Rachita Bhandari HCI, MaltaMr Kumar Tuhin EOI, Hague Gloria Gangte EOI, Oslo Neeta Bhushan EOI, WarsawPuneet Roy KundalAugust 2024EOI, Lisbon List Manoj Kumar Mohapatra EOI, BucharestList Vinay Kumar EOI, Moscow Abhishek Shukla September 2025 EOI, BelgradeVishvas Vidu SapkalJune 20, 2026EOI, BratislavaAmit NarangEOI, LjubljanaJayant N. KhobragadeEOI, MadridAnurag BhushanJune 2025EOI, StockholmListMridul KumarJune 2023EOI, Berne Shri Muktesh K. PardeshiEOI, AnkaraRavi ShankarEOI, KyivListPeriasamy Kumaran HCI, London
North America Host country List Ambassador/High Commissioner Appointed Websites Refs Dinesh K. Patnaik HCI, Ottawa T. Armstrong Changsan EOI, HavanaRaj Kumar SinghEOI, Guatemala Mayank JoshiHCI, KingstonDr. Pankaj SharmaEOI, Mexico City Pradeep Rajpurohit HCI, Port of SpainListVinay Mohan KwatraEOI, Washington, D.C.
South America Host country List Ambassador/High Commissioner Appointed Websites RefsAjaneesh Kumar EOI, Buenos Aires Rohitkumar R. Vadhwana EOI, La Paz List Dinesh Bhatia EOI, Brasilia Abhilasha Joshi EOI, Santiago Vinod J. Bahade EOI, BogotaVacantHCI, GeorgetownPiyush SinghAugust 2025 EOI, AsuncionListVishvas Vidu SapkalJune 2023EOI, LimaSubhash Prasad Gupta2024 07EOI, ParamariboDr. Binoy George2026 06Ashok Babu2023 11EOI, Caracas
Oceania Host country List Ambassador/High Commissioner Appointed Websites Refs List Nagesh Singh HCI, Canberra Suneet Mehta HCI, SuvaMuanpuii Saiawi HCI, WellingtonRajeev KumarHCI, Port Moresby
Honorary consuls Host country High Commissioner / Ambassador Refs Amit Telang Shamim Aktar Abhay Thakur Abhay Kumar 28 May 2019 Upendra Singh Rawat 3 December 2019-12-03 Radha Venkataraman 17 May 2019 Sanjiv Ranjan 2019 09 02 Nina Tshering La G. V. Srinivas 2019 10 24 Kishan Dan Dewal 2019 10 11 (with ) G. V. Srinivas 2019 09 23 Y. K. Sailas Thangal Jaideep Mazumdar (with ) Upendra Singh Rawat 2019 10 18 Amit Telang Junior Bacchus M. S. Padmaja 2019 11 13
Permanent representatives to international organizations Host organizationLocationPermanent Representatives and Deputy RepresentativesTook officeRef.Conference on DisarmamentGenevaShamim Aktar11 November 2018 Georgetown, Guyana Amit Telang December 2023 Brussels Pranay Verma 26 May 2026 New York CityParvathaneni Harish September 1, 2024Geneva Arindam Bagchi ParisVishal V. SharmaOctober 2020 GenevaBrajendra Navneet29 June, 2021 Jakarta Jayant N. Khobragade 20 January 2021 Addis Ababa Robert Shetkintong March 2020 ViennaMalina PaulJan 2022 – 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. – 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
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
External links
List of Indian diplomatic missions - Ministry of External Affairs List of Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries