List of ambassadors of India to the United States

The Indian Ambassador to the United States is the main representative of India to the United States. They live in the embassy of India in Washington, D.C.

 List of Indian Ambassadors to the United States 
 NamePhoto Entered office Left office Notes Asaf Ali 84x84px 1947 1948  Benegal Rama Rau  1948 1949 4th Governor of Reserve Bank of India Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 62x62px 1949 1951 First Woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953) Binay Ranjan Sen  1951 1952 Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization (1956–67) Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta  1952 1958  M. C. Chagla  1958 1961  Braj Kumar Nehru  1961 1968  Ali Yavar Jung  1968 1970  Lakshmi Kant Jha  1970 1973 8th Governor of Reserve Bank of India T. N. Kaul  1973 1976  Kewal Singh  1976 1977  Nanabhoy Palkhivala  1977 1979  K. R. Narayanan 73x73px 1980 1984 10th President of India K. Shankar Bajpai  1984 1986  P. K. Kaul  1986 1989  Karan Singh 90x90px 1989 1990 Titular Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir Abid Hussain  1990 1992  Siddhartha Shankar Ray  1992 1996 Naresh Chandra  1996 2001  Lalit Mansingh  2001 2004  Ronen Sen 80x80px 2004 2009  Meera Shankar 68x68px 2009 2011  Nirupama Rao 81x81px 2011 2013  Subrahmanyam Jaishankar 79x79px 2013 28 January 2015 Arun Kumar Singh 60x60px20152016Navtej Sarna2016

 References 
 India Ambassador, Official page  indianembassy.org
 Embassay of India, Washington DC-Ambassadors of India to the United States

 Other websites 
 India Ambassador, Official page  at Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.
 Ministry of External Affairs, Official website

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