| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | India to the United States |
| Insignia: | File:Emblem of India.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 75px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of India |
| Incumbent: | Vinay Mohan Kwatra |
| Incumbentsince: | 13 August 2024 |
| Appointer: | President of India |
| Inaugural: | Asaf Ali |
| Formation: | 1947 |
| Website: | Embassy of India, Washington D.C., U.S. |
| Flag: | Flag of India.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of India |
The Ambassador of India to the United States is the chief diplomatic representative of India to the United States, housed in the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C.[1] The current ambassador is Vinay Mohan Kwatra.
| Sr. No. | Name | width=50 | Photo | Entered office | Left office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Asaf Ali | 1947 | 1948 | Lawyer and former Governor of Odisha. | ||
| 2nd | Benegal Rama Rau | 1948 | 1949 | 4th Governor of Reserve Bank of India. | ||
| 3rd | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | 1949 | 1951 | First women President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953) | ||
| 4th | Binay Ranjan Sen | 1951 | 1952 | Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (1956–67) | ||
| 5th | Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta | 1952 | 1958 | |||
| 6th | M. C. Chagla | 1958 | 1961 | Indian Cabinet minister | ||
| 7th | Braj Kumar Nehru | 1961 | 1968 | ICS officer, Governor of seven different states. Also served as Economic Affairs Secretary. | ||
| 8th | Ali Yavar Jung | 1968 | 1970 | Governor of Maharashtra, VC of AMU, VC of Osmania University | ||
| 9th | Lakshmi Kant Jha | 1970 | 1973 | ICS, Secy Industries, Commerce, Finance, Secy to the PM,8th Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Governor of J&K | ||
| 10th | T. N. Kaul | 1973 | 1976 | ICS, former Foreign Secretary. | ||
| 11th | Kewal Singh | 1976 | 1977 | ICS, former Foreign Secretary. | ||
| 12th | Nanabhoy Palkhivala | 1977 | 1979 | Eminent lawyer | ||
| 13th | K. R. Narayanan | 1980 | 1984 | 10th President of India | ||
| 14th | Katyayani Shankar Bajpai | 1984 | 1986 | |||
| 15th | P. K. Kaul | 1986 | 1989 | IAS officer, former Cabinet Secretary of India. Also served as Finance Secretary, Defence Secretary and Commerce Secretary. | ||
| 16th | Karan Singh | 1989 | 1990 | Titular Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir | ||
| 17th | Abid Hussain | 1990 | 1992 | IAS officer, former Commerce Secretary. | ||
| 18th | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | 1992 | 1996 | Minister of Education, Chief Minister of West Bengal | ||
| 19th | Naresh Chandra | 1996 | 2001 | IAS officer, former Cabinet Secretary of India. Also served as Home Secretary, Defence Secretary. | ||
| 20th | Lalit Mansingh | 2001 | 2004 | IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary and Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. | ||
| 21st | Ronen Sen | August 2004 | March 2009 | IFS officer. | ||
| 22nd | Meera Shankar | 2009 | 2011 | IFS officer. | ||
| 23rd | Nirupama Rao | 1 August 2011 | 5 November 2013 | IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary. | ||
| 24th | Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | 1 December 2013 | 28 January 2015 | IFS officer, former Foreign Secretary and current Union Minister for External Affairs. | ||
| 25th | 6 May 2015 | August 2016 | IFS officer. | |||
| 26th | Navtej Sarna | November 2016 | 20 December 2018 | IFS officer | ||
| 27th | 11 January 2019[2] | 11 January 2020[3] [4] | IFS officer, 33rd Foreign Secretary | |||
| 28th | Taranjit Singh Sandhu | 6 February 2020 [5] | 31 January 2024 | IFS officer | ||
| 29th | Vinay Mohan Kwatra | 13 August 2024 | Incumbent | Former IFS officer,34th Foreign Secretary |