| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | India to Russia |
| Insignia: | File:Emblem of India.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Incumbent: | Vinay Kumar |
| Incumbentsince: | 2024 |
| Seat: | Moscow, Russia |
| Inaugural: | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
The following people have served as ambassadors of India to Russia and its predecessor state, the Soviet Union:[1]
| Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | 1947 | 1949 | First Woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953) | |
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 1949 | 1952 | 2nd President of India (1962–1967) | |
| Kumara Padma Sivasankara Menon | 1952 | 1961 | ||
| Subimal Dutt | 1961 | 1962 | ||
| T. N. Kaul | 1962 | 1966 | ||
| Kewal Singh | 1966 | 1968 | ||
| Durga Prasad Dhar | 1969 | 1971 | ||
| K. S. Shelvankar | 1971 | 1975 | ||
| Durga Prasad Dhar | 1975 | 1975 | ||
| Inder Kumar Gujral | 1976 | 1980 | 12th Prime Minister of India (1997–1998) | |
| V. K. Ahuja | 1980 | 1983 | ||
| Saiyid Nurul Hasan | 1983 | 1986 | Governor of several Indian states | |
| T. N. Kaul | 1986 | 1989 | ||
| A. S. Gonsalves | 1989 | 1992 | ||
| Name | Image | Entered office | Left office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronen Sen | 1992 | 1998 | Later High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom and Ambassador of India to the United States. | ||
| Satinder Kumar Lambah | 1998 | 2001 | |||
| K. Raghunath | 2001 | 2004 | |||
| Kanwal Sibal | 2004 | 2007 | 24th Foreign Secretary of India (2001-02) | ||
| 2007 | 2011 | ||||
| 2011 | 2013 | ||||
| P. S. Raghavan | 2014 | 2016 | |||
| Pankaj Saran | 2016 | 2018 | Deputy National Security Advisor (2018-2022) | ||
| D. Bala Venkatesh Varma | 2018 | 2021 | |||
| Pavan Kapoor | 2021 | 2024 | Deputy National Security Advisor (2024-Incumbent) | ||
| Vinay Kumar | 2024 | Incumbent | |||