List of ambassadors of India to Russia

Ambassador of India to Russia
Incumbent
Vinay Kumar
since 2024
SeatMoscow, Russia
Inaugural holderVijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Formation1947 (1947)

The following people have served as ambassadors of India to Russia and its predecessor state, the Soviet Union:[1]

Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union

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

Ambassador of India to Russia

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)
Prabhat Prakash Shukla 2007 2011
Ajai Malhotra 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Indian Ambassadors to Russia". Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
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