List of ambassadors of India to Switzerland
Appearance
Ambassador of India to Switzerland | |
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since 19 June 2023 | |
Nominator | Droupadi Murmu |
Inaugural holder | Dhirajlal B.Desai |
Formation | 17 December 1948 |
Website | Embassy of India, Berne, Switzerland |
The Indian Ambassador to Switzerland is the chief diplomatic representative of India to Switzerland, Vatican City and Liechtenstein, housed in the Embassy of India, Bern.[1] The current ambassador is Mridul Kumar.
List of Indian Ambassadors to Switzerland
[edit]The list of diplomats is as noted:[2]
S. No. | Name | Date of charge assumption | Date of charge relinquishment |
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1 | Dhirajlal B.Desai | 17 December 1948 | 21 March 1951 |
2 | M.Asaf Ali | 10 July 1952 | 02 April 1953 |
3 | Y.D. Gundevia | 17 May 1953 | 30 September 1954 |
4 | Dr. Mohan Sinha Mehta | 07 June 1955 | 01 June 1958 |
5 | M.K Vellodi | 04 June 1958 | 25 November 1961 |
6 | M.A. Rauf | 29 December 1961 | 29 August 1964 |
7 | V.C. Trivedi | 02 December 1964 | 23 November 1967 |
8 | M. A. Hussain | 01 December 1967 | 07 October 1970 |
9 | Air Chief Marshal Arjun Singh | 27 March 1971 | 26 March 1974 |
10 | Avtar Singh | 02 September 1974 | 29 April 1977 |
11 | Uma Shankar Bajpai | 30 June 1977 | 31 May 1978 |
12 | Gurbachan Singh | 03 October 1978 | 31 May 1981 |
13 | Narendra Singh | 18 June 1981 | 20 March 1982 |
14 | Thomas Abraham | 23 September 1982 | 30 September 1985 |
15 | Ashok Sen Chib | 21 November 1985 | 31 July 1989 |
16 | M. K. Mangalmurti | 14 August 1989 | 10 July 1994 |
17 | K.P. Balakrishnan | 14 July 1994 | 31 October 2000 |
18 | N.N. Desai | 02 November 2000 | 30 June 2002 |
19 | Praveen L. Goyal | 03 July 2002 | 31 October 2005 |
20 | Amitava Tripathi | 17 December 2005 | 28 February 2008 |
21 | Chitra Narayanan | 18 August 2008 | 30 November 2013 |
22 | M.K. Lokesh | 18 December 2013 | 31 May 2015 |
23 | Smita Purushottam | 06 August 2015 | 31 October 2017 |
24 | Sibi George | 12 November 2017 | 03 August 2020 |
25 | Monika Kapil Mohta | 05 August 2020 | 31 January 2022 |
24 | Sanjay Bhattacharyya | 06 February 2022 | 31 December 2022 |
25 | Mridul Kumar | 19 June 2023 | Incumbent |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mission to Switzerland, Indian. "Indian Mission to Switzerland". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ Official List, Indian Ambassadors. "Indian Ambassadors Official List". indembassybern.gov.in. Retrieved 25 March 2021.