List of ambassadors of India to Switzerland

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Ambassador of India to Switzerland
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Incumbent
Mridul Kumar
since 19 June 2023
Nominator Droupadi Murmu
Inaugural holder Dhirajlal B.Desai
Formation17 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.

Contents

List of Indian ambassadors to Switzerland

The list of diplomats is as noted: [2]

S. No.NameDate of charge assumptionDate of charge relinquishment
1 Dhirajlal B.Desai 17 December 194821 March 1951
2 M.Asaf Ali 10 July 195202 April 1953
3 Y.D. Gundevia 17 May 195330 September 1954
4Dr. Mohan Sinha Mehta07 June 195501 June 1958
5 M.K Vellodi 04 June 195825 November 1961
6M.A. Rauf29 December 196129 August 1964
7V.C. Trivedi02 December 196423 November 1967
8M. A. Hussain01 December 196707 October 1970
9 Air Chief Marshal Arjun Singh 27 March 197126 March 1974
10Avtar Singh02 September 197429 April 1977
11 Uma Shankar Bajpai 30 June 197731 May 1978
12Gurbachan Singh03 October 197831 May 1981
13Narendra Singh18 June 198120 March 1982
14Thomas Abraham23 September 198230 September 1985
15Ashok Sen Chib21 November 198531 July 1989
16M. K. Mangalmurti14 August 198910 July 1994
17K.P. Balakrishnan14 July 199431 October 2000
18N.N. Desai02 November 200030 June 2002
19Praveen L. Goyal03 July 200231 October 2005
20Amitava Tripathi17 December 200528 February 2008
21 Chitra Narayanan 18 August 200830 November 2013
22 M.K. Lokesh 18 December 201331 May 2015
23Smita Purushottam06 August 201531 October 2017
24 Sibi George 12 November 201703 August 2020
25 Monika Kapil Mohta 05 August 202031 January 2022
24 Sanjay Bhattacharyya 06 February 202231 December 2022
25 Mridul Kumar 19 June 2023Incumbent

See also

References

  1. Mission to Switzerland, Indian. "Indian Mission to Switzerland". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. Official List, Indian Ambassadors. "Indian Ambassadors Official List". indembassybern.gov.in. Retrieved 25 March 2021.