| 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.
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 |
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