List of ambassadors of India to Switzerland

Ambassador of India to Switzerland
Incumbent
Mridul Kumar
since 19 June 2023
NominatorDroupadi Murmu
Inaugural holderDhirajlal B.Desai
Formation17 December 1948
WebsiteEmbassy 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

The list of diplomats is as noted:[2]

S. No. Name Date of charge assumption Date of charge relinquishment
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

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.