List of ambassadors of India to France


The Indian Ambassador to France is the chief diplomatic representative of India to France, housed in the Embassy of India, Paris. The current ambassador is Sanjeev Singla.

List of Indian Ambassadors to France

The following persons have served as the Ambassador of India to France and Principality of Monaco.
#NameTerm startTerm end
1Wing Commander. Sardar H.S. Malik4 October 19491954
2Y.K. PuriDecember 19541955
Wing Commander. Sardar H.S. MalikApril 19551956
3K.M. PanikkarFebruary 19561959
4N. RaghavanJune 19591961
5Nawab Ali Yavar Jung BahadurFebruary 19611965
6Rajeshwar DayalJune 19651967
7Chandra ShekharAugust 19671969
8Dwarka Nath ChatterjeeFebruary 19691976
9Ramchandra Dattatraya SatheJuly 1976November 1978
10Maharajakrishna RasgotraFebruary, 1979March, 1982
11Narendra SinghMarch 19821985
12I.H. LatifApril, 19851988
13Soonu KochharAugust 1988April 1991
14C. V. RanganathanJune 1991September 1993
15Ranjit SethiNovember 1993October 1997
16Kanwal SibalMarch 1998April 2002
17Savitri KunadiApril 2002September 2003
18Dalip LahiriMay 2004July 2005
19T.C.A. RangachariAugust 2005October 2006
20Ranjan MathaiJanuary 2007July 2011
21Rakesh SoodAugust 2011March 2013
22Arun Kumar SinghApril 2013April 2015
23Dr. Mohan KumarMay 2015July 2017
24Vinay Mohan KwatraJuly 2017February 2020
25Jawed Ashraf13 July 2020December 2024
26Sanjeev SinglaJanuary 2025Incumbent