List of ambassadors of the United States to India


The United States of America ambassador to the Republic of India is the chief diplomatic representative of United States in India. The U.S. ambassador's office is situated at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
On October 7, 2025, Sergio Gor was confirmed as ambassador by the Senate.
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Chiefs of mission to India

U.S. ambassadors to the Dominion of India (1947–1950)

President George Washington, on November 19, 1792, nominated Benjamin Joy of Newbury Port as the first American Consul to Calcutta and later commissioned Joy to that office on November 21, 1792.
NameStatusTitleAppointmentCredentials
presented		Termination
of mission		Notes
Henry F. GradyNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 10, 1947July 1, 1947Left post, June 22, 1948Accredited also to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
Loy W. HendersonForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 14, 1948November 19, 1948Re-accredited when India became a republic; presented new credentials February 24, 1950Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on March 2, 1949. Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.

U.S. ambassadors to the Republic of India (1950–present)

NameStatusTitleAppointmentCredentials
presented		Termination
of mission		Notes
Loy W. HendersonForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 24, 1950September 21, 1951Reaccredited when India became a republic; presented new credentials Feb 24, 1950; left post Sep 21, 1951; commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949. Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
Chester BowlesNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 10, 1951November 1, 1951Left post, Mar 23, 1953Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
George V. AllenForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 11, 1953May 4, 1953Left post, November 30, 1954Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
John Sherman CooperNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 4, 1955April 9, 1955Left post, April 23, 1956Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi.
Ellsworth BunkerNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 28, 1956March 4, 1957Left India, March 23, 1961Also accredited to Nepal; resident at New Delhi. Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 25, 1957.
John Kenneth GalbraithNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 29, 1961April 18, 1961Left post, Jul 12, 1963
Chester BowlesNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 3, 1963July 19, 1963Left post, April 21, 1969
Kenneth B. KeatingNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 1, 1969July 2, 1969Left post, July 26, 1972
Daniel P. MoynihanNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 8, 1973February 28, 1973Left post, January 7, 1975
William B. SaxbeNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 3, 1975March 8, 1975Left post, November 20, 1976
Robert F. GoheenNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 26, 1977May 26, 1977Left post, December 10, 1980
Harry G. Barnes Jr.Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 1, 1981November 17, 1981Left post, June 27, 1985
John Gunther DeanForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryAugust 2, 1985September 6, 1985Left post November 7, 1988
John R. HubbardNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 22, 1988December 27, 1988Left post November 15, 1989Commissioned during a recess of the Senate.
William Clark Jr.Foreign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 10, 1989December 22, 1989Left post, July 2, 1992
Thomas R. PickeringForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 6, 1992August 14, 1992Left post, March 23, 1993Kenneth Brill served as Chargé d'affaires ad interim, March 1993 – August 1994.
Frank G. WisnerForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 9, 1994August 2, 1994Left post, July 12, 1997
Richard Frank CelesteNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 10, 1997November 28, 1997Left post April 25, 2001
Robert BlackwillNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 12, 2001September 14, 2001Left post July 31, 2003
David Campbell MulfordNon-career officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 12, 2003February 23, 2004Left post January 15, 2009
Peter BurleighForeign Service officerChargé d'affairesJanuary 15, 2009August 11, 2009
Tim RoemerNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 23, 2009August 11, 2009Left post June 30, 2011
Peter BurleighForeign Service officerChargé d'affairesJuly 1, 2011April 19, 2012
Nancy Jo PowellForeign Service officerAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryFebruary 7, 2012April 19, 2012May 21, 2014
Kathleen StephensForeign Service officer
Chargé d'affairesMay 22, 2014June 6, 2014January 16, 2015Assumed position after resignation of Nancy Jo Powell.
Richard VermaNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryDecember 12, 2014January 16, 2015January 20, 2017First U.S. Ambassador to India of Indian origin.
MaryKay CarlsonForeign Service officer
Chargé d'affairesJanuary 20, 2017November 15, 2017Assumed office after Ambassador Richard Verma demitted office following President Trump's inauguration on January 20.
Kenneth JusterNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNovember 3, 2017November 23, 2017January 20, 2021
Donald HeflinForeign Service officer
Chargé d'affairesJanuary 20, 2021April 30, 2021Minister-Counselor for Consular Affairs.
Daniel Bennett SmithForeign Service officer
Chargé d'affairesApril 30, 2021June 29, 2021
Atul KeshapForeign Service officer
Chargé d'affairesJune 29, 2021September 9, 2021
Patricia A. LacinaForeign Service officer
Chargé d'affairesSeptember 9, 2021October 24, 2022
A. Elizabeth JonesForeign Service officer
Chargé d'affairesOctober 24, 2022April 11, 2023
Eric GarcettiNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 15, 2023May 11, 2023January 20, 2025In July 2021, Joe Biden nominated Garcetti. When the nomination expired in 2023, Biden once again nominated Garcetti.
Jorgan K. AndrewsForeign Service officer
Chargé d'affairesJanuary 20, 2025October 11, 2025
Sergio GorNon-career appointeeAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 7, 2025January 14, 2026Incumbent

Primary sources

  • , US ambassador 1951-53 and 1963–69
  • Galbraith, John K. Ambassador's journal: a personal account of the Kennedy years, he was US ambassador to India 1961-63
  • U.S. Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, many volumes of primary sources; the complete texts of these large books are all online. See . For example, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XI, South Asia Crisis, 1971 was published in 2005 and . The most recent volumes are Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–7, Documents on South Asia, 1969–1972 and Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–8, Documents on South Asia, 1973–1976 . Included are the most important cables sent by the ambassador to Washington.