List of ambassadors of India to China
# List of ambassadors of India to China

The Ambassador of India to China is the chief diplomatic representative of the Republic of India to the People's Republic of China.

## Ambassadors

People's Republic of China (1950–present) :

| Name | Title | Date from | Date until |
| - | - | - | - |
| K. M. Panikkar | Ambassador | 20 May 1950 | 12 September 1952 |
| N. Raghavan | Ambassador | 13 September 1952 | 5 November 1955 |
| Ratan Kumar Nehru | Ambassador | 6 November 1955 | 27 July 1958 |
| G. Parthasarathi | Ambassador | 27 July 1958 | 19 July 1961 |
| P. K. Banerjee | Chargés d'affaires en pied | 20 July 1961 | 1 April 1964 |
| R. D. Sathe | Chargés d'affaires en pied | 30 May 1966 | 3 February 1969 |
| Brajesh Mishra | Chargés d'affaires en pied | 19 April 1969 | 11 August 1973 |
| L. L. Mehrotra | Chargés d'affaires en pied | 12 August 1973 | 19 June 1976 |
| K. R. Narayanan | Ambassador | 7 July 1976 | 11 November 1978 |
| R. D. Sathe | Ambassador | 12 December 1978 | 15 November 1979 |
| Katyayani Shankar Bajpai | Ambassador | 13 July 1980 | 6 July 1982 |
| A. P. Venkateswaran | Ambassador | 27 September 1982 | January 1985 |
| K. P. S. Menon Jr. | Ambassador | 26 March 1985 | 12 February 1987 |
| C. V. Ranganathan | Ambassador | 28 May 1987 | 31 May 1991 |
| Salman Haidar | Ambassador | 22 August 1991 | 27 November 1992 |
| Chandrashekhar Dasgupta | Ambassador | 8 January 1993 | 10 June 1996 |
| Vijay K. Nambiar | Ambassador | 9 September 1996 | 28 June 2000 |
| Shivshankar Menon | Ambassador | 3 August 2000 | 7 July 2003 |
| Nalin Surie | Ambassador | 23 August 2003 | 19 October 2006 |
| Nirupama Rao | Ambassador | 27 October 2006 | 15 July 2009 |
| Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | Ambassador | 12 August 2009 | 14 December 2013 |
| Ashok Kantha | Ambassador | 6 January 2014 | 20 January 2016 |
| Vijay Gokhale | Ambassador | 20 January 2016 | 21 October 2017 |
| Gautam Bambawale | Ambassador | 19 November 2017 | 30 November 2018 |
| Vikram Misri | Ambassador | 8 January 2019 | 27 December 2021 |
| Acquino Vimal | Chargés d'affaires en pied | 28 December 2021 | Incumbent |
| Pradeep Kumar Rawat | Ambassador | TBA | |
