Former High Commissioners

The High Commission of India in Dar es Salaam has been functioning since November 1961. The High Commissioners of India to Tanzania since then are listed below.

Former High Commissioners of India to Tanzania
No.NamePeriod
1Shri M.A. VellediNovember 1961 – September 1962
2Shri R.D. SatheDecember 1962 – December 1964
3Shri N.V. RaoJuly 1965 – November 1967
4Shri V.C. VijayaraghavanJanuary 1968 – November 1970
5Shri J.S. MehtaDecember 1970 – April 1974
6Shri H.D. SharmaSeptember 1974 – July 1978
7Shri R.S. GonsolvesAugust 1978 – October 1981
8Shri P.M.S. MalikNovember 1981 – July 1983
9Shri C. DasguptaFebruary 1984 – July 1986
10Shri H.D. BhallaAugust 1986 – January 1990
11Shri S.K. BhatnagarFebruary 1990 – December 1993
12Shri O.P. GuptaAugust 1994 – January 1998
13Shri Virendra GuptaMay 1998 – July 2001
14Shri Dinesh K. JainAugust 2001 – November 2004
15Shri D. ChakravartiDecember 2004 – September 2007
16Shri K.V. BhagirathOctober 2007 – December 2011
17Shri Debnath ShawJuly 2012 – July 2015
18Shri Sandeep AryaAugust 2015 – June 2019
19Shri Sanjiv KohliJuly 2019 – July 2021
20Shri Binaya Srikanta PradhanAugust 2021 – January 2024

Last updated on: 19 October 2026