List of high commissioners of India to Kenya

Indian High Commissioner to Kenya

Incumbent Dr. Virandar Paul since August 2021
Ministry of External Affairs (India)
Type	High Commissioner
Reports to	Ministry of External Affairs (India)
Nominator	Ram Nath Kovind
Term length	3 to 4 years.
First holder	Apa Saheb Pant
Website	https://hcinairobi.gov.in/eoinrb_pages/MTU2

This is a list of Indian high commissioners to Kenya. India has a relatively large diplomatic network, reflecting its links in the world and particularly in neighboring regions: Central Asia, the Middle East, East Africa, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. There are also far-flung missions in the Caribbean and the Pacific, locations of historical Indian diaspora communities.

As a Commonwealth country, Indian diplomatic missions in the capital cities of other Commonwealth member states are known as High Commissions. In other cities of Commonwealth countries. India calls some of its consulates "Assistant High Commissions".

List of high commissioners of India to the Republic of Kenya

The current high commissioner is Dr. Virandar Paul.^[1]

Previous high commissioners of India to the Republic of Kenya^[2]
Sr. No	Name	Tenure
1.	Apa Pant	1948–1954
2.	M.G.Menon	1954–1956
3.	Prem Kishan	1956–1958
4.	I. J.Bahadur Singh	1958–1960
5.	K.P.F.Khilnani	1961–1963
6.	R.K.Tandon	1963–1965
7.	Prem Bhatia	1965–1969
8.	Avtar Singh	1969–1970
9.	Gurbachan Singh	1970–1972
10.	K.C.Nair	1972–1974
11.	Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh	1974–1977
12.	A. N. D. Haksar	1977–1980
13.	V.K. Grover	1980–1983
14.	K.K.S.Rana	1984–1986
15.	Manorama Bhalla	1986–1989
16.	P.P.D'Souza	1989–1992
17.	Kiran Doshi	1992–1995
18.	T.P.Srinivasan	1995–1997
19.	R.K.Bhatia	1998–2002
20.	Y.M.Tiwari	2002–2003
21.	Surendra Kumar	2003–2006
22.	P.S. Randhawa	2006–2010
23.	Sibabrata Tripathi	2010–2014
24.	Yogeshwar Varma	2014–2015
25.	Suchitra Durai^[3]	2015–2018
26.	Rahul Chhabra^[4]	November 2018 – June 2020

References

^ "Shri Virander Kumar Paul appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Kenya". www.mea.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
^ "Welcome to High Commission of India Nairobi, Kenya". hcinairobi.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
^ PLC, Standard Group. "indian high commissioner to kenya suchitra durai". The Standard. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
^ "Rahul Chhabra appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Kenya". www.mea.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-09-01.