Former Assistant High Commissioners
Former Assistant High Commissioners

Former Assistant High Commissioners

Agent of India in Ceylon Kandy / Assistant High Commissioner of India, Kandy

Agent of the Government of India – (1923) only office of India in Sri Lanka

Visa Office of Government of India, Kandy (w.e.f. 1948)

Assistant High Commission of India, Kandy (w.e.f. September 1965)

Sl. No.

Name

Tenure

01

Shri Subramanya Ranganathan

ICS

DOB 2/2/1893

01 Oct 1923 to Oct 1927

02

Shri Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari

ICS

(later Sir Akbar Hydari)

10 Oct 1927 to June 1929

03

Shri Kumara Padmanabha Sivasankara Menon

ICS

(Spouse: Smt Saraswathi Amma Palat)

1929- 1933

04

Shri Trichinopoly Lakmanaperumal RamaChandran

ICS

1934-1936

 

05

Shri Ammembal Vithal Pai

ICS

(Spouse : Tara Pai)

1936-1940

 

06

Shri T.N.S.Raghavan

1940-1942

 

07

Shri Madhav Shrihari Aney

(DOB 29 August 1880 – Died on 26 Jan 1968)

1942- July 1947

 

08

Shri V.V. Giri

(First High Commissioner of India to Ceylon)

(1948-51)

1947 - 1948

09

Shri P S Menon

(Visa Officer)

1951-1961

10

Shri Ramakrishna Rao

(Visa Officer)

1961-1964

11

Shri SRK Iyer

(Visa Officer)

1964-1965

12

Shri N Srinivasan

(Visa Officer/Assistant High Commissioner)

1965-1967

13

Shri N Rajkumar

1967-1969

14

Shri A.K. Buddirajah

1969-1970

15

Shri P. P. Iyar

1970-1973

16

Shri P. R. Nambisan

1973-1975

17

Shri T. P. Nedungadi

1975-1978

18

Shri B. Srinivasan

1978-1980

19

Shri T. S. Mani

1980-1982

20

Shri M. K. Lokesh

1982-1983

21

Dr. V. P. Sharma

16.02.1983 to 11.05.1986

22

Shri R. P. Dua

12.05.1986 to 30.06.1989

23

Shri A. Beuria

26.09.1989 to 08.07.1992

24

Shri J. S. Mukul

8.07.1992 to 18.08.1993

25

Shri A Karuppaiyah

18.08.1993 to 24.03.1997

26

Shri Y. P. Kumar

25.03.1997 to 02.08.2000

27

Shri Achal K. Malhotra

02.08.2000 to 15.08.2004

28

Shri K. R. R. Pillai

25.09.2004 to 24.09.2007

29

Shri James Edwin

24.09.2007 to 04.11.2008

30

Shri Rakesh Kumar Misra

04.11.2008 to 03.12.2011

31

Shri A. Natarajan

26.12.2011 to 08.12.2014

32

Kum. Radha Venkataraman

08.12.2014 to 08.12.2017

33

Shri Dhirendra Singh

08.12.2017 to 30.12.2020

34

Shri Raakesh Natraj 

06.01.2021 to 31.07.2021

35

Dr. Athira S. 

01.08.2021 to 26.09.2024