List of diplomatic missions in Chennai

This is a list of diplomatic missions in Chennai. Governments of several foreign nations have established diplomatic and trade representation in the city of Chennai. Many of them are at the consulate-general or deputy high commission level, in addition to a number of honorary consulates, with their respective embassies located at New Delhi. The consular presence in the city dates back to 1794, when William Abbott was appointed U.S. consular agent for South India. As of 2022, there were 60 foreign representations in Chennai, including 16 consulates general and 28 honorary consulates. "Who are honorary consul generals and what do they do? - Economic Times"] The list is of countries that have established a resident consular presence in the city.

For other diplomatic missions in India, see List of diplomatic missions in India.

Missions

CountryMission typeEstablishedHeaded by Address NeighborhoodGalleryHonorary consulateCapt. Guruswamy Ramaswamy5th Floor, Amble Side, 8, Khadar Nawaz Khan RoadNungambakkamSan Luis Commercial Office7 May 2013Adriel Dalgaard Knott, Director61–63 Dr. Radhakrishnan SalaiMylaporeHonorary consulate24 December 2011Shivkumar Eashwaran, honorary consulShivsu Towers, 149 Poonamallee High RoadKilpaukConsulate general1995Sarah Kirlew, consul general (since January 2021)9th Floor, Express Chambers, Express Avenue Estate, Whites RoadRoyapettahHonorary consulateNina Kothari, honorary consulKothari Buildings, 115 Nungambakkam High RoadNungambakkamDeputy High CommissionNo. 24/46, Agni Business Centre, First & Second Floor, K. B. Dasan RoadAlwarpetTrade OfficeSubha Sundarajan, trade commissionerSuite 205, Hotel Park Hyatt, 39 Velachery Road, Near Raj BhavanGuindyHonorary consulateSunita Shahaney, honorary consulOakland House, 7 Adayar Club Gate RoadR. A. PuramHonorary consulate13 March 2019Ar Rm Arun, honorary consulVel Vilas, 3/21 Kottur Garden 3rd Main RoadKotturpuramHonorary consulateVijay Sankar, honorary consul9 Cathedral RoadGopalapuramHonorary consulate11 January 2012Yashwanth Kumar Venkataraman, honorary consul18, 3rd Street, Nehru NagarAdyarHonorary consulate30 January 2012Manikam Ramaswami83 First Main RoadR. A. PuramHonorary consulate11 January 2017G.S.K. Velu, honorary consul15, 4th St, Vidhya Thirtha NagarAbiramapuramHonorary consulateMarch 2016S.N. Srikanth, honorary consulSVN House, 10, C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar RoadAlwarpetHonorary consulateM. Ct. P. Chidambaram, honorary consul202 (Old 742) Anna SalaiMount RoadBranch office ofthe consulate general of Francein PondicherryLise Talbot Barré - consul general of France - Bureau de France—Chennai6th Floor, Bannari Amman Towers, 29 Dr Radha Krishnan SalaiMylaporeConsulate generalKarin Christina Maria Stoll, consul general (since July 2018)9 Boat Club RoadR. A. PuramHonorary consulateN. Kumar, honorary consul general37 Sterling RoadNungambakkamHonorary consulateMarch 2018Vivek Partheeban, honorary consulCaplin Point Laboratories Ltd. Narbhavi No. 3 Lakshman Street, G. N. Shetty RoadT. NagarHonorary consulateM. A. Alagappan, honorary consulTiam House, 28 Rajaji RoadGeorge TownHonorary consulateKumaran Seetharaman, honorary consulNo.129, Estate Main Road, Industrial EstatePerungudiHonorary consulateKannan Jaya Kumar, honorary consul2-D, Eldorado Building, 2nd Floor, 112 Nungambakkam High RoadNungambakkamHonorary consulate1 December 2011Rajeev Mecheri, honorary consulMecheri Centre, 49 Eldams RoadTeynampetVice consulateRam Javhermal Shahaney, vice-consulAshok Leyland Limited, 19 Rajaji SalaiGeorge TownConsulate general1966Kojiro Uchiyama, consul general (since April 2018)12/1 Cenetoph Road, 1st StreetTeynampetHonorary consulate 27 April 2017Suraj Shantakumar, honorary consulHonorary consulateNarayanaswamy RamchandranKhivraj Complex II, 2nd Floor, 480, Anna SalaiNandanamHonorary consulateVACANTHonorary consulateSeturaman Mahalingam, honorary consul22 Karpagambal Nagar, Mylapore Consulate general1961Saravana Kumar Kumaravasagam7 (Old 3) Cenotaph Road, 1st StreetTeynampet Honorary consulateDr. Hisamuddin Papa, honorary consulNo.786, Anna Salai, NandanamNandanamHonorary consulate6 January 2010Thangamuthu Pillai Shantakumar, honorary consul10 II Street, Seethamal ColonyAlwarpetHonorary consulateRavi Raman, honorary consulRR Tower, 94/95 Block 6, 8th Floor, Guindy Industrial EstateGuindyHonorary consulate6 September 2016Ramkumar Varadarajan, honorary consulCasuarina DriveNeelankaraiHonorary consulateC. N. Gangadaran, honorary consulAgastyar Manor, 20 Raja StreetT. NagarHonorary consulateProf. J Ranganathan, honorary consul Hall Mark Towers, 550 TTK RoadAlwarpetHonorary consulateGopal Srinivasan, honorary consulNo. 249 A, Ambujammal Street, Off TTK RoadAlwarpetHonorary consulateL. Ganesh, honorary consulRane Engine Valves Ltd, Maithri, 132 Cathedral RoadGopalapuramHonorary consulateArvind Gupta, honorary consul17, Bishop Garden RoadR. A. PuramHonorary consulateArvind Gopinath, consulHarbour Gate House, P.O. Box 1396, 44/45 Rajaji SalaiGeorge TownHonorary consulate2011A. V. M. Balasubramanian, honorary consulAVM Studios, NSK SalaiVadapalaniHonorary consulateAshwin C. Muthiah, honorary consulSPIC House, Annex Building, 8th Floor, 88 Anna SalaiGuindyHonorary consulateVijay Mehta, honorary consul Apeejay House, 39/12 Haddows RoadNungambakkamConsulate general1947Valerii Khodzhaev, consul general (since September 2024)14 Santhome High RoadMylaporeHonorary consulateAshok R. Thakkar6, IInd Floor, Indian Chambers BuildingGeorge TownHonorary consulateKartik NarayananSPP Complex, 324 Anna SalaiNandanamHonorary consulate generalM. Sesha Sai Mechineni, honorary consul general (since 3 October 2018)Hello Telecom (P) Ltd, 62 Veerabadran StreetNungambakkamConsulate general17 September 1987Roy Kho, consul general 17-A North Boag RoadT. NagarHonorary consulate27 December 2011Amit Goel, honorary consulShanthi Apartments, Flat No. 4, 1st Floor, No. 22 Judge Jambulingam RoadMylaporeHonorary consulateR. Seshasayee, honorary consul19 Rajaji SalaiGeorge TownConsulate general7 February 2014Chang-nyun Kim, consul general (since 2023)29 Radhakrishnan Salai MylaporeHonorary consulate Antony Lobo, honorary consul6, Nimmo RoadSanthomeDeputy High Commission1957 Ganesanathan Geathiswaran, deputy high commissioner56 Sterling RoadNungambakkamHonorary consulateArun Vasu, honorary consul6 Cathedral RoadGopalapuramHonorary consulateSanjay Madhavan, honorary consul # No. 7, Sriman Srinivasa Road, Alwarpet, Chennai- 600018Representative Office2012Frank Lin, director generalNew No.30, Norton RoadMandaveliConsulate general2005Racha Areeprak, consul general (since 2024)3 First Main Road, Vidyodaya ColonyT. NagarHonorary consulateVACANT Honorary consulateRavi Appasamy, honorary consul3 Mangesh StreetT. NagarDeputy High CommissionHalima Holland, deputy high commissioner (since November 2024)20 Anderson RoadNungambakkamConsulate general24 November 1794Christopher W. Hodges, consul general (since July 2023)220 Anna SalaiGemini CircleHonorary consulate23 May 2008N. Sukumar, honorary consulSuba Solutions Pvt Ltd, 29 (Old No. 7) Devadi StreetMylapore

Proposed missions The agreement for establishing the Consulate General of People's Republic of China in Chennai, the capital city of the state of Tamil Nadu had been signed by the prime minister of India Narendra Modi and Chinese premier Li Keqiang, during Modi's three-day visit to China in May 2015.

In August 2017, Bangladesh government approved the opening of a consulate in Chennai. This was open before the end of 2019. In addition, the countries of United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and Egypt have decided to open their diplomatic consulates in the city.

List of diplomatic missions in Chennai

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