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 2017, there are 73 foreign diplomatic consulates in Chennai, including 38 honorary consulates. 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 byAddressNeighborhoodImage
Honorary ConsulateCapt. Guruswamy Ramaswamy5th Floor, Amble Side, 8, Khadar Nawaz Khan RoadNungambakkam
San Luis Commercial Office7 May 2013Adriel Dalgaard Knott, Director61–63 Dr. Radhakrishnan SalaiMylapore
Honorary Consulate24 December 2011Shivkumar Eashwaran, Honorary ConsulShivsu Towers, 149 Poonamallee High RoadKilpauk
Consulate General1995Susan Grace, Consul General 9th Floor, Express Chambers, Express Avenue Estate, Whites RoadRoyapettah
Honorary ConsulateNina Kothari, Honorary ConsulKothari Buildings, 115 Nungambakkam High RoadNungambakkam
Consulate General28 November 2013Mark Van de Vreken, Consul General 18, 3rd floor, YAFA Tower, Khader Nawaz Khan RoadNungambakkam
Trade OfficeSubha Sundarajan, Trade CommissionerSuite 205, Hotel Park Hyatt, 39 Velachery Road, Near Raj BhavanGuindy
Honorary ConsulateSunita Shahaney, Honorary ConsulOakland House, 7 Adayar Club Gate RoadR. A. Puram
Honorary Consulate13 March 2019Ar Rm Arun, Honorary ConsulVel Vilas, 3/21 Kottur Garden 3rd Main RoadKotturpuram
ConsulateVijay Sankar, Honorary Consul9 Cathedral RoadGopalapuram
Honorary Consulate11 January 2012Yashwanth Kumar Venkataraman, Honorary Consul18, 3rd Street, Nehru NagarAdyar
Honorary Consulate30 January 2012Manikam Ramaswami83 First Main RoadR. A. Puram
Honorary Consulate11 January 2017G.S.K. Velu, Honorary Consul15, 4th St, Vidhya Thirtha NagarAbiramapuram
Honorary ConsulateMarch 2016S.N. Srikanth, Honorary ConsulSVN House, 10, C.P. Ramaswamy Aiyar RoadAlwarpet
Honorary ConsulateM. Ct. P. Chidambaram, Honorary Consul202 Anna SalaiMount Road
Branch office of
the Consulate general of France
in Pondicherry		Bureau de France—Chennai6th Floor, Bannari Amman Towers, 29 Dr Radha Krishnan SalaiMylapore
Consulate GeneralKarin Christina Maria Stoll, Consul General 9 Boat Club RoadR. A. Puram
Honorary ConsulateN. Kumar, Honorary Consul General37 Sterling RoadNungambakkam
Honorary ConsulateMarch 2018Vivek Partheeban, Honorary ConsulCaplin Point Laboratories Ltd. Narbhavi No. 3 Lakshman Street, G. N. Shetty RoadT. Nagar
Honorary ConsulateM. A. Alagappan, Honorary ConsulTiam House, 28 Rajaji RoadGeorge Town
Honorary ConsulateKumaran Seetharaman, Honorary ConsulNo.129, Estate Main Road, Industrial EstatePerungudi
Honorary ConsulateKannan Jaya Kumar, Honorary Consul2-D, Eldorado Building, 2nd Floor, 112 Nungambakkam High RoadNungambakkam
Honorary Consulate1 December 2011Rajeev Mecheri, Honorary ConsulMecheri Centre, 49 Eldams RoadTeynampet
Vice ConsulateRam Javhermal Shahaney, Vice-consulAshok Leyland Limited, 19 Rajaji SalaiGeorge Town
Consulate General1966Kojiro Uchiyama, Consul General 12/1 Cenetoph Road, 1st StreetTeynampet
Honorary Consulate27 April 2017Suraj Shantakumar, Honorary Consul
Honorary ConsulateN. Ramachandran, Honorary ConsulKhivraj Complex II, 2nd Floor, 480 Anna SalaiNandanam
Honorary ConsulateUsman Fayaz, Honorary Consul18 Cenatoph RoadAlwarpet
Honorary ConsulateSuhasini Maniratnam, Honorary Consul15, Crescent Ave, KesavaperumalpuramR. A. Puram
Consulate General1961Saravanan Karathihayan7 Cenotaph Road, 1st StreetTeynampet
Honorary ConsulateDr. Hisamuddin Papa, Honorary ConsulNo.786, Anna Salai, NandanamNandanam
Honorary Consulate6 January 2010Thangamuthu Pillai Shantakumar, Honorary Consul10 II Street, Seethamal ColonyAlwarpet
Honorary ConsulateRavi Raman, Honorary ConsulRR Tower, 94/95 Block 6, 8th Floor, Guindy Industrial EstateGuindy
Honorary Consulate6 September 2016Ramkumar Varadarajan, Honorary ConsulCasuarina DriveNeelankarai
Honorary ConsulateC. N. Gangadaran, Honorary ConsulAgastyar Manor, 20 Raja StreetT. Nagar
Honorary ConsulateProf. J Ranganathan, Honorary ConsulHall Mark Towers, 550 TTK RoadAlwarpet
Honorary ConsulateAkhila Srinivasan, Honorary Consul80/81, 7th Floor, MBC TowersAlwarpet
Honorary ConsulateL. Ganesh, Honorary ConsulRane Engine Valves Ltd, Maithri, 132 Cathedral RoadGopalapuram
Honorary ConsulateArvind Gupta, Honorary Consul17, Bishop Garden RoadR. A. Puram
ConsulateArvind Gopinath, ConsulHarbour Gate House, P.O. Box 1396, 44/45 Rajaji SalaiGeorge Town
Honorary Consulate2011A. V. M. Balasubramanian, Honorary ConsulAVM Studios, NSK SalaiVadapalani
Honorary ConsulateAshwin C. Muthiah, Honorary ConsulSpic House, Annex Building, 8th Floor, 88 Anna SalaiGuindy
Honorary ConsulateVijay Mehta, Honorary ConsulApeejay House, 39/12 Haddows RoadNungambakkam
Consulate GeneralOleg N. Avdeev, Consul General 14 Santhome High RoadMylapore
Honorary ConsulateAshok R. Thakkar6, IInd Floor, Indian Chambers BuildingGeorge Town
Honorary Consulate
Honorary Consulate GeneralM. Sesha Sai Mechineni, Honorary Consul General Hello Telecom Ltd, 62 Veerabadran StreetNungambakkam
Consulate General17 September 1987Roy Kho, Consul General17-A North Boag RoadT. Nagar
Honorary Consulate27 December 2011Amit Goel, Honorary ConsulShanthi Apartments, Flat No. 4, 1st Floor, No. 22 Judge Jambulingam RoadMylapore
Honorary ConsulateR. Seshasayee, Honorary Consul19 Rajaji SalaiGeorge Town
Consulate General7 February 2014Kim Hyung Tae, Consulate General 29 Radhakrishnan SalaiMylapore
Honorary ConsulateAntony Lobo, Honorary Consul6, Nimmo Road,
Santhome
Deputy High Commission1957V. Krishnamoorthy, Deputy High Commissioner56 Sterling RoadNungambakkam
Honorary ConsulateArun Vasu, Honorary Consul6 Cathedral RoadGopalapuram
Honorary ConsulateR. Muthu, Honorary ConsulI-6 Dr. V.S.I. Estate, Rajiv Gandhi SalaiThiruvanmiyur
Representative Office2012Frank Lin, Director GeneralNew No.30, Norton RoadMandaveli
Consulate General2005Krongkanit Rakcharoen, Consul General3 First Main Road, Vidyodaya ColonyT. Nagar
Honorary ConsulateV. L. Dutt, Honorary ConsulThe KCP Ltd. Ramakrishna Building, 2 Dr. P.V. Cherian CrescentEgmore
Honorary ConsulateRavi Appasamy, Honorary Consul3 Mangesh StreetT. Nagar
Deputy High CommissionOliver Ballhatchet, Deputy High Commissioner 20 Anderson RoadNungambakkam
Consulate General24 November 1794Robert E Burgess, Consul General 220 Anna SalaiGemini Circle
Honorary Consulate23 May 2008N. Sukumar, Honorary ConsulSuba Solutions Pvt Ltd, 29 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 will be 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.