Shri Sudhakar Dalela arrived in Kathmandu today to take up his new assignment as India’s Ambassador to Nepal.
He was welcomed at the airport by representatives of Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and officials of the Embassy of India.
Dalela is a 1993-batch Indian Foreign Service officer. He previously served as India’s Ambassador to Bhutan from 2022 to 2025 and as Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs from September 2025. He has also handled India-Nepal and India-Bhutan relations as Director and Joint Secretary in the Ministry’s Northern Division. In addition, he served in the Prime Minister’s Office and held diplomatic assignments in several countries, including the United States.
He succeeds Shri Naveen Srivastava as India’s Ambassador to Nepal.
