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India Proposes Sudhakar Dalela as Next Ambassador to Nepal
India wants Sudhakar Dalela to become its next ambassador to Nepal.
India has asked Nepal to agree to the appointment.
Nepal must give this formal approval, called agrément, before Dalela can take the job.
Dalela is an experienced Indian diplomat.
He currently works on economic relations for India’s foreign ministry and is India’s Sherpa for BRICS.
He was previously India’s ambassador to Bhutan.
He has also worked on relations with Nepal and Bhutan in earlier roles.
India has proposed senior diplomat Sudhakar Dalela as its next ambassador to Nepal.
New Delhi conveyed the proposal to Kathmandu on Tuesday and is seeking Nepal’s formal agreement.
Dalela is a 1993-batch Indian Foreign Service officer and currently Secretary for Economic Relations.
He also serves as India’s Sherpa for BRICS and previously was ambassador to Bhutan from 2022 to 2025.
Dalela can take up the Nepal post only after Nepal grants the required diplomatic agrément.
- Who
- India has proposed diplomat Sudhakar Dalela as its next ambassador to Nepal.
- What
- The proposal seeks Nepal’s formal agreement for Dalela’s appointment.
- Where
- The appointment is for India’s embassy in Nepal.
- When
- New Delhi conveyed the proposal on Tuesday; no calendar date is specified.
- Why
- The proposal follows the end of current envoy Naveen Srivastava’s tenure.
Key facts
- Nominee
- Sudhakar Dalela
- Proposing country
- India
- Post
- Ambassador to Nepal
- Diplomatic approval required
- Nepal’s agrément
- Indian Foreign Service batch
- 1993
- Current role
- Secretary for Economic Relations in India’s Ministry of External Affairs
- Previous ambassadorship
- India’s ambassador to Bhutan from 2022 to 2025
Sources
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