Embassy of India, Kathmandu


The Embassy of India in Kathmandu is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of India to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.

Ambassador

Sr. No.Name of the AmbassadorDate of joiningDate of relinquishment
1Surijit Singh Majithia19471949
2C. P. Narayan Singh19491952
3B.K Gokhale19521954
4Bhagwan Sahay19541959
5Harishwar Dayal1 February 196019 May 1964
6Shriman Narayan20 November 196417 December 1967
7Raj Bahadur5 January 196822 January 1971
8L. P. Singh22 January 19715 September 1973
9M. K. Rasgotra8 December 197317 October 1976
10N. B. Menon28 November 197631 March 1979
11N. P. Jain30 June 197928 July 1982
12H. C. Sarin30 January 198331 January 1986
13A. R. Deo24 February 198631 December 1989
14S. K. Sinha20 February 19902 January 1991
15Bimal Prasad20 January 199131 January 1995
16K. V. Rajan15 March 199513 June 2000
17Deb Mukherji14 June 200030 November 2001
18I. P. Singh1 December 200117 August 2002
19Shyam Saran31 October 200225 July 2004
20S. S. Mukherjee6 October 200423 April 2008
21Rakesh Sood25 April 200811 August 2011
22Jayant Prasad25 August 201125 August 2013
23Ranjit Rae2 September 201328 February 2017
24Manjeev Singh Puri25 March 201731 December 2019
25Vinay Mohan Kwatra1 March 202016 April 2022
26Naveen Srivastava25 June 2022Incumbent

Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre

The embassy operates the Indian Council for Cultural Relations's Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre in Kathmandu. It was established in 2008 to promote cultural ties between India and Nepal.

B. P. Koirala India - Nepal Foundation

The B. P. Koirala India - Nepal Foundation is affiliated with the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu. It was established in 1991 in the memory of B. P. Koirala to promote cultural exchanges between India and Nepal. The office of the foundation is located inside the Embassy of India.

Nepal Bharat Library

Nepal Bharat Library or more generally called the Indian Library is run by the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal. The library was called Nepal-Bharat Sanskritik Kendra until 2005. The library was established in 1951 after India set up the diplomatic relations with Nepal on 13 June 1947 with the aim of enhancing and strengthening cultural relations and information exchange between India and Nepal. It is the first foreign library in Nepal.