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

Ambassador

+List of Ambassadors to NepalSr. No. Name of the Ambassador Date of joining Date of relinquishment 1Surijit Singh Majithia194719492C. P. Narayan Singh194919523B.K Gokhale195219544Bhagwan Sahay195419595Harishwar Dayal1 February 196019 May 19646Shriman Narayan20 November 196417 December 19677Raj Bahadur5 January 196822 January 19718L. P. Singh22 January 19715 September 19739M. K. Rasgotra8 December 197317 October 197610N. B. Menon 28 November 197631 March 197911N. P. Jain30 June 197928 July 198212H. C. Sarin30 January 198331 January 198613A. R. Deo24 February 198631 December 198914S. K. Sinha20 February 19902 January 199115Bimal Prasad20 January 199131 January 199516K. V. Rajan15 March 199513 June 200017Deb Mukherji14 June 200030 November 200118I. P. Singh1 December 200117 August 200219Shyam Saran31 October 200225 July 200420S. S. Mukherjee6 October 200423 April 200821Rakesh Sood25 April 200811 August 201122Jayant Prasad25 August 201125 August 201323Ranjit Rae2 September 201328 February 201724Manjeev Singh Puri25 March 201731 December 201925Vinay Mohan Kwatra1 March 202016 April 202226Naveen 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 (BPKF) 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.

See also

Nepal–India relations Foreign relations of India Foreign relations of Nepal List of diplomatic missions in Nepal List of diplomatic missions of India

References

External links

Official website