KATHMANDU / NEW DELHI — Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Sudhakar Dalela has formally assumed charge as India’s Ambassador to Nepal, marking a significant milestone in bilateral diplomatic representation.
A 1993-batch career diplomat, Dalela becomes the first secretary-level officer from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to be appointed as India’s envoy to Kathmandu. The deployment underscores New Delhi’s heightened diplomatic prioritization of its strategic, economic, and neighborhood engagement with Nepal.
