| Embassy of India, Kathmandu | |
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| Address | Kapurdhara Marg 336, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal |
| Coordinates | 27°43′17″N85°18′56″E / 27.7214932°N 85.3156914°E |
| Ambassador | Naveen Srivastava |
| Jurisdiction |  Nepal |
| Website | Official website |
The Embassy of India in Kathmandu is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of India to Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. [1] [2]
| Sr. No. | Name of the Ambassador | Date of joining | Date of relinquishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surijit Singh Majithia [4] | 1947 | 1949 |
| 2 | C. P. Narayan Singh | 1949 | 1952 |
| 3 | B.K Gokhale | 1952 | 1954 |
| 4 | Bhagwan Sahay | 1954 | 1959 |
| 5 | Harishwar Dayal | 1 February 1960 | 19 May 1964 |
| 6 | Shriman Narayan | 20 November 1964 | 17 December 1967 |
| 7 | Raj Bahadur [5] | 5 January 1968 | 22 January 1971 |
| 8 | L. P. Singh | 22 January 1971 | 5 September 1973 |
| 9 | M. K. Rasgotra | 8 December 1973 | 17 October 1976 |
| 10 | N. B. Menon | 28 November 1976 | 31 March 1979 |
| 11 | N. P. Jain | 30 June 1979 | 28 July 1982 |
| 12 | H. C. Sarin | 30 January 1983 | 31 January 1986 |
| 13 | A. R. Deo | 24 February 1986 | 31 December 1989 |
| 14 | S. K. Sinha | 20 February 1990 | 2 January 1991 |
| 15 | Bimal Prasad | 20 January 1991 | 31 January 1995 |
| 16 | K. V. Rajan | 15 March 1995 | 13 June 2000 |
| 17 | Deb Mukherji | 14 June 2000 | 30 November 2001 |
| 18 | I. P. Singh | 1 December 2001 | 17 August 2002 |
| 19 | Shyam Saran | 31 October 2002 | 25 July 2004 |
| 20 | S. S. Mukherjee | 6 October 2004 | 23 April 2008 |
| 21 | Rakesh Sood | 25 April 2008 | 11 August 2011 |
| 22 | Jayant Prasad | 25 August 2011 | 25 August 2013 |
| 23 | Ranjit Rae | 2 September 2013 | 28 February 2017 |
| 24 | Manjeev Singh Puri | 25 March 2017 | 31 December 2019 |
| 25 | Vinay Mohan Kwatra | 1 March 2020 | 16 April 2022 |
| 26 | Naveen Srivastava | 25 June 2022 [6] | Incumbent |
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