List of ambassadors of India to Bhutan

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Ambassador of India to Bhutan
Incumbent
Sandeep Arya, IFS
since September 2025
Nominator Droupadi Murmu
Inaugural holderBrajbir Saran Das
Formation1968
Website Embassy of India, Bhutan

The Indian Ambassador to Bhutan is the chief diplomatic representative of India to Bhutan, housed in Thimphu.

List of Indian Ambassadors to Bhutan

The following officers have served as Ambassadors of India to Bhutan. [1]

NameTerm startTerm end
Brajbir Saran Das 19681972
Ashok B. Gokhale 19721974
Jagan Nath Khosla 19741977
Jagdish Rudraya Hiremath 19771980
Salman Haider 19801983
A.N. Ram 19831986
Nareshwar Dayal 19861989
Vinod C. Khanna 19891991
Pushkar Johari 19911995
Dalip Mehta 19951998
Pradeep Kumar Singh 19982000
Kanwar Singh Jasrotia 20002005
Sudhir Vyas 20052009
Pavan K. Varma 2009January 2013
V.P. Haran.January 2013July 2014
Gautam Bambawale August 2014December 2015
Jaideep Sarkar February 2016February 2019
Ruchira Kamboj February 2019 [2] June 2022
Sudhakar Dalela July 2022 [3] August 2025
Sandeep Arya September 2025 [4] Incumbent

References

  1. "Previous Ambassadors". Embassy of India, Bhutan.
  2. "Ruchira Kamboj named India's Ambassador to Bhutan".
  3. "Shri Sudhakar Dalela appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Royal Kingdom of Bhutan". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. 9 July 2022. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. "Shri Sandeep Arya appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Bhutan". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.