Naveen Srivastava appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Nepal

New Delhi: Naveen Srivastava, presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Nepal informed Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

Srivastava, who headed the East Asia division in the ministry, has played a key role in diplomatic and military talks with China to tackle the military standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) since 2020. He is expected to take up his new assignment shortly, the ministry said in a brief statement.

India formally proposed Srivastava as the new ambassador to Nepal ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nepal on May 16. Besides a meeting between Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba, the two countries signed six agreements during the visit, including one for the 490-MW Arun-4 hydropower project.