India’s new envoy to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri on Sunday presented his credentials to President Bidya Devi Bhandari at a ceremony here. Puri met with President Bhandari at her official residence Sheetal Niwas and submitting his letters of credence, Indian Embassy here said.
Puri, a 1982 batch IFS officer, was on March 10 appointed as India’s 24th ambassador to Nepal. His predecessor Ranjit Rae completed his three and a half year-tenure on February 28. Before being assigned to Kathmandu mission, Puri, born in 1959, was India’s Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium and luxembourg.
Prior to Brussels, he was India’s Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York from 2009 to 2013. He was also a senior member of India’s Security Council team during the years 2011 and 2012, when India served on the Security Council.