Embassy of India

Sandeep Arya

Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Bhutan

Sandeep Arya joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1994 and assumed charge as the Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Bhutan in September 2025.

Prior to being the Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Bhutan, Sandeep Arya was the Ambassador of India to Vietnam from October 2022 to September 2025 and the High Commissioner (Ambassador) to Tanzania and Representative to the East African Community from August 2015 to June 2019. At the Ministry of External Affairs of India in New Delhi, he served as Additional Secretary (Disarmament & International Security Affairs) and Joint Secretary (Europe West/ Administration) from June 2019 to October 2022. Between 1994-2015, he worked in different diplomatic positions at the Indian Embassies in Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine and at various Divisions of the Ministry of External Affairs of India in New Delhi.

Sandeep Arya was born in June 1971 at Kashipur in India and holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering, Master of Technology in Nuclear Engineering, Master of Arts in Economics and Master of Business Administration.

He speaks Hindi, English and Russian. He enjoys reading about history, international relations, and global developments, listening to music and practices yoga.

He is married to Dr. Suveta Singh and they have two sons.

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