First BRICS Sherpa Meeting began in New Delhi

¨     First BRICS Sherpa Meeting began in New Delhi on 10 February 2026.

¨     The meeting is being held under India’s current chairship of BRICS.

¨     Sudhakar Dalela is Secretary for Economic Relations and India’s BRICS Sherpa.

¨     He highlighted key priorities of India’s Chairship are based on PM Modi’s vision for a people-centric and humanity-first approach.

¨     He also highlighted the overall theme of Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.

¨     India is chairing BRICS for the fourth time. The country previously held the chairship in 2012, 2016. India last held the BRICS chairship in 2021.