Atul Keshap | |
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U.S. Chargé D'Affaires to India | |
In office June 29, 2021 – September 9, 2021 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Daniel Bennett Smith |
Succeeded by | Patricia A. Lacina |
United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives | |
In office August 21, 2015 – July 15, 2018 | |
President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Andrew Mann (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Alaina B. Teplitz |
Personal details | |
Born | June 1971 (age 53) Nigeria |
Alma mater | University of Virginia |
Atul Keshap is a retired American diplomat and career United States Foreign Service Officer from Virginia who serves at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as the President of the U.S.- India Business Council since January 2022.[1] He also serves as Senior Vice President for South Asia and as President of the U.S.-Bangladesh Business Council. Previously, he served as the Chargé d'affaires of the United States mission to India in 2021. He formerly served as U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the United States Department of State. In 2022, Ambassador Keshap was elected into membership of the American Academy of Diplomacy. [1] In May 2023, Keshap was named one of Washington's most influential foreign policy influencers for his work to shape U.S. relations with India. [2]