Indian-American Atul Keshap has been confirmed as the U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives, becoming the second Indian-origin diplomat to be posted to the region after Richard Rahul Verma. Keshap, a former official at the US Embassy in India, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the country’s envoy which would be his first Ambassadorial posting. He is currently working as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau of State Department. Keshap and Verma, the U.S. envoy to India, both trace their origin to Punjab.

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