Atul Keshap took charge as India’s Charge’d Affairs in Delhi today. The appointment of the Indian-American career diplomat, an old India-hand at the US state department, will help reinforce the close US partnership with the Government and people of India, demonstrated by our collaboration to overcome global challenges like the Covid-19 pandemic, the US State Department had said. Keshap, who is from Charlottesville, Virginia, has lived in Nigeria, Lesotho, Afghanistan, Zambia, and Austria. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Virginia. He studied economics, inter...