Richard Rahul Verma to become next US ambassador to India
Verma, 46, is the first Indian-American to be the US ambassador to India.
He is expected to arrive in New Delhi ahead of the India visit of US President Barack Obama who will be the chief guest on this year's Republic Day.
Verma is currently a senior counsellor at Steptoe & Johnson law firm and the Albright Stonebridge Group, a business advisory company, led by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, sources said.
He will replace Nancy Powell who resigned in March after a damaging row over the treatment of a junior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade who was accused by authorities in New York of visa fraud and underpaying a domestic worker.
Reports said Verma’s parents came to the US in the early 1960s having lived through India’s fight for independence from Britain and partition.
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