Ashley Tellis could be Trumps pick to replace Rich Verma as US envoy to India

January 09, 2017 11:35

Mumbai-born strategic expert Ashley J Tellis, who served at the United States embassy in New Delhi and the White House, could be US President-elect Donald Trump transition teams pick for ambassador to India, a media report said on Monday.

Trump is close to selecting Tellis to be the next envoy to India, transition sources were quoted as saying by The Washington Post.

The report described the move as part of behind the scenes efforts by the Trump transition team for its own pivot to Asia. The pivot towards Asia was a concept framed by the Obama administration.

Tellis, currently a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace specialising in international security and Asian strategic issues, was closely involved in negotiating the landmark civil nuclear agreement between the US and India.

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