Senior Congress leader and former Union minister of state for information and broadcasting Manish Tewari will join a top United States think-tank as a distinguished fellow.

"We are delighted to welcome Manish Tewari to our team. We are eager to draw on his expertise from his years of service to the government of India, and he will be an invaluable addition to the South Asia Center team as we look to deepen our programming on India and the subcontinent," said Bharath Gopalaswamy, director of South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council.

A counsel practicing in Supreme Court, Tewari previously served as a member of Parliament from Ludhiana and is currently the national spokesperson of the Indian National Congress.

At the Councils South Asia Centre, Tewari will focus on programming aimed at strengthening US-India relations.

South Asia is a region with complex traditional and human security challenges that is home to almost two billion people, Tewari said.

'As the new administration takes shape, I look forward to working with the Councils South Asia Center to develop programming on how the new administration can best engage with the region to strengthen key relationships,' Tewari said in a statement.

Based in Washington DC, Atlantic Council has ten regional and thematic centers.