Atul Keshap(44)a former official at the US embassy in India, was administered the oath by deputy US secretary of state for management and resources Heather Anne Higginbottom.
Sri Lankan ambassador to the US Prasad Kariyawasam and Maldives deputy UN permanent representative Jeff Waheed were present at the swearing in ceremony, attended by a number of Indian-Americans.
Atul Keshap was confirmed by the US senate as the country's envoy last week. It would be his first ambassadorial posting.
In his previous capacity as the deputy assistant secretary of state in south and central asian affairs,Atul Keshap had visited Sri Lanka and Maldives on several occasions.
Atul Keshap and Richard Rahul Verma, the US envoy to India, both trace their origin to Punjab. His father, Keshap Chander Sen, who was from Punjab, was a UN development economist working in Nigeria where Keshap was born in June, 1971.
His mother, Zoe Calvert, had been in the US Foreign Service when she met and married Sen in London. She had also served at the US embassy in India.
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