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India-born Tellis is Adviser to Burns

Washington: Ahead of US President George W. Bush's visit to India in March, eminent South Asia expert Ashley J. Tellis has been appointed Senior Adviser to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns in support of various State Department activities relating to India-U.S. relations.

India-born Mr. Tellis, a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has taken a two-month leave to take up his new assignment. He had served previously on the National Security Council staff as Senior Director for Strategic Planning and Southwest Asia, and as Senior Adviser to the then U.S. Ambassador to India, Robert Blackwill, at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.

Mr. Tellis, who has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Bombay, obtained his doctorate degree from the University of Chicago. — UNI

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