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Richard Verma stands next to Secretary of State Antony Blinken

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Announcement - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Richard Verma Named Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources

| Apr. 17, 2023

Cambridge, MA – Richard Verma, former Senior Fellow with Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, was sworn in on April 5 as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, the third-highest position in the U.S. Department of State. He was nominated by President Biden in December 2022 and confirmed by the Senate on March 30. 

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Press Release - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Ambassador Richard Verma Named Belfer Center Senior Fellow

| July 03, 2018

Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs has named Ambassador Richard Verma a non-resident Senior Fellow. Verma, who served as U.S. Ambassador to India from 2014-2017 and earlier as Assistant Secretary of State, will share with students and faculty lessons on diplomacy, developments in Asia, and U.S. national security policy.

Belfer Center Director Ash Carter, right, speaks with The Asia Group's Richard Verma, left, a former U.S. ambassador to India, and Kurt M. Campbell, center, a Belfer Center Senior Fellow and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia and the Pacific, for The Tea Leaves podcast. (Credit: The Asia Group)

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News - The Tea Leaves

Ash Carter Discusses China, India, and Strategy on The Asia Group's "Tea Leaves" Podcast

| Apr. 16, 2018

Belfer Center Director Ash Carter joined Kurt M. Campbell and Richard Verma of The Asia Group on "The Tea Leaves" podcast to discuss his tenure at the Pentagon, the dynamism of the Indo-Pacific, and the challenges the United States faces in the region. Carter drew on his 35-year career working on defense and technology to hone in on critical issues, including the rise of China, strategy and policymaking, and partnering with India.