U.S. Senate confirms Gor as Ambassador to India, seasoned-hand Kapur as top State Department regional official

White House Presidential Personnel Office Director Sergio Gor, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to India, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 11, 2025.

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TAfter months of rocky relations, the India-U.S. engagement is set to get a boost as the U.S. Senate confirmed the nominations of Sergio Gor as Ambassador of the United States to India.and S. Paul Kapur, an American of Indian origin as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia.Mr. Gor has also been appointed as U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy on South and Central Asia, a new post that did not require confirmation. His role in the region has been watched keenly, and with some misgivings in New Delhi, especially as Mr. Gor met with leaders of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan in New York last month, and Pakistani leadership had travelled to Washington. Published - October 08, 2025 09:54 am IST