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Diplomatic Dialogue with Consul General of India Ramesh Babu Lakshmanan

  • 03/26/2025
  • 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Barnes and Thornburg, 3340 Peachtree Road, Suite 2900, Atlanta, GA 30326
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The Atlanta Council on International Relations

is honored to present:

"Diplomatic Dialogue"

a reception and discussion with:

Ramesh Babu Lakshmanan

Consul General of India


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Join us for a Diplomatic Dialogue reception with Ramesh Babu Lakshmanan Consul General of India in Atlanta. After an hour of networking and Indian food catered by Tabla, Consul General Lakshmanan, and ACIR President Mark Pierson will discuss the work of the Consulate of India and the importance of the Southeast-India relationship. The Diplomatic Dialogue attendees will be able to ask Consul General questions.  Remarks are off-the-record and cannot be recorded but social media posts are encouraged.


Date:  Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

Time:  5:00 pm. to 7:30 pm.


Venue:  Barnes and Thornburg, 3340 Peachtree Road, Suite 2900, Atlanta, GA 30326 


Parking: Is located in the Tower Place 100 Building in Buckhead and will be validated by Barnes & Thornburg. When using maps or ride share, give your driver or put into your GPS: "Tower Place 100".


Price: $15 Members (Including Members of the Indo-Amercian Chamber of Commerce), $20 Non-members, $5 Students (GATech, Mercer, KSU & UNG only).

Registration Closes at 12 Noon, Monday, March 24th

Pictures of our last Diplomatic Dialogue with Consul General of Ireland Frank Groome can be seen here.


About Consul General Ramesh Babu Lakshmanan

Shri Ramesh Babu Lakshmanan is a career diplomat and joined the Indian Foreign Service in the year 2005. Prior to his appointment to Consul General of India at Atlanta, he served in various capacities at the Ministry of External Affairs. He has served as Joint Secretary (Summits) looking after the operation aspects of G20 Meetings during India’s G20 Presidency which commenced in December, 2022. 

While heading the Rapid Response Cell Division, as an additional charge, he was in-charge of the Ministry of External Affairs’ control room during Operation Ganga, an evacuation mission carried out by the Indian government to rescue its citizens stranded in neighboring countries of Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.  He also served as Director in Administration & Human Resources and Policy Planning Divisions. During his previous overseas diplomatic assignments, he served in various positions at Indian Missions in Moscow, Dushanbe, Paris and Colombo handling political, commercial and cultural aspects of relations.

During his last tenure in New Delhi (2011 to 2013), he was a Desk Officer for the southern African countries in the Africa Division. He holds a Master’s degree in science faculty. He is married to S. Renuga Devi, who is a Occupational Therapist by profession and has a daughter and a son.


ACIR President Mark Pierson and India 

ACIR's new President studied for six months in Allahabad, India and travelled the country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari by himself at the age of 20. He wrote his undergraduate thesis at the College of Wooster on "The Partition of India" using Indian, Pakistani, British, and American sources for his research. While studying for his Master's degree at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, he undertook a project with former Indian Ambassador Kewal Singh to investigate opportunities for American companies in India. 

He was President of the Georgia India-Amercan Chamber from 2016-2018 and sits on the GIACC's Corporate Advisory Board. 


India-U.S. Bilateral Relations 

The U.S. and India have a "global strategic partnership", based on shared democratic values and an increasing convergence of interests on bilateral, regional, and global issues. Regular exchange of high-level political visits has provided sustained momentum to bilateral cooperation, while the wide-ranging and ever-expanding dialogue architecture has stablished a long term framework for India-U.S. engagement. Today, the India-U.S. bilateral cooperation is broad-based and multi-sectorial covering trade and investment, defense and security, education, science and technology, cyber security, high-technology, civil nuclear energy, space technology and applications, clean energy, environment, as well as agricultural and heath practices. 


India-Georgia Bilateral Economic Relations

Over 200,000 Indians currently reside in Georgia.

More than 67 Indian companies in Georgia have invested US$7.5 billion and created 13,900 jobs in the state. 

Trade Figures: 

Georgia Imports from India: US$ 4,721,052,735 ($4.7 bn)

Georgia Exports to India: US$ 1,165,407,748 ($1.2 bn)

Total Trade between Georgia and India: US$ 5,886,460,483 ($5.9 bn)


India-U.S. Economic Relations

Trade Figures: 

U.S. Imports from India: US$87.4 billion in 2024

U.S. Exports to India: US$ 41.8 billion in 2024

Total Trade between U.S. and India: US$129.2 billion in 2024



Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel, please do so not later than 48 hours before the event. No refund can be provided after that.

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