About the Embassy

The American Embassy in New Delhi stands as an example of Indian-American

collaboration in
Design and craftsmanship, symbolic of the long friendship between India and the
United States.
In designing the Embassy complex, Architect Edward D. Stone, also the designer of
the Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., sought to capture the best in
South Asian
architecture and blend it with modern Western concepts. Architect Frank Lloyd
Wright called it
one of the finest buildings in the last hundred years.
Planning of the Embassy complex began in the early 1950s with allocation of a 28acre site in the
Chanakyapuri (Diplomatic Enclave) area of New Delhi. The Embassy complex
includes the
Chancery, the Roosevelt House (official residence of the U.S. Ambassador), office
space and living
accommodations.
In September 1, 1956, the Chief Justice of the United States, Earl Warren, laid the
corner stone and
he expressed the hope that the structure would become a temple of peace.
The building was formally opened in January 5, 1959 in the presence of Prime
Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru and other distinguished guests. At the opening ceremony Ambassador
Ellsworth Bunker
said: "To me this building is symbolic of what can be achieved through the
cooperation of our two
countries. From beginning to end it has been a joint venture."
About the EEST section

The Economic, Environment, Science, and Technology section coordinates all

aspects of U.S.-India
trade, investment and energy policy, as well as climate change, environmental
protection, space
policy, and science and research cooperation. A minister-counselor heads the
combined EEST
section, with deputies leading the economic unit and the environment, science, and
technology
unit. Three new officer positions have been established in the embassy EEST section
since 2008.
The EEST team works at the forefront of U.S. Government efforts to fulfill the high
ambitions for
relations set down by both countries leaders. The EEST section supports the
Presidents National
Export Initiative by pursuing increased market access for goods, services, and
investment; urging
the Government of India to enact a nuclear liability regime that enables U.S.
suppliers to enter the
nuclear power market and deepening science and technology cooperation among
public and
private institutions in both countries. The EEST section shepherded to completion
several
memoranda of understanding with India that will generate funding from Overseas
Private
Investment Corporation, Exim-Bank, and private-sector participants for projects and
investments
in areas such as shale gas, clean energy, and research and development on solar
energy and
biofuels. Indian authorities recently approved tariff reductions on a list of products
of interest to
U.S. producers, following months of representations from the economic section.