US ambassador-designate Eric Garcetti arrived in India on Tuesday night. Eric Garcetti was confirmed as the 25th United States ambassador to India in a bipartisan vote on March 15, 2023.

"Namaste, Ambassador-Designate Eric Garcetti! We're thrilled to welcome you to #IncredibleIndia and work with you to build even stronger ties between our two great nations," the US Embassy in India tweeted.

The US Embassy in India also shared a video on Twitter, welcoming the new ambassador-designate

"Welcome to India, Ambassador-Designate Garcetti! Here is a warm welcome from U.S. Consulates in Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, & Embassy New Delhi highlighting India's linguistic diversity. We cannot wait for you to experience the rich culture & history of #IncredibleIndia," the US Embassy in India tweeted with a video.

After serving 12 years as a Los Angeles city council member, including six as City Council President, Garcetti was elected as the 42nd Mayor of the City of Los Angeles in 2013 as the youngest mayor in Los Angeles history, and he was re-elected in 2017 with the widest margin ever recorded in his city.

Under his watch, Los Angeles was named the best run city in America by the What Works Cities initiative of Bloomberg Philanthropies and Garcetti was named Public Official of the Year in 2019 by Governing Magazine.

Garcetti was elected by his global peers to serve as Chair of C40 Cities – a network of 97 of the world’s biggest cities taking bold climate action. He represented the world’s urban leaders delivering the Cities Race to Zero pledge, a commitment of over 1,000 global cities to implement net-zero carbon futures at COP26 in Glasgow.