Mr Kelly will tend to relations between the Australian government and the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, as well as the union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry, which collectively contribute more than a quarter of India’s GDP.
Mr Kelly will be replacing Mr David Holly as Consul-General.
Mr Kelly works in Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and has previously served overseas in China, Taiwan and Vietnam. He was most recently Director of the India Political and Regional Section and before that the Defence, Strategy and Regional Security Section.
