Indian family, village of Usha Vance, wife of U.S. VP-elect, express pride ahead of inauguration

Record ID: 1902624

  • Title: Indian family, village of Usha Vance, wife of U.S. VP-elect, express pride ahead of inauguration
  • Date: 20th January 2025
  • Summary: VADLURU, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA (JANUARY 20, 2025) (ANI- No use India) TRAFFIC ON ROAD MILESTONE READING (Telugu): "VADLURU" VARIOUS OF ROAD LEADING TO HINDU TEMPLE VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA (JANUARY 20, 2025) (ANI- No use India) (SOUNDBITE) (English) GREAT-AUNT OF USHA CHILUKURI VANCE, WIFE OF U.S. VICE-PRESIDENT-ELECT J.D. VANCE, SHANTHAMMA CHILUKURI, SAYING: "
  • Embargoed: 3rd February 2025 14:07
  • Keywords: India J.D. Vance Usha Vance Vadluru inauguration vice president village
  • Location: VADLURU/VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA
  • City: VADLURU/VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001LS4RIVJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Residents in the Indian ancestral village of Usha Vance, wife of U.S. Vice President-elect, J.D. Vance, expressed happiness ahead of the inauguration on Monday (January 20).
    The parents of Usha Vance moved to the U.S. in the late 1970s and now teach engineering and molecular biology in San Diego.
    While Usha Vance studied at Yale and Cambridge, her father and grandfather both taught or studied at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India's premier engineering college.
    Her younger sister is a mechanical engineer with a semiconductor company in San Diego and an aunt a medical professional in the southern Indian city of Chennai.
    Usha's great aunt, a physics professor, congratulated the duo and hoped ties between the U.S. and India would get stronger.
    The family is originally from a village called Vadluru in Andhra Pradesh state but moved to Chennai when Usha Vance's paternal grandfather, Ramasastry Chilukuri, went to teach at the IIT there around the time it was set up in 1959, members of the family said.
    The IIT now runs a student award in the memory of Ramasastry, who used to teach physics.
    In Vadluru, villagers felt pride that their non-descript village was gaining worldwide attention.
    "We are very happy that she has become one of the representatives of the world's richest country.
    We are very happy that this village name and its fame has taken to worldwide right now," said Ramakrishan, a villager.
    U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, at 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT).
    Trump will then deliver his inaugural address. In interviews, he has said he intends it to be uplifting and unifying.
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