Biden ropes in 20 Indian-Americans in his administration, 17 at key WH positions

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has either nominated or named at least 20 Indian Americans, including 13 women, to key positions in his administration, a new record in itself for this small ethnic community that constitutes one per cent of the country’s population. As many as 17 of them would be part of the powerful White House complex.

The January 20th inauguration, the 59th in all, wherein Mr. Biden would be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States is already historic in the making as for the first time ever a woman Kamala Harris would be sworn as the vice president of the country.

➖Ms. Kamala Harris, is also the first ever Indian-origin and African American to be sworn in as the vice president of the United States.

➖Neera Tanden has been nominated as Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.

➖Dr. Vivek Murthy who has been nominated as the U.S. Surgeon General.

➖Vanita Gupta has been nominated as Associate Attorney General Department of Justice.

➖Uzra Zeya has been nominated as the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights.

➖Mala Adiga has been appointed as Policy Director to the future First Lady Dr Jill Biden.

➖Garima Verma would be the Digital Director of the Office of the First Lady Dr Jill Biden.

➖Sabrina Singh has been named as Deputy Press Secretary of the First Lady Dr Jill Biden.

➖Aisha Shah has been named as Partnership Manager at the White House Office of Digital Strategy.

➖Sameera Fazili would occupy the key position of Deputy Director at the U.S. National Economic Council (NEC) in the White House.

➖Bharat Ramamurti as Deputy Director of White House National Economic Council.

➖Gautam Raghavan as Deputy Director in Office of Presidential Personnel.

➖Vinay Reddy has been named as Director Speechwriting.

➖Young Vedant Patel all set to occupy a seat in the White House lower press, behind the briefing room, as Assistant Press Secretary to the President. 

➖Tarun Chhabra as Senior Director for Technology and National Security in National Security Council of the White House.

➖Sumona Guha as Senior Director for South Asia in National Security Council of the White House.

➖Shanthi Kalathil as Coordinator for Democracy and Human Rights in National Security Council of the White House.

➖Sonia Aggarwal has been named Senior Advisor for Climate Policy and Innovation in the Office of the Domestic Climate Policy at the White House

➖Vidur Sharma has been appointed as Policy Advisor for Testing for the White House COVID-19 Response Team.

➖Neha Gupta as Associate Counsel to the Office of the White House Counsel.

➖Reema Shah as Deputy Associate Counsel to the Office of the White House Counsel.

For the first time in any administration, the White House would have three other South Asians in key positions:

➖Pakistani-American Ali Zaidi as Deputy National Climate Advisor White House

➖Sri Lankan American Rohini Kosoglu as Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President 

➖Bangladeshi-American Zayn Siddique as Senior Advisor to the White House Deputy Chief of Staff.

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