20 Indian Americans likely to hold Key Position under Joe Biden

Washington, 17/1: At least 20 Indian-Americans are either nominated or elected by US President-elect Joe Biden to hold key positions under his administration. Among these 20 people, 13 are women.

Biden will be sworn in as the president on January 20th. For the first time in America’s history, a woman will be sworn in as the vice-president of the country. Kamala Harris will also be the first-ever Indian-origin and African American to be sworn in as the vice president of the United States.

Coming to the elected or nominated candidates, Neera Tanden has been nominated as Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and Dr Vivek Murthy has been nominated as the US Surgeon General.

Vanita Gupta has been nominated as Associate Attorney General Department of Justice, and on Saturday, Biden nominated a former foreign service official Uzra Zeya 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 and Garima Verma would be the Digital Director of the Office of the First Lady, while Sabrina Singh has been named as her Deputy Press Secretary. Aisha Shah, who has been named as Partnership Manager at the White House Office of Digital Strategy, and Sameera Fazili, who would occupy the key position of Deputy Director at the US National Economic Council (NEC) in the White House.

White House National Economic Council has Bharat Ramamurti, as Deputy Director.

Gautam Raghavan, who served at the White House in the previous Obama Administration returns to the White House as Deputy Director in Office of Presidential Personnel.

Among Biden’s inner circle is his top confidence for the year Vinay Reddy, who has been named as Director Speechwriting.