(From left): Rita Barnawal, Bimal Patel and Aditya Bamzai
Washington, January 17
US President Donald Trump has nominated three influential Indian-Americans, including a woman nuclear expert to powerful administration positions.
Rita Baranwal was nominated for the post of Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), Aditya Bamzai for member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and Bimal Patel as the assistant secretary of Treasury.
The nomination of Baranwal, Bamzai and Patel was sent to the Senate on Wednesday.
So far, Trump has nominated or appointed more than three dozen Indian-Americans in key positions.
Nikki Haley, the first cabinet ranking Indian-American and Raj Shah, the first Indian-American deputy Press Secretary, have left the Trump administration.
Baranwal holds the post of Director, Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear initiative. A Yale graduate, Bamzai teaches and writes about civil procedure, administrative law, federal courts, national security law and computer crime. Patel currently serves as deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for the Financial Stability Oversight Council. — PTI
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