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Meet the 20 Indian-Americans nominated in Biden-Harris cabinet

➡️ At least 20 nominees in Biden’s cabinet are Indian Americans, 13 of which are women.

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➡️@neeratanden, Director of the Office of Management & Budget, will be the first woman of colour & South Asian American to hold this influential position at the White House.

➡️@vivek_murthy, the US Surgeon General the 43-year-old Murthy will lead Biden’s COVID task force.

➡️@vanitaguptaCR - Associate Attorney General, she played a crucial role in challenging Facebook, Google last year.

➡️@UzraZeya - The Indian-American diplomat has been nominated as Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, & Human Rights.

➡️#MalaAdiga, Policy Director for Jill Biden, she previously served as a senior advisor to Dr. Jill Biden.

➡️#GarimaVerma, Digital Director of the Office of the First Lady, Indian-Origin Verma served as audience development and content strategist on the Biden-Harris campaign.

Two Kashmiri women, Sameera Fazili and Aisha Shah, bag senior position.

➡️#AishaShah will be Partnerships Manager at the office of Digital Strategy.

➡️@sameerafazili is appointed as Deputy Director of National Economic Council

➡️@sabrinasingh24, Deputy Press Secretary. She served as a Press Secretary to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on the Biden-Harris campaign.

➡️@BharatRamamurti, the Harvard graduate been appointed as Deputy Director of the NEC for financial reform and consumer protection.

➡️Gautam Raghavan (@gauragDC) returns to the White House as Deputy Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel.

➡️#VinayReddy, Director of Speechwriting. Reddy has served as chief speechwriter for Biden in the Obama-Biden cabinet’s second term.

➡️Vedant Patel (@vedantpatel90), Assistant Press Secretary will be the third-ever Indian American to be part of White House press shop.

➡️Tarun Chhabra (@ChhabraT), crucial post in National Security Council, appointed as Senior Director for Technology and National Security.

➡️#SumonaGuha, Senior Director for South Asia. Guha was co-chair of the South Asia foreign policy working group on the campaign.

➡️#ShanthiKalathil, Coordinator for Democracy & Human Rights. She has also served as a senior democracy fellow at the US Agency for Intl. Development.

➡️#SoniaAggarwal, Senior advisor for climate policy and innovation. The energy and climate expert has led America’s Power Plan.

➡️#VidurSharma, Policy Advisor for Testing. In the Obama-Biden admin, Sharma served as a health policy advisor on the Domestic Policy Council.

➡️#NehaGupta has been appointed as Associate Counsel.

➡️#ReemaShah as Deputy Associate Counsel in the White House Counsel.

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