Washington: US President Donald Trump has nominated three Indian Americans to key administration positions, as per the latest list of senior nominations sent by the White House to the Senate.
Rita Baranwal has been 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 intent to nominate Baranwal, Bamzai and Patel was announced by Trump earlier, but the nomination was sent Wednesday to the Senate. So far, Trump has nominated or appointed more than three dozen Indian Americans in key positions. However, two Indian Americans – Nikki Haley and Raj Shah who held plum positions in the Trump administration have left.
If confirmed by the Senate, as assistant secretary of Energy, Baranwal will be heading the powerful Office of Nuclear Energy. She will also be responsible for the department’s nuclear technology research and the development and management of the department’s nuclear technology infrastructure.
A Yale graduate, Bamzai teaches and writes about civil procedure, administrative law, federal courts, national security law and computer crime. Before entering the academy, Bamzai served as an attorney-adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel of the US Department of Justice.
Patel currently serves as deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for the Financial Stability Oversight Council.
PTI
