Among those renominated and sent to the Senate were Richard Verma (54), to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, and Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy (45), to be Representative of the U.S. on the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation
The US President has renominated at least half a dozen Indian Americans to key administration positions which could not be confirmed by the Senate in the last Congress.
Among those renominated and sent to the Senate were Richard Verma (54), to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, and Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy (45), to be Representative of the U.S. on the Executive Board of the World Health Organisation.
Verma, who served as a former U.S. Ambassador to India from January 16, 2015, to January 20, 2017, is currently the Chief Legal Officer and Head of Global Public Policy at Mastercard.
Murthy was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March 2021 to serve as the 21st Surgeon General of the country. He previously served as the 19th Surgeon General under former President Barack Obama.
The list of Indian-Americans in the White House as compiled by Indiaspora reflects that there would be only a few meetings inside the White House or in the President’s Oval Office that would not have an Indian-American presence
The President also sent to the Senate the renomination of Anjali Chaturvedi to be General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ravi Chaudhary to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Geeta Rao Gupta to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues, and Radha Iyengar Plumb to be a Deputy Under Secretary of Defence.
All these key administration positions were nominated by the President in the last Congress, but they were not confirmed by the Senate.
The list of Indian-Americans in the White House as compiled by Indiaspora reflects that there would be only a few meetings inside the White House or in the President’s Oval Office that would not have an Indian-American presence.
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