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After winning the US Presidential Elections, Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of America on January 20, 2025.
Before this, from time to time he had announced the names of people to lead the main departments of the government. Among those holding key positions in the government, 6 are of Indian origin. These include Vivek Ramaswamy, Kashyap Kash Patel, Jai Bhattacharya, Sriram Krishnan, Harmeet Dhillon and Usha Vance.
Let us know about the Indian connections and achievements of these four…
1. Vivek Ramaswamy will handle DOGE
Donald Trump has appointed Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk as the heads of the Department of Government Efficiency i.e. DOGE. This is a new department whose objective is to reduce government expenses by one third.
For this, time has been given till July 4, 2026. 37-year-old Vivek Ramaswamy is an Indian-origin American industrialist, writer and politician.
2. Kashyap Kash Patel can turn around the FBI
Kashyap Kash Patel has been made the next director of FBI i.e. Federal Bureau of Investigation. 44 year old Kash Patel is a lawyer by profession.
3. Jai Bhattacharya will handle America’s Health Department
Jayant Bhattacharya or Jai Bhattacharya is a physician and economist educated at Stanford University. Donald Trump has chosen him to lead the National Institute of Health.
4. Usha Vance, the first woman of Indian origin to become Second Lady.
Usha Vance is the wife of America’s Vice President JD Vance. This means that she has become the Second Lady of the United States.
5. Sriram of Chennai will give suggestions to Trump regarding AI
US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday appointed Indian-origin businessman and venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan as the White House’s Senior Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Regarding this appointment, Trump wrote on Along with this, he will help the government in AI policy making by working with the President’s Advisory Council on Science and Technology.
6. Harmeet of Chandigarh will work for civil rights cases in America.
Donald Trump has appointed Indian-origin advocate Harmeet Kaur Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the Department of Justice.
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