Biden Administration appoints Indian-Americans to key posts in Energy Dept

Biden Administration has appointed four Indian-Americans to senior positions in crucial Department of Energy. administration appointed Tarak Shah as Chief of Staff, making him first Indian-American to serve in that position. Tanya Das has been named as Chief of Staff to Office of Science, Narayan Subramanian will occupy position of Legal Adviser in Office of General Counsel, and Shuchi Talati has been appointed as Chief of Staff in Office of Fossil Energy.

“se talented and diverse public servants will deliver on President Biden’s goal to tackle climate crisis and build an equitable clean energy future,” said Shah as Department of Energy anunced 19 senior-level appointments.

“Guided by ir expertise, breadth of experience and following science, se Department of Energy appointees will contribute to creating a clean energy ecomy that produces millions of good-paying American jobs and safeguards planet for future generations,” Shah said.

In addition to Biden-Harris appointees, David G Huizenga will serve as Acting Secretary of Energy. He was most recently Associate Principal Deputy Administrator for National Nuclear Security Administration and has been a career employee at department since 1987. Tarak Shah is an energy policy expert who has spent last decade working on combating climate change. At Biden-Harris transition, Shah was personnel lead for climate and science team.

From 2014-2017, he served as Chief of Staff to Under Secretary for Science and Energy at department. Shah has also worked on political campaigns, including President Obama's senate and presidential campaigns. He had received his undergraduate degree from University of Illiis and his MBA from Cornell University.

Tanya Das was most recently a professional staff member on US House Committee on Science, , and Techlogy, where she worked on a range of issues in clean energy and manufacturing policy. She earned her PhD in electrical engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara, and her BS in electrical engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Narayan Subramanian was a visiting research fellow at Center for Law, Energy, and Environment at Berkeley Law, leading a project tracking regulatory rollbacks, and served as a fellow at Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy at Johns Hopkins University and Data for Progress.

Subramanian holds a JD from Columbia Law School, an MPA from School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a BS in earth and environmental engineering from Columbia University. Shuchi Talati was most recently a Senior Policy Adviser at Carbon180, where she focused on policies to build sustainable and equitable techlogical carbon removal. She also served as a policy volunteer on Biden-Harris campaign.

Dr Talati earned a BS from rthwestern University, an MA from Columbia University and a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University. Department of Energy said new leaders will direct policy at DOE, coordinate across Administration and enact President Joe Biden’s vision for bold action on climate crisis and on safeguarding Americans most affected by it. se experienced professionals reflect President Biden’s pledge to equip his Administration with a team that represents America’s diversity, it said.