US President Joe Biden nominates Indian-American Arati Prabhakar as top science advisor



On June 21, US President Joe Biden nominated Indian American Dr. Aarti Prabhakar to be the next White House science adviser, as his administration seeks to leverage science, technology, and innovation.

If confirmed by the Senate, Dr Prabhakar will be the Biden’s Chief Advisor for Science and Technology, a co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and a member of the President’s Cabinet.

“Today, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Dr. Arati Prabhakar to serve as Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and once confirmed to this position, also as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. In this capacity, Dr. Prabhakar will be the President’s Chief Advisor for Science and Technology, a co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and 
Technology, and a member of the President’s Cabinet,” the White House said in a statement.

Biden described Dr Prabhakar as a brilliant and highly-respected engineer and applied physicist.

Indian Americans to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy

“Indian Americans will lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy to leverage science, technology, and innovation to expand our possibilities, solve our toughest challenges, and make the impossible possible,” said President Biden.

First woman to lead the NIST

Ms Prabhakar was the first woman to be unanimously confirmed by the Senate to lead the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She later became the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the incubator of ground-breaking technologies such as stealth aircraft and the Internet.

If confirmed, Ms Prabhakar would become the third Asian American to lead OSTP

“If confirmed to lead OSTP, Ms Prabhakar would become the third Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander to serve in President Biden’s Cabinet, joining Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. Today’s nomination is historic, with Ms Prabhakar being the first woman, immigrant, or person of color nominated to serve as Senate-confirmed director of OSTP,” the White House said.

About Dr Arati Prabhakar

Dr. Arati Prabhakar has led two different federal R&D agencies and collaborated with startups, large corporations, universities, government labs, and nonprofits from a wide range of industries to develop powerful new solutions to critical challenges. She is a management and leadership expert with a background in engineering and applied physics.

Ms Prabhakar’s family moved from India to the United States when she was three years old, first to Chicago and then, when she was ten, to Lubbock, Texas, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical 
engineering from Texas Tech University.

She was the first female to receive a Ph.D. in applied physics from the California Institute of Technology, where she also received an M.S. in electrical engineering. She began her legislative career as a 
Congressional Fellow at the Office of Technology Assessment.

She is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a former fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

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