Indian Americans in the Obama Administration

Rajen Anand, Executive Director of the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, US Department of Agriculture

Preeta Bansal, General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor,White House Office of Management and Budget

Preet Bharara, US Attorney, Southern District of New York, US Department of Justice

Anju Bhargava, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Shailen Bhatt, Associate Administrator for Policy & Government Affairs, US Department
of Transportation, Federal Highways Administration

Rachana Bhowmik, Director of Special Projects and Special Assistant to the Chief of
Staff,White House

Anisha Dasgupta, Counsel,White House Arun Chaudhary, Videographer,White
House
Aneesh Chopra, Federal Chief Technology Officer,White House

Shomik Dutta, Special Assistant to Greg Craig,White House Counsel’s Office

Nayyera Haq, Press Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Neal Katyal, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice

Neal Kemkar, Special Assistant to the Counselor, Department of the Interior, Office
of the Secretary

Madhuri Kommareddi, Associate Staff Secretary,White House

Aditya Kumari, Director of Special Projects and Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff,
White House

Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer,White House

Samir Mayekar, National Security Staff Assistant,White House

Semonti Mustaphi, Deputy Press Secretary, White House Office of the First Lady

Ven Neralla, Priority Placement Director, White House

Eboo S. Patel, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Kavita Patel, Director of Policy for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public
Engagement,White House

Rohan Patel, Director of Advance, Department of Agriculture

Kalpen Modi, Associate Director,White House Office of Public Engagement

Gautam Raghavan, Special Assistant to the White House Liaison, U.S. Department of
Defense

Pradeep Ramamurthy, Director of Response Policy,White House

Taara Rangarajan, Deputy Associate Director,White House
Nicholas Rathod, Deputy Associate Director, White House Office of Intergovernmental
Affairs

Raj Shah, Under Secretary and Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Sonal Shah, Director,White House Office of Social Innovation

Priya Singh, Press Assistant,White House Press Office

Puneet Talwar, Senior Director of Iran, Iraq and Gulf Countries, National Security Council

Neera Tanden, Counsel to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Rich Verma, Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of State

( Source: Indian American Leadership Initiative)