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US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian American Radha Iyengar Plumb to a major post at the Pentagon (the headquarters of the Department of Defense). Radha is currently working as the Chief of Staff of the Deputy Minister of Defense. Joe Biden has been nominated for the post of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
Radha has also worked in Google and Facebook.
Before working in the Defense Ministry, Radha has also worked in Google and Facebook. Experience working on the Global Head of Policy Analysis at Facebook and the Data Science team at Google.
Apart from this, he has also served in several positions in the Ministry of Energy and the White House National Security Council.
Radha Iyengar has worked in many ministries and big companies of America.
PhD and MS in Economy
Radha was an Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics. Worked as a postdoctoral at Harvard. He did his PhD and MS in economics from Princeton University and a BS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. has done.
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