Washington:
US President Donald Trump has added three Indian-Americans to lead roles in his second term. Ricky Gill will hold the responsibilities related to South and Central Asia as Senior Directors in the National Security Council (NSC). Saurabh Sharma has been appointed to the President’s Personnel Office, focusing on staffing and appointments.
Former journalist Kush Desai steps as Deputy Press Secretary for the role in the communication strategy of the White House.
Here these appointments have been closely monitored:
Ricky Gill
International relations expert Ricky Gill has returned to the National Security Council (NSC), where he first served as Director of Russia and European Energy Security during Trump’s first term. Apart from his work at NSC, he served as a senior advisor in the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations of the State Department.
After leaving the administration, Mr. Gill led the Gill Capital Group as the Principal and General Council and worked as an advisor on European and Asian Energy for TC Energy, the company behind the Kestone XL pipeline. The project, partially approved by Trump, was stopped by Joe Biden.
Born in Lodi, New Jersey, Sri Gill has a bachelor’s degree from Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University and law from the University of California, Berkeley.
-Saurabh Sharma
According to Politico, Bangalore -born Saurabh Sharma has recently served as the chairman of the American Moment, a conservative organization focused on personnel development.
He graduated with a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Texas in Austin in 2019. The same year, during Donald Trump’s first term, Mr. Sharma was one of the 10 student activists invited to the White House, as the President signed an executive order addressing the free speech. College campus.
Kush Desai
Kush Desai, an experienced communicator, has played many important roles in Republican expeditions and organizations. Recently, he was the Director of Deputy Communications for the 2024 Republican National Convention. Earlier, he served as Director of Communications for Iowa’s Republican Party.
Sri Desai was also the Director of Deputy Battleground States and Pennsylvania Communications in the Republican National Committee. On this post, he played an important role in shaping the party’s message in important battlefields including extremely important Pennsylvania.
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