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In another feather on the cap of Indian-Americans, Bhavya Lal has been appointed as its acting chief of staff for the United States (US)’s apex space research body National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), reports Times of India.
As per a statement issued by NASA, Lal has previously served as a member of the research staff at the Institute of Defence Analyses Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) from 2005 to 2020 and has also led the analysis of space technology, strategy and policy for NASA, White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Space Council, the US’ Department of Defence and the intelligence community.
Lal is a highly accomplished academic and as per her updated bio in NASA, Lal “brings extensive experience in engineering and space technology, serving as a member of the research staff at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) from 2005 to 2020. There, she led the analysis of space technology, strategy, and policy for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and National Space Council, as well as federal space-oriented organizations, including NASA, the Department of Defense, and the intelligence community.”
Lal was also a member of President Joseph Biden’s presidential transition agency review team for NASA and oversaw the space body’s transition to the new political administration from the previous one.
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