Indian American for Assistant Secretary of Energy Post |
President Donald Trump Oct. 3 announced his intent to nominate a top Indian American nuclear expert, Dr. Rita Baranwal, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy) at the Department of Energy. Baranwal, from Pennsylvania, currently serves as the director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) initiative at the Department of Energy. Previously, she served as director of Technology Development and Application at Westinghouse and was a manager in Materials Technology at Bechtel Bettis, Inc., where she led research and development in nuclear fuel materials for U.S. naval reactors.Baranwal earned her B.A. in materials science and engineering from MIT and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She serves on advisory boards for MIT`s Materials Research Laboratory and UC Berkeley`s Nuclear Engineering Department. She is also a rower and certified scuba diver, according to her LinkedIn profile. Maria Korsnick, president and CEO at the Nuclear Energy Institute, said Dr. Rita Baranwal brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience that will help advance nuclear energy and Secretary Perry`s policy agenda. If confirmed by the Senate, Baranwal will be heading the powerful Office of Nuclear Energy. She would also be responsible for the department`s nuclear technology research and the development and management of the department`s nuclear technology infrastructure.
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