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foundation for a healthier country, “We have infrastructure money coming down the pipe and we have to
relying on the best scientific informa- make sure it is coming to our district,” Sanghvi said.
tion available to provide clear, con- Minita Sanghvi is an Indian-American politician, author, academic, activ-
sistent, and equitable guidance and ist, and educator. She currently serves as the first openly gay and first woman
resources for the public. of colour city council member in Saratoga Springs, New York, and works at
While serving as 21st Surgeon Skidmore College as an associate professor in the Management and Business
General, Dr. Murthy is focused on Department.
drawing attention to and working
across government to address a num- PARAG AGRAWAL
ber of critical public health issues, in-
cluding the growing proliferation of Techie is back with
health misinformation, the ongoing
youth mental health crisis, well-be- an AI startup
ing and burnout in the health worker
community, and social isolation and
loneliness.
As the Vice Admiral of the U.S.
Public Health Service Commis-
sioned Corps, Dr. Murthy also commands a uniformed service of over 6,000
dedicated public health officers, serving the most underserved and vulnerable
populations.

MINITA SANGHVI
Democrat is running for New

York State Senate

arag Agrawal has been out of limelight, literally after his ouster from
Twitter, now known as X, by Elon Musk in a dramatic turn of events.
PAccording to latest reports, he has come up with a new venture, an AI
startup, which will reportedly compete with the popular AI tools like ChatGPT
and Bard. He secured an impressive $30 million in initial funding. Agrawal’s
new endeavour aims to pioneer software tailored for LLM (Large Language
Model) developers.

Born in Ajmer, Parag Agrawal was part of a well-educated family.
His father was a senior official in the Indian Department of Atomic
Energy and his mother is a retired Economics professor. Agrawal

completed his graduation from IIT Bombay in 2005 after securing
77 all India rank (AIR). Later he went to the United States to pur-
inita Sanghvi, currently serving her second term as Saratoga Springs sue a PhD in computer science at Stanford University.
Finance Commissioner, has launched a campaign for the New York
MState Senate. Agrawal joined Twitter 10 years ago. He joined as Distinguished Software
A marketing professor at Skidmore College, Sanghvi is running in the Engineer and he rose to become the Chief Technology Officer at Twitter. He
44th District, a seat held by Republican Jim Tedisco, who has been in the finally took over as the CEO. He was also responsible for running Twitter’s
upper chamber since 2017. The 46-year-old Democrat said that she would Bluesky project which was aimed at creating an open and decentralized stan-
challenge the long-time Republican for the 44th Senate seat in November. dard for a social network protocol that led to some far-reaching changes being
“I want to put the community first and not play politics,” she said. proposed.
“I have worked with the county and the state when issues come up and The financing for this initiative was reportedly spearheaded by Khosla
solutions are needed. I’m solution-driven and a problem-solver. Mr Tedisco Ventures, with substantial contributions from renowned venture capital enti-
is not.” ties Index Ventures and First Round Capital,
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