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from Ain Shams University, Cairo, and high school diploma Biden nominates
from Sophia College, Mumbai.
Her research focuses on intersections of the literary, the
religious, and the political in classical Arabic poetry and prose. arun Venkataraman to key
Her other publications include, ‘Light in the Heavens: Sayings
of the Prophet Muhammad’ released in 2016, and ‘A Treasury administration post
of Virtues: Sayings, Sermons, and Teachings of Alī’ released
in 2013). S President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nomi-
nate Indian-American trade expert Arun Venkataraman
Mta train operator tobin Uto a key position in his administration related to foreign
commercial service. Venkataraman is the nominee for Direc-
Madathil to be honored tor General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Ser-
vice and Assistant Secretary for Global Markets, Department of

Commerce, the White House said on Wednesday.

n Indian American MTA train operator will be award-
ed by the New York State for saving the life of an Asian With over 20 years of experience in advising compa-
AAmerican who was pushed onto the tracks in front of an nies, international organisations and the Us govern-
oncoming train.
The incident occurred on Monday morning when the ment on international trade issues, venkataraman is
36-year-old victim was waiting at the 21st Street-Queensbridge currently the counselor to the secretary of commerce,
F train station. A man approached him and shoved him onto
the tracks. advising the department on trade and other interna-
Tobin Madathil took swift emergency action to stop his train tional economic matters.
as soon as the victim was pushed onto the tracks. The 29-year-
old train conductor was pulling into the station when he saw Before joining the Biden-Harris administration, he was a
people waving at him, alerting him of an emergency. senior director at Visa, leading global government engagement
strategy on a range of international policy issues including digital
madathil immediately snapped into action and put the economy, trade, tax and sanctions.

train into emergency mode, and was able to stop the As the first ever Director of Policy at the Department of Com-
merce’s International Trade Administration under President
train just yards away from where the victim was lying. Barack Obama, Venkataraman helped shape the US govern-
Upon stopping the train, madathil exited the train and ment’s responses to critical challenges faced by firms in the coun-
try and in markets around the world, including China and India,
assisted the victim. “i exited the train and went to the the White House said.

victim. he was bleeding from the head,” he said. Before joining the USTR, Venkataraman was a legal officer
at the WTO, advising the organisation on a wide range of issues
raised in appeals of trade disputes between countries.
New York State Senators John Liu and Kevin Thomas will He began his career as a law clerk for Judge Jane A Restani
present Madathil with a New York State Heroism Award on Fri- at the US Court of International Trade. He holds a JD from the
day 28 May. Columbia Law School, a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy
The award ceremony will be held at 4pm at Senator Liu’s Of- from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a BA from
fice with the Malayali Association and TWU Local 100 officials. the Tufts University.

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