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Vivek murthy, arun majumdar

or indra nooyi in Biden cabinet? not yet

Our Bureau
Washington, DC

hree prominent Indian
Americans are among
Tthe potential Cabinet
picks in the forthcoming Joe
Biden-Kamala Harris admin-
istration, according to The
Washington Post and Politi-
co reports that mention a list
of potential picks for various
Cabinet-level positions in the
Biden administration. Former
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek
Murthy, who currently is the
top Indian American advis-
er to President-elect Biden on
COVID-19, is a potential pick
for the post of Secretary of
Health and Human Services,
the reports said.
COVID-19 advisory board of Washington Post. Other poten- pandemic during the campaign,
Former Pepsico chief ex- the transition. He has been a tial names for energy secretary they said. Murthy became the
close associate of Biden’s on are Ernest Moniz, former sec- 19th U.S. Surgeon General at
ecutive officer and chair- coronavirus issues, according retary of energy; Dan Reicher, the end of 2014, slightly more

person indra nooyi, who to the reports. Similarly, Ma- Stanford University scholar than a year after his nomina-
jumdar, a professor of mechan- and Elizabeth Sherwood-Ran- tion by then President Barack
is currently serving as a ical engineering at Stanford dall, former deputy secretary Obama.
board member at amazon, who served as the first direc- of energy. During his tenure, he issued
tor of the Advanced Research
For replacing Alex Azar as a landmark report on drug and
is being considered for Projects Agency-Energy, has Secretary of Health and Hu- alcohol addiction, calling it “a

the commerce secretary been a top adviser to Biden on man Services, two other poten- moral test for America” and
energy related issues, the re- tial names are Mandy Cohen, placing it among reports his
position. ports said. secretary of the North Carolina predecessors had produced to

“The office, which is an Department of Health and Hu- draw attention to other major
Stanford University profes- incubator for nascent energy man Services; and Michelle Lu- public health threats, such as
sor Arun Majumdar would be technologies, has enjoyed bi- jan Grisham, New Mexico gov- tobacco use, AIDS, the need
considered for the post of Sec- partisan support in Congress, ernor, according to the reports. for physical activity. Since leav-
retary of Energy, which may bode well for his Murthy was one of the pub- ing the government, he has
Murthy, 43, is current- chances of being confirmed lic health experts who briefed written and spoken out about
ly one of the co-chairs of the by the Senate,” reported The Biden frequently about the loneliness, his bio notes.

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