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United States President nominated Indian-American lawyer diplomat Rich Verma to be Deputy Secretary of State

Washington24/12/22:: The United States President, Joe Biden, on Friday, nominated Indian-American lawyer diplomat Rich Verma to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources.

The 54-year-old is currently the Chief Legal Officer and Head of Global Public Policy at Mastercard. Before being nominated to the top diplomatic position in the State Department, Verma served as a former US ambassador to India from January 16, 2015, to January 20, 2017.

He would be the highest-ranking Indian American in the State Department if confirmed by the US Senate. Verma served as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs during the Obama government.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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