President Barack Obama, whose administration has by far the largest number of Indian Americans, has appointed two more to key White House jobs. USAID administrator Rajiv Shah is the highest ranking Indian American appointee.
A list of top Indians in the Obama administration:
Paula Gangopadhyay, Member, National Museum and Library Services Board,
Sonny Ramaswamy, Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Anuj Chang Desai, Member Foreign Settlement Claims Commission
Sonal Shah, Deputy assistant to the President, director, Office of SICP, Domestic Policy Council
Farah Pandith, US special representative to Muslim communities
Anju Bhargava, Member, faith-based advisory council
Rajen Anand, Executive director, policy, USDA Centre for Nutrition and Promotion
Nisha Desai Biswal, Assistant Administrative Bureau for Asia
Deepa Gupta, Member, National Council on the Arts
Arunava Joshi Majumdar, Under Secretary US department of energy
Preet Bharara, US attorney for Southern District of New York
Ajit Vardaraj Pai, Commissioner, Federal Communication Commission
Geeta Pasi, Ambassador to Republic of Djibouti
Subra Suresh, NSF Director
Rajesh De, Deputy assistant attorney general, US department of justice