Indian American Vivek Lall gets Lifetime Achievement award in US

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Indian-origin General Atomics CEO Vivek Lal has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by US President Joe Biden with a citation for 'With Grateful Recognition'.

Important facts

• The award is given to him by AmeriCorps and by the Office of the President.

• AmeriCorps operates as part of the US government, which aims to promote activities that inspire Americans to "serve communities".

• Indian-American Vivek Lal is currently the Chief Executive Officer of General Atomics Global Corporation.

• Lal was born on 05 March 1969 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

• Lal completed his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Wichita State University in Kansas.

• He has also been the CEO and Chairman of Reliance New Ventures Reliance Industries Limited.