Indian-origin Neera Tandon becomes domestic policy advisor in Biden administration

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On 5 May 2023, an Indian-American Neera Tandon has been appointed as the domestic policy advisor in US President Joe Biden's team.

Important Point:-

• Tandon's appointment has been made keeping in mind the presidential election to be held in the US in 2024.

• Following Biden's decision to appoint Neera Tandon, she became the first Asian-American to lead the White House Advisory Council.

• Prior to this, Tandon served as Biden's staff secretary during this term.

• Neera Tandon responsibly processed all the paperwork that arrived on the President's desk.

• According to the White House, Neera Tandon oversaw decision-making processes in the domestic, economic and national security teams.

Neera Tandon:

• Neera Tandon was born in Massachusetts to Indian immigrant parents. Tandon studied at the University of California Los Angeles and Yale University.

• With over 25 years of experience working in public policy, Neera Tandon has worked with three US presidents, and also headed one of the country's largest think tanks for nearly a decade.

• Neera Tandon is the former US Secretary of State and a close aide of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate in the 2016 presidential election.

• Neera also helped pass the Affordable Care Act in the Obama administration.