Nisha Desai Biswal

Nisha Biswal
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
Assumed office
January 24, 2014
President Barack Obama
Deputy William E. Todd
Preceded by Robert Blake
Personal details
Born 1968 (age 4647)
Gujarat, India
Alma mater University of Virginia
Biswal greets Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval at the Department of State in Washington, D.C.

Nisha Desai Biswal is an Indian-American who is Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs in the United States Department of State. She was previously Assistant Administrator for Asia at the US Agency for International Development (USAID). She was nominated for the post of Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia by US President Barack Obama on 19 July 2013.[1] Biswal immigrated to the U.S. from India with her parents.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Indian-American nominated for key post in Obama Admin". CNBC-TV18. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Robert Blake
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
2014–present
Incumbent
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