Kiran Ahuja Becomes First Indian-American To Head US Office of Personnel Management
Kiran's appointment to the top office has boosted the tally of American-Indians appointed to powerful roles in the Biden Administration to over 20. It’s a record in itself for the Indian community in the US, which constitutes only about 1% of the American population. As many as 17 Indians are now part of the new administration.
Indian-American lawyer and rights activist Kiran Ahuja has been appointed by
American President Joe Biden to head the Office of Personnel Management.
She has become the first Indian-American to head the Office of Personnel
Management, a federal agency that manages America’s more than two million
civil servants.
In some good news -- Congrats to @KiranAhujaAAPI (@kiranahuja_NW) on her nomination to lead OPM. She is awesome and great for our country. #AAPI #women https://t.co/ST9Ytwgkt5
— Sonal Shah (@SonalRShah) February 24, 2021
So proud of my friend @kiranahuja_NW, one of the most humble, skilled, & committed leaders I have worked with.
— Dilawar Syed (@dilawar) February 23, 2021
Federal workforce will have a great ally in OPM with Kiran at helm. https://t.co/HAeefYPQMy
Ahuja began her career as a civil rights lawyer at the US Department of
Justice, taking up cases of students and filing the department's first student
racial harassment case.
She served as Chief of Staff to Director of the US Office of Personnel
Management from 2015 to 2017 in the Barack Obama Administration.
She migrated from India as a child, spent her childhood in Savannah, Georgia,
and her adult life in Washington DC. She received her law degree from the
University of Georgia School of Law.
An avid yoga practitioner with a teaching certification, her LinkedIn profile
in her own words describes her as being "passionate about creating and
managing institutions that are mission driven".
Netizens are hailing Ahuja's appointment.
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