Incredibly accomplished Indian Americans on Biden national security team
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New York, Jan 9 : US president elect Joe Biden, continuing to fill out top posts to align with a diverse country s shifting demographics, on Friday appointed to his national security council incredibly accomplished Indian Americans who will serve under National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
Tarun Chhabra, a first-generation American and a graduate of Stanford University, Oxford University, and Harvard Law School, will serve as Senior Director for Technology and National Security. Sumona Guha, a graduate of Johns Hopkins and Georgetown University, has been appointed as Senior Director for South Asia and former journalist Shanthi Kalathil will be Coordinator for Democracy and Human Rights.
Joe Biden names two Indian-Americans in National Security Council of White House
Biden also named Shanthi Kalathil, as Coordinator for Democracy and Human Rights in his National Security Council. US President-elect Joe Biden | Photo Credit: AP
Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Indian-American Sumona Guha as senior director for South Asia and Tarun Chhabra as senior director for Technology and National Security, as he announced several key appointments to the National Security Council of the White House.
Guha was co-chair of the South Asia foreign policy working group on the Biden-Harris campaign, and serves on the transition s State Department Agency Review Team.
US President-elect Joe Biden Names Two Indian-Americans in National Security Council
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US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Indian-American Sumona Guha as senior director for South Asia and Tarun Chhabra as senior director for Technology and National Security, as he announced several key appointments to the National Security Council of the White House. Guha was co-chair of the South Asia foreign policy working group on the Biden-Harris campaign, and serves on the transition s State Department Agency Review Team.
Currently senior vice president at Albright Stonebridge Group, she previously served in the State Department as a foreign service officer and later, on the Secretary of State s policy planning staff where she focused on South Asia. During the Obama-Biden administration, she was special advisor for national security affairs to then Vice President Biden. Guha is a graduate of Johns Hopkins and Georgetown University.
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National Grid ESO, National Grid Electricity Transmission and UK Power Networks (UKPN) have launched a new system to enable increased renewable energy connections through greater network visibility.
The system has been developed as part of the South Coast Regional Development Programme, and will directly connect the local network operator’s control room with National Grid ESO’s control room, resulting in higher levels of visibility and control to keep the system balanced.
In turn, the rollout of this system will enable up to 600MW of distributed energy resources (DERs) to be connected in the region.
Managing the electricity flows in the region is a complex challenge for transmission and distribution, the companies said, with the South Coast having one of the “most dynamic electricity networks in Europe” with large amounts of renewables, a nuclear power station and interconnecting cables to Europe.
The South Coast Regional Development Programme is a collaboration between National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO), National Grid Electricity Transmission (ET) and UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks is the first distribution network operator to use the system, which will be rolled out across other participating networks in 2021. For further information see the IDTechEx report on Distributed Generation: Off-Grid Zero-Emission kW-MW 2020-2040.
The South Coast has one of the most dynamic electricity networks in Europe, with significant amounts of renewable energy generation, a nuclear power station and interconnecting cables to Europe. This makes managing electricity flows a complex challenge for transmission and distribution companies. The new system will directly connect the local network operator s control room with the control room at the national system operator, giving them more visibility and control to keep the system balanced.