Washington: US President Barack Obama has appointed an eminent Indian-American scientist to a key science position in his administration.
Sethuraman Panchanathan, an IIT Bangalore alumni, has been appointed as member of the prestigious National Science Board of the National Science Foundation, a White House statement
said.
A 1981-batch graduate in Physics from the Vivekananda College (University of Madras), Panchanathan worked as a Data Communication Engineer for International Software India Limited in Chennai, in 1986.
He has held a number of positions at Arizona State University since 1998 and is a professor in Computing and Informatics there since 2009.
Sethuraman Panchanathan, an IIT Bangalore alumni, has been appointed as member of the prestigious National Science Board of the National Science Foundation, a White House statement
said.
A 1981-batch graduate in Physics from the Vivekananda College (University of Madras), Panchanathan worked as a Data Communication Engineer for International Software India Limited in Chennai, in 1986.
He has held a number of positions at Arizona State University since 1998 and is a professor in Computing and Informatics there since 2009.
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