President Donald Trump has appointed two Indian Americans as his special assistants dealing with national security and personnel matters.
Ricky Gill will crucially deal with India at the National Security Council (NSC) as the senior director for South and Central Asian affairs.
Saurabh Sharma will work in the Presidential Personnel office.
He worked in the first Trump administration at the National Security Council as director for Russia and European Energy Security, as well as at the State Department as a senior advisor in the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations.
He ran Gill Capital Group as its principal and general counsel after leaving the NSC.
He was an adviser on European and Asian energy at TC Energy, which owns the Keystone XL Pipeline transporting oil from Canada to the US. A part of the project that Trump approved has been banned by former President Joe Biden.
Son of Jasbir and Param Gill, he hails from Lodi, New Jersey.
Gill obtained his B.A. from Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, as well as his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
He accepted the news in a LinkedIn post, Politico reported of which it was based on his confirmation.
The Bengaluru-born Sharma was co-founder and president of the Washington-based American Moment, a conservative organization that claims its mission to "identify, educate and credential young Americans.".
He is a Republican activist and previously was chairman of Young Conservatives of Texas in the state.
He also worked as a journalist for several years with Daily Caller, a conservative newspaper.
Sharma holds a BSc degree in biochemistry from the University of Texas
Politico reported, but American Moment confirmed his appointment on its website.
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