Nisha Desai Biswal Becomes First Indian-American Point Person For South Asia
Washington: As Nisha Desai Biswal became Washington's first point person for South Asia, she vowed to "do everything possible to bridge from the Asia we see today to the Asia that we know is possible tomorrow".
"My parents and my in-laws lived the classic immigrant experience as they left India in search of opportunity," recalled Biswal as she was formally sworn into her new position as the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs.
"And in so doing, they fulfilled their dreams and found that their dreams are the American dream, and their experience is the American experience," she said.
Before her appointment to the new position, Biswal was assistant administrator for Asia at the U.S. Agency for International Development, which is headed by Rajiv Shah, the highest-ranking Indian American in the Obama administration, for the last three years.
"From throughout my childhood and throughout my life, I have sought the opportunity to serve my country, the United States of America, in the way that my grandparents, who were freedom fighters in India, served their country and to be part of something that is greater than myself," Biswal said.
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Source: IANS