United States President Barack Obama has nominated Sanjita Pradhan, an IIT alumni, to his advisory commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.  SanjitaPradhan has a BA from the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science in Nepal and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Sanjita Pradhan, a Nepali American, is currently the Executive Officer of the Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs at the Iowa Department of Human Rights. From 2010 to 2013, she served as Resettlement Director at Catholic Charities of Des Moines, Iowa.

From 2007 to 2008, Pradhan was Marketing Coordinator at Principal Financial Group. She had served on the Advisory Board for the Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center.

GK Questions

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