Washington:
The Biden administration has appointed an Indian-American climate and power specialist, who spent 3 years deploying solar power options in rural India, to a important position in the agriculture division.
Bidisha Bhattacharyya on Monday was appointed as Senior Policy Advisor in the Farm Service Agency (FSA).
She was earlier posted as Director of Climate and Energy Policy at the Centre for American Progress.
Prior to joining American Progress, Ms Bhattacharyya was vice president of Emerging Markets at the effect-investment firm Village Capital, exactly where she led a international group across India, Mexico, and East Africa to invest in higher-effect startups innovating to resolve troubles across clean power deployment and economic inclusion.
She previously spent 3 years deploying solar power options in rural India with the technologies startup Simpa Networks, exactly where she led the finish-to-finish rollout of a new off-grid solar solution line.
Ms Bhattacharyya spent 4 years on Capitol Hill as Senior Energy and Agriculture Policy Adviser to Senator Al Franken of Minnesota and as Energy and Agriculture Legislative Assistant for Congressman Betty McCollum of Minnesota.
She holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from St Olaf College.