US-Japan Business Council (USJBC), as effectively as the US India Business Council (USIBC), have not too long ago announced the joining of US-primarily based Indian-American, Dr Vivek Lall, on its Board of Directors. Considered by a lot of in Washington DC as the market architect of the US-India connection function this century, he was unanimously voted onto the board of the USJBC.
Since the turn of the century, US India defence trade has touched $ 20 billion mark. The new worldwide order indicates India, US and Japan will be functioning closely on various concerns such as totally free-trade, technologies and strategic partnership.
Who is Dr Lall?
He is the Chief Executive (CE) of General Atomics Global Corporation primarily based at their headquarters in San Diego, California.
What is the significance of his appointment?
Since the Indo Pacific tactic remains the quantity one particular concentrate of the Pentagon and the Department of State, Dr Lall’s joining the USJBC will additional solidify the 3-way US-India-Japan organization relations. He was inducted, in October 2020, into the Global Board of Directors of the US –India Business Council (USIBC).
Members of the US-Japan Business Council had their 57th Annual US-Japan Business Conference practically not too long ago. The conference drew out a roadmap on what is to be accomplished for trade in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Background
In May 2018, Dr Lall was appointed by the United States Government in a crucial advisory function for a two-year term to the US Cabinet Secretary heading Department of Transportation (encompassing entities like the Federal Aviation Administration) in Washington DC which impacts the US and worldwide aviation policies and technologies. He has enjoyed bipartisan help for the final two decades from many US Presidents due to his practical experience in technologies and trade.
In January 2018, Dr Lall was appointed as Vice President of Aeronautics Strategy and Business Development at Lockheed Martin, which is regarded as to be the world’s biggest defence firm.
The Journey so far
From 1996-2011, he held quite a few advertising and marketing and engineering leadership roles with The Boeing Company, the world’s biggest aerospace firm, in Seattle such as the airplane functionality and propulsion group. And was appointed as Vice President and India Country Head, Boeing Defense Space & Security in May 2007.
He has worked as an adjunct faculty member at McConnell Air Force Base and also served as the founding Co-Chair of the US – India Aviation Cooperation Program launched by Norman Mineta in 2005. Prior to Boeing he worked for Raytheon and carried out study with NASA Ames Research Center in many multidisciplinary engineering fields