The Biden administration has appointed two Indian-American experts — Sohini Chatterjee and Aditi Gorur — to key diplomatic positions at the US Mission to the United Nations. Chatterjee will serve as a senior policy advisor to the US Ambassador to the UN, while Gorur has been appointed as policy advisor at the mission, according to the official statement.
An expert on global development, conflict, and mass atrocities, Chatterjee till recently taught as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She previously worked in the Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning at the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
In an interview with PTI in November, Chatterjee had said that there could be greater cooperation between India and the US in multilateral institutions, in particular at the UN Security Council where India is now a non-permanent member for the next two years beginning January.
She had also favoured strategic dialogue with…