WASHINGTON. D.C. -Indian American Vijay Sazawal, a well-known atomic industry expert, has been re-appointed to the prestigious Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee (CINTAC) of the US Department of Commerce. The 69-year-old Srinagar born Sazawal is the only Indian American in the advisory committee along with 38 other members. “Maintaining US leadership in the nuclear industry is critical to our country’s economic vitality...
and to global efforts to combat climate change,” US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker said while announcing the appointments. “The Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee is a valuable mechanism for private sector representatives to contribute to policy discussions and work with government leaders to create the conditions that will strengthen US competitiveness in this sector,” Pritzker said in a statement. Sazawal was born, raised and schooled in Srinagar and came to the US in 1970 to pursue his PhD in Structural Mechanics at Michigan Tech.
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