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President Biden Appoints Indian-American Mala Adiga As His Wife's Policy Director
President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Mala Adiga as the policy director for first lady Jill Biden. The Indian-American Adiga was senior advisor to the president's wife and also led the Biden's 2020 campaign. She acted as the deputy secretary for academic programmes at the Bureau of Educational and Culture affairs during the Obama era. Adiga even directed for Human Rights in the National Security staff and campaigned for former president Obama.