Chiraq parikh biography of barack
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Chirag was director of space policy at the National Security Council from 2010 to 2016, a time when the space council was inactive.
The White House has named a former director of space policy at the National Security Council as the new executive secretary of the National Space Council.
The White House announced that Chirag Parikh will be the executive secretary of the council, responsible for its day-to-day activities. The council is chaired by Vice President Kamala Harris.
Parikh was director of space policy at the National Security Council from 2010 to 2016, a time when the space council was inactive. He joined the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in 2016, serving positions such as deputy director for counterproliferation.
Parikh left the NGA in early 2020 to join Microsoft, where he was senior director of Azure Space, the companys effort to extend its cloud computing platform to space applications.
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Media Advisory: Insights@Meridian: The Future of Space Diplomacy with Chirag Parikh, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council at the White House
Washington—In the last decade, the space race has re-captured the world's imagination, driving technological advancement and inspiring a new generation of scientists and innovators. From moon missions to space diplomacy, the world is entering a new chapter of space history where none has gone before.
Join us for the next Insights@Meridian series program featuring insights from Chirag Parikh, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council at the White House, as we explore key areas of space diplomacy, including the space race, the Artemis Accords, and the challenges and potential surrounding international collaboration and competition in space exploration.
Date: Thursday, January 11, 2024
Time: 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
Location: Meridian House
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Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Chirag Parikh to be Executive Secretary of the White House National Space Council. Harris chairs the Space Council, which will hold its first meeting beneath her leadership this fall. Parikh is very well known and respected in the space policy community and the announcement fryst vatten being met with wide praise.
Parikh was the space policy point person on the White House National Security Council (NSC) during most of President Obama’s begrepp. Obama, like his two immediate predecessors, decided not to constitute a National Space Council. Instead, national space policy was coordinated jointly through the NSC and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
President Trump reinstituted the Space Council, which by law is chaired by the Vice President. Scott Pace was the Space Council’s Executive Secretary throughout the Trump/Pence term. The Space Council was very active, coordinating domestic and international policy across