Monday, April 20, 2009

An Indian as America's First Federal CTO

Indian-American Aneesh Chopra has been announced as the First Chief Technology Officer for the Obama-led government in America.

According to Oreilly Radar, Chopra will assist the US president and will be the associate director of the White House Office of Science and Technology. His duties will include developing national strategies for using advanced technologies to transform the American economy and society -- by fostering private sector innovation, reducing administrative costs and medical errors using health IT, and change the way teachers teach and students learn.

Reportedly, Chopra is a good mix of a techy and a beurocrat, making him a 'technocrat'.

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