Bhavya Lal, an Indian-American has been appointed as anacting Chief of Staff by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA).
Bhavya Lal, according to reports, served as a member ofPresidential Transition Agency Review Team for the agency who oversaw thetransition of power to Joe Biden.
Lal, as per NASA, has an executive experience inengineering and space technology. She served as a member of research staff atthe Institute of Defence Analyses Sciences and Technology Policy Institute from2005 to 2020.
According to a statement made by NASA, "There, sheled the analysis of space technology, strategy, and policy for the White HouseOffice of Science and Technology Policy and National Space Council, as well asfederal-space oriented organizations, including NASA....."
Lal has also served on five high-impact National Academyof Science Committees. She also served two consecutive terms at NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Advisory Committee on CommercialRemote Sensing. She was also an external Council member of Innovative AdvancedConcepts Programs of NASA.
Lal was President of C-STPS LLC before joining Scienceand Technology Policy Institute (STPL). She also served as the director ofCenter for Science and Technology Policy Studies at Abt Associates.
Lal is a co-founder of annual conference on Nuclear and EmergingTechnologies in Space under the American Nuclear Society. She is also aco-chair of it. She also co-organizes with the Smithsonian National Air andSpace Museum, a seminar on space history and policy.
The statement added that she was selected to be acorresponding member of International Academy of Aeronautics due to his manycontributions in the sector of space.