U.S. post for Indian American

WASHINGTON, DEC. 31. The outgoing U.S. President, Mr. Bill Clinton, has announced the recess appointment of an Indian American, Mr. A. Siddiqui, as the Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programmes at the U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA).

Mr. Siddiqui of Davis, California, received his BS in Plant Protection from Pantnagar Agricultural University, Uttar Pradesh, and completed his MS and Ph.d in Plant Pathology from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.

- PTI

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