♦ U.S. President-elect Donald Trump named Indian-American entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence on 22 Decmber 2024.

♦ He will work alongside ex-PayPal Chief Operating Officer (COO) David O Sacks, who has been nominated as the "White House AI and crypto czar."

♦ Sriram Krishnan was born in Chennai. In 2005, he left for the US at the age of 21.

♦ He began his journey in the tech world with Microsoft in 2005. He later led product teams at major tech companies including X, Yahoo!, Facebook, and Snap.

♦ Krishnan is not the only Indian-American in Team Trump. The US President-elect has picked scientist Jay Bhattacharya as the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the country's top health research institution.

♦ Vivek Ramaswamy was chosen to lead the Doge, alongside Elon Musk. Lawyer Harmeet K Dhillon was nominated as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the US Department of Justice.

♦ Kash Patel will serve as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).