Boston: Indian-American academician Subra Suresh has been confirmed unanimously by the US Senate to be the next director of the $7.4 billion National Science Foundation (NSF) for a six-year term.
Suresh, dean of the School of Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was nominated by President Barack Obama to the post in June this year. The US Senate confirmed the appointment on Thursday. He is expected to be sworn in by Science Adviser and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy John Holdren in the next two weeks.
The confirmation makes Suresh one of the highest ranking Indian-Americans ever to serve in an administration. As director, Suresh will lead the $7.4 billion independent federal agency that supports all fields of science and engineering research, as well as a wide span of educational programmes that reach more than 2,000 institutions across the US.
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