In October 2021, US President Joe Biden has appointed whom as the Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)?

Option 4 : Vinai Thummalapally

The correct answer is Vinai Thummalapally.

• US President Joe Biden has appointed Indian-American former diplomat Vinai Thummalapally as the Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).
• USTDA is the federal agency dealing with trade and related issues.
• Prior to this appointment, he served as the Executive Director of SelectUSA, a US Department of Commerce initiative.

• ​Thummalapally also served as the president of MAM-A Inc., a U.S. manufacturer and distributor of archival recordable optical discs.
• He has served on the board of the Indian American Impact Project, a non-profit group that encourages Indian Americans to run for public office, and as an advisor to the Asian American and Pacific Islanders Victory Fund.
• Thummalapally has also worked as a board member for Cyient, a global digital engineering and technology company.​