Two Indian Americans have been named to head key teams that will help Joe Biden's administration to hit the ground running as soon as he is sworn-in as president on January 20. Arun Majumdar, the director of the Precourt Institute of Energy at Stanford University is to head the team dealing with the Department of Energy, which also designs, manufacturers and tests nuclear weapons. The team includes University of California Berkely physics professor Ramamoorthy Ramesh, who is one of the 21 Indian Americans appointed to teams dealing with different departments and agencies.

Kiran Ahuja is the head of the team dealing with the federal administration's human resources agency, the federal investigation office for the civil service and the protection of whistleblowers. The agency review teams that are to ensure "a smooth transfer of power," according to the Biden-Harris transition organisation. Kamala Harris is to be the vice president. These review teams are separate from the high-powered Covid-19 Advisory Board co-chaired by former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and includes Atul Gawande, a surgeon and author who had directed a health care task force committee in President Bill Clinton's administration.