World’s leading Space Agency NASA has named Indian-American Bhavya Lal, who oversaw the agency’s transition under the administration of US President Joe Biden, as the space agency’s acting chief of staff.
As the senior White House appointee at World’s leading Space Agency NASA has named Indian-American Bhavya Lal, who oversaw the agency’s transition under the administration of US President Joe Biden, as the space agency’s acting chief of staff.
Bhavya brings extensive experience in engineering and space technology, serving as a member of the research staff at the Institute for Defence Analyses (IDA), Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) from 2005 to 2020.

For her many contributions to the space sector, Bhavya was selected to be a Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics.
Bhavya earned a BSc and MS degrees in nuclear engineering, as well as a MS degree in technology and policy, from MIT, and holds a doctorate in public policy and public administration from George Washington University.