Indian-American trade expert appointed to key US export committee

New Delhi: Chiradeep Sengupta, an eminent Indian-American trade expert, has been appointed to an important US export committee to provide "invaluable" advice on exports. Sengupta of Federal Express will be responsible for providing his advice on the export control reform initiative of the Obama administration, which targets doubling the country's exports in five years.

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke appointed Sengupta as a member to the President's Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration (PECSEA), which will advise the commerce department on the administration's export control reform initiative.

Locke said, "The PECSEA will provide invaluable advice as we continue to enhance our national security through the President's reform efforts."

PECSEA was chartered by the department of commerce to advise it on US policies encouraging trade with all countries with which the United States had diplomatic or trading relations, as well as of policies governing trade for national security, foreign policy and short supply reasons