15 things you wanted to know about Neel Kashkari

Neel Kashkari was selected by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson to oversee the bailout program
1. Neel Kashkari - 35-year old Indian-American whiz
2. Neel Kashkari, an assistant secretary of international affairs and a former Goldman Sachs banker
3. Kashkari has been a close adviser to Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. on the credit crisis and helped draft the legislation for the massive rescue plan.
4. Kashkari is one of nearly half-dozen Indian-Americans, including Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who have served in the Bush administration at Tier Two cabinet levels.
5. Kashkari was nominated as assistant secretary and confirmed by the Senate in July this year.
6. Kashkari has a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
7. Kashkari earned his master's degree in aerospace engineering.
8. Kaskari worked as the R&D Principal Investigator at the company TRW in Redondo Beach, California
9. He did his MBA at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
10. He then joined Goldman Sachs in San Francisco.
11. Neel Kashkari's parents hail from Jammu and Kashmir, India.
12. Neel was born in Akron, Ohio to Chaman and Sheila Kashkari, Indian immigrants.
13. His father Chaman Kashkari, who taught at the University of Akron, is now a retired professor of engineering
14. His mother Sheila Kashkari is a pathologist.
15. Neel’s wife Minal works for defense contractor Lockheed Martin.

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