Sethuraman Panchanathan appointed as Director of NSF

The United States (US) President Donald Trump has chosen Indian-American computer scientist, Sethuraman Panchanathan as director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) of America.
He will succeed France Anne-Dominic Cordova, who retires in 2020 after completing her 6-year term as director of the institution.
He is currently serving as the Executive Vice President and Chief Research and Innovation Officer at Arizona State University (ASU). He is also the founding director of the ‘Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing’ at ASU. Panchanathan is also the Vice President of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in the US.
National Science Foundation (NSF) was founded in 1950 and headquartered in Virginia, U.S.