ओबामा प्रशासन में मुख्य कृषि व्यापार वार्ताकार के महत्वपूर्ण पद पर नवनिर्वाचित श्री इस्लाम सिद्दीकी हल्द्वानी के मूल निवासी हैं और इन्होंने पन्तनगर कृषि विश्वविद्यालय से कृषि क्षेत्र की पढाई की है.Washington, March 28 (Coal Geology) After waiting for months for the Senate to act, President Barack Obama has announced he would bypass a vacationing senate to make recess appointments of 15 nominees, including an Indian American agricultural scientist Islam A. Siddiqui as chief agricultural negotiator in trade talks.
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Since 2004, Siddiqui has also served on the US Department of Commerce’s Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, and Health/Science Products & Services, which advises the US Secretary of Commerce and USTR on international trade issues related to these sectors.
Between 2001 and 2003, Siddiqui was appointed as Senior Associate at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he focused on agricultural biotechnology and food security issues.
Before joining USDA, Siddiqui spent 28 years with the California Department of Food and Agriculture. He has MS and PhD degrees in plant pathology, both from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
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