Tamil-origin woman in Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board
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Celine Gounder’s ancestral village is in Modakurichi Taluk.
The Democrats’ victory in the U.S. election has introduced one other Indian-origin woman to the forefront — Celine Gounder has been appointed to President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board. Her ancestral village is Perumapalayam in Modakurichi Taluk.
Born to Raj Natarajan Gounder and a French mom in 1977, she is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine. She was named in the 13-member well being knowledgeable board to advise the President on combating COVID-19 in the U.S.
As the information broke, her household’s shut associates and kin have been elated. Sweets have been distributed amongst relations and kin who visited the home on Tuesday.
Her cousin, Thangavel, a retired engineer, stated Mr. Natarajan studied upto Class 8 on the Government Boys’ Higher Secondary School in Modakurichi, and accomplished education in Erode and his faculty research in Tiruchi. Later, he moved to the U.S., in 1966, and settled there, he added.
Dr. Gounder began the “Raj Gounder Foundation” and supplied scholarships to college students of the federal government college in Modakurichi. She has visited the village 4 instances, together with as soon as together with her husband Grant Wahl. She final visited Modakurichi in 2018.
M. Kolandaisamy, schoolmate of Mr. Natarajan and president of the varsity alumni affiliation, advised The Puucho that Dr. Gounder visited the varsity in 2018 and sponsored a sensible classroom, whereas additionally offering help to differently-abled college students to buy crucial aids.
“It is a proud moment for us and the school,” stated Mr. Kolandaisamy, on her inclusion in the crew. Her father’s brother presently resides in the village.
CM greets Dr. Gounder
Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami prolonged his greetings to medical specialists Dr. Gounder and Vivek Murthy, who’ve been included in the COVID-19 Advisory Board.
“I am extremely happy that @celinegounder & @vivek_murthy have been appointed to the National Pandemic Taskforce of U.S. to combat #COVID19. Both of them have made India proud, and I’m very glad to learn that Dr. Gounder has a Tamil heritage. My best wishes to both of them,” Mr. Palaniswami tweeted.
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