WASHINGTON
AUGUST 28, 2003
NRI, lawyer who is a very expert advocate of South
Asian issues has been appointed to the Bush administration.
Effective September 2, NRI Ajay Kuntamukkala will
join as special assistant to Under Secretary Kenneth
Juster in the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),
Department of Commerc.
Kuntamukkala has worked as an associate in the Washington
office of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. and a member
of the firm's International Trade Group. His practice
included assisting clients with export control and
sanctions compliance, international trade litigation,
international trade policy and business immigration
matters. His vast experience is expected to help him
in his work at BIS which is basically to advance U.S.
national security, foreign policy, and economic interests.
BIS' activities include regulating the export of
sensitive goods and technologies in an effective and
efficient manner; enforcing export control, anti-boycott,
and public safety laws; cooperating with and assisting
other countries on export control and strategic trade
issues; assisting U.S. industry to comply with international
arms control agreements; monitoring the viability
of the U.S. defence industrial base; and promoting
federal initiatives and public-private partnerships
to protect the nation's critical infrastructures.
Ajay's parents migrated from Andhra Pradesh and
he graduated from Georgetown University with Law degree.He
was a member of the law school's international journal,
Law and Policy in International Business. He also
went to Boston to do his bachelor's degree in political
science. He received a masters in public policy from
Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government,
where he studied international trade and financial
policy. He is also a member of the District of Columbia
and Maryland Bars.
Ajay is the president of the South Asian Bar Association
in Washington
