18 Facts About Arati Prabhakar

Arati Prabhakar was born on February 2,1959 and is an American engineer and public official.

From 1993 to 1997, Prabhakar served as the 10th Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the first woman to hold the position.

Arati Prabhakar served as 20th Director of DARPA from 2012 to 2017.

Arati Prabhakar's family immigrated to the United States from New Delhi, India, when she was three; her mother was seeking an advanced degree in social work in Chicago.

Arati Prabhakar's mother encouraged her to pursue a doctorate from a very early age.

Arati Prabhakar was the first woman to earn a PhD in applied physics from Caltech.

Arati Prabhakar subsequently worked at DARPA from 1986 to 1993, initially as a program manager but later as founding director of DARPA's Microelectronics Technology Office.

At the age of 34, Arati Prabhakar was appointed as head of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a position she held from 1993 to 1997.

Arati Prabhakar was then the vice president and later president of Interval Research from 1998 to 2000.

Arati Prabhakar joined US Venture Partners from 2001 to 2011, focusing on investment in green technology and information technology startups.

In 2022, Arati Prabhakar was appointed by President Joe Biden as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President.

Arati Prabhakar has notably advised Biden on matters regarding artificial intelligence regulation, where she has endorsed AI safeguards.

Arati Prabhakar is credited for shaping digital policies and the semiconductors industrial strategy under the Biden administration.

Arati Prabhakar is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Arati Prabhakar has been named a Texas Tech Distinguished Engineer and a Distinguished Alumna of California Institute of Technology.

Arati Prabhakar is a member of the governing board for the Pew Research Center and a member of the US National Academies' Science Technology and Economic Policy Board.

Arati Prabhakar was a member of the board of directors of SRI International in 2012, and was a member of the US National Academies' Science Technology and Economic Policy Board and the College of Engineering Advisory Board at the University of California, Berkeley.

Arati Prabhakar is featured in the Notable Women in Computing cards.