India Abroad - May 11, 2012

The driving force behind USIBC’s
advocacy policy
In recent years, the United States-India Business Council — the premier busi- ness advocacy organization represent-
ing America’s top companies doing busi-
ness in India — has hired several young and
talented Indian-American staffers. Perhaps
no one has brought as much influence and
gravitas to the table with her enviable qual-
ifications and massive portfolio of experi-
ence as Anku Nath, the council’s director
for Trade Policy Advocacy.

Aziz Haniffa profiles Anku Nath
Anku Nath
interactions with the US and Indian busi-
ness sectors. Her coordinating work with
the office of the US Trade Representative
along with other US Government agencies
makes her an invaluable asset to both gov-
ernments.”
New Delhi-born Nath immigrated to the
US at age 10 with her parents, and grew up
in New York and Northwestern
Pennsylvania, mostly in Pittsburgh. Her
father Jitendra is president, OmniLink
Technologies Inc, a sourcing and engineer-
ing services company in Pittsburgh. Her
mother Shobha is a clinical dietician.
She has a younger brother, Neal Neeraj,
an investment banker with Houlihan Lokey
in Chicago.
“Growing up, I saw how my father, as an
entrepreneur, uplifted communities when
he opened a business,” Nath says. “This
experience has shaped my conviction that
the private sector is the ultimate driving
force for prosperity — at both micro and
macro-economic levels. As commerce has
become more international, I focused that
conviction on the need to enhance global
trade and investment ties to pursue the
goal of sustainable prosperity around the
world.”
She received a bachelor of arts in interna-
tional economics, magna cum laude, from
the Elliott School of International Affairs at
the George Washington University; an MSc
in statistics from the London School of
Economics, and a master’s degree in inter-
national trade and investment policy also
from the Elliott School. She is a member of
the Washington International Trade
Association, the American Statistical
Association and sits on the Board of
Directors of the Association of Women in
International Trade.

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