Who is Neela Rajendra, Indian-origin diversity chief fired by Nasa?

Neela Rajendra, who is of Indian origin, served as the Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The space agency has now sacked the DEI chief. In March, Nasa officially shut down its diversity division after an executive order by US President Donald Trump, which banned all DEI programmes across executive branch agencies. Trump claimed these initiatives create unfair practices within the federal system

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