Vivek Kundra will be new US CIO

• The 34-year-old Vivek Kundra was appointed the first ever Federal Chief Information Officer by President Barack Obama .
  
• Vivek Kundra was born in New Delhi in 1975, migrated with his parents to Tanzania where he lived till he was 11 and then moved to the US.
  
• Kundra, will advise the US government and its various departments on the acquisition and use of technology and ensure proper functioning of the various government networks.
  
• Kundra, who championed the use of websites and blogs like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube as better ways for to communicate with citizens, is expected to build on the broad use of technologies, such as the web, which President Obama's campaign team used extensively during the elections.