Washington, Sep 19 IANS) US President Barack Obama has nominated Indian American technocrat Arun Majumdar to a key administration post dealing with energy research.

Majumdar will be the Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy in the US Department of Energy.

A product of Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Majumdar is currently the Associate Laboratory Director for Energy and Environment at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Obama also announced his intent to nominate Daniel W Yohannes as Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Challenge Corporation and Gustavo Aranavat as US Executive Director to the Inter-American Development Bank.

'These individuals have proven that they will bring skill, dedication and expertise in these important areas to my administration, and I look forward to working with them in the coming months and years,' Obama said in a statement.

Majumdar has had a highly distinguished research career in the science and engineering of energy conversion, transport, and storage ranging from molecular and nanoscale level to large energy systems, the White House announcement said.