Assistant Undersecretary Chrisjen Avasarala

She is an Indian woman with long hair in her seventies. She is married to Arjun; together they have at least one daughter named Ashanti with two children of her own, Kiki and Suri, and they had a son named Charanpal who died as a teenager.

Avasarala has a background as the treasurer of the Workers Provident Fund and the district governor of the Maharashtra-Karnataka-Goa Communal Interest Zone.

Soren Cottwald is her personal assistant.