Dr. Kavita Patel, a primary care physician in Washington, D.C., is an MSNBC columnist and an NBC News/MSNBC contributor. She served in the Obama administration as director of policy for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement in the White House. A Brookings Institution nonresident fellow, she is the former managing director of clinical transformation at Brookings' Center for Health Policy.
The most famous Kavita to my mind is Bollywood playback singer Kavita Subramaniam (née Krishnamurthy). She's one of the most popular singers in the industry, and a name related to poetry seems very fitting.