Tina Shah, a physician from the University of Chicago and Anjali Tripathi, an astrophysics Ph.D candidate at Harvard University, have been shortlisted for the White House Fellows Programme, the White House said on Thursday. White House Fellows programme is one of America's most prestigious programmes for leadership and public service; two Indian-Americans have been named finalists for this programme. The National Finalists will be evaluated by the President's Commission on White House Fellowships in Washington, DC from June 9-12, a media release said. After a competitive application process, selected individuals spend a year in Washington, DC working full-time for Cabinet Secretaries, senior White House staff, and other top-ranking government officials. In a statement, the White House said this year's class of Finalists represents an accomplished and diverse cross-section of professionals from the private sector, academia, medicine, and armed services.

Source: dna June 10, 2016 04:30 UTC