America
Three Indian Americans shortlisted for White House Fellowship
By
Arun KumarWashington, June 12
Three Indian Americans are
among the national finalists for the 2015-16 White House Fellowship
that offers exceptional Americans first-hand experience working at the
highest levels of the federal government.
Luxme Hariharan, Payal
Patel and Anil Yallapragada are among those representing "an
accomplished and diverse cross-section of professionals from the private
sector, academia, medicine, and armed services".
They will be
evaluated by the President's Commission on White House Fellowships from
June 11 to 14, according to a White House statement.
Luxme
Hariharan from Madison, Wisconsin, is Paediatric Cataract, Glaucoma,
Cornea and International Health Fellow, Children's Hospital of Los
Angeles, University of Southern California Eye Institute.
Payal Patel from Houston, Texas, is Infectious Diseases Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Harvard Medical School.
Anil
Yallapragada from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is Medical Director,
South Carolina Stroke Institute, Grand Strand Medical Centre.
Under
the programme founded in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, selected
individuals spend a year in Washington, DC working full-time for cabinet
secretaries, senior White House staff, and other top-ranking
government officials.
There are more than 700 White House Fellow
alumni, a distinguished group that includes former secretary of state
Colin Powell, CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, and Pulitzer
Prize-winning author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.