Tina shah and Anjali Tripathi selected for the prestigious White House Fellows programme among the 30 finalists. 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. Two Indian-Americans have been named finalists for the prestigious White House Fellows programme that offers first hand experience of working at the highest levels of the US federal government. Shah and Tripathi were among the 30 finalists selected for the programme, founded in 1964 by President Lyndon B Johnson. 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.

Source: Indian Express June 10, 2016 17:03 UTC