{"id":25903,"date":"2020-07-01T16:28:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T21:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=25903"},"modified":"2020-07-01T19:03:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T00:03:55","slug":"indian-origin-wlp-scholars-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/indian-origin-wlp-scholars-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Leadership Program 2020: 8 Indian America Students Selected for Internship in US Gov Offices"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eight meritorious India-origin students are all set for summer internship in Congressional offices and various departments of the US government in Washington DC<\/a>.<\/strong> These talented undergraduate students from South Asian communities in the United States have recently been inducted into the Washington Leadership Program 2020 for a first-hand exposure to the dynamics of various federal government agencies and their public service operations. They are Vignesh Iyer, Ananya Kachru, Rucha Modi, Tarun Ramesh, Krithika Shamanna, Hillary Shah, Vishwa Padigepati, and Shreya Pabbaraju.<\/p>\n The Washington Leadership Program is a national non-profit initiative that is exclusively aimed at developing and nurturing the next-gen American leadership from South Asian communities. Instituted in 1995, the Washington Leadership Program (WLP) handpicks interns from among the most promising South Asian undergraduate students, who are US citizens or legal permanent residents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n