Delhi University’s prestigious Lady Sri Ram College and its Principal Meenakshi Gopinath received a pat from US. During her visit to India US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale said “Her (Meenakshi’s) efforts have resulted in the empowerment of a new generation of women with skills and expertise for peace activism”.
Giving credit to Fullbright Scholarship for the achievements of Meenakshi Gopinath the US top official said that she went Georgetown University as a Fullbrighter and became the Principal of LSR College later on. It is notable that over 8000 scholarships have been given in the last 60 years under the Fullbright scheme.

During the 60th anniversary of USIEF on Tuesday McHale also announced that U.S. India Education Foundation Board is looking at new and expanded areas of focus that would strengthen the partnership between our two countries.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today invited NRIs and American-Indians to work in India for country’s progress. Addressing a reception of Indian Community in USA hosted by Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar in Washington the Prime Minister appreciated Indian community for their contribution, creativity and hard work and said “we will require imagination and innovation to succeed. People of Indian origin worldwide can contribute mightily to this effort”.
Talking about global slowdown he said that though it had hurt the country but gross savings ratio and gross investment ratio had helped to sustain high growth rate. The Prime Minister said that India need a better education system, better health care system, investment and modern infrastructure.

“In the past few years we have already experienced what has been called a “reverse brain-drain”. I would prefer to call this “brain gain” or, indeed, a meeting of minds. We have tried to encourage this flow by making it easier for Indian and American scholars, scientists, business leaders and other professionals to work together. Let me take this opportunity to extend an invitation to all Indian Americans and non-resident Indians who wish to return home to India in one capacity or another,” he said.

The Prime Minister said that NRIs no longer have to make a choice between here and there. Modern technology and flexible policies have opened possibilities of working in both places. Terming India and US similar in many ways Manmohan Singh said that relation with US will remain one of the important pillars of our foreign policy.