Washington:
Four Indian Americans have been selected to the prestigious White House Fellows; whom the First Lady said represents America's "most promising leaders".
In all 30 individuals from across the country have been selected for the White House Fellowship Programme.
Indian Americans who have made to this coveted list are Sudip Bose, Anish Mahajan, Raj Shah and Manish Sethi.
While Sudip Bose is an attending emergency physician at Advocate Christ Medical Center; Chicago; Anish Mahajan is a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Poughkeepsie in New York.
Manish Sethi, is a Surgical Resident at the Harvard Combined Orthopedics Program at Brookline in Massachusetts; and Raj Shah is an MBA studying at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business; Bonaire in Georgia.
The White House said these finalists were selected, in part, because of their exceptional record of incorporating service into their professional pursuits.
"This year's finalists represent some of our nation's most promising leaders," said the US First Lady Michelle Obama. "Most importantly, each one of the White House Fellow's finalists has found a way to positively impact the lives of those around them," she said in a statement.
White House Fellows spend a year working as special paid assistants to senior White House staff.