Shah to announce Millennium Alliance winners

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator Rajiv Shah, would announce the winners of the first round of awards for the Millennium Alliance in New Delhi next week.
The Millennium Alliance is a partnership between USAID, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and India's Department of Science and Technology, to support innovations that can deliver transformational development solutions.
As part of the delegation led by US Secretary of State John Kerry for the fourth annual US-India Strategic Dialogue between June 23-25, Shah will participate in discussions on clean energy and climate change, education and women's empowerment, the agency said yesterday.

The highest ranking Indian American in the Obama Administration, Shah would hold series of meetings with Indian counterparts to promote development cooperation between the two countries.