Rajiv Shah highest-ranking Indian American in Obama Administration will accompany President
Legal Corner Icon — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.COMING to India along with the President will be the highest ranking Indian American in the Obama Administration, Dr. Rajiv Shah who was sworn in as the 16th Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on December 31, 2009.
For seven years Dr. Shah was with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation . He is an MD from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and a Master of Science in health economics at the Wharton School of Business. He has attended the London School of Economics, is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Shah previously served on the boards of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), the Seattle Public Library, and the Seattle Community College District.
In 2007, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.