mr. montek ahluwalia, deputy chairman, planning commission; mrs.ishna tirath, minister of state for women and child development; mr. ashwani kumar, minister of state for planning, science and technology and earth sciences; and mr. sam pitroda, public information, infrastructure and innovation advisor to prime mr. ghulam nabi azad, minister for health and family welfare; mr. montek ahluwalia, deputy chairman, planning commission; mrs. krishna tirath, minister of state for women and child development; mr. ashwani kumar, minister of state for planning, science and technology and earth sciences; and mr. sam pitroda, public information, infrastructure and innovation advisor to prime minister. >> i am also pleased to be joined by the most senior officers in the government of india. even by the high standards of the india and u.s. relationship, we have had an unprecedented intensity of engagement over the past years. if a strategic dialogue is a unique opportunity to bring together all the threads of our operation that constitute the extraordinary rich ta

mr. montek ahluwalia, deputy chairman, planning commission, mrs. krishna tirath, minister of state for women and child development, mr. ashwani kumar, minister of state for planning, science and technology and earth sciences, and mr. sam pitroda, public information, infrastructure and innovation advisor to prime minister. i am also pleased to be joined by several of our most senior officials in the government of india. even by the high standards of india-u.s. relationship, we have had an unprecedented intensity of engagement over the past years. yet the strategic dialogue is a unique opportunity to bring together all the threads of our cooperation that constitute the extraordinarily rich tapestry of our relationship. madam secretary, our two sides have a shared vision that our global strategic partnership could be one of the most important defining relationships of the 21st century. in july 2009 in delhi, we started a new chapter in an already exciting study of india- u.s. ties. our bilateral engagement as well as global developments over the past