The Washington Leadership Program (WLP) is a new nonprofit organization established to develop leadership for the South Asian community in the US through innovative programs. It was established in remembrance of publisher and philanthropist Gopal Raju, who previously sponsored a program bringing talented students to intern in DC for 15 years. The WLP will be administered by the 170 alumni of Raju's original program to preserve his legacy of developing leadership.

1. The Washington Leadership Program
Preserving a Legacy for the Community’s Future

2. What is the Washington Leadership Program?
• The Washington Leadership Program (WLP) is a new nonprofit organization
established to develop new leadership for the South Asian community in the
U.S. through innovative programs.
• The organization was established in remembrance of pioneering publisher and
philanthropist Gopal Raju. For fifteen years, Mr. Raju sponsored a unique
program that brought the best and brightest young students to Washington,
DC during the summer to intern with a Member of Congress.
• The WLP has been established and will be administered by the 170 alumni of
Mr. Raju’s original program.