US Ambassador to India Richard R. Verma presented an award to Bachchan.
The US Embassy in India honored legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan in appreciation for his invaluable contributions to the US-India partnership on tuberculosis.
US Ambassador to India Richard R. Verma presented an award to Bachchan, who is also a tuberculosis survivor and brand ambassador for the initiative,  on January 8 and the two discussed the US Embassy’s collaboration to end tuberculosis in India and the US-India partnership among other issues.
“I thank Mr. Bachchan for his dedication to support the cause and for sharing his story as a tuberculosis survivor to reduce the stigma associated with tuberculosis,†Verma said while speaking on a live video-chat with Facebook.
He opined that more lives can be saved and ease burden the disease places on families, communities, corporations and India, referring to the high incidents of tuberculosis-related deaths in the country.
“It is inspiring that India and the US are natural partners with a long history of collaboration on tuberculosis prevention, treatment, research and cure and I hope to continue to do my bit in this partnership to end tuberculosis in India,†Bachchan replied.
Amitabh Bachchan and Richard R. Verma first collaborated to work on tuberculosis during an event held at Delhi two years ago and it soon grew into a common passion around the cause of eradicating tuberculosis.
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— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) January 8, 2017
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— U.S. Ambassador to India (@USAmbIndia) January 8, 2017
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