When John F. Kennedy assumed the leadership of the US, his call of service to Americans "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" is very relevant and timely for the people of the sub-continent. In service of this vision, he established the Peace Corps to promote world peace and friendship. Currently, close to 10,000 Peace Corps young men and women from the US are serving in 77 countries to bring clean water to communities, teach children, help start new small businesses and stop the spread of deadly diseases.

  In the same spirit, the Boston Pledge will create the "Renaissance Corps" to help guide second and third generation men and women from the sub-continent, and perhaps during college/university years, to engage them with the issues of development. The men and women who will serve the "Renaissance Corps" will on one hand naturally reflect the rich diversity of experience and skills, and on the other hand share a common spirit of Renaissance to bridge the sub-continent's heritage with the hopes of their counterparts in the sub-continent. For example, Bangladesh and West Bengal could together create an organization unit with Gramin Bank which could manage the process of promoting and deploying the "Renaissance Corps" towards, to name a few examples, education, civics, health and cleanliness, modernization of agricultural practices and cottage industries, and in turn to enable large scale social engineering. Most importantly, it will build the much needed connectivity between rural Bengal and non-resident Bengalis worldwide. This model, once proven, could be extended in scope to include the entire sub-continent.