India and the US would soon hold their first bilateral Agricultural Dialogue in New

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Delhi aimed at taking cooperation in the field to a new level, a top Obama administration official has said.

The dialogue will be a public-private initiative that will consider ways to promote development of rural India, that is largely dependent on farm related jobs, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake said.

"We hope to have the first US–India Agriculture Dialogue meeting within a few months in New Delhi to explore in detail how we can move these initiatives forward," Blake said in Chicago on Thursday.

"This will be a public-private initiative that can build on what our universities, companies, governments, and groups like the Chicago Council have been doing to promote rural development in India," he said in his speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

He said the two sides also expected the CEO Forum, convened in Washington on November 23 during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's State Visit to the US, to contribute to the efforts across-the-board.

"This Forum, which consists of 12 American CEOs and 12 Indians, has agreed to advise our governments how we can stimulate investment, spur job creation, and promote inclusive economic growth in both of our countries," Blake said.