ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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October 2020 -
Anish Jaisinghani, a graduate of Chamblee Charter High School, and Eashan Sinha, a graduate of Riverwood International Charter School, are among the 50 recipients of the 2020 Georgia Pacific Scholarship. Each scholarship is worth $2,000 per year for up to four years of full-time college undergraduate study or until baccalaureate degree requirements are completed, whichever occurs first, for a total maximum award of up to $8,000.
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October 2020 -
Neera Bahl was selected by Governor Brian P. Kemp to serve on the State Board of Workers’ Compensation.
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August 2020 -
After having served as director of Medical Association of Georgia Board from 2016 onwards, Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda has taken over as the 37th president of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI).
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August 2020 -
Archith Seshadri of Nexstar Media Group received the Knight TV Data Fellowship. The Knight TV Data Fellowship is funded by the Knight Foundation to strengthen data watchdog skills at local TV stations across the United States.
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August 2020 -
Unjali Gujral and Megha Shah of Rollins School of Public Health, School of Medicine at Emory, have been awarded one of the seven grants to researchers to improve health outcomes
for Atlanta’s at-risk immigrant population.
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August 2020 -
As a recipient of Washington Leadership Program 2020 which places South Asian youth in various government and elected offices for summer internships, Tarun Ramesh will be interning at Department of Health and Human Services–Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this summer.
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August 2020 -
Bhavin Patel, a political science student at the University of West Georgia, has been named president of the College Democrats of Georgia (CDG).
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July 2020 -
Princeton senior Preeti Iyer, a resident of Alpharetta, Georgia, received the Walter E. Hope Class of 1901 Medal, which recognizes the senior who, in the judgment of the student’s classmates, has done the most for Princeton University.
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July 2020 -
Santosh Kaveti, ProArch’s current CEO, will continue in that position with the acquired company, which will be known as iV4, a ProArch Company. iV4’s current CEO Michael Spoont will serve as president.
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July 2020 -
Nihshanka Debroy, the son of noted economist Bibek Debroy and a former under-12 Delhi chess champion who twice represented his state at the national level, has just had his debut novel, Checkmate, released by Westland in India.
