ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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July 2018 -
OSSPolice, cofounded by Ashish Bijlani and Ruian Duan, won gold and a $100K investment from TechSquare Labs’ incubator and seed fund. The OSSPolice service helps mobile app developers find violations.
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July 2018 -
Duriya Farooqui is on the Atlanta Business Chronicle's Power 100 List. A fighter for the impoverished, she emphasizes the importance of building a powerful coalition to make an impact in the community.
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July 2018 -
Jamil Kassam, a senior at the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, was awarded a National Merit University of Georgia Scholarship. He looks forward to a career in Medicine.
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July 2018 -
Gautam Desai’s Kids for Chess Camp benefits Save the Children. Aratrika and Urjoshi Kar raise money for children battling cancer. They say, “You can all do this in your own simple and small way."
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June 2018 -
Fifth graders Pranav Bhagam, Ayush Tailang, and Ashrai Gandikota (all from Daves Creek Elementary School in Cumming, GA) won second place in the Vex IQ World’s Robotics Competition.
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June 2018 -
TiE Atlanta’s Youth Entrepreneurship (TYE) Pitch Competition had two winners: Bye-Bye WiFi (5 high school students) for a paint primer for children’s rooms; Atramento (college) for tattoos.
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June 2018 -
Sakib Jamal and Ian Islam are two of the Lanier High School students whose video productions have earned award nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Science (NATAS).
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June 2018 -
Preethi Narayan and Dhaivat M. Mehta are among high school seniors selected as winners of 2018 Corporate-Sponsored National Merit Scholarships to help fund their college education.
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June 2018 -
Anvith Reddy, Shalu Patel, and Sanisha Shah are high school students who have qualified to represent Georgia at the 2018 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference.
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June 2018 -
Dhruv Gaur, an 18-year-old from Gainesville, Georgia, won the $100,000 “Jeopardy!” college quiz championship on April 20, 2018. He will go on to play in the “Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.”
