ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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August 2017 -
At the Georgia Asian Times gala, Dr. Rafi Ahmed, Rajan Vedak, and Ravi Chander were among the "25 Most Influential Asian Americans in Georgia.” Sudhir Agarwal accepted APAC's award.
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August 2017 -
Students winning honors: A. Bhatnagar; A. Kumar, K. Patton, Ashwin and Arvind Ramaswami, M. Purushothapu; A. Choudhury, S. Guttikonda, A. Kumar; A. Ray, N. Surani; A. Sivanandan, S. Shirol.
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August 2017 -
Shiv Aggarwal received the 2017 Asian Community Business Leadership Award from Who’s Who in Asian American Communities at the WWAAC conference at UPS Corporate Headquarters.
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July 2017 -
Samir Saini, Atlanta's CIO, is among the ‘Top 25 CIO of Doers, Dreamers, Drivers 2017,’ and is a Finalist for '2017 Georgia CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards’ in the Nonprofit/ Public Sector category.
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July 2017 -
Dr. Ritu Ahuja of Northwood Elementary School has been named Principal of the Year in Gwinnett County. Aysha Farooqi has also been recognized, as Haynes Bridge Middle School’s Teacher of the Year.
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July 2017 -
The Emory debate team of Viveth Karthikeyan and Kristen Lowe, both ranked in the top 10 in the country, beat Harvard’s team to win the American Debate Association’s National Championship.
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July 2017 -
Monica Modi Khant, Exec. Dir. of Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network (GAIN), is one of the “Women Making a Mark” 2017, featured in Atlanta magazine for her commitment to helping those in need.
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July 2017 -
Among nine South Asian Americans who have been named to the 2017 class of the distinguished Washington Leadership Program are Emory University students Priya Elangova, Akshar Patel, and Namrata Verghese.
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July 2017 -
Ananya Ghose has a full scholarship to Georgia Tech. Karl Patram and Sharan Ravigopal ranked top 5% on the Spanish National Exam. Gururaj Deshpande is a winner of the national Global Citizen Scholarship.
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June 2017 -
This year, 1,775 applicants tried for the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, which awards up to $90,000 each for grad school. Nine recipients have South Asian heritage; one is from Georgia.
