ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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February 2015 -
Shiv Aggarwal was one of 23 awarded the Bharat Gaurav Award at the Le Meridian in New Delhi on January 6, 2015 by the India International Friendship Society on its Annual Global Friendship Day.
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February 2015 -
To pursue a career in international affairs and economics, Simi Shah will move to Cambridge later this year to earn a degree at Harvard University. She offers advice to other hopeful students.
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January 2015 -
Sai P. Gourisankar of Atlanta is one of four Indian-Americans headed to Oxford, England, on a 2015 Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most distinguished graduate scholarships in the world.
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January 2015 -
Jvion, an Atlanta-based provider of clinical predictive algorithms, won the Intel Innovation Award for its "RevEgis" software, which can prevent illness and save patients and hospitals millions.
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December 2014 -
Bal K. Gupta was recently honored by The 1947 Partition Archive at the University of California, Berkeley, where stories of people who lived through the partition of India and Pakistan are preserved.
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December 2014 -
Dr. Avinandan (Avi) Mukherjee is now Dean of the College of Business at Clayton State University, following stellar performance at Montclair State University (NJ) and numerous schools around the world.
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December 2014 -
Dr. Veena N. Rao's research on breast cancer in African-American women is featured on the National Cancer Institute CRCHD (Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities) Spotlight webpage.
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December 2014 -
Agnes Scott’s Wasfia Nazreen is one of National Geographic’s ten “Adventurers of the Year” and is a candidate for the 2015 People’s Choice Award, with voting continuing through January 2015.
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November 2014 -
October 1, 2014 was “Nazeera Dawood Appreciation Day” as Dawood's quiet but powerful leadership played a major role in bringing $9 million to Fulton County for health promotion.
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November 2014 -
A gift of property to the Georgia Charter Schools Association was made by the Sheth Family Foundation. Dr. Jagdish Sheth also presented his autobiography to Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi.
