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Emory grant for researchers
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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Summer interns in Washington Leadership Program 2020
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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Bhavin Patel is president of the College Democrats of Georgia
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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Preeti Iyer receives Class of 1901 Medal at Princeton
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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Santosh Kaveti of ProArch continues as CEO at iV4
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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Nihshanka Debroy’s debut novel released by Westland
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.
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Top-ranked Mahak Jain joins Georgia Tech Tennis 2020
July 2020 -
Mahak Jain of Bhopal, India, who committed to Georgia Tech University in 2019, is part of the Georgia Tech women’s tennis 2020 recruiting class, ranked no. 2 by Tennis Recruiting Network and Mizuno, the sportswear and equipment company.
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Devesh Ranjan leads research team at Georgia Tech to create a ventilator
June 2020 -
Prof. Devesh Ranjan, who is with Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, led a research team at Georgia Tech to create a prototype for a low-cost, portable emergency ventilator that uses electronic sensors and computer control to manage key clinical parameters such as respiration rate, tidal volume,inspiration and expiration ratio, and pressure on the lungs.
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National STEM chair created in India in the name of Raman Parimala
June 2020 -
Prof. Raman Parimala, Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emory College of Arts and Siences is one of 11 “STEM” Indian women scientists being recognized by the Indian government with a chair
created in their honor.
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The Westminster School’s Ananya Ganesh named a 2020 Coca-Cola Scholar
June 2020 -
Ananya Ganesh of The Westminster School, Atlanta, was selected as one of this year’s 150 Coca-Cola scholars, chosen from more than 93,000 applicants residing in the country.
