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Amol Naik on transition team for Atlanta’s new Mayor
February 2018 -
Amol Naik, currently Director of Special Projects at MailChimp, has been selected by Atlanta’s newly sworn-in Mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, as a member of her transition team.
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Atlanta Namaste is Georgia’s newest Lions Club
February 2018 -
Georgia now has a 30-member Indian-American Lions Club chapter, aptly named Namaste Atlanta. Ramesh Gude of Lilburn is the chapter’s first president.
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Yash Kadadi in Breakthrough Junior Challenge Finals
January 2018 -
Yash Kadadi, a ninth-grader at The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, was a finalist in the Breakthrough Junior Challenge competition. His video elegantly unravelled the mysteries of the Higgs Field.
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Paymetric’s Asif Ramji is EY’s national entrepreneur of the year
January 2018 -
Asif Ramji, President and CEO of Atlanta-based Paymetric, a world leader in secure electronic payment solutions, was named National Entrepreneur of the Year by EY (formerly Ernst & Young).
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Kushika plays lead role in Madeline’s Christmas
January 2018 -
Kushika Pejavara, a local 9-year-old, performed 20 shows in the lead role of the professional musical theatre production "Madeline’s Christmas" at the Horizon Theatre in December.
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STEM Academy opens Teacher Training Center in Delhi
January 2018 -
Atlanta’s STEM Academy rolls out a “Center for Excellence” in New Delhi to train Indian schoolteachers in teaching science, tech, engineering, and math to middle and high school students.
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Chess raises awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s
January 2018 -
High schooler Anuhya Tadepalli and her friend Poojita Chinmay founded an award-winning nonprofit, Chess For A Cause, to help elders cope with deteriorating mental faculties.
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Georgia Tech engineers among IEEE’s Elevated Fellows
January 2018 -
Georgia Tech Professors Jaydev P. Desai and Saibal Mukhopadhyay were selected as IEEE Fellows for their respective contributions to medical/swarm robotics, and computing systems design.
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Three Indian-Americans in Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 40 Under 40
December 2017 -
The Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2017 "40 Under 40" awards featured three Indian-Americans: Dr. Jyoti Sharma (medicine), Karim Shariff (realty), and Ashish Arya (digital marketing).
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GA Tech Students shine at Collegiate Inventors Competition
December 2017 -
Sarthak Srinivas and Charu Thomas, computer science and industrial engineering students respectively at Georgia Tech, were finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition.
