ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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Baisiwala among “100 Most Influential Georgians”
February 2020 -
Ambrish Baisiwala, Chairman & CEO, Portman Holdings is on Georgia Trend’s 22nd list of 100 Most Influential Georgians. Baisiwala oversaw the development of Coda in Georgia Tech’s Tech Square.
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Dawood appointed to Georgia’s Conviction Integrity Unit
February 2020 -
Nazeera Dawood is now on the review board of Fulton County, Georgia's Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU), to help ensure that people do not spend time in jail for crimes they did not commit.
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Razdan honored with King Center’s “Dream Forward” award
February 2020 -
Subash Razdan, Chairman of Gandhi Foundation USA, received the International Affairs Award, one of the Dream Forward Community Service Awards presented at the opening of the 2020 King Holiday, Atlanta.
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Two Bengali Atlantans shine in pageants
February 2020 -
Anusmita Bardhan Sur became the first runner-up at the Mrs. Bharat USA 2019 pageant in Iselin, New Jersey. Suporna (Trisha) Choudhuri (23) won IACA's Miss India GA 2019 and four other titles.
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Ananya Agustin Malhotra is a Rhodes Scholar
January 2020 -
Ananya Malhotra, a senior at Princeton, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, the oldest international fellowship in the world, to study International Relations at Oxford, England.
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Goldwater Scholarship for Shweta Mudelagundi
January 2020 -
Shwetha Mudalegundi, a University of Miami senior double majoring in neuroscience and public health, has received the Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation award.
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Sri Vaishnavi Ghantasala is WIT’s Girl of the Year
January 2020 -
Sri Vaishnavi Ghantasala, from Chattahoochee High School, was presented the Girl of the Year award by Women in Technology (WIT). She has also won second place (USA-Canada) in Telugu Maatlaata.
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Navya Sarikonda strikes gold in book awards
January 2020 -
Navya Sarikonda, a young writer from Atlanta, has won numerous awards in 2019 for her novel, The Enchanters’ Child, published when she was 16. Navya is also the founder of Authors Origin.
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Sachin Shailendra, Board of Regents Chair, USG
January 2020 -
Sachin Shailendra is 2020 chair of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, serving 333,000 students in 26 public colleges and universities, GA Public Libraries, and GA Archives.
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Inam Inamullah’s painting commissioned for the Carnegie Hall Tower
January 2020 -
Atlanta’s Inam M. Inamullah has had his largest painting, 17'x14', installed in the Carnegie Hall Tower, Manhattan, NY. He is president of Global Tech Electronics, and is active in many fields of art.
