ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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Dr. J. B. Sharma presents book on drone mapping
September 2019 -
Dr. J. B. Sharma, former Assistant Head of the Department of Physics and Chairman of University of North Georgia’s Strategic Planning Committee, is the editor of a book on drones.
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Boisfeuillet Jones Medal for Namrata Verghese
August 2019 -
Namrata Verghese graduated from Emory in creative writing and psychology/linguistics, and has been awarded the Boisfeuillet Jones Medal. Her first book is a short story collection titled The Legal Alien.
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Jagruti Solanki is one of Atlanta Inno’s “50 on Fire”
August 2019 -
Jagruti Solanki has had a year of awards: most recently she was one of three finalist trailblazers in the Crypto/Blockchain category at Atlanta Inno’s inaugural "50 on Fire" event.
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ABC’s 44 Most Admired CEOs named for 2019
August 2019 -
The Atlanta Business Chronicle’s list of "2019 Most Admired CEOs" includes Ambrish Baisiwala of Portman Holdings (for Commercial Real Estate) and Kabir Barday of OneTrust (for Technology).
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Two Sikhs at World Council of Churches dialogue in Geneva
August 2019 -
Two Atlantans were among the 40 or so religious leaders, scholars, and activists invited to the first formal bilateral dialogue of the World Council of Churches with the Sikh community.
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Ruby Lal wins GA prize for book on Nur Jahan
July 2019 -
Ruby Lal's acclaimed book "Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan" has won the Georgia Author of the Year Award for biography. Lal is Professor of South Asian Studies at Emory University.
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Hansinee Mayani sings her way into Bollywood
July 2019 -
Hansinee Mayani, a recent STEM Honors graduate of Lassiter High School, wrote and sang background vocals and English fusion for the new song “Lamhe Ishq Wale,” composed by Nikhil Kamath.
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Southeast Emmy Award winners
July 2019 -
The 45th Annual Southeast Emmy Award winners were honored by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Southeast. Four desi winners and nine more nominees were among the 1,300 entries.
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Pari Jain is GA Positive Athlete
July 2019 -
In a ceremony at the College Football Hall of Fame, Pari Jain, a sophomore at Peachtree Ridge High School, received both a scholarship and Positive Athlete Georgia’s Girls Golf award.
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TYE High School in Global Competition
July 2019 -
Team CleanMyEco won TiE Atlanta’s Youth Entrepreneurship (TYE) Pitch Competition (High School level) and went to TYE Globals, where they won the Best Execution Award.
