ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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Anushka Jain achieves top ACT score
September 2019 - Anushka Jain, a junior at Wheeler Magnet High School, Marietta, GA, did her parents proud when she achieved the highest possible ACT composite score of 36 in her very first attempt.
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Radhe Bhagat selected for The National Youth Leadership Forum (NYFL): Explore STEM
September 2019 - Radhe Bhagat is one of three 7th grade students from Shiloh Middle School, Snellville, GA, who were selected to attend The National Youth Leadership Forum: Explore STEM.
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Kartik H. Bhatt appointed to Georgia Board of Examiners
September 2019 - Kartik H. Bhatt has been appointed consumer-member of the Georgia Board of Examiners for the Certification of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators and Laboratory Analysts.
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Sneha Talika “rocks the block” (Block Chain and more)
September 2019 - Sneha Talika Bukkarayasamudram of Alpharetta, Georgia, recently presented technology papers in Malaysia and Thailand, both papers winning best paper awards.
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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.