ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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Mona Shah Joshi wins Butterfly Award from Hillside Center
November 2018 -
Mona Shah Joshi was awarded the Barbara Lewis King Butterfly Award at Hillside International Truth Center, for being a spiritual leader in the Atlanta community, including with the Art of Living Foundation.
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Media award for correspondent Mahadev Desai
November 2018 -
Veteran correspondent and freelance writer Mahadev Desai received the Media Excellence Award at the Indo-American Press Club's 5th International Media Conference, in appreciation of his support and collaboration.
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Atlanta Nritya Academy receives Best Choreography award
September 2018 -
In July, Sudakshina Mukherjee and her team from Atlanta Nritya Academy competed in Dance USA Dance’s Season 2 competition. They were semifinalists in 2017, finalists 2018, and won Best Choreography 2018.
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Subhankar Mukherjee wins 3rd place in world pool tournament
September 2018 -
At the Billiard Congress of America’s BCAPL World Championships (with 5500 participants from around the world), Subhankar Mukherjee won third place in the open ball 8-ball singles category.
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Bronze medal for Georgia soccer team in Special Olympics USA Games
September 2018 -
The first time a Georgia soccer team competed at the national level in the Special Olympics USA Games, they won the bronze medal. The teens and young adults from North Fulton included Rohan Kapur.
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GAT 25 Most Influential Asian Americans in GA (2018)
September 2018 -
The 2018 list of Georgia Asian Times' “25 Most Influential Asian Americans in GA” included Dr. Indran Indrakrishnan, Barath Parthasarathy, and Prabha “Pabs” Raghava.
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Ambassadors in Sneakers: high school students travel to learn about human rights
September 2018 -
Bhavin Patel was one of 10 high school students from Georgia, plus two from Alabama, in the 2018 Ambassadors in Sneakers Transatlantic Academy, traveling and studying human rights in Germany and the USA.
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Dr. Naresh Parikh in national spotlight as AAPI President
August 2018 -
Dr. Naresh Parikh, a cardiologist, entrepreneur, leader, and community activist, assumed charge as President of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) on July 7, 2018.
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Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda is new VP of AAPI
August 2018 -
Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda is the newly-elected Vice President of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI). He is expected to become President of AAPI in the year 2020.
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Emory names Koppaka Professor in Telugu, Indian Cultures
August 2018 -
Harshita Kamath is the new Visweswara Rao and Sita Koppaka Professor in Telugu & South Indian Cultures, Literatures, & History in Emory College's Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Studies.
