ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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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.
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Vikas Sukhatme Is Dean of Emory’s School of Medicine
November 2017 -
Physician-scientist Vikas P. Sukhatme, is the new Dean of Emory University’s School of Medicine. He also will serve as Chief Academic Officer of Emory Healthcare and as Woodruff Professor.
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Softpath Recognized by Women Presidents’ Organization
November 2017 -
Sushumna Roy Jalajam’s Softpath System, LLC is among the year’s 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies.™ She was felicitated by Women Presidents’ Organization-Atlanta chapter.
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Atlantan Sarita Pattnaik Is Mrs. India Worldwide 2017
November 2017 -
After winning two beauty pageants last year—Mrs. India Georgia and Mrs. India USA–Odisha-born Sarita Rinki Pattnaik walked off with the Mrs. India Worldwide crown on October 7, 2017, in New Jersey.
