ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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Devesh Ranjan receives Early Career Award from U.S. Department of Energy
July 2016 -
Devesh Ranjan’s lab was recently visited by U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Secretary Ernest Moniz, who congratulated Dr. Ranjan on being chosen for DOE’s Office of Science award for Early Career Research Programs.
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Raj Shah receives export award for Universal VAT Services from U.S. Commerce Department
July 2016 -
In a ceremony in Washington on May 16, 2016, US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker presented the President’s annual “E” Award to Atlanta's Raj Shah for Universal VAT Services' success in exporting.
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High achiever to have college career paid in full by QuestBridge
July 2016 -
Zaynab Said will be attending Emory University; she is one of 18 Gwinnett County students who will have their entire college career paid as a QuestBridge National College Match Scholar.
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Gwinnett National Merit Scholars
July 2016 -
Gwinnett's National Merit Scholars include Priyanka Desai of Peachtree Ridge High, Victoria Joshi from North Gwinnett High, Anima Shrestha of Parkview, and Simran Modi of GSMST (UGA Scholarship).
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TYE Team Regen wins top spot in Southeast Region
June 2016 -
Team Regen, a group of high school TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE), won the top award at the TYE High School Entrepreneurship competition for their approach to a problem of burn victims.
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Top volunteers receive Prudential Spirit awards
June 2016 -
Georgia’s top two youth volunteers of 2016, Devneet Singh, 17, and Damācia Howard, 13, were honored in the nation’s capital at the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
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Shashank and Shruthi bring home five awards from ‘Cleveland Aradhana’
May 2016 -
Young musicians Shruthi Santhanam and Shashank Ganeshan came home with honors from the prestigious annual Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival of Carnatic music and dance, held in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Archana Becker wins hospitality industry award
May 2016 -
Archana Becker, the owner/founder of Atlanta’s Bhojanic Restaurant, has been honored by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation with a ‘Faces of Diversity’ award.
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Jerome Perera wins National Geographic State Bee – Georgia
May 2016 -
Jerome Perera won the 2016 Georgia National Geographic State Bee at the Georgia College of Arts & Sciences, Milledgeville.
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Sharada Jambulapati receives Soros Fellowship
May 2016 -
Sharada Jambulapati received a 2016 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship to support her work towards a JD at the University of California, Berkeley.
