ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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May 2021 -
Ameya Jadhav, a junior at Denmark High School in Forsyth County, has been elected as state president of the Georgia Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA).
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May 2021 -
Ananya Augustine of Eagle’s Landing Middle School in McDonough won Georgia’s 2021 State Spelling Bee. In the spell-off held via Zoom, she won with 49 out of 50 possible points.
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May 2021 -
Dr. Suvarchala Somayajula has been recognized by Georgia Trend magazine as one of the state’s top physicians for the second consecutive year.
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May 2021 -
Samiksha Gaherwar of Lambert High School in Suwanee, Georgia, recently won first place in the 57th Annual Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest hosted by Hollins University. Samiksha won the top prize for her poem “Slavish Numerals.”
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May 2021 -
Bhavana Kunnath, a high schooler from Lawrenceville, has been announced by NASA and Future Engineers as one of 155 semifinalists in the Artemis Moon Pod Essay Contest, a national competition that asked K-12 students to imagine leading a one-week expedition to the Moon’s South Pole.
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May 2021 -
Shaker J. C. Reddy received one of the four 2021 community awards at the Georgia Bio Golden Helix Awards. He was recognized for his years of community service by providing mentorship and support for biotech entrepreneurs and startups in the Atlanta area.
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May 2021 -
Sourabh Saha of Georgia Tech College of Engineering has been honored by the National Science Foundation with a Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER).
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May 2021 -
Dr. Gulshan Harjee received the 2021 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award in a virtual awards ceremony at the State Capitol of Georgia.
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April 2021 -
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) elected 175 prolific academic innovators from across the world to NAI Fellow status. Among the 21 Indian-American Fellows on the list are Nikil Jayant of Georgia Tech, and Rahul Shrivastav of University of Georgia.
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April 2021 -
Naren Patel has been named 2021 Chairman of the Board for the Associated Builders and Contractors of Georgia.
