ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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Neha Devineni receives a Prudential award
March 2020 -
Neha Devineni, 17 from Atlanta who is a high school senior at Riverwood International Charter School, is the founder of ASA , a nonprofit she started in 2017 to help underprivileged children with nutrition, sanitation, and education.
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Team Atlantis shines at its first robotics tournament
March 2020 -
Atman Singh, Ayyan Vellore, Arav Dash, and Sammy Shalim, 13-year-old eighth-graders from Johns Creek—are the brains behind the robotics team Atlantis 17456 that partnered in a 3-team alliance to win the First Tech Challenge’s Central Georgia League Tournament in January.
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CREATE-X bags Amazon’s Alexa fellowship
March 2020 -
CREATE-X, an entrepreneurship teaching program at Georgia Tech, will partner with Amazon to mentor and fund student start-ups in the fields of voice technology and conversational AI.
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Sharvil Patel wins entrepreneur award from Emory
March 2020 -
Emory University student Sharvil Patel is the founder and Executive Director of OmniMed, a nonprofit run by students that uses technology tools to make access to healthcare more equitable.
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Baisiwala among “100 Most Influential Georgians”
February 2020 -
Ambrish Baisiwala, Chairman & CEO, Portman Holdings is on Georgia Trend’s 22nd list of 100 Most Influential Georgians. Baisiwala oversaw the development of Coda in Georgia Tech’s Tech Square.
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Dawood appointed to Georgia’s Conviction Integrity Unit
February 2020 -
Nazeera Dawood is now on the review board of Fulton County, Georgia's Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU), to help ensure that people do not spend time in jail for crimes they did not commit.
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Razdan honored with King Center’s “Dream Forward” award
February 2020 -
Subash Razdan, Chairman of Gandhi Foundation USA, received the International Affairs Award, one of the Dream Forward Community Service Awards presented at the opening of the 2020 King Holiday, Atlanta.
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Two Bengali Atlantans shine in pageants
February 2020 -
Anusmita Bardhan Sur became the first runner-up at the Mrs. Bharat USA 2019 pageant in Iselin, New Jersey. Suporna (Trisha) Choudhuri (23) won IACA's Miss India GA 2019 and four other titles.
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Ananya Agustin Malhotra is a Rhodes Scholar
January 2020 -
Ananya Malhotra, a senior at Princeton, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, the oldest international fellowship in the world, to study International Relations at Oxford, England.
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Goldwater Scholarship for Shweta Mudelagundi
January 2020 -
Shwetha Mudalegundi, a University of Miami senior double majoring in neuroscience and public health, has received the Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation award.
