ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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October 2019 -
Aditya Arul, an Atlanta 6th grader, has founded a company, Emrit, that will provide a peer-to-peer wireless network to track small devices at lower tariffs than what wireless telcos now offer.
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October 2019 -
Vinod Ruppa-Kasani, an 8th grader from Taylor Road Middle School, Johns Creek, Georgia, is among 20 students selected as 3M Young Scientist Challenge 2019 State Merit Winners.
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October 2019 -
Anoushka Talwar, 14 years old, completed a unique project for her Girl Scout silver award: raising awareness and creating mini libraries in NICUs (Neonatal Intensive Care Units) of hospitals.
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October 2019 -
Gulannar Rattani, Algebra I Teacher, Gear Up for Graduation Program (Grade 8) is Teacher of the Year for Moore Middle School, Lawrenceville, GA, and a semifinalist for Gwinnett Teacher of the Year.
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October 2019 -
Brookwood High School's Science Olympiad Team won its 9th consecutive state championship. Aashay Amin was on the team representing Georgia in the National Science Olympiad at Cornell University.
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October 2019 -
Eight of the 72 Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) seniors named 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists are Indian-Americans and may be on their way to scholarships.
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October 2019 -
Three of the 10 Atlanta entrepreneurs chosen as honorees for TiE Atlanta’s 2019 Top Entrepreneur Awards are Indian-American. They were recognized at TiECON on September 27, 2019.
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October 2019 -
At the Hindu Temple of Atlanta’s Volunteer Appreciation Day 2019, the primary person honored was Atlanta’s veteran reporter Mahadev Desai, for his years of reporting in Atlanta and service to HTA.
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September 2019 -
Ameya Jadhav, a senior at Denmark High School, Alpharetta, Georgia was named National Champion of the ISOGRAD/FBLA TOSA Excel Tournament. TOSA stands for Test on Software Applications.
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September 2019 -
Anushka Jain, a junior at Wheeler Magnet High School, Marietta, GA, did her parents proud when she achieved the highest possible ACT composite score of 36 in her very first attempt.
