ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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April 2019 -
Aarya Desai, a 6th grade Hull Middle School student, has won second place in the Middle School Category of Gwinnett County's Bicentennial Essay Contest.
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February 2019 -
Four Indian-Americans were among eleven 2018 Emory Entrepreneur Awardees, each a founder of a rapidly growing organization: Vivek Garipalli, Rohit Malhotra, Ashish Mistry, and Kanchana Raman.
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February 2019 -
Ritesh Desai has been picked by Brian Kemp, Georgia’s new governor, for his Georgians First Commission; Desai is on the Appointments Subcommittee. Desai is founder and executive VP of Vanitywala.com.
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February 2019 -
Navya Sarikonda is a young author from Atlanta who began her first novel, The Enchanters’ Child, when she was twelve--and has now published it. Navya has also written several short stories.
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January 2019 -
Gaurav Kumar, Mahnaz Charania, and Vijay Balasubramaniyan were included in Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2018 class of ‘40 Under 40’ for their leadership and commitment to making Atlanta better.
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January 2019 -
Kanchana Raman of TiE Atlanta and Avion Networks received a 2018 Emory Entrepreneur Award for Technology. Five other South Asian women received 2018 WIT (Women in Technology) Awards in Atlanta.
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January 2019 -
A Marshall Scholar, a "40 Under 40" of the National Association of Asian Pacifics in Politics and Public Affairs, a Boy Scouts' Regional honoree, a Technology Assoc. of GA award, and more.
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January 2019 -
Asmi Kumar was among the middle school winners of the Broadcom MASTERS competition held in Washington, D.C. She won second place (math) for developing a device to predict autistic meltdowns.
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November 2018 -
Atlantan Navin Gurnaney, who recently presented a show featuring master lyricist Javed Akhtar, is heading to India as the latest chief executive officer of Tata Starbucks.
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November 2018 -
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal presented a state commendation to Dr. Indran B. Indrakrishnan for his work in the medical field, especially for improving the lives of many with colorectal cancer.
