ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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January 2018 -
Atlanta’s STEM Academy rolls out a “Center for Excellence” in New Delhi to train Indian schoolteachers in teaching science, tech, engineering, and math to middle and high school students.
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January 2018 -
High schooler Anuhya Tadepalli and her friend Poojita Chinmay founded an award-winning nonprofit, Chess For A Cause, to help elders cope with deteriorating mental faculties.
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January 2018 -
Georgia Tech Professors Jaydev P. Desai and Saibal Mukhopadhyay were selected as IEEE Fellows for their respective contributions to medical/swarm robotics, and computing systems design.
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December 2017 -
The Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2017 "40 Under 40" awards featured three Indian-Americans: Dr. Jyoti Sharma (medicine), Karim Shariff (realty), and Ashish Arya (digital marketing).
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December 2017 -
Sarthak Srinivas and Charu Thomas, computer science and industrial engineering students respectively at Georgia Tech, were finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition.
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November 2017 -
Sushumna Roy Jalajam’s Softpath System, LLC is among the year’s 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies.™ She was felicitated by Women Presidents’ Organization-Atlanta chapter.
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November 2017 -
Physician-scientist Vikas P. Sukhatme, is the new Dean of Emory University’s School of Medicine. He also will serve as Chief Academic Officer of Emory Healthcare and as Woodruff Professor.
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November 2017 -
After winning two beauty pageants last year—Mrs. India Georgia and Mrs. India USA–Odisha-born Sarita Rinki Pattnaik walked off with the Mrs. India Worldwide crown on October 7, 2017, in New Jersey.
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October 2017 -
Raj Sardana, CEO of Atlanta-based ACS Group, was recognized among “50 Successful Indian Entrepreneurs in the US.” Indians top the list of founders of billion dollar startups in the US.
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October 2017 -
The Georgia Obstetrical and Gynecological Society has honored Dr. Bhagirath Majmudar with its Distinguished Service Award, for his outstanding contributions to clinical medicine and women's health.
