ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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July 2015 -
Bhaumi Shah, a student at North Gwinnett Middle School, won first place at the state level in film & video production for 6th grade in the Georgia PTA Reflections contest, for her music video.
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July 2015 -
Kyle Patel (GSMST 10th-grader) was one of the champions in Georgia’s Odyssey of the Mind state finals. Then at the international competition, his team was named one of the 7 Ranatra Fusca Winners.
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July 2015 -
Georgia Indian-American students are among 2015 U.S. Presidential Scholars, National Merit Scholars, Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation scholarship winners, and QuestBridge National College Match Recipients.
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July 2015 -
Emory University presented Dr. V. R. Rao (Assistant Professor, Physiatry) with a beautiful award at the Carlos Museum: “Commemorating the establishment of the Vaddadi R. Rao, M.D., Teaching Award.”
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June 2015 -
Kirtan Parekh has earned a place on the Washington Youth Tour (WYT). Tour delegates will spend a memorable week (June 11-18) in D.C. to learn about leadership, democracy, and public service.
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June 2015 -
Hana Nazir is a finalist for the Georgia Poet Laureate’s Prize, from over 200 submissions from high school students. She met Judson Mitcham, the Poet Laureate of Georgia at the State Capitol.
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June 2015 -
The American Diabetes Association will present an award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology to K.M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MSc, MBA, FRCP at the world's largest diabetes meeting.
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May 2015 -
Vibhav Kanyadan, a seventh-grader from Marietta, was commended for his “personality and brains” when he topped 103 students to win the 2015 National Geographic State Bee (GeoBee) competition.
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May 2015 -
Monisha (Mona) Mahadevan of Dunwoody, an 8th grader at Woodward Academy, won the 2015 Georgia State Spelling Bee and will go on to the Scripps Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. in May.
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May 2015 -
The inaugural Lillian Gordy Carter Award for Exceptional Service to India was presented on March 27, 2015 to environmentalist, activist, and author Carl Pope, at AIF's first Atlanta gala.
