ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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May 2012 -
Sahr Singh at four years old identified countries of the world on the Letterman Show. Eight years later, she won National Geographic state level geography bee in Georgia, answering questions on politics, culture, and environment.
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May 2012 -
Asmee Sharma, who wrote a piece titled "My Family BBQ,” was selected as the Gwinnett County Public Schools district kindergarten winner and awarded the Young Georgia Authors Award for Kindergarten.
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May 2012 -
Sharon Mathai, born in New York and raised in Texas, moved to Atlanta. After making it to the top 24 on The Glee Project, the 19-year-old became one of five metro-Atlanta contestants on The Voice2 TV show this spring.
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May 2012 -
Angele Rishi has been named for the second year in a row as one of the 2012 Georgia Rising Stars Lawyers by Law & Politics Magazine. Only 2.5 percent of top young "Rising Star" attorneys in Georgia make the list.
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April 2012 -
The popular children's novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has been made into an opera, and fourteen-year-old Ruben Roy gave a polished performance, acting and singing in the lead role with the Atlanta Opera.
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April 2012 -
Anand Srinivasan, a 10th-grader at Roswell High School, was a finalist in the Google Science Fair and was invited to the 2012 White House Science Fair, where he got to explain his project to President Obama.
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April 2012 -
Indusa Investments, founded by 2003 UGA graduates Milan Patel and Umang Patel, has placed in the 2012 Bulldog 100, a list of the top 100 fastest growing companies in the nation that are owned or operated by UGA alumni.
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March 2012 -
Neera Bahl, immigration attorney in Atlanta, has received the "Glory of India" award from the India International Friendship Society (IIFS), an organization encouraging India's growth and modernization.
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March 2012 -
University of West Georgia President Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna, a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, was recently honored by the institution as it celebrated its 50th anniversary.
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March 2012 -
Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, P.C., (WNCW), one of the nation’s premier real estate law firms, has named attorney Ashoo Sharma a Partner with the firm.
