ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEWSMAKERS
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July 2012 -
Jag Sheth of Emory's Goizueta Business School is again among the top 10 "Global Indian Thought Leaders," as determined by The Economic Times in partnership with IMRB International.
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July 2012 -
Narender G. Reddy has been reappointed by Governor Nathan Deal to the Board of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) for a five-year term ending in June 2017.
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July 2012 -
Samantha Varghese, a Georgia eighth-grader, is among the 100 semifinalists in Rand McNally’s America the Beautiful Essay Contest for grades 7-12. Her most beautiful and inspiring place in America is a beach.
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June 2012 -
Harini Indrakrishnan, a 15-year-old disciple of Subathra Sudarshan, won second place in her age group at the Bharathanatyam Dance Competition at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival, Cleveland, Ohio, April 2012.
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June 2012 -
Anoushka Misra, age 9, is the Georgia state winner in the 2012 Doodle4Google competition. She was invited to go to New York City for the finals, as one of the top 50 artists of the over 114,000 entries in the country.
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June 2012 -
Surya Carpets, Suniva, and St. Joseph’s Translational Research Institute have been honored as winners or finalists for international business in the Global Impact Awards by the Metro Atlanta Chamber.
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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.