Radio Mirchi founder receives ‘2009 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year Award’
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
has named A.P. Parigi, managing director
of Entertainment Network India Limited
and managing director and CEO of Times
Infotainment Media Limited, as the “2009
William F. Glaser ’53 Rensselaer
Entrepreneur of the Year.”
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Sanjay Jha is top paid CEO
Jeff Eubank, Sr. Vice President, New
York Stock Exchange, hosted a special
function in honor of Indian Consul General
Prabhu Dayal on March 30, 2009. During
the event, the Consul General was introduced
to several leading officials of this
prestigious organization. A briefing on
the Indian companies listed on the NYSE
was given to the Consul General.
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Chacko Pallathucheril elected KITA President
Chacko Pallathucheril has been unanimously
elected as the President of KITA
(Kerala Information Technology Alliance)
for the year 2009-10. Pallathucheril is an
information Security specialist. He has
held numerous managerial positions at
Accenture, Deloitte and Sun Microsystems
and has consulted at Hewlett-Packard and
several Silicone valley startups. He currently
lives in New York City.
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NRI GOES TO INDIA campaigning for Shashi Tharoor
Khyati Y. Joshi, an associate professor in
the Sammartino School of Education at
Fairleigh Dickinson University, presented her
research on the “racialization of religion” at an
international gathering of security and human
rights officials in Vienna, Austria, earlier this
month.
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Dr P Jayaraman honored with Padma Shri award
Dr. P. Jayaraman, founder of Bharatiya
Vidya Bhavan, USA in New York was recently
honored with the Padma Shri award in New
Delhi. Jayaraman was awarded for his services
and accomplishments in the fields of education
and literature.
Kingfisher Airlines Bags 3 Global Awards Named Best Airline in India and Central Asia; Best Cabin Crew – Central Asia;
Kingfisher Airlines, India’s leading airline
and the first and only Five Star Airline
from India has received three global
awards at the SKYTRAX World Airline
Awards ceremony held recently in
Hamburg, Germany.
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A talk by Nandan Nilekani at Consulate General of India, New York office
The Consulate General of India, New York, organized a talk by
Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman, Infosys Systems and one of the founding
fathers of India’s information technology outsourcing industry at
the Consulate Ball Room on March 25, 2009. The guests included representatives
of business, financial institutions and academics from
Economic and Business fields.
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GOPIO Engages MOIA Delegation in Community Interactive Session on Two GOI New Initiatives
The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) hosted a delegation from the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) and Overseas Indian Facilitation Center (OIFC) on March 9 with a luncheon meeting at the Bombay Palace Restaurant in New York City.
Ambassador Sen given farewell
A farewell reception in honor of the outgoing
Indian Ambassador to the United States, Ronen Sen
was organized by Confederation of Indian Industry
in Washington DC. on March 18, 2009.
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TeleBlend offers 2 new calling plans to South Asia
TeleBlend, a leading nationwide provider of broadband
Internet phone services has launched two new calling plans
to South Asia, including an unlimited service to India replete
with innovative features.
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NDTV Imagine launched in US
The NDTV Group launched
NDTV Imagine, their flagship
Hindi General Entertainment
network, on February 4, 2009.
The channel is available exclusively
on DISH Network®, as
part of DISH Network’s 16-channel Hindi
Mega Pack for $54.99 per month.
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New York Public Library Presents... Mumbai, Terror & Islamism
The New York Public Library will host a discussion
on Mumbai, Terror and Islamism on April 7 at 7
p.m at the South Court Auditorium,Humanities and
Social Sciences Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd
Street.
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Breakthrough presents the 5th Tri Continental Film Festival, India 2009 -"Human Rights in Frames."
India’s premiere Human Rights Film Festival opened in Delhi on January 15 and was inaugurated by critically acclaimed actor and social activist Nandita Das.
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Indra Nooyi to receive honorary degrees by Duke University
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the NEW YORK Tri-State Area awards $11,160 to the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families Ronald McDonald House Charities of the New York Tri-State Area (RMHC-NYTSA) recently awarded $11,160 to the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF)
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AAPI-SGU unveil $ 0.5 million annual scholarship to Indian students
The St George’s University in Grenada will grant scholarship to the tune of $ 0.5 million every year to students of Indian-origin to study medicine at the university’s medical school.
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Indian Americans Welcome Obama Presidency
To the utter disbelief of millions, in less than half a century after the civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King— who was inspired by Mohandas Gandhi..
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India Republic Day celebrated in Town of Hempstead
Town of Hempstead Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby and Supervisor Kate Murray honored committee members who took part in the town’s Sixth Annual India Republic Day Ceremony
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Sadhu Vaswani Center holds fundraiser to support the Bihar Flood Relief Effort
The floods this past summer in Bihar were an enormous disaster that affected over 2.3 million people. Aside from the 270,000 acres of farmland that were flooded and rendered essentially unusable, the residents of this entire area have been forced to live in unimaginable conditions.
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Kentucky Colonel Award bestowed on USIBC President
Ron Somers, president of US-India Business Council received Kentucky Colonel award last month. It is Kentucky's highest honor.
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BAPS Charities teams up with Glen Oaks Adventist
"BAPS CHARITIES’ ‘Spirit of Service’ will be forever prominent in the Emergency Room Cardiology Suite at Adventist
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Operation ASHA:
With a mission to eradicate TB from India
There are 3.3 million people in India who are infected with Tuberculosis and the number is rising. Every minute, a person dies of TB.
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Fatal shootings at Kerala church in New Jersey
A gunman fatally shot his estranged wife and two others at St.
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Bhangra Competition Rocks Boston
The 5th annual Boston Bhangra Competition held last month was very diverse and extremely competitive as they had teams from all over the US and Canada..
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NY Prof Malhotra honored for promoting literacy
Distinguished Professor Ashok K. Malhotra of the Philosophy Department at the SUNY College at Oneonta has been named a recipient of the 2008
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Prof. Arvind Panagariya on “INDIA: THE EMERGING GIANT”
With nearly 9 percent annual growth in recent years, India is emerging as a major economic power in its own right, making Indian economy.
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Yale University Announces $75 Million India Initiative
Initiative to Transform Yale University's Engagement with India
Broadest and Most Ambitious Effort of Its Kind Will Cost $75 million (375 crore Indian rupees)
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BRACE YOURSELF
Call it, what, our crapshoot democracy? The looming election, the process itself, not merely the feints and jabs of the candidates is actually getting some mainstream media attention, as in, ahem, voting public, excuse me, but maybe you should be aware that irresponsible selfinterest has been detected in the vicinity of our polling places and some bad choices have been made lately (electronic voting is unreliable) and, well, how badly did you want your vote counted?..
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Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation raises $500,000 at 27th annual banquet
Glitz, glamour, grandeur, fashion and a great cause with brimming compassion – the 27th Annual Benefit Dinner & Fashion fiesta organized by the Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation (NDMF) at the Marriott Hotel in Uniondale, Long Island, New York on August..
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India Fest held on Long Island, New York
The 8th annual INDIAFEST organized by the India Association of Long Island (IALI) held on August 3 at the Huntington Hilton, Long Island, NY turned out to be beyond expectation of the organizers.
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UMass Dartmouth Establishes $1 Million Indic Education Initiative
On August 15 as Indian students and community celebrated India’s independence day from British colonial rule, UMass Dartmouth announced that the Three Rs Foundation has pledged $1 million to support the university’s Center for Indic Studies to initiate an innovative educational pedagogy rooted in India’s Vedic traditions.
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Sandy Baruah new head of the US Small Business Administration
President George Bush has nominated Santanu “Sandy” Baruah, 43, to be the new head of the Small Business Administration, the US government agency that provides supports to small businesses (proposed 2009 budget: $659 million) in June this year.
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SANJAY JHA WINS PRESTIGIOUS US JOURNALISM AWARD
NowPublic (http://www.nowpublic.com/), the world’s largest participatory news network today announced that its South Asia Bureau Chief, Sanjay Jha..
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Sri Sri Ravishankar's yoga retreat held in New Jersey
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, spiritual guru and founder of the Art of Living movement believes in spreading the knowledge of living a healthier life through his message of compassion, commitment to society and a cosmic understanding of life.
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Ash Patel assumes additional charges at Yahoo!
Under fire from angry shareholders and rocked by a stream of high-profile executive departures, an embattled Yahoo announced another reorganization,
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NRI couple devoted to charity
Sweta and Yaz (Shreyas) Shah are founders of Hudson Drug of Cresskill, NJ and owners of numerous real estate properties. The couple are also devoted to charity work in the field of medicine
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