Pravasi Herald

In the spotlight - Dr. Sanjay Singh on Entrepreneurship

Pravasi Herald presents different facets of entrepreneurship through Dr. Sanjay Singh’s real life experiences as a successful entrepreneur as partner in Computer Technology Solutions (CTS), the largest privately held software firm in Alabama.

CTS headquarters in Birmingham, AL

Founded in 1993, CTS has a number of large clients in Alabama and Georgia, and has been profitable for many years.

Dr. Singh is also an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business. Sanjay Singh takes us along on his journey as an entrepreneur in a candid interview with Chief Editor Kusum Singh. He talks about how he got started, his connection with academia, the finances, and the customers. He also talks about the outsiders who have helped the business and the most effective marketing strategy. Then, most importantly, he has some pieces of advice for new entrepreneurs.

Posted by ks on 09/01/10 at 12:00 AM
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Dr. Navin Nanda awarded

August 14, 2010. Birmingham, AL.

Navin C. Nanda, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Director of the Heart Station / Echocardiography Laboratories at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, has received two awards recently.

Posted by ks on 08/14/10 at 11:43 AM
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Birmingham celebrates India Day at Pepper Place Market

August 7, 2010. Birmingham, AL.

For the first time, the Indian community in Birmingham celebrated India Day at Pepper Place Market giving local crowd a window into the Indian culture and cuisine.

Posted by ks on 08/08/10 at 11:31 PM
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AshaKiran holds Free Health Fair for South Asian Community in North Alabama

July 11, 2010. Huntsville, AL
By Dr. Ravi Lal

From a small community in Huntsville, Alabama, more than 100 individuals of South Asian origin received medical services at the fourth AshaKiran free health screening held at the picnic organized by the Gujarati Samaj at the Ditto Landing on July 11, 2010.

Posted by ks on 08/07/10 at 07:52 AM
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UAB Student Natasha Varma Chosen as Fogarty International Clinical Scholar in Global Health

June 23, 2010. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Three University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) graduate students have been selected for the prestigious Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars program.

Posted by ks on 07/11/10 at 06:09 AM
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In the spotlight - Sandhya Kumar - Fulbright Scholarship Winner

Sandhya Kumar, a 2010 UAB graduate with psychology major, has won Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, which will fund one year in Taiwan teaching in an elementary school while conducting an independent project. Kumar is one of approximately 28 students nationwide to receive the assistantship for 2010-2011. Kumar is the daughter of Pat and Jayasree Kumar of Huntsville.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright was established in 1946 by Congress to “enable the government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.”

Posted by ks on 07/01/10 at 03:17 PM
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Project Second Harvest

July 1, 2010
We Indians love social gatherings and we throw all kind of parties, all the time. We love a party but we hate cleaning chores.

Posted by ks on 07/01/10 at 01:45 AM
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In the spotlight - Shweta Patel, Goldwater Scholarship Winner

Shweta Patel is the winner of prestigious Goldwater scholarship this year. She is a senior with Biology major at UAB. This year 278 sophomores and juniors nationwide were selected from 1,111 students nominated by their colleges and universities.

Shweta is also part of the University Honors Program. Her career plan is to go into academic medicine: not only practice medicine at a leading medical university, but also teach and conduct research.

“Academic medicine allows me to fulfill my goal—provide a health service to patients in need and conduct translational research to make improvements in medicine, helping those same patients”, Says Shweta. Her dedication to research helped her win the Goldwater Scholarship. Patel is the daughter of Naran and Kusum Patel of Forestdale.

Posted by ks on 07/01/10 at 12:33 AM
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In the Spotlight - Effort Well Awarded

Two students from University of Alabama at Birmingham have won prestigious national scholarships. Shweta Patel and Sandhya Kumar were selected from among thousands of applicants to receive respectively a Goldwater Scholarship and a Fulbright Scholarship.