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Five Indian-Americans Named 2011 ACM Fellows

Ramesh Govindan, USC

NEW YORK, NY -- Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) has recognized five Indian-Americans among forty-six of its members for their contributions to computing that have provided fundamental knowledge to the computing field and generated multiple technology advances in industry, commerce, healthcare, entertainment, and education.

01/04/12
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Many Indians In The Forbes ‘30 Under 30′ List 2012

Param Jaggi

US-based Forbes magazine, famed for its compilation lists, revealed its top 30 people under 30 in a series of different fields.

01/03/12
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Indian-American Shefali Duggal ‘most powerful’ woman in California

Shefali Duggal HOUSTON: Shefali Razdan Duggal, a top Indian-American fundraiser at President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, has made it to a prestigious list of the "most powerful and influential women" of California.

12/24/11
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Intelius CEO Naveen Jain Honored by Red Herring with Lifetime Achievement Award

Naveen Jain BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Intelius, a leading information technology company, was honored as a Top 100 Global company at this year’s prestigious Red Herring Global 2011 Conference.

12/22/11
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Indian-American Amit Goyal of ORNL wins E.O. Lawrence Award from US Dept of Energy

Dr. Amit Goyal, a high temperature superconductivity (HTS) researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a winner of the Department of Energy's Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award honoring U.S. scientists and engineers for exceptional contributions in research and development supporting DOE and its mission.

12/22/11
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Indian-origin journalist Davan Maharaj named editor of LA Times

Davan Maharaj, the Indian-origin managing editor at LA Times has been named as the new editor and executive vice president of the Los Angeles Times. He will take the place of Russ Stanton, under whose leadership the paper to three Pulitzer Prizes

12/14/11
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US Military’s first Hindu chaplain Pratima Dharm brings a diverse background

WASHINGTON — As a child in New Delhi and other cities of India’s northern Plains, Pratima Dharm moved easily through a kaleidoscopic swirl of religions and cultures.

12/13/11
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Dinyar Devitre Joins the National Board of Directors of Pratham USA

Dinyar Devitre Dinyar S. Devitre, a former senior vice president and CFO of Altria Group, Inc, one of the world's largest tobacco companies, has joined the national board of directors of Pratham USA.

12/10/11
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Cancer Patients Win Bone Marrow Legal Fight Against U.S. Attorney General

Arya Majumder

Arlington, Va.—The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a unanimous opinion granting victory to cancer patients and their supporters in a landmark constitutional challenge brought against the U.S. Attorney General by Institute of Justice and five other plaintiffs including Indian-American Kumud Majumder on December 1.

12/10/11
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Indian-American High School Student Places 3rd at Siemens Science Team Competition Final

WASHINGTON, DC – Vickram Gidwani, a junior at Horace Mann High School in the Bronx, N.Y., along with Blake Smith, a senior at Oceanside High School in Oceanside, N.Y., won the third prize for their biochemistry project in the team competition at the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. They will split a $30,000 scholarship.