| VISAKHA
DESAI WINS 'WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT' AWARD |
Vishakha N. Desai, president of the Asia Society,
has been conferred the Woman of Achievement'
award here Monday at a ceremony here. She
was given the award by Women in Development,
a non-profit professional association promoting
the cause of women in New York. Desai was
selected for her social contribution through
transformational work. 
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| INDIAN
MATHEMATICIAN WINS ABEL PRIZE |
 India-born
Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan, winner of this year's
Abel Prize in Mathematics, has acknowledged
that his Indian educational background helped
him win the award. The Abel Prize is awarded
by the Norwegian Academy of Science and is
regarded equivalent to a Nobel Prize in the
discipline. The award is worth 6 million kroner
($920,000).
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| INDIAN
AMERICAN IS 'SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE
YEAR' |
Indian American businessman Jay Reddy has
received the State Small Business Person of
the Year award in this year's Small Business
Administration's (SBA) nationwide search.
Reddy, CEO of ProLogic, Inc., received the
award on April 24. Reddy, born in south India,
a master's degree from West Virginia University.
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| INDIAN
AMERICAN TO HEAD KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER |
 Indian
American Monika Kalra Varma has been appointed
as the new director of the Washington-based
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human
Rights. The RFK Center engages in long-term
partnerships with human rights activists to
initiate and enhance sustainable social justice
movements.
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| NRI'S
HOMEWORK CLICKS ON ONLINE TUTORIALS |
 Tuitions
have just gone online courtesy an NRI mother's
initiative to help schoolchildren in the US
and Canada who can, at the click of a mouse,
now learn maths or English and finish their
homework. Tutornext.com, the brainchild of
Anu Bhave, an MIT (Massachusetts Institute
of Technology) graduate settled in the US,
is a one-stop solution to all study woes faced
by parents of schoolchildren.
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| INDRA
NOOYI BAGS PRESTIGIOUS US AWARD |
 Chief
Executive Officer of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi has
bagged the 'American By Choice' award for
her outstanding achievements as a naturalised
American citizen. At a function in Washington
Monday, the Director of US Citizenship and
Immigration Services Emilo Gonzales will present
her the award, online edition of News Blaze
reported.
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| BUSINESS
SCHOOL FACULTY TO IMPART ENTREPRENEURSHIP |
 Indian
American Romesh Wadhawani has launched an
initiative to train Business school faculty
in Bangalore in imparting entrepreneurial
skills - a project India Inc has given its
enthusiastic thumbs up. A recent Mckinsey-Nasscom
study estimates that India needs at least
8,000 new businesses to achieve its target
of building a $87 billion IT sector by 2008.
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| COUNTRY
& WESTERN SONG LAST STRAW FOR SANJAYA |
 Indian
American teen Sanjaya Malakar feels he has
been voted out of "American Idol"
as he is not a country singer and didn't have
strong performances to "let people forgive"
him for his failing, but says the competition
has taught him to see the positive side of
everything.
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| INDIAN
AMERICANS BACK HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT |
 A
group of wealthy and well-connected Indian
Americans has formed a support group for Presidential
nominee, Senator Hillary Clinton. The 'Indian
Americans for Hillary 2008 (IAFH)' first milestone
event is a fund raiser to be held on June
24th at The Sheraton Hotel, New York City
where over 1000 guests are expected, including
guest of honour, Lakshmi Mittal.
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| SOUTH
ASIAN WOMAN WINS LAW SCHOLARSHIP |
 DETROIT,
MI: Gurinder J. Singh, a 2007 J.D. candidate
at Wayne State University Law School, was
recently selected by the Association of Corporate
Counsel-Michigan Chapter for its 2007 Scholarship
Award for Wayne State University. The award
is given annually to the law student whose
outstanding academic record will best prepare
them to advise corporations.
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