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Indian American Ashwin Vasan named New York health & Mental Hygiene commissioner

Dec 30, 2021 - 1:36 am EST @theindpanorama 2

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): New York’s Mayor-elect Eric Adams has named Indian American public health expert Dr. Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD as the new Commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). The […]

Indian American Ritwik Behera’s success story

Dec 30, 2021 - 1:29 am EST @theindpanorama 1

MARYLAND (TIP): Ritwik Behera fell in love with cricket in the spring of 2011, during the six-week-long World Cup held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Along with his older brother Rasesh, he stayed up […]

Indian-origin South African leaders recall Tutu’s role in liberation and reconstruction of South Africa

Dec 30, 2021 - 1:26 am EST @theindpanorama 1

JOHANNESBURG (TIP): Indian-origin South African leaders on Monday, December 27, recalled the role of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in the liberation and reconstruction of South Africa as they mourned the demise of the anti-apartheid icon, […]

Indian American diplomat Uzra Zeya is America’s Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues

Dec 24, 2021 - 5:14 am EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The US has designated Indian-origin diplomat Uzra Zeya as its Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues and she has been tasked with promoting “substantive dialogue” between China and the Dalai Lama or his […]

Indian Americans Ritwik Behera and Yasir Saeed Mohammad make International debut for the US T20I team

Indian Americans Ritwik Behera and Yasir Saeed Mohammad make international debut for the US T20 team

Dec 24, 2021 - 5:10 am EST @theindpanorama 2

LAUDERHILL, FL (TIP): Indian Americans Ritwik Behera and Yasir Saeed Mohammad made their international debut for the U.S. national T20 team, as the Americans thrashed the visiting Ireland by 26 runs in Lauderhill, FL, on […]

Houston’s Eternal Gandhi Museum gets $457,000 grant

Eternal Gandhi Museum, Houston gets $457,000 grant

Dec 24, 2021 - 5:08 am EST @theindpanorama 1

HOUSTON (TIP): The Eternal Gandhi Museum Houston, the first US museum dedicated to preserve and promote Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and ideals, has received a grant of $475,000 from the Fort Bend County under the American […]

California-based Indian-origin poet Major Bhupinder Singh Daler’s collection of ghazals released

Dec 24, 2021 - 5:06 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Parminder Aujla SACRAMENTO / AMRITSAR (TIP): A collection of ghazals by eminent California-based poet Major Bhupinder Singh Daler was released at Punjab Natshala, Amritsar. The literary event was hosted by the Alfaz Theatre Organisation. Vishal […]

Biden plans to name 4 Indian Americans to presidential body on AANHPI communities

Dec 24, 2021 - 5:03 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP: President Joe Biden plans to appoint 23 civic leaders, including four Indian Americans, from across the country as commissioners to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders […]

Indian-origin Leena Nair joins list of Indians abroad CEOs to head global giants

Dec 18, 2021 - 6:21 am EST @theindpanorama 4

PARIS (TIP): Leena Nair, who grew up in Kolhapur in Maharashtra, will next month-end take over as the Global Chief Executive Officer of French luxury fashion house Chanel, joining the ranks of Indian-origin corporate bosses […]

Indian American Tiara Abraham, 15, soprano prodigy, receives YoungArts award

Dec 18, 2021 - 6:19 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Parminder Aujla SACRAMENTO, CA (TIP): Tiara Abraham, an Indian American soprano prodigy from Sacramento, California, has received a 2022 YoungArts award in Classical Voice in recognition of her caliber of artistic achievement. A senior at […]

Indian American policy advisor Gautam Raghavan elevated by Biden Administration to key White House position

Indian American policy advisor Gautam Raghav elevatedto key White House position

Dec 18, 2021 - 6:17 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): US President Joe Biden has elevated Indian-American political advisor Gautam Raghavan as the head of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. White House Presidential Personnel Office (PPO), also written as Office […]

Indian American filmmaker Karam Gill making big in Hollywood

Dec 18, 2021 - 6:15 am EST @theindpanorama 1

LOS ANGELES (TIP): Changes are afoot in Hollywood as American sitcoms continue to emerge out of an era where brown faces were shown in blink-and-you-miss appearances as taxi drivers, nerds and doctors.Now encouragingly, a host […]

Biden nominates Indian American Errol Rajesh Arthur to be DC Superior Court judge

Dec 18, 2021 - 6:12 am EST @theindpanorama 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): President Joe Biden has nominated Indian American magistrate judge Errol Rajesh Arthur to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years. […]

Indian American US Air Force physician among 10 chosen by NASA for as astronauts future missions

Dec 10, 2021 - 7:57 am EST @theindpanorama 1

HOUSTON (TIP): Indian American physician Anil Menon, a lieutenant colonel at the US Air Force, has been selected by NASA along with nine others to be astronauts for future missions, the American space agency has […]

American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin from Tennessee raises $75,000 to fight human trafficking in India

AAPI Tennessee Chapter raises $75,000 to fight human trafficking in India

Dec 10, 2021 - 7:55 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NASHVILLE (TIP): The Tennessee chapter of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) has raised $75,000 to help strengthen Nashville nonprofit Free for Life International’s (FFLI) efforts to end human trafficking in India. […]

Eminent Indian American mathematician Nikhil Srivastava among 3 selected for inaugural Ciprian Foias Prize

Dec 10, 2021 - 7:54 am EST @theindpanorama 1

SEATTLE (TIP): Eminent Indian American mathematician Nikhil Srivastava has been jointly selected for the inaugural USD 5,000 Ciprian Foias Prize for the “highly original work” in Operator Theory by the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Along […]

Indian-origin man sentenced to 8 years corrective training, caning in Singapore

Nov 26, 2021 - 6:41 am EST @theindpanorama 0

SINGAPORE (TIP): A 26-year-old Indian-origin man was on Monday sentenced by a Singapore court to eight years of corrective training and 24 strokes of the cane for supplying weapons, including a baton and a samurai […]

Indian -origin Dr. Suresh Reddy becomes president of Indian American Medical Association, Illinois

Nov 26, 2021 - 6:37 am EST @theindpanorama 1

CHICAGO (TIP): Dr. Suresh Reddy, an Indian American neuro interventional radiologist and a past president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), has assumed charge as the president of Indian American Medical […]

Indian Americans among the 20 South Asians who won 2021 elections from schools to state senate

Nov 26, 2021 - 6:35 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): As many as 20 South Asians, all but a couple of them Indian Americans, won in the November polls pulling off several historic victories from school boards to state legislatures. “We are […]

Indian American Ishan Shah becomes president of New Jersey Leadership Program

Nov 26, 2021 - 6:33 am EST @theindpanorama 1

EDISON, NJ (TIP): Ishan Shah, government affairs manager at Quest Diagnostics, has become president of the New Jersey Leadership Program (NJ Lead) that seeks to encourage South Asian youth in the state to get involved […]

Indian Origin man gets 10 years for sex with minor

Indian-origin man gets over 10 months in jail for sex with minor in Singapore

Nov 26, 2021 - 6:31 am EST @theindpanorama 1

SINGAPORE (TIP): An Indian-origin man in Singapore has been sentenced to 10 months and four weeks in prison for performing a sex act on a minor. P Asokan Pappu Pachan, 57, pleaded guilty to a […]

Indian American Sam Joshi set to become Edison, New Jersey mayor

Nov 21, 2021 - 6:02 am EST @theindpanorama 1

EDISON, NJ (TIP): Indian American Samip “Sam” Joshi, 32, is set to become Edison, New Jersey’s first South Asian and youngest mayor on Jan 1. Son of Indian immigrants, Joshi would replace Democratic Mayor Thomas […]

Indian American entrepreneur hires woman at $8 an hour to slap him every time he uses Facebook

Nov 21, 2021 - 6:00 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian American entrepreneur in a weird attempt had hired a woman to slap him every time he opened his Facebook account. Maneesh Sethi, founder of wearable devices brand Pavlok, had reportedly […]

Indian American Geeta Rao Gupta to be announced as envoy for global women’s issues by Biden Administration

Nov 21, 2021 - 5:58 am EST @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Indian American Geeta Rao Gupta as Ambassador at Large for Global Women’s Issues at the US Department of State. India born Gupta is […]

British-Indian celebrity chef Gurpareet Bains known for creating healthy meals dies at 43

Nov 21, 2021 - 5:56 am EST @theindpanorama 1

Nirpal S Shergill LONDON (TIP): Gurpareet Bains, a celebrity British Indian chef, who described himself as a “food disrupter”, and known for creating healthy meals packed with superfoods, has passed away at the age of […]