Indian Americans

Indian Owned Dallas Textiles Company Creates PPE Division During Pandemic

Jul 31, 2020 - 8:39 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

DALLAS (TIP): More than 35 million (and counting) pieces of personal protection equipment (PPE) have been shipped to hospitals, school districts and government agencies around the country through Nextt Shield, a new division of Dallas-based textiles company Nextt Affiliated, […]

Indian American Congressman Introduces Lifesaving Legislation to Curb COVID-19 Surge

Jul 31, 2020 - 8:11 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): As COVID-19 infections continue to surge across America and nearly 30 states impose public mask-wearing requirements, Indian American Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and over three dozen of their Democratic colleagues in […]

Community Stalwart Peter Bheddah Passes Away – TRIBUTE

Jul 26, 2020 - 10:59 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): Mr. Peter Bheddah, a community stalwart in the Tri-State area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, passed away on July 21. He was 80. A man of charitable disposition and generous […]

Randhir Jaiswal Assumes Charge as Consul General of India in New York

Jul 26, 2020 - 10:47 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

I.S. Saluja NEW DELHI (TIP): Ambassador Randhir Kumar Jaiswal , on July 19, assumed charge as Consul General of India in New York . He has succeeded Ambassador Sandeep Chakravorty who remained Consul General from […]

Indian American Professor Venkatesan Guruswami Named 2020 Simons Investigator

Jul 26, 2020 - 9:29 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Venkatesan Guruswami, a Carnegie Mellon University professor of Theoretical Computer Science, has been named a 2020 Simons Investigator by the New York-based Simons Foundation. Venkatesan Guruswami’s research has led to major advances in the […]

Indian Origin Uttam Dhillon Named Interpol Washington Director

Jul 26, 2020 - 9:26 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

WASHINGTON (TIP): Attorney General William P. Barr announced July 20 that Uttam Dhillon will become INTERPOL Washington Director after Wayne Salzgaber returns to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security following his over two-year detail serving […]

Indian American CBS reporter Nina Kapur dies in moped accident in New York

Jul 26, 2020 - 9:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

NEW YORK (TIP): Nina Kapur, a 26-year-old Indian origin reporter in New York, died after she fell from a moped that had been rented from Revel, a popular moped sharing service. The accident, which a […]

Indian American Sara Gideon Endorsed by Joe Biden for U.S. Senate

Jul 26, 2020 - 9:15 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden announced his endorsement of Sara Gideon in the Maine U.S. Senate race, citing her record of fighting for Mainers by working to […]

Indian American Sutapa Ghosh Stricklett Named USAID Asia Bureau Assistant Administrator

Jul 26, 2020 - 9:03 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Donald J. Trump has nominated Sutapa Ghosh Stricklett, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Bureau for Asia). Her nomination was sent to […]

Indian American Scientist Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, Pioneer in Molecular Imaging, Passes Away

Jul 26, 2020 - 9:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

NEW YORK (TIP): Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, professor and chair of radiology at the Stanford School of Medicine and an internationally recognized pioneer in molecular imaging, died July 18 of cancer. He was 57. The Virginia and D.K. […]

Sikh-American Store Owner Attack: Hate Crime Charge Added against the Attacker

Jul 26, 2020 - 8:54 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

DENVER (TIP): Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office has decided to add a hate crime charge against Eric Breemen for attacking Mr. Lakhwant Singh. Moving forward, Breemen will be charged with multiple counts–now including a bias-motivated […]

Indian-American Puneet Ahluwalia announces PAC for Lt Gov of Virginia race

Jul 26, 2020 - 8:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

WASHINGTON (TIP): An Indian-American Republican businessman will run for the powerful office of Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and has launched a political action committee for it. Puneet Ahluwalia, 55, in an e-mail to his supporters […]

Sikh community in US to work for development of Punjab

Jul 18, 2020 - 10:15 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

About 70 eminent Sikh leaders from across the country participated in the virtual meeting with India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu on July 13 WASHINGTON (TIP): The Sikh community in the US vowed […]

Indian-American Dr Sampat Shivangi Elected Republican Delegate for Florida Convention

Jul 18, 2020 - 10:11 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Prominent Indian American community leader Dr. Sampat Shivangi has been elected as a Republican delegate for the fifth consecutive term to the party’s August convention in Florida that would formally nominate US […]

Sikh American Naureen Singh to Serve in US Armed Forces

Jul 18, 2020 - 10:08 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DENVER, CO (TIP): Following in the footsteps of her father Colonel (Ret.) G.B. Singh, Sikh American Naureen Singh will be serving in the armed forces as an officer. Naureen Singh, 26, a community organizer from Colorado […]

Indian Origin Mamta Motwani Accapadi Appointed Vice Provost for University Life at Penn

Jul 18, 2020 - 10:05 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American Mamta Motwani Accapadi has been named vice provost for university life at the University of Pennsylvania, effective Aug. 17. The announcement was made last month by Provost Wendell Pritchett. “I […]

Five Indian Americans Receive US DoE Early Career Award

Jul 18, 2020 - 9:59 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

BOSTON (TIP): The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) recently announced the names of 76 scientists who have been selected for their 2020 Early Career Research Program. The list includes five Indian Americans. They are: Arun Devaraj, […]

Indian American World Renowned Microbiologist Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty Passes Away

Jul 18, 2020 - 9:42 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHICAGO (TIP): Indian American Microbiologist Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, who is most notable for his creation of a biology-based solution for cleaning up toxic spills using Burkholderia cepacia, or B. cepacian, passed away July 10 in […]

Indian Origin Senate Candidate Sara Gideon Wins Democratic Primary from Maine

Jul 18, 2020 - 9:39 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Indian origin Democrat Sara Gideon, the speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, on Tuesday July 14 formally became the Democratic nominee to challenge Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. “We did it! […]

Indian Origin Rik Mehta Wins GOP New Jersey Senate Primary

Jul 18, 2020 - 8:55 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

TRENTON, NJ (TIP): Former U.S. Food and Drug Administration official Dr Rik Mehta has won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from New Jersey and will take on incumbent Democrat Cory Booker in the general […]

Global Indian Trade and Cultural Council, USA in collaboration with Consulate General of India Launches a Series of Webinars

Jul 11, 2020 - 9:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

The first Webinar on Augmenting US-India Healthcare Relations under Covid Challenge organized on June 1 NEW YORK (TIP) :The first webinar on June 1 focused on augmenting US-India Healthcare Relations under Covid Challenge. The panelists […]

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The GITCC in association with Consulate General of India, New York organizes 2nd edition of the Webinar Series “Augmenting US India Trade Relations – 2020”

Jul 11, 2020 - 9:34 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

NEW YORK (TIP): The Global Indian Trade and Cultural Council in association with the Consulate General of India, New York organized the second webinar in the series “Augmenting US India Trade Relations – 2020” on […]