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  • Eminent oncologist Dr Jatin Shah honored by The South Asian Times as its Person of the Year 2025

    Eminent oncologist Dr Jatin Shah honored by The South Asian Times as its Person of the Year 2025

    • By Parveen Chopra

    WOODBURY, NY (TIP): Dr Jatin Shah, the leading head and neck surgeon in the world, was felicitated as The South Asian Times – Person of the Year 2025 at a gala function at Crest Hollow Country Club here on January 9, 2026. The gala was attended by who’s who of the Indian American community and many distinguished professionals.

    Dr Jatin Shah making his acceptance speech

    Kamlesh Mehta, Chairman and Publisher of The South Asian Times, along with three Padma Awardees — Padma Bhushan Sant Singh Chatwal, Padma Shri Dr Sudhir Parikh, Chairman of Parikh Worldwide Media, and Padma Shri Dr Dattatreyudu Nori, an eminent oncologist,  presented the POY crystal plaque to Dr Shah.

    Dr Parikh, a family friend of Dr Shah, wished him more achievements and honors, good health and a long life.

    Dr Shah, who is 85 and completed 50 years of service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York last year, including over two decades as Chief of Head and Neck Service, said in his acceptance speech, “I am honored and feel privileged to be chosen by The South Asian Times as the Person of the Year for 2025. Being recognized by your own – family, community or society – is a unique honor that is hard to come by, and even harder to achieve than any award or recognition from a professional or academic organization. For that, I am grateful to The South Asian Times. I will cherish this high honor for the rest of my life.”

    Dr Shah, who is world renowned for transforming the medical discipline in his specialty with research, innovations and fostering collaborations worldwide, was introduced by Dr Ashok Shaha, Attending Surgeon on the Head and Neck Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering for the past 35 years.

    Unveiling The South Asian Times Person of the Year Special Edition featuring Dr Jatin Shah: Kamlesh Mehta, Nimmi Mehta, Dr Jatin Shah, Dr Ivana Shah, Deputy Consul General Vishal Harsh, Jori Kohli and Parveen Chopra.

    Dr Jatin Shah was also felicitated by eminent doctor friends of his – Doctors J. Ganesh Bhat, Nitin and Leena Doshi, Shashi Shah, Narinder Kukar, and Bhupi Patel.

    A video message from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman congratulating Dr Shah and The South Asian Times was played at the event.

    The honorees of The South Asian Times – Person of the Year from previous years – Chintu Patel (2017), Naveen Shah (2018), Ranju & Ravi Batra (2019), Ravishankar Bhooplapur (2020),  Mohan Wanchoo (2021) and Mukund Padmanabhan (2024) – spoke and congratulated Dr Jatin Shah.

    Honoring Dr Jatin Shah with a shawl: (from left) Kamlesh Mehta, Dr J. Ganesh Bhatt, Dr Leena Doshi, Dr Jatin Shah, Dr Shashi Shah, Dr Narinder Kukar, Dr Bhupi Patel and Dr Nitin Doshi.

    The South Asian Times has been honoring a Person of the Year since 2010 with a special pull-out section coinciding with the New Year edition.

    Mrs Nimmi Mehta, Kamlesh Mehta’s wife, gave the welcome speech and felicitated Dr Ivana Shah, Jatin Shah’s orthodontist wife, with a shawl and bouquet.

    The special edition of The South Asian Times recognizing and featuring Dr Jatin Shah as Person of the Year 2025 was unveiled on the occasion. Joining Kamlesh Mehta and Dr Shah for the unveiling were Vishal Harsh, Deputy Consul General at the Indian Consulate in New York, Dr Ivana Shah, Nimmi Mehta, Parveen Chopra, Founding Editor of The South Asian Times and Founder of A Lotus In The Mud, and Jori Kohli, an entrepreneur.

    The Dr Jatin Shah POY Special carries an intensive and extensive interview with him, as well as over 50 congratulatory messages from his colleagues at Memorial Sloan Kettering, eminent head and neck surgeons, his peers and former trainees as well as friends and family. They include Hollywood superstar Michael Douglas and Bollywood actor-director Rakesh Roshan.

    Distinguished personalities including previous Person of The Year honorees congratulated Dr Jatin Shah – (from left) Naveen Shah, Kamlesh Mehta, Ravi Batra, Nimmi Mehta, Sant Chatwal, Dr Ivana Shah, Dr Jatin Shah, Dr Sudhir Parikh, Dr Dattatreyudu Nori, Ravishankar Bhooplapur, Ranju Batra, DCG Vishal Harsh, Chintu Patel, Mukund Padmanabhan and Mohan Wanchoo.

    The program concluded with the cutting of the cake, where all the key people joined in to congratulate Drs Jatin and Ivana Shah.

    The program was EmCeed  by Jori Kohli, who kept it soulful and energetic. Sneh ‘Sunny’ Thakkar, Artistic Director of Music for the Indo-American Arts Council, curated and presented a Sitar recital by Radhika Samson, who was accompanied by Ramanan Venkatraman (on Hansaveena), Manav Khurana (Tabla) and Joseph Costello (Ghatam). Ganesh Vandana and Kathak performance was by Aiyana Begani, Arya Gosalia, Aranya Kathpal, Zara Lakhani and Nina Patel, students of Preya Patel of Vivarta Arts.

    A sumptuous, elaborate dinner was catered by Benares. The elegant gala event, attended by over 150 elite guests, was held at the exquisitely-decorated Grand Ballroom of Crest Hollow Country Club, one of the most beautiful venues on Long Island.

    (Parveen Chopra is the former founder editor of the South Asian Times and the founder editor of  ALotusInTheMud.com, the premier wellness and spirituality web magazine)

  • Top Indian American doctor appointed senior advisor to India unit of Sloan Kettering Center

    Top Indian American doctor appointed senior advisor to India unit of Sloan Kettering Center

    NEW YORK (TIP): Observing that the opening of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from New York in India – the first of its kind outside the United States — “is a big deal,” Dr Nori said getting treatment of and consultations on cancer from the world’s best cancer institute would not only save a large number of lives but will also help increase awareness in the fight against the deadly disease. A 2017 Padma Shri awardee for his contribution to the field of medicine, Dr Nori said he wants to bring the best practices of cancer treatment from the United States to India. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center opened its first ever overseas center in Chennai last August, and in March this year Dr Nori was appointed as its senior advisor.

    The Indian American doctor, who has just returned from India visiting several states including Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Assam, said in cancer, the first treatment has to be the best treatment.

    “First treatment has to be the best treatment. There is no room for patching up. You know, something went wrong, I want to do something else. It won’t help. This is my desire, which finally happened. Memorial (Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) opened in 2022. In India, we see about 1.3-1.4 million new cases every year. There are good cancer centers that have come up in the last 10 years both in the private and government sectors,” he said. But they’re not able to cater to all the cancer patients as the numbers are overwhelming, he was quick to add. “They are able to have patients, but you cannot keep on establishing cancer centers without controlling the number of cases. That’s the message I’ve been giving to the central government and state governments,” he told PTI.

    “You have to somehow bring the incidence of cancer under control. How do we control that – Through screening and early detection,” said Nori, who has been in the US for more than four and half decades. “I am trying to utilize that (experience in the US) to implement some programs in India because we have been successful in America.

    “By screening, we have reduced cervical cancer by almost 24 per cent here in the US. In breast cancer, by doing mammography at a certain age group, we have reduced the mortality of breast cancer. In lung cancer, by promoting the awareness about smoking in the US, we are seeing for the last three, four years, a downward trend even for lung cancers,” he said. During his career spanning over four decades, he has held the positions of Professor and Chairman of Oncology and Director of the Cancer Center at the world-renowned Cornell Medical Center in New York. Author of over 300 scientific articles and four books in oncology, Nori has pioneered numerous cancer treatment techniques that have contributed to significant improvement in the cure rates and in saving lives of a number of cancer patients all over the world. He is a recipient of the ‘Tribute to Life’ award presented by the American Cancer Society and the ‘Most Distinguished Physician Award’, presented by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2014 he was bestowed with one of the most prestigious civilian awards in the US ‘The Ellis Island Medical of Honor’ for his exemplary work.

  • Message From Padma Shri Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori MD

  • SAI Temple Baldwin Celebrates 20 years

    SAI Temple Baldwin Celebrates 20 years

    Inner view of the temple with devotees in prayers.
    Consul General Randhir Kumar Jaiswal speaks. Seen in the picture, from L to R: Kamlesh Mehta, Publisher of The south Asian Times, Dr. Abha Jaiswal, Consul General, Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori and Dr. Subhadra Nori.

    I.S. Saluja

    BALDWIN, NY (TIP): Sai Temple, Baldwin celebrated 20th anniversary July 4. Consul General of India at New York, Randhir Kumar Jaiswal was the chief guest. He was accompanied by his wife Dr. Abha Jaiswal. Dr. Gaddam Reddy, Chairman, Hindu Temple was the guest of honor. He was accompanied by Mrs. Reddy.

    On the occasion, special prayers were offered. An 8-page supplement on the institution was also released.

    In his brief address, Consul General spoke of the huge following of Sai Baba. He took out of his pocket a memento from Shirdi Sai Baba while telling the gathering that he himself has great faith in Sai Baba who recommended simple living and having patience and faith in Sai Baba.

    Mr. Jaiswal commended the services of Dr.Dattatreyudu Nori and his wife Dr. Subhadra Nori, and wished them all success with their projects to come.

    Dr. and Mrs. Nori honored the Consul General and his wife. The guest of honor Dr Reddy and Mrs. Reddy too were honored, as were some more for their association with and services to the temple.

    Earlier, Dr. Nori spoke at length about the setting up of the Sai temple at Baldwin 20 years ago. He said since then 2 more Sai temples have been added. One in New Jersey and another, recently, in Hicksville. A short video was also screened.

    About Nori Foundation

    Nori Foundation USA Inc. was started by Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori and his wife Dr. Subhadra Nori in the year 1998, as a modest gesture in memory of his parents, Late Sri. Satyanarayana Nori and Late Smt. Kanaka Durgamba Nori. The charitable trust serves the needy in the fields of medical relief, education, and community services. Nori Foundation has established Sai Mandir in Baldwin, New York in the year 2002. To fulfill the requests made by several Sai Baba devotees, SaiMandir USA  Hicksville NY was started in 2020

    Since their inception, both the centers have been serving the community and standing as a source of inspiration and tranquility and peace to all the Sai devotees. The places have evolved into a sacred Shirdi for the USA East Coast region and facilitate worship services similar to that in Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Mandir in Shirdi, India. The main objective is to promote the gist of his teachings and philosophy of Sai Baba, Shraddha (devotion) and Saburi (patience).

    Nori Foundation Inc, in addition to community service, also promotes harmony among all cultures, promotes human values and provides sanctum for everyone. Nori Foundation stands as a model on how to accomplish collectively and with integrity.