VIRGINIA (TIP): The Indian American Impact Fund dedicated to ensuring Indian American communities’ representation in the country’s political leadership and enfranchising the growing Indian American electorate, has endorsed Suhas Subramanyam’s campaign for Congress in Virginia’s 10th District.
“I am excited to have the support of the Indian American Impact Fund,” Subramanyam stated in a media release. “As the son of Indian immigrants whose parents instilled a lifelong value of service to others, I have been proud to represent a growing South Asian population and to be a champion for communities across Northern Virginia. I look forward to partnering with Impact to win this battleground House race.”
Subramanyam’s campaign also announced that it raised over $270,000 in the fourth fundraising quarter, after only six full weeks in the race. The campaign will report over $240,000 in cash on hand headed into the new year.
“I am honored by the immense grassroots support my campaign has received since our campaign launched in November,” said Subramanyam. “I am excited that my record of taking on the toughest fights to get real results for our community is resonating with Northern Virginian families, and I look forward to building on this momentum in the months ahead.”
Subramanyam, who announced his candidacy on November 16, has vowed to break through the gridlock and dysfunction in Washington to take on prescription drug costs, gun violence, and price-gouging.
In December, Subramanyam stood up to MAGA extremists, “defending reproductive rights despite Loudoun County Republican party’s calls to ban him from houses of worship in Northern Virginia over his pro-choice record.” Fourth quarter FEC fundraising reports will be publicly released by January 31, 2024.
Virginia’s 10th District is one of the most diverse battleground House districts in the country and is home to over 125,000 AAPI Virginians.
Subramanyam is the first Indian American, South Asian, and Hindu to be elected to the Virginia General Assembly. He was sworn in on the Bhagavad Gita. During his time in the General Assembly, Subramanyam has represented a large share of VA-10’s AAPI and South Asian communities.
He co-founded the Virginia AAPI Caucus, serves on the Virginia Minority Business Commission, and successfully led legislation to establish Hindu Heritage Month in Virginia for the first time.
The son of Indian immigrants, Subramanyam has also served as a Capitol Hill aide, advisor to the Obama White House, an elected official in Richmond, and as a volunteer EMT.
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Indian American Impact Fund endorses Suhas Subramanyam Congressional campaign
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Indian American Puneet Ahluwalia gets support from Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev for Virginia LG
VIRGINIA (TIP): Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev is batting for Delhi-born Indian American businessman Puneet Ahluwalia in the race for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.
Ahluwalia, 55, is seeking Republican nomination for the post at a hybrid party convention on May 8 “to bring diversity to America’s political landscape” amid a surge in violence against the Asian American community.
If elected, he would be the first Indian American to hold the second highest position in the state, which over the last decade has seen a rapid expansion of cricket-loving South Asian Americans, especially in the Washington metropolitan area.
“Wishing all the luck,” Kapil Dev said in a video posted on Facebook. “I hope, I can come and help you.”
“Thank you to my friend Kapil Dev, one of the greatest cricket players ever, for these kind words of support,” replied Ahluwalia, a resident of McLean, just outside Washington DC.
Kapil Dev’s endorsement is expected to give a boost to Ahluwalia’s campaign in Virginia which ranked seventh in terms of Indian American population in a US state in 2010.
More than half a million Asian Americans called Virginia home in 2019, according to University of Virginia estimates.
A Delhi Public School (DPS) alumnus, who immigrated to the US in 1990, Ahluwalia serves as a consultant to international businesses on client acquisition, marketing, and strategic affairs with The Livingston Group.
“I came to this country with almost nothing, built a business, married a wonderful woman who also immigrated (from Afghanistan), and raised a beautiful family,” said Ahluwalia in a recent media interview.
Like most people of color, he and his wife Nadia have occasionally faced bias and prejudice, said Ahluwalia. “But we’ve never lost sight of the blessings we’ve enjoyed by being citizens of this wonderful country,” he said.
Ahluwalia said he was in the race for Lt. Governor “because I want to help every American share in the opportunity and blessing of America — no matter the color of their skin, the language they speak, or the country where they were born.”
“I’m convinced our economic wellbeing and the future of our families depends on upholding the fairness and freedom that America stands for when it stands at its best,” he said.
A Republican party veteran of 20 years, Ahluwalia says ‘Virginia needs new ideas and a business environment that will attract investment, jobs, growth and wealth.”
“Virginia is in trouble right now, and we’re running out of time as Democrats offer the same old tired promises,” he wrote in a note to his supporters announcing his run last September.
“Virginia needs to support its hard-working and courageous police, protect 2nd Amendment rights, and stand up for law and order.”
“I am Pro-Life, Pro-Liberty, and Pro-Virginia First. We need to reopen our schools, reopen our economy, and get our lives back together.”
“I wasn’t born an American, my wife and I are Americans by choice,” wrote Ahluwalia. “I am not a politician; I am a proud American living the American dream.”
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Indian Americans Researchers Selected for Virginia’s 2018 Outstanding STEM Awards
Virginia’s Outstanding STEM Awards are for the contribution and deep commitment towards the betterment of human health globally.
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American researchers have been selected for Virginia’s Outstanding STEM Awards for their contribution and deep commitment towards the betterment of human health globally.
STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Arun J Sanyal and Parthik Naidu are among six people selected by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam for the 2018 Outstanding STEM Awards.
While Sanyal has developed training programes in liver disease diagnosis and treatment, Naidu,18, has developed a machine learning software to study 3D interactions of the cancer.
Celebrating the academic excellence and entrepreneurial spirit of these Virginians helps showcase how STEM innovations tie in to our everyday lives, said Governor Northam.
It also highlights the profound contribution that STEM makes to Virginia families and our economy. I thank these extraordinary awardees and everyone who works hard to make Virginia a leader in these important fields, Mr. Northam said.
Sanyal is a pioneer in identifying the mechanisms, clinical outcomes and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NASH) and metabolic syndrome, a disease of increasing prevalence and global consequences.
To address this, he has developed training programes in liver disease diagnosis and treatment, and works to incorporate them in primary care settings.
He was selected for the Virginia Outstanding Scientist award for his deep commitment to the betterment of human health globally via science, education and public policy.
Naidu was selected as a STEM Phenom for his sharing of knowledge with others to inspire those around him to become change makers in addition to his application of STEM principles, a statement said.
He developed a machine learning software to study 3D interactions of the cancer when he was 17 years old.
The computational tool called DNALoopR is faster, less expensive and more accurately analyses the biological patterns of cancer DNA than laboratory tools that currently exist.
DNALoopR gives unprecedented insight into the inner workings of cancer, thus helping doctors create personalized treatments for millions of patients.
Naidu is currently a freshman at Stanford University studying computer science.