Northville’s Paula Gangopadhyay is passionate about museums. You would expect that from someone who serves as chief learning officer at The Henry Ford, which includes The Henry Ford museum and Greenfield Village. Her distinguished career also includes time as a curator at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids, and leadership positions at many other cultural institutions.
Gangopadhyay’s passion and expertise have been recognized at the national level. President Barack Obama has appointed her to the Museum and Library Services Board, an advisory body that advises the Institute of Museum and Library Service on general policy and practices, and on selections for the National Medals for Museum and Library Service. The board includes 20 members appointed by the President, as well as the director and deputy directors of Institute of Museum and Library Service.

Washington, June 12 (IANS) Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal liminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan has been nominated by President Barack Obama to what is "often called the nation's second-highest court", the US court of appeals for the American capital.

Srinivasan, 45, who in August last year was named principal deputy solicitor general of the US, succeeding another Indian American, Neal Kumar Katyal, creates history in becoming the first South Asian to be ever nominated to the circuit court. If confirmed, he will be just the third South Asian named to any federal judgeship.

Along with Srinivasan, the president also nominated Caitlin Halligan, to also serve on the same court.

AHMEDABAD: Imagine spending 13 long years unable to move a finger, dependent on your family for all your daily needs. That was the life of 1993 batch alumnus of Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad (IIMA) Suresh Karat. But, not anymore. Suresh is now enjoying a new sense of liberation.

Today, he can surf the internet and also interact with his teenage son. Thanks to an innovation from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT), Karat is now able to use a computer to type and express his feelings just by moving his head and blinking his eyes. IIM-A alumni rallied behind Suresh and funded the innovation.

Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Ratan Kumar Sinha on Monday took charge as Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary in the Department of Atomic Energy from incumbent Srikumar Banerjee.

Sinha, a topper in mechanical engineering from Patna University who headed the reactor design group at BARC for several years, will guide the Indian nuclear sector in its next phase in which large indigenous as well as foreign reactors would be installed to rapidly ramp up India’s nuclear power generation capacity. “My priority will be removing irrational fear about radiation from people’s mind as
nuclear energy will have a larger role in our growth,” Sinha told Deccan Herald over phone from Mumbai.

Washington: An Indian American professor, Dr. Mohammad Jahangeer Warsi, has been selected as a 2011-2012 recipient of the James E. McLeod Faculty Recognition Award by the students of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.Previously called the Faculty Awards, this year the ArtSci Council decided to rename the event in honour of one of their biggest supporters James E. McLeod.
Viewed as a very prestigious honour in academics, the award is given to those who have positively and profoundly influenced the educational experiences to the students at Washington University. Warsi, a gold medallist linguist from Aligarh Muslim University and a West Bengal Academy award holder, will receive the honour April 16 at a Recognition Ceremony hosted by the School Council, the undergraduate organization and executive governing body for the College of Arts & Sciences.

Effective April 2012, Mr. Raj Nair will be serving Ford Motor Company as the new Vice President, Global Product Development. Before his new appointment, Raj Nair worked as the Vice President- Engineering of the Global Product Development where he was responsible for all engineering related to Ford and Lincoln cars, trucks, SUVs and crossover vehicles. He also lead the development and implementation of the Ford brand globally.

Nair holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with an automotive specialty from Kettering University in Flint, Michigan. He was also named the recipient of the 2007 Kettering Alumni Achievement Award in Engineering.

VOTE FOR SAM SINGH - DEMOCRAT FOR STATE REPRESENTIVE

About Sam Singh
Sam Singh is a Community Leader
The year after he graduated from MSU, Sam Singh was elected at the age of 24 to the East Lansing City Council. He subsequently won re-election for two additional terms serving a total of 12 years in local government. In 2005, Sam was elected as the youngest Mayor in the city’s history. He worked tirelessly to build bridges between the university and city, promoted regional collaboration, supported aggressive economic development and expanded strong environmental policies.

NEW YORK: IIT-Delhi alumnus Soumitra Dutta has been named the new Dean of the Ivy league Cornell University's business school, joining a growing list of noted Indian-origin academicians assuming leaderships roles at prestigious global universities.

Dutta, 48, is the first Indian-origin dean at the 66-year old Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management.

He will become the 11th dean of the New York-based Cornell University's business school when he begins his renewable five-year term on July 1. He is currently a professor of business and technology and founder and faculty director of a new-media and technology innovation lab at INSEAD's French campus, where he has been for more than 20 years.

Shikha Raman, a fifth grader at Power Upper Elementary School, 34740 Rhonswood Street, Farmington Hills was declared the winner of the 'I Can Make History' 2011 Poetry Competition. Sponsored by Kroger, CBS Radio and 98.7 AMP radio , 'I Can Make History' is a contest organized in the month of Feburary commemorating the Black History Month in Michigan.

In the recently declared results Shikha Raman was congratulated by the contest organizers for honoring and recognizing the efforts of the Black leaders with beautiful poetic words.Her poem was selected amongst the hundreds of entries accepted by Kroger. As a prize, Shikha recieved a Dell Inspiron 15R-2nd Gen - Intel Core i5 laptop and a certificate recognizing excellence in poetry.

Ananda Prasad, M.D., Ph.D., distinguished professor of Internal Medicine in the Department of Oncology at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and a member of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at Wayne State University School of Medicine, recently received the 2010 Mahidol Award in the Field of Public Health for his groundbreaking research. Dr. Prasad is a world renowned zinc expert.

The award is presented annually by the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation of Thailand. It recognizes researchers and physicians for outstanding contributions in the field of public health "for the sake of the well-being of the peoples." The honor includes a medal, a certificate and $50,000.

Dr. Padmaja Nandigama is extremely effective in giving motivational talks.With a doctorate in Psychology and an immense passion to help others, she is well qualified to motivate subjects of different age groups on diverse issues. If you are looking for a motivational speaker for your event, Dr. Padmaja can offer you different motivational themes like:

*Building self esteem.
*Improving communication.
*Developing attitudes to shape life.
*Motivating yourself and others.
*Emotional balance in a chaotic world.

Chandrakant Singh grew up studying by the light of a kerosene lamp in a nondescript village, Chamanpura, in Bihar's Gopalganj district in the '80s. By 2004, engineer Chandrakant was posted to Germany on a two-year assignment by his then employer Bosch India. Stuttgart in Germany, where Singh was based, afforded him all creature comforts. Yet, old memories kept coming back to him Of Chamanpura.

With those memories came self-realisation, of the need to do something for the next generation of children in his native village. Only, Singh didn't know how. He groped for solutions on his return in 2006, from offering scholarships to some to funding the entire education of others to inspiring educated youngsters from the village to teach children. The solution presented itself soon after. "I needed to make quality education available to everyone," he says.

Vaidehi Dongre(15) of Troy was recently declared winner in the children’s category of the much acclaimed singing competition Swarangan 2011. Swarangan is a singing competition organized by the popular internet radio station www.eprasaran.com. The final round of the singing competition was held at Chicago, live at the Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal (BMM)’s Annual Convention, July 2011 that attracted thousands of patrons from all over United States. Vaidehi was also the lead dancer in during the opening and closing ceremony of the BMM Convention.

Vaidehi, a sophomore at the International Academy is a multi-talented young lady. She hails from a family of second generation Hindustani classical music singers. Her father has been her early year’s teacher. Currently, Vaidehi is learning music from Guru Shuchta Athlekar , from Mumbai.

VOTE TODAY!! Nov 8th Tuesday
Ramesh Verma, a Novi resident for over 32 years and an active community leader announces his candidacy for the Novi City Council. Ramesh Verma was born in Burma and was brought up in India. After his graduation in civil engineering, he joined Indian Army as a commissioned officer. He has worked with a diverse group of people and learned their languages, customs, and religions. He left India as a Captain in the Corps of Engineers when he came to USA in 1972.
I firmly believe in fiscal discipline, smaller government for better governance and freedom of expression. I pledge to work in the areas for enhancement to improve the quality of services to senior citizens, support public safety and further economic development. I humbly request your valued support and vote in my candidacy to the Novi City Council - Ramesh Verma
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