New York: NASA's private spacecraft, Odysseus, which is currently cruising towards the Moon is carrying a unique tribute to Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the fifth guru of the BAPS Swaminarayan organization. The IM-1 mission is flying an etching on its surface developed by Relative Dynamics that honors the life and service of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, a...
New York: Suhas Subramanyam, a 37-year-old Indian-American Senator from Virginia, has declared his candidacy for the US House of Representatives from the 10th Congressional District of Virginia. Subramanyam, who made history as the first Indian-American, South-Asian and Hindu to be elected to the Virginia General Assembly in 2019 and later to the Virginia State...
Washington, DC: Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has figured in the list of 50 most powerful Chicagoans in the windy city’s influential Chicago magazine. Ranked at 24th, Krishnamoorthi is the highest-ranked individual of South Asian descent. The list is topped by Illinois Governor J B Pritzker followed by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. Placing him at 24th...
Washington: Ashwin Ramaswami has become the first Indian-American from Gen Z to run for a state or federal legislature in the US, indicative of a new breed of young politicians emerging from the community. Ramaswami's parents immigrated to the US from Tamil Nadu in 1990. Generation Z (also known as Zoomers) encompasses those born between...
New York: Indian American professor Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of the School of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been named as MIT’s first chief innovation and strategy officer. He will continue to serve as dean of engineering, a role he has held since 2017. As chief innovation and...
Nasa's private spacecraft, Odysseus, which is currently cruising towards the Moon is carrying a unique tribute to Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the fifth guru of the BAPS Swaminarayan organization. The IM-1 mission is flying an etching on its surface developed by Relative Dynamics that honors the life and service of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, a Hindu spiritual...
Warren, NJ: At the invitation of Mr. Paul Danielczyk, President of New Jersey Conservative GOP, Dr. A. D. Amar, President of Indian Americans for Trump 2024 will speak at its scheduled meeting to be held on February 22, 2024, at 8:15 pm at Keller Williams Elite Realty, 481 Memorial Parkway, Metuchen, NJ 08840. His...
Suja Thomas, the current president of the National Association of Indian Nurses in America (NAINA), has been appointed to Board of Governors of Alliance for Ethical International Recruitment Practices of CGFNS International. CGFNS International is the world’s largest credentials evaluation organization for nursing and allied health professions. It evaluates the education and provides license...
NYC Health + Hospitals on February 20, 2024 announced that more than 1,100 patients participated in the medical respite program, which offers patients experiencing homelessness a place to stay for up to 90 days while accessing expanded medical services that are not available in shelter, as part of its Housing for Health initiative. Seventy-five...
