ROBERT FILIPP – I AM MARRIED TO INDIAN CULTURE
Robert Filipp is Founder and President of Geneva-based Innovative Finance Foundation (IFF), a Swiss not-for-profit dedicated to financial innovation for social impact. He is also an entrepreneur and a former United Nations official. His ties with India are deep rooted – his spouse is Indian, also workingout of Geneva. The architect of the ‘Debt2Health’ programme, […]
RAJ MANEK – WHO KNOWS HOW TO EXHIBIT
Raj Manek is a Board Member and the Executive Director of Messe Frankfurt Asia Holding Ltd, a subsidiary of Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH, one of the world’s largest event organisers. Raj has over 20 years of experience in the domain of his expertise and has covered Western and Eastern Europe including Russia and CIS, as […]
MICHAEL ASHWIN SATYANDRE ADHIN – USHERING IN A NEW DAWN FOR INDIA IN SURINAME
During the course of the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2017, our NRI Achievers’ team managed to snag some quality time with His Excellency Shri Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin, the 36-year old Vice President of the South American Republic of Suriname, serving since 2015. One of the youngest to hold a vice presidential post of any country, […]
LACK OF REPRESENTATION AT PBD – CAUSE FOR CONCERN?
Even as yet another ‘flagship’ congregation event for the people of Indian-origin, the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017 (PBD), was held in bangalore this year, a thought about the way PBD has evolved continues to nag at the back of my mind, prompting me to ask if we have strayed from its original intentions. The […]
THE 14th PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIWAS – HUM PASSPORT KA COLOUR NAHI, KHOON KA RISHTA DEKHTE HAI: PM
“Hum passport ka colour nahi, khoon ka rishta dekhte hai” … were Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s line with which he began his address to the distinguished guests, delegates, exhibitors and all other participants at the 14th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2017, held in the ‘socalled’ Silicon Valley’ of India, Karnataka State’s beautiful […]
Indian-origin journalist becomes Chancellor of UK University
A journalist of Indian-origin, Ranvir Singh, 39, has taken over as Chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in northwest England. She becomes the third Chancellor of the university in Preston, the city she grew up in and completed a post-graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from, in the year 2000. “I am immensely proud […]
Trump picks NRI to head communications commission
The US President Donald Trump has picked Ajit Vardaraj Pai, 44, an outspoken opponent of new net neutrality, to head the powerful US communications regulatory agency, making him the fourth Indian-American in the administration at the senior level. Mr. Pai will be the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the federal authority regulating cell […]
Know the Indian-origin Nikki Haley – Donald Trump’s select to the United Nations
South Carolina, Indian-origin, Republican Governor Nikki Haley, 44, has been selected to serve as the US President Elect Donald Trump’s US Ambassador to the United Nations. Haley’s appointment marks several firsts. She served as the 116th Governor of South Carolina from January 2011 to January 2017. Prior to her tenure as governor, Haley was a […]
Indian-origin British professor received Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II
An Indian-origin British professor of chemistry and DNA expert at Cambridge University Shankar Balasubramanian, 50, has recently received Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. The Chennai born British professor was recognised for his work as a co-inventor of Next Generation DNA sequencing (also known as Solexa sequencing), described as the most transformational advance in biology and […]
Indian-origin UAE based teen environmental activist wins 2016 prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize
A 16-year old UAE based Indian environmental activist Kehkashan Basu has won 2016 prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize. The teenage girl was bestowed with this prestigious award for her fight for climate justice and combating environmental degradation. She was presented with the award by Bangladesh’s Nobel peace laureate Mohammad Yunus at a glittering ceremony held […]
NRI donates $25000 to war widows at the PBD
Setting an exemplar for benevolent initiatives by the overseas Indians in India, the founder chairman of the US-India Chamber of Commerce, Dallas, Mr. Ashok Mago, has donated a cheque of $25,000 to the Indian Development Foundation (IDF) to be used for the welfare of widows of the Indian Army. He wants these women to learn […]
Know the 4 NRI Young Scientists selected for the US PECASE award
The Outgoing US President Barack Obama has chosen four Indian-American scientists among 102 researchers for the US Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). These young Indian-American scientists are selected for the highest honour specified to science and engineering professionals in the incumbent stages of their research careers for keeping the US on […]
US NRI professor bestowed with top Medical Award
Dr. Samba Reddy, Professor (Medicine) at Texas A&M University has received a prestigious international award ‘A Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society’ (FAES) – a lifetime professional honour in recognition of his accomplishments and dedication to excellence in epilepsy around the world. In appreciation of the US Dr. Michael D. Privitera, MD, President, American Epilepsy […]
NRI surgeon accorded with the UK professorship award
Professor Anan Shetty, an NRI orthopedic knee surgeon has been awarded the Hunterian Professorship and the Medal for 2017, by UK’s Royal College of Surgeons for his research on stem cells in articular cartilage repair. Apart from his surgical innovations, he is the first surgeon to use robotics in arthroscopic knee surgery in the world […]
After Push from PM Modi, Home Loan falls to the lowest level in six years
Home loan rates have fallen to their lowest level in six years with several banks including the State Bank of India (SBI), the United Bank of India, Canara Bank, Indian Bank, IDBI, Indian Overseas Bank, Bank of India, the Syndicate Bank and also the Private sector banks such as ICICI Bank, Bandhan Bank Ltd, Dena […]
2017 PBD talks about Social Media as a modern tool to connect Diaspora
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), under the tutelage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been piloting digital tools as a seamless mode for reaching the Indians based abroad. According to the External Affairs Minister (EMA), Mrs. Sushma Swaraj, the social media is now a part of Indian identity for Indians abroad and has turned […]
CURRENCY DEMONETISATION – SHORT TERM LOSS, LONG TERM GAI
The landmark move by the Modi government to demonetise high value currency notes to stamp out black money will have a far-reaching impact on the capital-intensive Indian real estate sector, where almost one-third of all transactions still involve unaccounted (aka ‘black’) money. Though initially this bold move of the government is most likely to hit […]
JAYALALITHA – AN ICON IS NO MORE
It was only after her death that the rest of India has come to realize the true dimensions of Jayalalithaa’s greatness. A majority of the 88 million people of Tamil Nadu saw it, felt it and were under its spell for four decades. The tragedy is that, during her lifetime, the majority of her own […]