Month: April 2020

Indian-American Artist Zarina Hashmi

Zarina Hashmi artist – drawing, print making and sculpture. Based in New York city.

  • Served as Board Member of ‘New York Feminist Art Institute’
  • One of the 4 artists/ artist-group to represent India in its First entry at the ‘Venice Biennale’ in 2011
  • Artist-in-residence at the ‘Asian/Pacific/American Institute at New York University ( NYU)
  • Solo exhibition : ‘Zarina: Dark Roads (06 Oct 2017 – 02 Feb 2018)
  • Published Book : ‘Direction to my House’ – a memoir by visual artist Zarina Hashmi and Sarah Burney


Born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Passed away in London on April 25th, 2020

Indian Actor Randeep Hooda in Hollywood Movie ‘EXTRACTION’ – April 2020

Randeep Hooda (aka Randeep Singh Hooda) features in a main role in Netflix’s film ‘Extraction’ .

Directed by Sam Hargrave with Chris Hemsworth in the lead role.

Randeep – Bollywood actor, Theatre Actor , Model and Equestrian. Born in Rohtak, Haryana. Only Bollywood actor to actively participate in Equestrian Sports .

Some of awards by Randeep Hooda in Hindi films :

  • Lions Gold Award -‘Once Upon A Time in Mumbai ‘ -2010
  • Stardust Award – ‘Highway’ – 2014
  • Stardust Award – ‘Main Aur Charles’ – 2015

Education:

  • Bachelors Degree – Marketing, Australia
  • Masters Degree – Human Resource Management, Melbourne, Australia

Indian-American Diplomat Manisha Singh Appointed by President Trump as U.S. Envoy to OECD – April 2020

Manisha Singh, Senior Diplomat is nominated by President Donald Trump as America’s next envoy to ‘Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’ (OECD), headquartered in Paris, France.

She is currently Assistant Secretary of State for Economic & Business Affairs, the State Department.

Manisha Singh is an American Attorney and US Government official.

Academic Background :

  • LL M – International Legal Studies, American University Washington, College of Law
  • JD – University of Florida, College of Law
  • BA – University of Miami

Indian-American Siddarth Satish wins ‘Apple Design Award’ – launches ‘Apollo Covid-19 app’ for testing. April 2020

The ‘Apollo Covid-19’ app was developed by Gauss Surgicals. The iPhone based testing solution reduces both the exposure to risk at testing centres and simultaneously makes the process faster.

Gauss Surgicals teamed up with Elive.Care.

Gauss is among the Group of Stanford alumni, scientists and physicians participating in the ‘StartX Med Covid-19 Task Force’.

Siddarth Satish, is the Founder and CEO of the California based Gauss Surgicals

Academic Background :

  • BS in Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
  • MS in Bio Engineering, University of California, San Francisco
  • SIM Design Fellow, Stanford University

Indian-American Actress Poorna Jagannathan in Hollywood

Poorna Jagannathan is a Producer and Actress.

Daughter of an Indian Diplomat. Now lives in the US.

Some of her endless list of projects are:

TV SHOWS :

Big Little Lies / Better Call Saul / The Blacklist (Blacklister #44) / Law & Order / House of Cards / Never Have I Ever (2020) / etc. etc..

MOVIES / FILMS :

Delhi Belly / Share / An Actor Prepares // etc. etc

AWARDS :

  • L’Oreal Femina Women Awards – 2013
  • Scotsman Fringe First Awards – 2013
  • Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award – 2013
  • 14th Annual Kamala Pasand Max Starudust Award
  • etc.. etc.

Every 7th doctor in the US is Indian. They’re working as soldiers, fighting Corona Virus : AAPI President

American Physicians of Indian-Origin (AAPI) President Dr Suresh Reddy, applauding the hundreds of thousands of Indian-origin medical personnel bravely fighting against the virus, said that “every 7th doctor in the US is an Indian and they are at the frontlines, working as soldiers and fighting the virus”.

“The entire medical fraternity has become the Army right now, fighting the coronavirus,” Reddy told PTI in an interview.

Founded in 1982, the AAPI represents more than 100,000 practising physicians in the USA.

British Officer with ties to Calcutta raises GBP 15m for NHS

Captain Tom Moore former British army officer raised funds to celebrate his 100th birthday in aid for the NHS. The ‘Just Giving’ campaign resulted in GBP 15m.

He now lives in Marston Moretain, Bedfordshire.

Tom Moore was conscripted into the British army in June 1940 when he was 20

Captain Tom Moore served during World War II. He was posted in Bombay first in 1940 and then posted to Calcutta in the 1940’s during the World War II.

Six Indian-American Corporate Leaders named in President Trump’s team for ‘Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups’ – April 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump has named over 200 top bi-partisan ‘brightest’ and ‘smartest ‘ American leaders from various Industries and Sections to advise him on how to revive the American economy post Covid-19.

Amongst these are :

  • Sundar Pichai – CEO – Alphabet – Google
  • Satya Nadella – CEO – Microsoft
  • Arvind Krishna – CEO – IBM
  • Sanjay Mehrotra – CEO – Micron Technology
  • Ann Mukherjee – CEO – Pernod Ricard USA
  • Ajay Banga – CEO – Mastercard

Indian-American Sudarsanam Babu appointed to U.S National Science Board – April 2020

Dr. Sudarsanam Babu was appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump to the country’s top National Science Board for a period of six years.

Dr. S. Babu holds a Ph.D in Materials Science & Metallurgy from Cambridge University. He did his Masters from IIT-Madras, M.Tech (Industrial Metallurgy and Welding) in 1988. The Bachelors Degree in Engineering (Metallurgy) from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore (1988).

Currently, he is –

– Director of Bredesen Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education

– ORNL Governor’s Chair of Advanced Manufacturing

Dr. Sudarsanam Babu would be the 3rd Indian American IIT-Madras graduate to join this prestigious Board. The other two being Sethuraman Panchanathan (Arizona University) and Suresh V. Garimella (University of Vermont).