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NRI
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Madhu
Yaskhi
NYC
attorney (MP) & wife Dr.move India
to help poor.. |
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| NRIs
of the Year 2006 (Every
month) |
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| August:
Dr Jaswant Singh from
Michigan started Mobile Library Service in Punjab |
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| June
: Darshan
Dhaliwal of Bulk Petroleum operates
nearly 1,000 gas stations across the country
and honored NRI of the month for his service
to humanity and to our Nation |
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| May
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Karan Bilimoria entrepreneur
founder
and CEO of Cobra beer became the fastest growing
bear brand in the UK |
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| April:
NRI,
Dr. Prem Joshi, University
of Bahrain, selected as one of the most intelligent
men of the 21st century. |
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March:
NRI
Vikram Akula, SKS Founder
and CEO, named TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World |
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| February:
NRI
Dr. Sudhir Parikh,
ex- president of AAPI, received honors for his philanthropic
work from various American and Indian American Community
organizations |
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| January:
Dr.
Sanjay Gupta is senior medical correspondent for
the health and medical unit at CNN. Gupta, a practicing
neurosurgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery,
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| NRIs
of the Year 2005 (Every month) |
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| December:
NRI,
Madhu
Yaskhi,
New York attorney and his Dr.
Wife returned to India
to serve children and the poor people of India and
elected MP
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| November:
NRI,
New York taxi drivers organizer wins Ford Foundation
award:
She
represents another reality of the lives of people
of Indian origin in the U.S. — a reality that
is often |
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| October:
NRI
Florida,
Dr. Kiran Patel, with his wife, Pallavi, donate
$18.5-million biggest
donation in its history, a state match, totaling
$34.5-million-Center for Global Solutions on USF |
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| September:
NRI
billionaire Nanak Kohli,"I didn’t want
to just donate it to some organisation
or even the government," he recalls. "I
wanted the money to make a difference to society."
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| August:
NRI
Dr. Chandra who lost his wife and two children in
the 1985 Air India bombing -The
story begins on the other side of the world |
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| July:
NRI
Sant Singh Chatwal hotelier
founder-president
of the $750 million Manhattan-based Hampshire Hotels
and Resorts |
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| June:
NRI
industrialist Lord Swraj Paul is the sixth
richest Asian in Britain |
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| May:
Perween
Warsi, "Samosa
Queen"
who runs a multi-million pound
food empire |
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| April:
Dr.
Chirinjeev Kathuria, M.D., M.B.A-
$1 billion mark, "
"Don't let the beard and turban fool you,"
Kathuria said. "I am an American"
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| March:
Kanwal
Prakash "KP" Singh, Indianapolis,
Indiana USA- Architect, Artist, Author,
Writer, Poet, International Citizen, Hoosier Sikh |
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| February:
Lakshmi Mittal,
U.K, NRI, steel magnate
with a wealth of 14.8 billion pounds,
making him the Britain's richest man |
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| January:
Bobby
Jindal,
Republican candidate
who made history
on November 2 by becoming
the first Indian American to be elected to the US
Congress in nearly 50 years |
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Selection
procedure:
- Each month, NRI of the month is selected on the bases of their
services to our NRI community. Mostly they are philanthropists,
writers, artist, entrepreneurs and professionals
- Survey: We do survey randomly by calling more than 100
NRI readers, business partners, and associates
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