Very nice. Thanks for sharing this. Hope to see some of us Assamese doing something similar in the near future.
On May 17, 2012, at 11:04 PM, "bhuban.baruah" <[email protected]> wrote: > Times of India (May 18, 2012) > > NEW YORK: Eight Indian-Americans are among the recipients of this year's > Ellis Island Medal of Honour presented to more than 100 immigrants for their > community service. > > The eight, Peter Bheddah, Ravishankar Bhooplapur, Dr Sanjiv Chopra, Dr Leena > N Doshi, Dr Surendra V Jain, Hasu P Shah, Rajendra Singh and Dr John P Thomas > were presented the medal at a ceremony on the island in New York. > > Instituted in 1986 by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations to > recognize the contributions made by immigrants, the medals are named after > Ellis Island, the gateway through which more than 12 million early immigrants > passed. > > Beddah, who immigrated from Kutch, Gujarat, in 1960, has been helping the > less fortunate through the India Association of Long Island and the > Interfaith Nutrition Network since 1994. > > Bhooplapur is president of Xavier University School of Medicine and founder > and chairman of Gift of Life. He contributes to several humanitarian causes. > > Chopra, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a senior > consultant at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in Boston, is the author > of five books, including "The Ten Tenets of Leadership." > > Mumbai-born Doshi with a medical degree from Bombay University started a > radiology practice in 1985 after completing her residency in radiology at > Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. Her family runs a number of radiology > centres in New York and Florida. > > Jain is founding partner and chief medical officer of Buena Park, > California-based AppleCare Medical Management LLC, a medical management > services organization that manages AppleCare Medical Group and AppleCare > Hospitalists Group. > > Shah is founder of the Philadelphia-based Hersha Hospitality Trust, a > co-founder and current president of the India Heritage Research Foundation > and a founder of Hindu American Religious Institute. > > Singh is chairman and CEO of Telcom Ventures and plays a leading role in the > development and deployment of emerging wireless technologies. > > Kerala-born Thomas is the founder of Operation HOPE (Healing Outreach to > People Everywhere). A general surgeon in Lubbock, Texas, he has done > volunteer work in India, Bolivia, Kenya, Haiti, Honduras, and Iraq. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
