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CONGRATS NEEL KASHKARI US Economy Bailout specialist

November 18, 2008

CONGRATS NEEL KASHKARI

Neel Kashkari appointed US Economy Bailout
specialist

Neel Kashkari Indian American sam raoNeel Kashkari  an Indian-American of
Kashmiri descent
is the Interim Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury for Financial Stability and Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury for International Economics and Development

    US Treasury Secretary
Henry Paulson picked from his former company  Goldman Sachs, 35
year old Kashkari, who started as a senior advisor.

President
George W. Bush nominated him as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for
International Affairs.

and
approved by the US Senate on June 27, 2008.

   Kashkari’s position is
“interim”, pending Senate confirmation.  and the short term job is
expected to lasr only till January 2009,
when
the Bush administration comes to an end, due to term limits.

     Prior
to joining the Treasury Department,Kashkari was a Vice President at
Goldman, Sachs & Co. in San Francisco, in
IT
Security Investment Banking practice, advising public and private
companies on mergers and acquisitions and financial transactions.

   
Earlier,Kashkari was a R&D Principal Investigator at TRW in Redondo
Beach, California where he developed technology for NASA space science
missions such as the James Webb Space Telescope.

    Raised in Stow, Ohio,
Kashkari graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Engineering. He also received
an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School.
    Kashkari and his wife Minal maintain residences in
Maryland and California. 
Kashkari
is a 1991 graduate of Western Reserve Academy, a private college prep
boarding and day school.

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PROFILE

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2 great industrial stalwarts die KK Birla and T BATA (shoes) Indian-American Sam Rao

September 6, 2008

TWO GREAT STALWARTS DIE
K K BIRLA   &     THOMAS BATA (Shoes)
K K Birla Industrialist Indian Sam Rao
BATA shoes Industrialist Indian Sam Rao
Close on the heels of each other two great Industrialists with India connectionshave died.
One India’s own illustrious KK Birla at age 90 died in Kolkota soon after his wife Manoramadevi who died last month. Birlaji from Pilani was an icon of India and industrialist in sugar, fertilizers, chemicals, heavy engineering, textiles, shipping, newspaper etc. His philantrophy and support of various causes and temples etc are legendary including educational institutions. He was a Rajya Sabha Member of Pariament for 18 years and KK Birla foundation has awards in various fields.


The Other is Thomas BATA jr, a Shoe Maker Industrialist of Eastern European descent- No he was not Indian!! But No one of Indian origin or from 27 countries that sells BATA shoes could hav missed his brand. The Czechkoslavakian native suffered under Nazis and later under Communists and immigrated to Canada. he went back to Czechkoslavakia. Sales for BATa shoes worldwide are reportedly 300 million per year

India Day at SF GIANTS Baseball game- Unique Historic event

September 6, 2008

CONGRATS!!!
INDIA DAY Celebrated at SF Giants Baseball Game
@ AT&T Park, Tuesday Aug 26, 2008

SF Giants India Day Sam rao Indian-American
Kanchan Dharmani- Chair BoD
Anil Yadav- Chair BoT,

SF Giants India Day Sam rao Indian-American
TAAl Dance group Walnut Creek),

SF Giants India Day Sam rao Indian-American
Kathak Group- (Shalini Saxena)
SF Giants India Day Sam rao Indian-American
Manipuri Aavartan Group(Vinita Kumar)

SF Giants India Day Sam rao Indian-American
Committee Members

FIA NC and NFIA NC and AT&T PARK At the SF GIANTS GAMW WITH INDIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
SF Giants India Day Sam rao Indian-American
FOLK DANCE NNJ dancers

SF Giants India Day Sam rao Indian-American
FLAG HOISTING on FIELD

SF Giants India Dayi Sam rao Indian-American
BHANGRA NNJ dancers

SF Giants India Dayi Sam rao Indian-American
Singer Alka Bhatnagar.

SF Giants India Day Sam rao Indian-American
Flaming Fusion (Ajanta Chakraborty)

San Francisco, California:
The Celebration of India’s Independence Day took place at an unique venue as the SF Giants baseball management chose August 26th tio honor the day at the AT&T Park in San Francisco.

The event co sponsored by the Federation of Indo-American Associations of Northern California (FIA-NC) and the National Federation of Indian Associations (NFIA) with a lot of community support, drew a large number of community supporters as the showcase was held both art the entrance of the stadium and also on the field before the start of the game.

At the entrance before the game, a large crowd gathered to the beats of rhythmic dhol playing by Master Raju, followed by some songs by Bay area singer Alka Bhatnagar. The FIANC  committee members including President Rajeev Awasthy, Chairwoman Kanchan Dharmani and others introduced the evening gala presentation at the entrance, where a stage and music setup blared the Indian folk and film music.

The outdoor session also featured several local dance troupes like Taal group from Walnut Creek performing Indian movie songs, Aavartan of San Jose performing a fast paced Manupuri folk dance with splendid costumes and Shalini Saxena’s award winning Kathak troupe.   Also performing were Flaming Fusion, a five person fusion dance troupe lead by Ajanta Chakraborty, who danced to a remix of Indian movie, Flamenco and hip hop music.  Well known bay area singer Alka Bhatnagar sang Aye Mere Watan Ke logon, Vande Mataram and couple other numbers to open the ceremonies.

On the field, as the large wide scoreboard screen flashed the dance performances by NNJ dance group, who performed two Indian folk dances with colorful costumes, several kids held aloft the Indian Tri Color flag, which swirled in the stiff breeze at the waterfront stadium.

“The India Independence Day Celebrations at the A T &T Park and SF Giants Baseball game is a great opportunity to proudly reflect the culture and heritage of India to the mainstream, especially as we are very much in USA and our children are definitely part of the mainstream,” said Anil Yadav, Chair Board of Trustees, FIA NC.

In keeping with the cause of promoting cross cultural community, the AT&T Ballpark, the SF Giants have been holding several Community days to reflect their commitment to involve the community-at-large. Along with the India Day celebration, a Irish Day, Jewish Day, Chinese day etc are also planned.

“ We came across this opportunity and thought it was a wonderful idea to showcase our community as part of the mainstream,” said Board member of NFIA Niraj Baxi and added that FIA NC was chosen in Northern California as a recognized partner of the national body. Baxi along with San Diego based Pramod Kamdar, a board member of NFIA who initiated the initiative with Major League baseball.  also said that along with a Southern California venue, others around the nation will also be showcased.  Baxi added that ,”The idea is to keep this as an annual event and involve the Indian community more and also showcase the community to mainstream America.”

“This is a great occasion for the community to be united and come together for our future generations We plan to be part of something which are children should be proud of,” said Anil Yadav, Chairman Board of Trustees and Rajeev Awasty, President of FIA NC.

The event which went off well with the SF Giants management keeping track of time, started when the crowds were sparse, though the showcase was recorded and replayed periodically on the giant scoreboard screen periodically in between innings. The cultural show was limited in time and could only showcase a few dances but surprisingly not a single salute to any Southern or Western Indian culture was noticeable even at the presentation at the entrance.

The game between the San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball teams also had a documentary style slide show highlighting India’s heritage  and definitely interested many in the crowd, along with the thousand or so special commemorative caps handed out with Giants written in Sanskrit Devanagari script.

Along with several volunteers and community support, FIA NC made special mention of Dipak Roy of Fremont Bank, Steve Tyler of Best Buy Corporation and Ashok Sinha, Consul (Community Affairs) of Indian Consulate in San Francisco.

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September 6, 2008

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Jan 26 Padma Awards for year 2007 India Complete List ~ Sam Rao Indian-American Org

January 30, 2007

Jan 26 Padma Awards for year 2007 India Complete List  ~  Sam Rao Indian-American Org 

No Bharat ratna awarded again this year. Its always fun to spot people who you think you know about on the list ( whether you think they deserve itor not)- Sort of a General Knowledge test.

Unfortunately, always underscored in this so-called General knowledge exercise is hoe awfully inadequate our iknowledge is about India’s own fantastic literature in regional languages and the arts scene.

This is but another glaringly! is our ingrained colonial and British slave legacy.

Do what most of us do to feel better- looks for the Sportsman or sportswoman awardees and the Music and Movie names which most can recognize and possibly popular literature ;-0

And IN any case, Always salute the Armed Forces folks and also the unsung heroes- the community activists; civil servants etc.

Each recipient has a great legacy- else would not have made the list any way. So Comgrats

A total of 121 recipients awarded this year

Padma Vibhushan      Total recipients: 10

1. Prof. (Dr.) Balu Sankaran (Medicine) Delhi.
2. Fali Sam Nariman (Public Affairs) Delhi.
3. Khushwant Singh (Literature and Education) Delhi.
4. N.N. Vohra (Civil Service) Haryana.
5. Naresh Chandra (Civil Service) Delhi.
6. Justice (Retd.) Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati (Public Affairs) Delhi.
7. Late Shri Raja Rao (Posthumous) (Literature and Education) USA.
8. Dr. Raja Jesudoss Chelliah (Public Affairs) Tamil Nadu.
9. Sudarshan Erinackal Chandy George (Science and Engineering) USA.
10. Dr. Venkataraman Krishnamurthy (Civil Service) Delhi.

Padma Bhushan   Total recipients: 32

11. Prof. Bhikhu Parekh (Literature and Education) United Kingdom.
12. Late Shri Chandra Prasad Saikia (Posthumous) (Literature and Education) Assam.
13. Smt. Ela Gandhi ( Public Affairs) South Africa.
14. Rev Father Gabriel (Literature and Education) Kerala.
15. Gopaldas Neeraj (Literature and Education) Uttar Pradesh.
16. Dr. Gurcharan Singh Kalkat (Science and Engineering) Chandigarh.
17. Ms. Indra Nooyi (Trade and Industry) USA.
18. Jamshed J. Irani (Trade and Industry) Maharashtra.
19. Javed Jan Nisaar Akhtar (Literature and Education) Maharashtra.
20. Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs (Literature and Education) USA.
21. Justice K.T. Thomas (Public Affairs) Kerala.
22. Kavalam Narayan Panikkar (Art) Kerala.
23. Captain L.Z. Sailo (Literature and Education) Mizoram.
24. Dr. (Smt.) Manju Sharma (Science and Engineering) Delhi.
25. Dr. N. Mahalingam (Trade and Industry) Tamil Nadu.
26. O. Suzuki (Trade and Industry) Japan.
27. Dr. Prithipal Singh Maini (Medicine) Delhi.
28. Pandit Rajan Misra (Art) Delhi.
29. Ramankutty Nair (Art) Kerala.
30. Pandit Sajan Misra (Art) Delhi.
31. Dr. Saroj Ghose (Science and Engineering) West Bengal.
32. Dr. Shiv Kumar Sarin (Medicine) Delhi.
33. Prof. (Vaidya) Shriram Sharma (Medicine) Maharashtra.
34. Late Somnath Hore (Posthumous) (Art) West Bengal.
35. Sunil Bharti Mittal (Trade and Industry) Delhi.
36. Syed Haider Raza (Art) France
37. Hakim Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri (Medicine) West Bengal.
38. Prof. T.N. Srinivasan (Literature and Education) USA.
39. Prof. Tapan Ray Chaudhuri (Literature and Education) United Kingdom.
40. Tyeb Mehta (Art) Maharashtra.
41. Dr. (Smt.) V. Mohini Giri (Social Work) Delhi.
42. Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandaran (Science and Engineering) USA.

Padma Shri        Total recipients: 79

43. A. Sivasailam (Trade and Industry) Tamil Nadu.
44. Prof. (Dr.) Adya Prasad Mishra (Literature and Education) Uttar Pradesh.
45. Amitav Ghosh (Literature and Education) USA.
46. Prof. Ananda M. Chakrabarty (Science and Engineering) USA.
47. Dr. (Smt.) Ananda Shankar Jayant (Art) Andhra Pradesh.
48. Prof. (Dr.) Anoop Misra (Medicine) Delhi.
49. Dr. Ashok Kumar Hemal (Medicine) Delhi.
50. Astad Aderbad Deboo (Art) Maharashtra.
51. Dr. Atul Kumar (Medicine) Delhi.
52. Dr. B. Paul Thaliath (Medicine) Uttar Pradesh.
53. Dr. Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia (Literature and Education) Gujarat.
54. Dr. Balbir Singh (Medicine) Delhi.
55. Dr. Baldev Raj (Science and Engineering) Tamil Nadu.
56. Bharath Balachandra Menon (Art) Kerala.
57. Late Prof. Devindra Rahinwal (Posthumous) (Social Work) Uttaranchal.
58. Prof. (Dr.) Dilip K. Biswas (Science and Engineering) Delhi.
59. Gajendra Narayan Singh (Art) Bihar.
60. Geeta Chandran (Art) Delhi.
61. Giriraj Kishore (Literature and Education) Uttar Pradesh.
62. Rajmata Goverdan Kumarri (Art) Gujarat.
63. Prof. (Dr.) Harpinder Singh Chawla (Medicine) Chandigarh.
64. Jeev Milkha Singh (Sports) Punjab.
65. Dr. K.R. Palaniswamy (Medicine) Tamil Nadu.
66. Khalid Zaheer (Social Work) Uttaranchal.
67. Prof. (Dr.) Kharak Singh Valdiya (Science and Engineering) Karnataka.
68. Kiran Karnik (Science and Engineering) Delhi.
69. Ms. Koneru Humpy (Sports) Andhra Pradesh.
70. Dr. Lalit Pande (Environment Protection) Uttaranchal.
71. Louis Remo Fernandes (Art) Goa.
72. Dr. M. Mohan Babu (Art) Andhra Pradesh.
73. Dr. Mahadev Prasad Pandey (Literature and Education) Chhattisgarh.
74. Dr. Mahipal S. Sachdev (Medicine) Delhi.
75. Dr. Manjunath Cholenahally Nanjappa (Medicine) Karnataka.
76. Dr. Mayilvahanan Natarajan (Medicine) Tamil Nadu.
77. Ms. Meenakshi Gopinath (Literature and Education) Delhi.
78. Ms. Miriam L’vovna Salganik (Literature and Education) Russia.
79. Dr. Mohsin Wali (Medicine) Delhi.
80. Mujtaba Hussain (Literature and Education) Andhra Pradesh.
81. Prof. Mushirul Hassan (Literature and Education) Delhi.
82. Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai (Trade and Industry) Maharashtra.
83. Prof. (Dr.) Narmada Prasad Gupta (Medicine) Delhi.
84. Smt. Neelamani Devi (Art) Manipur.
85. P. Gopinathan (Art) Kerala.
86. P.R. Thilagam (Art) Tamil Nadu.
87. Pannuru Sripathy (Art) Andhra Pradesh.
88. Prof. (Dr.) Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy (Medicine) Tamil Nadu.
89. Prof. (Smt.) Pratibha Ray (Literature and Education) Orissa.
90. Smt. Pushpa Hans (Art) Delhi.
91. Rabinder Gokaldas Ahuja (Sea Cadet Corps Management) Maharashtra.
92. Rajinder Gupta (Trade and Industry) Punjab.
93. Dr. Ravi Narayan Bastia (Science and Engineering) Maharashtra.
94. Late Shri Ravindra Dayal (Literature & Education) Delhi.
95. Prof. Rostislav Borisovich Rybakov (Literature and Education) Russia.
96. Ms. Runa Banerjee (Social Work) Uttar Pradesh.
97. S. Dhakshinamurthy Pillai (Art) Tamil Nadu.
98. Sister S.M. Cyril (Social Work) Ireland.
99. Smt. Shanti Hiranand (Art) Delhi.
100. Smt. Shashikala Jawalkar (Art) Maharashtra.
101. Prof. (Dr.) Shekhar Pathak (Literature and Education) Uttaranchal.
102. Dr. Sheo Bhagwan Tibrewal (Medicine) United Kingdom.
103. Sonam Skalzang (Art) Jammu & Kashmir.
104. Sonam Tshering Lepcha (Art) Sikkim.
105. Prof. Sudhir Kumar Sopory (Science and Engineering) Haryana.
106. Dr. Sukumar Azhikode (Literature and Education) Kerala.
107. Sushil Gupta (Social Work) Delhi.
108. Dr.(Ms.) Syeda Saiyidain Hameed (Public Affairs) Delhi.
109. T.S. Rangarajan alias Kavingar Vaali (Literature and Education) Tamil Nadu.
110. Ms. Tarla Dalal (Cookery) Maharashtra.
111. Ms. Teesta Setalvad (Public Affairs) Maharashtra.
112. Dr. (Smt.) Temsula Ao (Literature and Education) Assam.
113. Dr. Thanu Padmanabhan (Science and Engineering) Maharashtra.
114. Dr. Thekkethil Kochandy Alex (Science and Engineering) Karnataka.
115. Thingbaijam Babu Singh (Art) Manipur.
116. Lama Thupten Phuntsok (Social Work) Arunachal Pradesh.
117. Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam (Art) Tamil Nadu.
118. Vijaydan Detha (Literature and Education) Rajasthan.
119. Vikram Seth (Literature and Education) United Kingdom.
120. Waman Thakre (Art) Madhya Pradesh.
121. Dr. Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan (Literature and Education) Maharashtra.
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Boo!& BooHoo Another ABJECT SURRENDER- India Cricket team- Indian American org Blog

November 27, 2006

NOV 26 Boo HOO! ANOTHER “ABJECT SURRENDER” By INDIA’s CRICKET TEAM- in SOUTH AFRICA
In OTHER SPORTS NEWS- CRICKET- “Once More “Abject Surrender” in 2nd One Day Match

The Indian Cricket Team in South Africa seems Undercooked, UnderPrepared and Quite Well Done already!
What was declared as Abject Surrender in South Africa after the capitulation in the first ODI… or More to it than meets the Eye??
The Indian Cricket team visiting South africa put on a pathetic dislay while losing by a HUGE margin in One day Cricket. This was soundly bythe media and public alike and eservedly so. And fo course many did speak about being a one time thing (!!) etc But Not quite!
Soon came the latest second ODI- which ended today Sunday nov 26th and South Africa did expose the flaws in all aspects of the Indian Cricket team….….. Basically Undercooked, Underprepared yet Pampered team at the whims of a Coach and Selection committee whch has crammed in a scedule barely fiving time for the cruiclkceters to relax, rehab from their individual nagging injuries.
The idea about “pay on performance” makes sense especially when Cricket garners all the lucrative commercial and advertising contracts- while other sports are awy behind! With Indian and the Indian Sub continent being one of the largest market and revenue producing nation, the impending trouble between the Int’l ICC and local Indina Cricketing Board will hopefully take into acount players welfare and scheduling issues- which seems to be affecting the Indian Cricket team more than others.
With India’s Cricket Coah Greg Chappel lauded when Indian was winning 5 day tests, the problems of the Indina team in playing the limited over One day cricket has again surfaced. Remember Pakistan tour esp ODI following Sri Lanka etc?
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WORLD BOXING CHAMPS-WOMEN- INDIA!!- Nov 25 Indian American org Sam Rao blog

November 27, 2006
 
NOV 26: WORLD CHAMP’s IN WOMEN’s BOXING- INDIA!! Surprise
Beating out Strong teams from Europe including Russia and Romania etc- INDIA emerged as the Team Champs in Womens World Cup Bocing ! With Four Gold, One Silver and Three Bronze medals!they beat Russia, several EU countries!!
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Three Time WORLD CHAMP Ms MARY KOM of Manipur India & Teammates of TEAM INDIA WIN @ World Cup Womens Boxing 2006
On November 23- India’s Women Boxing team won Team Gold by beating out teams like Russia, Romania, Korea etc – powerhouses in Boxing! India’s final tally of four gold, one silver and three bronze out of 13 weight categories secured them the Title of Best team in Women’s Boxing!!
25-year-old Mary Kom (Three-peat Champ!!) beat Romanian Steluta Duta in the 46 kg for the Gold Medal as did Sarita Devi (52 kg), Ralte Jenny (63 kg) and Kozhummel Lekha (75 kg),a Silver for N Usha (57kg) and Bronze medals for Chhotu Laura (50 kg), Aruna Mishra (66 kg) and Renu (80kg).
Team India tallied 34 points and beat Russia by Six points! Yes India as Champs in Women’s Boxing!!
Of the thirteen countries weight classes, Russia won 3 Gold and 3 Silver and over all EU teams- which are traditionally regarded as the Best in the world- managed only Eight victories. North Korea claimed two Gold and 1 Bronze, while Canada, Turkey, Ireland and France claimed one Gold each in the 13 weight categories championship

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Its SAINA this Time with SANIA- World Jr. Badminton Silver-Indian American Org

November 27, 2006

NOV 25: ANOTHER WOMAN ON THE RISE In INDIA SPORTS- SAINA NEHWAl- Badminton
Similar in Spelling to Sania Mirza ( Indi’as top ranked Tennis Player), 16 year old Saina is th Ranked 27th in the World after getting a Silver at the World’s junior Badmintion
Saina Nehwal Badminton India
Great Strides considering that she started the year in 150th place and now is 27th!!
Saina,won the India international tournament in Mumbai before reaching the final of the World Junior Championship,losing to Chinese counterpart.Earlier she showed her brilliance by capturing a Bronze a the CommonWealth Games and she created history when she became the first Indian woman player to win a four-star badminton tournament,at the Philippines Open at Pasig City, Manila.
Next comes the Asian Games campaign in Doha. Way to Go Saina. We wish you All the Best!
Other Badminton rankings of India ( Men’s) : Chetan Anand 31; Anup Sridhar(National champ) 39; Nikhil Kanetkar 43; P Kashyap 46

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Indian American Org Sam Rao Blog Nov 15 ANU NATARAJAN 1st Indian American City Councilmember Fremont

November 26, 2006

 Nov 15: US ELECTION 2006
NOV 15:ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL Join me in Congratulating ANU NATARAJAN - City Councilmember of Fremont in SF Bay Area, California.  POD CAST   and INTERVIEW Below
  This is the FIRST Time that an Indian-American has been ELECTED to City Council of a major city in Sf Bay area. And  a Strong Woman at that!!! Yay!!

Anu Natarajan Fremont          PODCAST  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Podcast Nov 12
ANU NATARAJAN (MP3)                                
   PRINT INTERVIEW (Pdf)   Nov 14 
    The Best part was ANU managed to forge a Broad based support spanning across ALL communities and ethnicities AND THE BEST PART- SHE MANAGED TO BRING ALL FACTIONS OF INDIAN-AMERICANS TO THE SAME ROOM! and be UNIFIED & SHOW SUPPORT!!!      Me thinks – This is one of the best achievements I must say- along the lines of Assemblymember Upendra Chivakula of New Jersey!

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