American Jayanth Challa has been appointed by the Governor of Virginia to the ‘Small Business Council’ of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Jayanth Challa:
- President – Ace Info Solutions Company (AceInfo), a Dovel Technologies Company, Reston, Virgina
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Leo Vardarkar – Ireland’s Youngest Prime Minister : 2017
Leo Eric Varadkar (aka) Leo de Varad, Irish Politician and Physician became head of the Irish Government and at 38 years of age, youngest Prime Minister to hold office.
- Served as Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister)
- Leader of the political party ‘Fine Gael’
- Minister of Defence (2017-2020)
- Minister of Transport, Tourism & Sport (2011-2014)
- Minister for Health (2014-2016)
- Minister for Social Protection (2016-2017)
- Teachta Dala, Dublin West (2000)
- Deputy Mayor – Fingal County Council
- Member – Fingal County Council
- First Taoiseach of Indian Heritage.
- First Irish government leader of Indian origin
Education:
- Graduate – Medicine : School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin
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Irish / Indian-Irish
Indian-American Sethuraman Panchanathan Appointed to Head America’s top Science Funding Body : June 2020
American Scientist – Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan has been appointed by U.S President Donald J Trump as the 15th Director , of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The term is for 6 years.
The NSF is the top American body supporting fundamental research on non-medical fields of science. It has a budget of USD 7.4 billion .
Earlier Assignments:
- Executive Vice President – ASU Knowledge Enterprise Development , Arizona State University
- Chief Research Officer – Arizona State University
- Director – Center for Cognitive Ubiqiutous Computing (CUbiC), Arizona State University
- Foundation Chair – Computing and Informatics, Arizona State University
- Member – National Science Foundation . Appointed by US President Barack Obama ( June 2014 )
Other/s:
- Fellow – National Academy of Inventors, USA
- Fellow – Canadian Academy of Engineering
- Fellow – Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, USA
- Fellow – Institute of Optical Engineers, USA
Education:
- Ph.D – Electrical and Computers Engineering, University of Ottowa (1989)
- M.E – Masters in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT (1988)
- B.E. – Bachelors in Electronics & Communications Engineering, Indian Institute of Science , IISc (1984)
- B.Sc – Bachelors in Physics, University of Madras
Notes:
Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan is the second Indian-American to be nominated to this prestigious science position. His predecessor was Dr. Subra Suresh who served during October 2010 and March 2013.
British Indian Nikhil Rathi Appointed HM Treasury’s – Chief Executive of FCA : June 2020
Nikhil Rathi appointed Chief Executive Officer of UK’s financial watchdog – Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Assignments held:
- Private Secretary to the UK Prime Minister
- CEO – London Stock Exchange (LSE) plc
- Director – International Development – London Stock Exchange Group
American-Indian Kshama Sawant leads ‘Black Lives Matter’ protest movement in Seattle : June 2020
Dr. Kshama Sawant – Seattle City Council Woman
Currently:
Seattle City Council Woman . First socialist elected in a major US city in decades
Education:
- Ph.D – Economics, North Carolina State University
- BS – Computer Science, Mumbai
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American / American-Indian
American-Indian Doctor Ankit Bharat performs First Lung Transplant for COVID-19 Survivor : June 2020
Dr. Ankit Bharat MD, led a team of surgeons and performed a double-lung transplant on a Covid-19 survior.
The Chicago patient was on a ventilator and a heart-lung machine for 6 weeks before she underwent the operation at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
Presently:
- Chief of Thoracic Surgery & Surgical Director – Northwestern Medicine Lung Transplant Program.
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British Indian Parm Sandhu – First Woman of Colour – Senior Most Female Police Officer – Scotland Yard
Parm Sandhu (aka) Parm Kaur Sandhu, British Sikh , senior most female police officer of colour to reach the highest-rank in London’s Metropolitan Service.
Position/s:
- Temporary Chief Superintendent, attached to Human Resources, Metropolitan Police
- Borough Commander, Richmond-Upon-Thames – First Asian Woman in the history of the Force to hold this position
Award:
- Asian Women of Achievement Award (2006)
Indian-American Siddhartha Mukherjee Wins Pulitzer for non-fiction Book
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee – Physician, Oncologist, Scientist and Writer.
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for his book, non-fiction category – ‘ The Emperor of All Maladies : A Biography of Cancer’ in 2011
Work:
- Assistant Professor , Department of Medicine, Division of Haematology/Oncology, Columbia University Medical Center
Education:
- B.S – Biology, Stanford University
- D.Phil – Thesis ‘The processing and presentation of viral antigens’
- M.D – Harvard Medical School
- – Fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Harvard Medical School)
- Ph.D – Honorary Doctorate degree – Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
- Ph.D – Honorary Doctorate degree – University of Southern California
Awards:
- Padma Shri (2014) , President of India
Books:
- The Emperor of All Maladies : A Biography of Cancer (2010) – Pulitzer Prize Winner (2011) and several other awards for the book
- The Law of Medicine : Field Notes from an uncertain science (2015)
- The Gene : An intimate history ( (2016)
Indian-American Ami Bhat among Top-10 ‘2020 Emerging Leaders in Health & Medicine’ – May 2020
Dr. Ami S Bhatt is one amongst the ‘2020 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholars’ – announced by ‘The National Academy of Medicine’ (NAM).
Presently:
- Assistant Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Stanford University
- Director of Global Oncology Gentre for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University
Education:
- M.D.
- Ph.D – Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of California, San Francisco
Award:
- Finburg Award for Excellence in Teaching
NGO:
- She is Co-Founder & Co-President along with Franklin Huang for non-profit organisation ‘Global Oncology’ www.globaonc.org.
British Indian Nitin Sawhney – Chair of ‘ PRS Foundation’ UK : April 2020
Nitin Sawhney CBE, confirmed as the new Chairman of Board of Trustees of PRS Foundation. UK’s leading Funder of new Music & Talent.
Nitin Sawhney – Composer, Musician, Creator, Song-Writer, Multi-Instrumentalist
Awards :
- CBE – Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire – New Year Honour – 2019
- Ivor Novello Lifetime Award – 2017
- Royal Television Society’s Composer Award for BBC’s ‘Wonder of the Monsoon’ – 2015
- Several major National Awards for Album works
- Many more not listed here as yet
Education:
- Ph.D – Doctorates awarded from 6 British Universities
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