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EVENTS
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2007
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October 20, 2007: Dr. Ramesh Jain, a distinguished
professor, University of California - Irvine gave a very
interesting and thought provoking lecture on Indian
Technology in the Flat World. The gist of the lecture is
available with the society.
August 5, 2007: Twenty Fourth Annual Mahatma
Gandhi Memorial lecture and Awards was held in Qualcomm
auditorium. Ambassador Jeff Davidow, United States
Ambassador and President, Institute of the Americas
delivered the Mahatma Gandhi memorial lecture. He
emphasized how the concept of non-violence played an
important role in bringing contending parties to a dispute
together creating an atmosphere in which difficult issues
were dealt with to find agreeable solution.
Dr.
Ramesh Rao Presided and presented 12 Mahatma Gandhi
scholars with the assistance of Purvee Parikh. Dr. P.K.
Patel, chair, AVID Scholar committee presented 5 Avid
scholars.
The
Society gave cash awards of $30,000 and the United States
Congressional certificates provided by Congressman Bob
Filner.
March 3, 2007: Unity in Diversity 2007 was held at
the Poway Center for Performing Arts with 16 programs of
music and dance drawn from all the regions of India in 14
different languages. It was directed by Hamid Daudani
with the participation of Ramesh Venkatraman, Dr. Sohini
Ray, Padmaja Menon, Sharavathi Sathe, Alka Shah, Dr. Anu
Rajasekharan, Neha Patel, Dr. Vasanthi Shenoy, Gopa Patnaik,
Shalini Chauhan, Suman Nayak, Aashmita Gupta, Divya
Devguptapu, Bipin Junnarkar, Neelu Bharadwaj, Shefali Shah,
Manjula Jain, Uma Venkatraman, Rohini Rao and others.
DR.
V.S. Ramchandran, recipient of Padma Bhusan award and world
renown Neuroscientist was guest of honor. Mayor Sanders
honored Dr. Ramchandran on behalf of the City with San Diego
Citation.
January 17, 2007: Mayor Jerry Sanders received the
ambassador at the City Hall and honored him by presenting
the Key to City.
In the afternoon, Ambassador
Sen addressed the World Affairs Council of San Diego at a
luncheon in Tom Ham’s Light House, Harbor Island, followed
by a very interesting Q and A period.
January 16, 2007: Ambassador Sen was interviewed by the
Board of Editors of San Diego Union –Tribune and it was
published, one full page, on Sunday, the January 27, 2007.
The first quarterly lecture
of the year was organized in collaboration with the
California Institute for Telecommunication and Information
Technology and International Relations and Pacific Rim
Studies of UCSD in Atkinson Hall when Ambassador Sen spoke
on “ United Sates and India Relations: Nuclear Agreement and
Beyond”.
This lecture followed a lunch
at the UCSD Faculty Club hosted by Dr. Mary Anne Fox,
Chancellor of UCSD and Dr. Ramesh Rao, Director, California
Institute for Telecommunication and Information Technology
and attended by a very distinguished group of people,
including Dr. Irwin Jacobs and Dr. Atkinson.
The Society hosted a very
beautiful dinner in honor of Ambassador and Mrs. Sen in Bali
Hai restaurant, Shelter Island. Ambassador Sen appreciated
very much the contributions that Indian Americans are making
to US as well as to India. The food was catered by India
Princess.
January 15, 2007: Ambassador Sen had very fruitful
meetings with very well known scientists of India origin at
the Scripps Institute of Oceanography with Dr. V. Ramanathan,
Victor Alderson Professor of Atmospheric Sciences; at Cal
it2, UCSD with Dr.Ramesh Rao and his associates and at Salk
Institute with DR. Inder Verma, Dr. Suresh Subramani, Dr.
Shankar Subramaniam, Dr. Vivek Malhotra and other
biotechnologists and venture capitalists.
Ambassador Sen met senior
most officials of Qualcomm and they appraised him of their
activities in India.
Evening dinner was hosted by
Dr. Kim Kamdar of Domain Associates.
January 14, 2007: Ambassador Ronen Sen, Ambassador
of India to the United States and Mrs. Sen, accompanied by
Mr. Pratik Sircar, Deputy Consul General of India in San
Francisco visited San Diego at the invitation of the society
from January 14 to January 17, 2007.
January 14, 2007: Ambassador Sen and Mrs. Sen had
dinner with Former Assistant Secretary of State Ambassador
Jeff Davidow and Mrs. Davidow.
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2005
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June 4,
2005
22nd Mahatma Gandhi
Memorial Lecture and Awards held in QUALCOMM Auditorium,
6455 Lusk Blvd, San Diego, CA 92121
Chair - Dr. Sanjay
Jha, Executive Vice President of QUALCOMM and President of
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies.
Gandhi Memorial Lecturer:
Prof. C.K. Prahalad
Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of
Business Administration & Professor of Corporate Strategy and
International Business, University of Michigan and
world-renowned management consultant.
Gandhi Scholars:
Gabriel Beccrra, Christopher Carr, Devina Diggs, Panna Felsen,
Jacqueline Gonzales, Katherine Gullota, Melissa Lakensgard,
Leela Magavi, Ashwin Mudaliar, Rosa Oceguera, Evelyn Robarts,
Ehau Saung, Raquel Sojourner.
Special Four Year
Scholarship Awards: Ishraq Ali, Jesus Tapia
Reception honoring the
Scholars was hosted by Mukesh and Priya Assomull at Taste of
India.
March 6,
2005
Unity in Diversity 2005:
Poway Center for Performing Arts
Guests of Honor: Consul -
General B.S. Prakash and Congressman Dr. Bob Filner
February
7, 2005
Dinner hosted by
Qualcomm in Hyatt Islandia in honor of Ambassador and
Mrs. Lalit Mansingh (Hosts: Tony Thornley, President and
Sanjay Jha, Executive Vice-president)
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2004
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August
20, 2004
A grant of $15,000
was made to Duke University to pay tuition for an outstanding
student from India to study M.B.A. This was made possible by
the support received from Arjun and Judy Waney
July 21,
2004
21st Mahatma Gandhi
Memorial Lecture and Awards held in Sumner Auditorium,
Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla
Chair: Anthony Thornley,
President, Qualcomm
Gandhi Memorial Lecturer:
Dr. V. Ramanathan, Victor Anderson Professor of
Atmospheric Sciences and Director, Center for Clouds,
Chemistry and Climate, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Guest of Honor: Dr.
Charles Kennel, Vice-Chancellor, U.C.S.D.
Gandhi Scholars:
Csilla Felsen, Maruti Kumar Didwania, Christopher Nelson,
Marissa Engleman, Dina Amin and Brittany English They were
awarded up to $1,000 each and a United States Congressional
Certificate from Congressman Bob Filner (Laboni Patnaik
presented the scholars)
Reception honoring the
Scholars, Mr. Thornley and Dr. Ramanathan was held in Star of
India Restaurant, Pacific Beach (Organizer: Kulbir Ghai).
To-date, 320 outstanding
high schools students have received Mahatma Gandhi Memorial
Scholarship awards.
June 23,
2004
Professor Madhavan,
representing the San Diego City and the Mayor, presented the
City Proclamation making June 23 the AAPI Day in San Diego.
February
9, 2004
San Diego-Union Tribune
interviews Ambassador Mansingh
February
8, 2004
Unity in Diversity:
Indian Languages and Cultures Program held in Joan Kroc
Performing Arts Center.
It was inaugurated by
Ambassador Lalit Mansingh, followed by a unique program of
Indian music, dances and drama in 15 Indian languages
(Community members performed, organized by Hamid Daudani, Gopa
Patnaik, Vasanthi Shenoy, Sujata Garud, Padmaja Potthil,
Anupam Talapatra and others)). San Diego County Office of
Education co-sponsored the event. A 40 page booklet (prepared
by Amy Kumar) was distributed to the attendees. Over 650
people attended the event and many could not gain admission
due to fire code.(Neelu Bhardwaj and friends organized India
Expo)
Mrs. Mansingh and
Consul General Viswanathan were guests of honor.
Community Dinner in
honor of Ambassador and Mrs. Mansingh at Ashoka the Great
Restaurant. Again overflowing crowd (Organizers: Neelu
Bharadwaj, Salim Shah, P.K.Patel and Madhao Saste).
Oasis Lecture Series:
Robinson-May Lecture Hall, Mission Valley
May 20, 2006
February
20, 2006: Life in India:
Dr. Amy Kumar
February
13,
2006: India:
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Professor Madhavan
November 19,
2005: Sikhism:
Dr. Gurinder Singh, Sikh Foundation of San Diego
October 16,
2005: Domains
of Wonder: Dr. Sonya Quintilla, Curator Asian Arts, SDMA
August 3,
2005: India's
Foreign Policy: Professor Latha Varadarajan, SDSU
June 7,
2005: India:
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Professor Madhavan
March 7,
2005: Music and
Dance of India: Dr. Vasanthi Shenoy, Cal state, San Marcos
February 28,
2005: Two
Pillars of Democracy: United States and India: Professor
Madhavan
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