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Kumud Acharya, Ph.D Named Permanent President of DRI

After filling the role on an interim basis for a year, Desert Research Institute President Kumud Acharya is stepping into the position permanently amid challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Read More

Friends of India Seeks New Executive Committee Members for 2021-2022

Friends of India, the local club for the burgeoning Southern Nevada Indian community, is seeking new leaders for the upcoming year. If you’re interested and a member of the Friends Read More

2021 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists Named

National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the 11 South Asian American students from Nevada to 2021 Semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors Read More

Sapience Allocates Funds to Provide Free Homework Assistance and School Supervision Day Program

Indian owned Las Vegas based educational program provider, Sapience is supporting children in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade with their homework and educational needs. As per the new community-oriented program Read More

Kedar Deshpande Named ZAPPOS CEO

Long time Zappos employee Kedar Deshpande is named CEO of the Las Vegas-based, Amazon-owned Zappos, an online retailer of shoes, clothing, bags, and fashion accessories. Zappos was started in 1999 by Read More

Eshaan Vakil Elected Delegate to the Democratic National Convention

Eshaan Vakil is making history in the local political circles by getting elected as the youngest delegate to represent Nevada at the Democratic National Convention, to be held in Milwaukee,Read More

Vegas Legal Magazine host Milan Chatterjee and Former Lt. Governor Mark Hutchison to discuss civil rights and social justice causes

Milan Chatterjee and Mark Hutchison of the American Association of Jewish Lawyers & Jurists (AAJLJ) were invited by the Vegas Legal Magazine Podcast to discuss the admirable work the organization Read More

Upset Hindus urge Wish to withdraw Lord Ganesha shorts & apologize

Upset Hindus are urging San Francisco headquartered “global e-commerce platform” Wish for the immediate withdrawal of shorts/swim-trunks carrying an image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha; calling it highly inappropriate. Hindu leader Read More

Giving voice to the Black experience in the Ivory

“It’s not just time to understand; it’s time to concede the power we yield in the Ivory”, Dr. K.D. Joshi, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Information Systems, College of Business,Read More

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Jay Parikh, Eshaan Vakil, and Opalina Vetrichelvan Named Asian Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Winners

In a quest for educational excellence among the local Asian community, the Asian Chamber of Commerce has announced three Indian American high school graduates, Jay Parikh, Eshaan Vakil, and Opalina Read More