The NV State Board of Medical Examiners Investigative Committee has filed a formal complaint against Dr. Nauman Jahangir, M.D., and Dr. Pavan Kumar Janapati, M.D., with a reasonable basis to believe that Drs. Jahangir and Janapati violated Nevada’s current Medical Practice Act. Dr. Nauman Jahangir, M.D. – The Investigative Complaint accuses Dr. Jahangir of two counts of the violation of statutes and regulations of the Nevada Revised Statutes related to medical practice in Nevada. The allegations include medical malpractice and violations of the standard of practice established by regulation. The firstRead More

Sulekh Jain, a prolific octogenarian writer, an active member of the local Indian community, and a gifted international leader in the Jain community, recognizes two of the local Indian Americans for their spirit of relentless volunteerism and commitment to the betterment of the Indian-American community. Jain has composed and showered palatial praise in enchanting verses to two community activists, Ashok Goyal and Chandra Mehta. Jain recognizes the duo for their dedication to maintaining, engaging, and promoting the Indian cultural heritage among Southern Nevada’s Indian diaspora.

A couple of weeks back, a group of Mandir’s Board Trustees filed a lawsuit against other Board Trustees and the Executive Committee. The whole fiasco started when this publication reported a blatant disregard for the Hindu Temple by-laws by the Board in electing the new Executive Committee. After reviewing the published article, some original Board Members led by the Chair, Jagdish Mehta, took corrective action to enforce the adopted by-laws. When a group of Trustees did not get their way, they filed a lawsuit against the three Board Trustees andRead More

Five Indian-American students at the University of Nevada – Reno (UNR) cleared the preliminary hurdles to move to the final round of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.  Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an annual competition sponsored by the UNR Graduate School. 3MT challenges UNR’s doctoral and graduate students to present a compelling story on their dissertation or thesis and its significance in just three minutes to the general members of the public. Earlier this month, 42 graduate students presented their concise summary of their research thesis topic to theRead More

Sidharth Sharma, M.D., is accused on multiple counts, each carrying a possible discipline by the Board. On the first count, Sharma is being investigated for Medical Malpractice; on the second count, it is for Failure to Maintain Proper Medical Records, while the third count charges Sharma with Continual Failure to Exercise Skill or Diligence. Per the complaint, it is alleged the patient was treated by Dr. Sharma for an ongoing major depressive order, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and insomnia. Sharma also later treated the patient for bipolar disorder.Read More