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Vol. 27 No. 23 Friday, June 6, 2014 Published Weekly from Houston 713-774-5140 20 Pages ( 2 sections) 50 cents E-mail: editor@voiceofasiaonline.com
India House Holds Its First Spelling Bee Competition
Houston: The City With No Limits campaign launches GHP-led effort highlights quality of life, limitless opportunities found in region
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OUSTON (June 3, 2014) Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) unveiled its new community image campaign today, highlighting the vibrancy of the Houston region and its position as a great place to live and build a career. The Houston: The City With No Limits campaign features fresh, exciting imagery highlighting all that the community has to offer including great restaurants and a dynamic cultural scene along with boundless public green spaces all the while coupled with a booming business environment that delivers great jobs. The campaign, designed to span multiple years, will address numerous objectives, supplementing work already being done by GHP to attract trade and capital investment and facilitate business recruitment and retention. A primary focus of the campaign
will be to strengthen Houston¹s ability to attract top young professional talent to the region. Continued on Page 8
Convenience store clerk, Satish Patel killed in shootout
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OUSTON - Houston Police are searching for at least three men responsible for killing a store clerk in northeast Houston late Sunday night. Investigators say 58-year-old Satish Patel was working at the Phillips 66 off of Highway 59, just north of Beltway 8 when three masked gunmen stormed inside just before midnight. The robbers were seen in security video opening fire in a matter of seconds. Anand Patel is the victim’s cousin and owner of the business. “If you’re the guy who works seven
days a week, 14 hours or 12 hours a day, the last thing you want to do is die of a gunshot. You don’t expect yourself to get shot down, he never hurt anybody,” Patel explained.
HOUSTON – (May 28, 2014) – Anil Kulkarni, MSc, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, was awarded a highly competitive Fulbright-Nehru Scholarship Award for Academic and Professional Experience to travel to India this fall to teach immunonutrition and functional foods in the global health era.
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1st runners up (loosing finalist) got a cash prize of $250, medal & a certificate. There were four, 2nd runners up and they all got cash prize of $100, medal & certificates. All the spelling bee contestants received certificate of participation.
The victim is survived by his wife, daughter and son. His immediate family lives in India and are trying to get plane tickets to fly to Houston to be with family. Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call HPD Homicide or Crime Stoppers at 713222-TIPS. (Courtesy: (KPRC).
By Darla Brown, UTHealth Medical School
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cash prize of $500, a gold medal & a certificate.
The suspects took off in a truck that was later found abandoned about half mile away but so far there have been no arrests.
UTHealth’s Anil Kulkarni Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Fulbright grant recipients are chosen by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, a 12-mem-
L-R: Col Vipin Kumar, GM India House (Organizer of the event), Malla Mekela , Infodat International, Inc. (Grand sponsor), Shalu Keswani (Coordinator), Rudy Kainth (Event Judge), Joseph Elkhadem (Event Judge), Dr. Virendra Mathur, Trustee India House, Andy Bhardwaj, Infodat International, Inc. (Grand Sponsor)
Anil Kulkarni, MSc, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School.
All the volunteers who helped in making this completion a huge success were also given certificate of recognition for the hard work they had put in. Dr. Virendra Mathur, speaks on the occasion.
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OUSTON - India House organized its first Spelling Bee Competition on May 31, 2014 at India House, 8888 West Bellfort, Houston TX 77031. The contestants ranging from age 8 years to below 14 years eagerly participated in this friendly competition. There were 2 groups- one below 10 years and the other was 10 years to below 14 years. Congratulations to Neil Nimmagadda and Nandika Mansingka, who navigated their way through some very difficult words to become the champions of respective groups. Dr. Virendra Mathur, one of the Trustees of India House and Mala Mekala of Infodat International Inc., who also was the grand sponsor of this event, gave winners of each group a
It’s always an impressive sight when a battle of the minds comes down to a building made of natural materials, like sand and clay mixed with water and sticks. We were amazed at intellect of all the participants. They all showed drive and the willingness to learn and better themselves. The purpose of the Spelling Bee was to help students develop memorization proficiency, approach to skill practice and mastery, collaboration, and poise in a public forum.
SPELLING BEE WINNERS Below 10 years Group:Winner of Prize $500: Neil Nimmagadda, 9, Sienna Crossing Elementary 1st Runners Up of Prize $250: Kareena Kamal, 9, Quail Valley Elementary School. 2nd Runners Up of Prize $100.00: Neel Maddali, 9, River Oaks Elementary 2nd Runners Up of Prize $100.00: Shweta Nanaware, 9.5, Kilpatrick Elementary Ten years to Below 14 years Group:Winner of Prize $500:Nandika Mansingka, 13, Harmony Science Academy Ist Runners Up of Prize $250 Rajyk Bhala, 10, Colony Meadow Elementary 2nd Runners Up of Prize $100.00: Tanya Roysam, 11, Friendswood Junior High. 2nd Runners Up of Prize $100.00: Kalyanee Nanaware, 13.5, Woodcreek Junior High
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