CAA’s Life Time Achievement Award Bestowed Upon
Ramana Murty Yedavalli

CHICAGO – Chicago’s top engineer Mr Ramana Murty Yedavalli has been bestowed upon with CAA’s Life Time Achievement Award. The Award was presented on 29 April 2023 at CAA’s 7th Anuual Day where Chairperson Sujatha Appalaneni, President Gowrishankar Addanki, and Vice President Swetha Kottapalli led the Telugu Community to the glittering award presentation ceremony. Over 1000 guests attended.

Chicago’s Aditya Gupta has won prestigious "2023 Scholar Chess Award" that is given to the top five outstanding player in the United States. The US Chess Federation bestows this award based upon student’s Chess Skills, Academics, Leadership Abilities, and Sportsmanship. In the long history of the award, he is only the second player to win from the State of Illinois; and first in the last 5 years. It is quite a big achievement for the State of Illinois to have a US Chess Scholar recipient.

CHICAGO - Ms Hema Shastri’s senior and elderly social care center, named Dev Darshan Senior Care Center (DDSC) has been inaugurated. At the inauguration prominent amongst the guests were: Amal McCaskill and Ronnie Fields, former professional basketball players. Amal McCaskill played in the NBA with the Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers. Amal also played professional basketball internationally.

Sher Rajput, Chicago’s towering community leader, has been honored with the ‘PRIDE OF INDIA’ award. The award was bestowed upon Sher Rajput at the MEATF’s India Unity Day celebration that US Congressman Danny Davis presided over. There, MEATF (Multi Ethnic Asian Task Force) Chairman Dr Vijay Prabhakar described him as the “Mayor Of Devon Avenue.” Jatinder Bedi introduced Sher Rajput. Executive Director Ms Mohita Sukumar, was MC.

CHICAGO - Dr Vijay Prabhakar joined President Biden’s Cabinet HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY XAVIER BECERRA at a Congressional RoundTable on Mental Health and Gun Violence held in Englewood, Chicago on 17 Mar 2023. At the Roundtable, he described the AMEC-CAABH-MEDSTAR lead pilot project that has been launched in Englewood under the ‘GANDHI KING CENTER FOR NON VIOLENCE.‘ Dr Prabhakar urged a collaborative approach to reduce violence in Englewood by involving the Community leaders, health care providers, elected officials and the local law enforcement.

Chicago’s prominent  women-leader Ms MOHITA SUKUMAR has been inducted into the MEATF ( Multi Ethnic Asian Task Force). At MEATF’s India Unity Day Celebrations, that coincided with the ongoing Women Empowerment Month, Ms MOHITA SUKUMAR was honored with MEATF Congressional Medal. Congressman Danny Davis presided over the function.

CHICAGO – Ranking member of the AIA, Mr Salil Mishra has been elected the Chairman of AIA (Association of Indians In America) Illinois. Mr Salil Mishra is a high profile Banker from India’s most prestigious PO-stream of the State Bank of India. At the State Bank of India, He has climbed up the ladder to serve on multiple strategic appointments during sought-after postings. These included some foreign stints. To further enhance his career, he sidestepped to the Chicago-based Millennium Bank which is singularly revered as the ‘Crown Jewel of NRIs’ in the Midwestern United States. Since then, Mr Salil Mishra has been in the service of the Indian community through the AIA; as well as through the Orissa Society of Greater Chicago.

CHICAGO - A glittering evening replete with stirring melodious carols, dance presentations, inspiring remarks and uplifting yuletide sermonette marked the Grand Christmas Banquet celebrations organized by United Christian Cultural Association [UCCA] on Friday, December 16, 2022 at the Cotillion Banquet in Palatine, Illinois that drew a large gathering of families Illustrating the spirit of Christmas with interludes of beautiful strains of Christmas carols presented by Tollywood’s blockbuster music director Anup Reuben that elevated the festive merriment.

CHICAGO - Chicago's eminent physician and renowned hospitality entrepreneur Dr Rashmi Patel has been elected the President of the Federation of Indian Associations (1980) Chicago. He and his Executive Team was elected at the organization's elections held on 18 Dec 2022. FIA Election Committee comprising three of the FIA Trustees Kanti Patel, Rajesh Patel, and Bhailal Patel presided over, and conducted the election process. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Satish (Sunny) Gabhawala oversaw through video-conferencing. A Large number of Trustees, Past Chairs, and Past Executives were in attendance.

CHICAGO – Under the leadership of its President, Hina Trivedi, the AIA hosted its annual banquet during which rich tributes were paid to AIA patriarch Late Ghanshyam Pandey; and the Chairman of Millennium Bank Moti Agrawal was honored. Illinois State Treasurer Michael W Frerichs was the Guest of Honor. Nick Dizonno was the keynote speaker.