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four indian americans

honored with

Pravasi Bharatiya samman

Dr. Arvind Phukan Dr. Mukesh Aghi Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda Nilu Gupta

Our Bureau this year include Dr. Sudhakar and India. of young physicians, increasing
Jonnalagadda for medicine; Dr. Jonnalagadda, president membership, and enabling that
New York Arvind Phukan for environment of the American Association AAPI’s voice is heard in the cor-

n addition to the Federa- technology; Nilu Gupta for of Physicians of Indian Origin, ridors of power,” stated a press
tion of Indian Associations promoting Indian culture; and said in a statement: “In recog- release.
Iof New York, New Jersey Dr. Mukesh Aghi for business. nizing me, the government has Phukan is the president/
and Connecticut (FIA-Tri- Aghi, who is the president and recognized all the medical pro- founder of Core Professional
state), four Indian Americans CEO of the U.S.-India Strategic fessionals who have been in the Group for the Brahmaputra, an
received the coveted Pravasi Partnership Forum, also deliv- forefront fighting Covid, includ- NGO working for the mitiga-
Bharatiya Samman Award on ered the acceptance speech on ing those who have laid down tion of flooding and riverbank
January 9, India’s highest hon- behalf of the awardees. “Ab- their lives at the services of erosions in the Brahmaputra
or for a non-resident Indians. solute honor to receive this treating patients infected with River in Assam; a former pro-
award. It is a team effort, and the deadly virus. This award will fessor of civil engineering at
President ram nath Kov- more importantly, it signifies strengthen the medical fraterni- the University of Alaska-An-
ind conferred the awards the importance of U.S.-India ty to recommit our efforts, skills chorage; and the CEO/found-
relations. We have tremendous and talents for the greater good er of Phukan Inc. Consulting
during the 16th edition of opportunity under Biden-Modi of humanity. Congratulations to Engineers, which specializes in

the annual Pravasi Bhar- administration to further en- all of my co-awardees.” civil, structural, geotechnical,
hance this partnership which
Jonnalagadda assumed of- and environmental engineer-
tiya divas convention, not only the two countries ben- fice as the 37th president of ing projects. The company has
which was held virtually efit but the world,” said Aghi, AAPI July 11, 2020, with a successfully completed various
this year. who launched the USISPF with commitment to “make AAPI projects throughout Alaska,
a focused commitment to creat- stronger, more vibrant, united, from Ketchikan (Southern part
ing the most powerful strategic transparent, politically engaged, of Alaska) to Barrow (northern
The recipients of the award partnership between the U.S. ensuring active participation part of Alaska).

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