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CONSUL GENERAL IN NEW YORK.

Kerala Center Announces 2022 Honorees

For Annual Awards Banquet

OUR BUREAU This year’s honorees include: ter to reserve your seats at: 516- tions in many Malayalee social, cul-
Dr. Javad Hassan, Chairman 358-2000 or at email: kc@keral- tural and community organizations
New York, NY
of NeST Group, for Corporate acenterny.com. in America.
he Indian American Kerala Leadership, Thomas Joy, Suffolk
Cultural and Civic Center, Inc. County police officer and presi- PROFILES OF KERALA CENTER Thomas Joy – for Community Service
Twill honor six Indian Ameri- dent of AMLEU, for Public Ser- AWARDEES FOR 2022 Thomas Joy has completed
can Malayalees for their outstanding vice; Bindiya Sabarinath, founder 25 years of service in the US Army
achievements in their field of special- of Mayura School of Arts, in the Javad K. Hassan – for Corporate Leadership which included combat duty in Iraq.
ization and for their service to the so- category of Performing Arts; Dr. Javad K. Hassan is the found- Since 2007 Thomas has served as a
ciety at its 30th Annual Awards Ban- Silvester Noronha of MIT, in the er and chairman of NeST Group, a police officer and now serves in the
quet to be held on October 22, 2022. category of Applied Science, P. global conglomerate of more than Suffolk County Police Department,
Randhir Jaiswal, Consul General of T. Paulose, for contributions to 25 companies spread across several Long Island, NY. Thomas was the
India, New York, NY senators Kevin Pravasi Malayalam Literature continents. founding member of the Suffolk
Thomas and Anna Kaplan, and oth- and Jose Kaniyaly, Executive Edi- Under the leadership of Dr. County Police Asian Jade Society.
er dignitaries will be attending the tor and Partner of Kerala Express Hassan, NeST Group has become He is a board member of the Suffolk
event. weekly newspaper, for his contri- a worldwide leader in technology, County Asian American Advisory
“Kerala Center has been hon- butions to Malayalam Media and
oring outstanding achievers since Journalism. with operations in India, the Mid- Board.
dle East, Japan, Europe and the
1991. Every year we invite nom- The awardees will be honored Americas. P. T. Paulose – for Contributions to Pravasi
inations and the committee has at the Kerala Center’s 30th Annual Malayalam Literature
to make a unanimous choice for Awards Banquet on Saturday, De- Bindiya Sabarinath – for Performing Arts
a candidate in a category to re- cember 22, 2022, starting at 5:30 P. T. Paulose is a journalist,
ceive the award and this year is no p.m. at the Kerala Center, 1824 Bindiya Sabarinath is the Artis- freelance writer, a theatrical per-
different from previous years in Fairfax St., Elmont, New York. tic Director of the Mayura School of former, director and an immense
terms of their achievements,” said There will be variety entertain- Arts established in 2001. Bindiya is lover of Malayalam literature. He
Dr. Thomas Abraham, Kerala Cen- ment programs and a fabulous din- an acclaimed Bharatanatyam and was the founder president of Cal-
ter’s Trustee Board Chairman and ner for the evening. Mohiniyattam dancer. cutta Malayalee Association and
Award Committee Member. Dr. Madhu Bhaskaran was the She has performed extensively founder Secretary of Bengal Ratio-
Award Committee Chairman and in India, UK and the US with solo
“Kerala Center is very happy other members were Dr. Thomas programs and dance productions nalist Association. He wrote seven
books in Malayalam including short
to honor American Malayalees Abraham, Daisy P. Stephen and with her senior students. stories, essays and dramas.
Dr. Marilyn George.
who excel in their professions Kerala Center President Alex Jose Kaniyaly – for Contributions to Malay- Dr. Sylvester Noronha – for Applied Science
and who work for social prog- K. Esthappan said that the Center alam Media and Journalism
has recognized over 165 American Dr. Silvester Noronha – is one
ress -- their examples should Malayalees in the last 30 years and Jose Kaniyaly is the Executive of the team of scientists from MIT
be an inspiration for others,” it is great to see that they have con- Editor and Partner of Kerala Ex- and startup company, Common-
tinued to rise further in their ca- press, a weekly Malayalam newspa- wealth Fusion Systems (CFS), who
said Dr. Madhu Bhaskaran, reers and serve the society. per published from Chicago, which invented a large high-temperature
All are invited to join this An-
Board and Award Committee nual Award Banquet honoring the was founded in 1992. He oversees superconducting electromagnet
both the print and online editions of
which would realize power genera-
Chairman. awardees. Kerala Express. tion by using heat from nuclear fu-
Please contact the Kerala Cen- He has held leadership posi- sion reactions.

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