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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                  JUNE 05, 2026     |  The Indian Eye 18

             GOPIO-CT To Honor Five Indian American

                         Achievers At Its 20th Anniversary

            OUR BUREAU
                                              GOPIO-CT AWARDEES 2026 (From left to right): Dr. Anil Diwan, Senator Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, Ajay Ghosh, Nitin Mhatre and Prof. Hemchandra Shertukde
            New York, NY
                  he Global Organization of  role models for our new generations  on constitutional law, human rights,  was Chairman during 2019–2020, and
                  People of Indian Origin (GO-  and GOPIO-CT has a done great job in  media studies, civic education, and  holds engineering and MBA degrees
            TPIO)-Connecticut Chapter will  building up a good image of India and  social justice.                from Mumbai University along with
            honor outstanding achievers of the  Indian Americans in Connecticut.”                                 executive education from Harvard
            Indian American community in Con-                                             Ajay Ghosh              Business School.
            necticut and those provide service to    Dr. Anil R. Diwan                     Journalism
            the community or the society at large   Entrepreneurship and Business                                 Prof. Hemchandra Shertukde
            at its 20th Anniversary Celebration         Achievements                  jay Ghosh is a veteran jour-  Engineering and Applied Sciences
            with an Annual Awards Banquet on                                          nalist, media leader, educator,
            Saturday, June 13th at the Water’s      r. Anil Diwan is the Found-  Aand healthcare professional            emchandra M. Shertukde,
            Edge Banquet Hall, Darien, CT start-    er, President, and Executive   with more than three decades of ex-   Ph.D., P.E., DMS, has been a
            ing at 6 p.m. Five Indian Americans   DChairman of NanoViricides,   perience in journalism, academia, and  Hdistinguished professor in the
            will be honored for their achieve-  Inc. (NYSE American: NNVC),     clinical social work. He is the Publish-  College of Engineering, Technology,
            ments in profession and service to the   where he pioneered antiviral “nano-  er and Chief Editor of The Global  and Architecture at the University
            nation. Several Connecticut lawmak-  viricide” technology designed to   Net News and Health and Wellness  of Hartford for nearly four decades.
            ers are expected to attend this event.  target and destroy viruses. He led   News, and has held senior editorial  A graduate of the Indian Institute of
                The 2026 awardees are: Con-                                     roles with The Asian Era, The Indi-  Technology Kharagpur with a Ph.D.
            necticut State Senator Prof. Sujata   the development of NV-387, a   an Express (North America), and the  from the University of Connecticut,
                                              broad-spectrum antiviral drug can-
            Gadkar-Wilcox who is also a profes-  didate, not a vaccine, that has shown   Universal News Network, while is the  he is an accomplished educator, re-
            sor  of  Legal  Studies  at  Quinnipiac   activity in  company studies  against   Founder President of the Indo-Amer-  searcher, inventor, and entrepreneur.
            University for Political Leadership;   viruses including COVID coronavi-  ican Press Club. In addition to teach-  Dr.  Shertukde  is  the  author  of  13
            Dr. Anil Diwan, Founder, President   ruses,  influenza,  RSV,  Mpox,  Small-  ing at Fordham Graduate School, he  solo books, co-author of more than
            and Executive Chairman of Nano-   pox, Measles, and Ebola. NV-387 is   currently serves as a Licensed Clinical  40  technical  books,  has  published
            Virisides, Inc. for Entrepreneurship   currently in Phase II clinical trials for   Social Worker at Yale New Haven  over 100 research papers, holds 10
            and Business Achievements; Veteran   Mpox in the Democratic Republic of   Hospital,  reflecting  his  commitment  U.S. patents, and has founded several
            Journalist Ajay Ghosh, who is a me-  Congo and is also being advanced for   to ethical journalism,  public  health,  technology and medical device com-
            dia leader and founder of Indo-Amer-  potential use against Ebola outbreaks   and community service.  panies in Connecticut and Florida.
            ican Press Club for Journalism; First   in Africa.                                                        The awardees will be honored
            County Bank of Fairfield CEO Nitin                                           Nitin Mhatre             at GOPIO-CT’s 20th Anniversary
            Mhatre for Corporate Leadership       Senator Sujata Gadkar                Corporate Leadership       Celebrations with Awards Banquet.
            and Prod. Hemchandra Shertukde of     Wilcox – Political Leadership                                   Recognition  will  be  given  to  the
            University of Hartford Achievement                                        itin Mhatre became CEO of  chapter’s Founding Members Dr.
            in Engineering and Applied Sciences.                                      First County Bank on April  Thomas Abraham, Viresh Sharma,
                Commenting on the award se-        ujata Gadkar-Wilcox has served  N15, 2026, leading a community  Sangeeta and Paul Ahuja, Meera and
            lection, GOPIO-CT President Ma-        in  the  Connecticut  State  Sen-  bank that has served Fairfield County  Bhom Banta and Gharry Gill. Past
            hesh Jhangiani said, “We select the Sate since 2024, representing the  and Connecticut for more than 174  presidents who served the chapter
            awardees, who have made an impact  22nd District, and is also a Professor  years. Previously, he served as CEO  are  Sangeeta  Ahuja,  Shailesh  Naik,
            in our society and/or those who pro-  of Legal Studies at Quinnipiac Uni-  of Berkshire Bank and held senior  Shelly Nichani, Anita Bhat, Ashok
            vide outstanding service.”        versity. A Fulbright-Nehru Scholar  leadership roles at Webster Bank and  Nichani and Jaya Daptardar will also
                GOPIO International Founder  from  2015–2017,  she  conducted re-  Citibank. He has also served on the  be recognized. A special recognition
            President Dr. Thomas Abraham and  search in India on constitutional val-  boards of several nonprofit and indus-  will be given to the Chapter’s Youth
            Chairman of GOPIO-CT Awards  ues and democratic institutions. Her  try organizations, including the Con-  Coordinator in the early years Ms.
            Committee said, “these awardees are  scholarship and public service focus  sumer Bankers Association, where he  Sharon Priya Banta.

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