LOS ANGELES: Neelaj Sharma recently joined Air India as the District Sales Manager, Los Angeles. Since coming to the US in 1991, Neelaj worked in the Sales Department of Kuwait Airways and Middleast Airlines.

LOS ANGELES: American Telugu Association (ATA), a leading association of non-resident Indians in the US, celebrated ATA Roju in Los Angeles on February 23 to raise funds and membership for ATA. An announcement was made at the function about the upcoming 10th ATA

LOS ANGELES: Representatives of the Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), along with other community organizations, participated in the first meeting of the Los Angeles Police Department's (LAPD) Muslim Community Forum on Feb. 21 at the Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Foundation.

CHICAGO: In keeping with the saying, "Old order changeth, yielding place to new", members of the Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) elected young community activist Hetal Patel 

NEW YORK: Nevada-based Hindu priest Rajan Zed, who delivered the historic opening prayer in Washington State Senate, presented a copy of Bhagavad-Gita to Senator Rosa Franklin, President Pro Tem, who was presiding over the Senate.

CHICAGO: The Gandhi Memorial Trust Fund held a memorial service last week for the students who lost their lives February 14 in the NIU campus shooting. State Representative Lou Lang,

WASHINGTON: Congressman Bobby Scott has questioned the Department of Justice on barriers to voting for Asian American voters, including issues of language access and unauthorized requests for voter identification. Rep. Scott directed questions to Asheesh Agarwal,

NEW YORK: Venkatesh Narayanamurti, dean of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), who for 10 years has directed the renewal and expansion of the former division and its transition to a School, recently announced his intention to step down from his position in September 2008.

CHICAGO: Indian Consulate in Chicago has announced that the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India, has introduced a Scholarship Program for Diaspora Children (SPDC) to assist Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in pursuing Under Graduate courses in Higher and Technical fields in India.

NEW YORK: Rajendra Shukla, owner and President of Reliable Silver of Naugatuck, Connecticut, former President of the Federation of Indian Associations of the Tri-State Area, Founding trustee and former Chairman of India