NEW YORK: American India Foundation (AIF) will honor Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, and Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman of GE at its Fifth Annual Spring Gala on April 30 in New York. The gala is the biggest India-centric philanthropic fundraiser in the United States.

WASHINGTON: The Bush administration has said it wants officials from its Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be stationed in India to check the safety of food products bound for the US, and has started initiating talks with New Delhi on the issue.

NEW YORK: The Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award is now open for 2008 nominations and entries. Organized by the Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC), the Outstanding 50 is the first and largest business award program of its kind, allowing the best of Asian American business professionals to showcase their achievements and benchmark their successes.

NEW DELHI: Involvement of employees across the rungs of hierarchy and roles brings in change when applied with persistence and diligence. This was how Kiran Bedi of IPS fame summed up her experience while speaking as Chief Guest at the CII Western UP Annual Session 2007-08 And Session on Nurturing Creativity: Leveraging Human Capital.

NEW YORK: HSBC, Europe's largest bank by market value, has been named the world's most valuable banking brand according to the Banker magazine's Top 500 Financial Brands listing. It also achieved the highest possible triple 'A' brand rating.

DALLAS, TX: Dr S. Somasegar, senior vice-president, Developer Division, Microsoft Corporation, received the 2008 Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY) Award from the Chinese Institute of Engineers, USA (CIE/USA) in Texas on March 1.

NEW YORK: ICICI Bank Limited (NYSE: IBN), India's second largest bank by assets and largest private sector bank, Feb 29, inaugurated its New York branch in midtown Manhattan. This is consequent to the bank's approval from the US regulators to commence operations as a Federal branch in New York City.