BLOOMINGTON, Ind: Indiana University's Schools of Optometry and Medicine are creating a new academic exchange program - the Indo-US Exchange Program for Optometry and Ophthalmology - with four eye institutes and hospitals in India.
The two-year pilot program will provide the opportunity for IU School of Optometry residents to enhance postgraduate training with a month long trip to eye institutes...
CHICAGO: Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani will be participating in India Day Parade being organized by the Federation of Indian Associations, Chicago, here in mid August, according to Iftekhar Shareef, FIA Trustee.
Besides Aftab, there will be a number of elected officials from the City of Chicago and State of Illinois, says Ajay Agnihotri, FIA President. This year the parade will...
CHICAGO: Host of the evening Iftekhar Shareef along with Federation of Indian Associations and American Telugu Association leaders, members of Hyderabad community, friends and cricket fans joined at the public reception in honor of visiting cricketing legend and Member of Parliament Mohammed Azharuddin at the Northshore Banquet Hall in Chicago recently.
Iftekhar Shareef, FIA Trustee Chairman and Ajai...
TORONTO: Mohammad Azharuddin attracted a large number of Hyderabadi community members in Toronto on a recent visit. He was invited as the chief guest for a fundraiser event to support Peace Services, a welfare organization for elders and youths.
Azharuddin proved that he was still the magnet for overseas Indian community as more than 200 people attended the Peace Services...
CHICAGO: It was a pleasant surprise for staff and customers of Evia Travel Inc as Mohammad Azharuddin, Member of Parliament and former Captain of Indian cricket team visited Evia Travel's new premises at 5862 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago. He was accompanied by Iftekhar Shareef, well-known Indian community leader and FIA senior trustee.
Iftekhar Shareef mentioned that Evia Travel has successfully...
NEW YORK: Leaders of the South Asian community met to laud and support Grace Meng - poised to be the first Asian American to be elected as a member of Congress from the State of New York.
Ms. Meng currently serves in the Assembly on the Banking, Small Business and Labor Committee and if elected will be replacing Congressman Gary...
IOWA: The atmosphere was surcharged with bliss and silence on Sunday, July 22 as 96 members of the Indian Senior Group of Chicago witnessed a MahaRudra Abhishek with 121 pandits in Maharishi Vedic City, IA.
The pandits are among the 1000 pandits in Maharishi Vedic City who have been specially trained for the purpose of creating invincibility for the US...
CHICAGO: Kohinoor is coming to Chicago - not the unmatched diamond that was snatched form Indian rulers by the British 200 years ago - but Kohinoor Foods that seeks to offer the best that India could offer on platter.
Serving sixty countries across the globe, Kohinoor had come to USA over a decade ago operating from East coast. The burgeoning...
NEW YORK: American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) Drs Thakor G. Patel, Padmini Balagopal and Ranjita Misra did a study in four rural villages in India and determined that access to care and preventive care was a huge problem along with a high prevalence of diabetes and hypertension.
Four studies in rural Alamarathupatti, Samiyarpatti and Pillayar Natham in...
CHICAGO: Global Gayatri Pariwar Chicago and Gayatri Shaktipeeth Chicago celebrated Gurupurnima festival with 108 Kundi Gayatri Yagya on Sunday 15 July, from 11am to 2pm at Desplaines Lake Opeka Park.
Chief Guest Mafatbhai Patel, CEO of Patel Brothers, Honorable guest Santosh Kumar, CEO of MAFS and Invited guests Sohanbhai Joshi, Haribhai Patel, President of Bharatiya Senior Center of Chicago, inaugurated...