India Abroad Person of the Year 2003

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India Abroad Person of the Year 2003

• Ajit Balakrishnan
• Founder and CEO Rediff.com
• Publisher India Abroad

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July 11, 2003

• WHY THE PROGRAM?
• Deepen
• India Abroads involvement with the
  Indian-American community
• Reward
• and recognize people who contribute to community
• Help
• create role models

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History

• First award in 2002
• Swati Dandekar
• Choice made by India Abroad editors
• 2003 awards Our wish
• Broaden decision group
• Formalize process
• Hand over decision to community leaders
• India Abroad team only facilitators

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Exposure to Indian-Americansus.rediff.com -
1,000,000India Abroad 200,000
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The Jury

• Swati Dandekar
• -- Iowa state Representative. India Abroad
  Person of the Year 2002. Chairperson
• Swadesh Chatterjee
• -- North Carolina community activist, Padma
  Bhushan 2001
• Mallika Dutt
• -- Partner, Breakthrough
• Anil Kakani
• -- Legislative Assistant, Senator Hillary
  Clinton
• Madhulika Khandelwal
• -- Professor, Asian American Studies Program,
  Queens College
• Varun Nikore
• -- President, Indian American Leadership
  Incubator
• Krishna Reddy
• -- President, Indian American Friendship Council
• Kapil Sharma
• -- Madison Government Affairs
• Tunku Varadarajan
• -- Editorial Features Editor, The Wall Street
  Journal

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Jury Brief November 8 , 2003

• We
• own and run India Abroad
• as
• trustees for the Indian-American Community

• 12 finalists short-listed by India Abroad Editors
• Long-list of 186 names available you can add
  back any if you wish
• Criteria before lunch
• Post lunch decide on one name
• Announcement and event on Dec 12th