Bangkok, May 28: Dr Arathi Krishna, deputy chairperson of NRI Forum Karnataka, has been conferred with the ‘Mahatma Gandhi Samman-2016’ at a global Indian conclave held at Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.
The global Indian conclave on international economic development was organized by the NRI Welfare Society of India from May 26 to 28. The aim of the Society behind the conclave was to highlight the achievements of NRIs who are keeping the Indian flag high across the globe.
Dr H Honne Gowda (Bengaluru), Kaushalkumar S Gupta (Gujarat), Dr Dileep Murthy (Malaysia), Prof Jodhbir Singh Mehta (Singapore), Dr Sunil Roy TN (UAE), Dr Vaibhav Vineeth (UK), Dr P Agamuthu (Malaysia) and Dr Anchal Gupta (India) also received the prestigious awards among others.
About Arathi Krishna
Arathi Krishna, who holds a master degree in ‘political science’ from Mysore University and another master degree in ‘international commerce and public’ from George Mason University, Washington, has been associated with NRI community for several years.
Arathi Krishna was conferred honorary doctorate by Kuvempu University, Shivamogga. She was also honoured with Kannada Rajyotsava award in 2013.
She had held the post of an Adviser to the largest Indian American organization in the US namely the National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA) in an honorary capacity.
Later, as a Community Development Officer in the Indian Embassy in Washington DC, she networked extensively to take the message of India’s engagement with the Indian American community to all parts of the continental United States.
In 2011, she was appointed as Adviser in the India Development Foundation, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
She also has up an NGO “Krishna Foundation” to partake in socio-economic needs and provide improved educational facilities in remote villages of Karnataka.
She was appointed as the Deputy Chairman of NRI Forum Karnataka effective on Nov 18, 2016.
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Dear Sirs, have you cross checked to see whether Arathi Krishna is really awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Kuvempu University, Shimoga? Such degrees are normall awarded to people with some outstanding contribution to society. Request you to kindly throw some light.
Regards,
M Manjunath
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