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Nine Indian Americans Honored for Contributions to Business

By a Staff Reporter
NEW YORK — Nine
prominent Indian Ameri-
cans, two of them women,
are among 50 people of
Asian origin who were hon-
ored May 28 by the Asian
American Business Devel-
opment Center for their
contributions to the field
of business.
Neeta Bhasin, president
and CEO of ASB Com-
munications; and Sarbari
Gupta of Electrosoft Ser-
vices Inc., were the two
Indian American women
Neeta Bhasin among the recipients of the
awards, which were dominated by
Chinese businesses.
Besides being a businesswom-
an, Bhasin is also a prominent TV
personality, a familiar face for the
South Asian audience in New York
and New Jersey.
Bhasin, who has hosted a live
show on a channel devoted to the
South Asian diaspora, says her
passion for business and commu-
nity-related issues led her to work
towards building bridges between
the diverse groups of society.
Sarbari Gupta, founder of Elo-
ectrosoft Services Inc., has led the
company since it was established
in 2001.
Ajay Waghray Other Indian Americans among
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the awardees were Ajay Waghray,
chief information officer for Ve-
rizon Wireless; Ambuj Goyal,
general manager IBM; Sunil Garg

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of New Jersey’s Union County
Utilities Authority; Sameer Mit-
tal, president of UK West Inc.,
a manufacturer of solid waste
components; R. Ravishankar, vice-
president of I-flex solutions; Dr.
Shan Nair, who co-founded Nair
and Company; and Kamalpreet
S. Virdi, executive president of
Aequor Technologies.
The annual awards event high-
lights the contributions of Asian
American businesses to the econ-
omy and recognized senior-level
corporate executives for their
outstanding achievements and
leadership.

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