Ishan Chatterjee has been chosen as one of the four finalists from the Pittsburgh region for the International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles in early May , on the basis of his performance at the Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair. He also received five sponsor awards. His research was also awarded first place in medicine at the Pennsylvania Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Ishan has also been selected as an Honor awardee for the Outstanding Indian American Student of the Year award by the Pittsburgh Federal Executive Board.
Indrani Kar continues to perform classical Indian dance through the dance group Pitt Nrityamala. This past November, they performed at Johns Hopkins University for the classical exhibition show, Nritya Mala 2010. Then they competed at Laasya 2011 hosted by the University of Maryland on February 26th, where we won 1st place. On April 28th, Nrityamala will perform in honor of Meera Shankar, The Ambassador of India to the United States at New Hazlett Theater. Congratulations to Indu and her Dance team.
Congratulations to our own Francis Cleetus whose recent mural is now being featured at the has been featured Phipps Conservatory in Oakland. He has created a very artistic ceiling murals in the special events hall for Phipps Conservatory's new exhibit—Tropical Forest India. He also made the exhibit's spice and tea market signs. This work will be on display for three years and you can read more about it in a local newspaper, Upper St Clair Patch ( http://patch.com/A-qRq8) You may recall his excellent artwork for Durapuja.