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Raghu
Bajwa of
South Windsor, Conn., a physician whose three practices
specialize in non-surgical cosmetic skin care and
Ayurvedic medicine. |
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Kashish
Chopra of
Boston, who uses her role as Miss India USA's Miss
Congeniality to speak on college campuses about
being gay and South Asian |
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Radha Jalan
of Concord, Mass.,
the owner of ElectroChem and 2003 president of the
Asian American Support and Resource Agency. |
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Chander
Kapasi of
Newton, Mass., a physician who co-owns Merrimack
Valley Medical Center and Kapasi Associates, a medical
practice with five offices. |
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Shikha
Kapoor of Lexington, Mass., co-owner of several
restaurants including Bombay Club, Masala Art and
Curry Leaf. |
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Pooja
Kumar of
Boston, a Harvard Medical School student and Rhodes
Scholar who has traveled to places like Azerbaijan
and East Timor to help the poor. |
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Achla
Madan of
Concord, Mass., co-owner of Minuteman International,
which sells wrought-iron products, including a line
created for Colonial Williamsburg. |
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Taniya
Nayak of
South Boston, an interior designer who stars on
ABC Family's do-it-yourself television show, "Knock
First." |
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Kala Prasad
of
Glastonbury, Conn., the owner of Pushpanjaly School
of Music and a fund-raising coordinator at the Connecticut
Valley Hindu Temple. |
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Shyamala
Raman of
West Hartford, Conn., the director of international
studies at St. Joseph College and a founder of the
woman's group Sneha. |
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Shona
Ramaya of
Grafton, Mass., the author of a short-story collection
"Operation Monsoon" and executive editor of the
literary magazine "Catamaran." |
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Rashmi
Shah of Brockton,
Mass., a dentist, teacher at Tufts University School
of Dental Medicine, and member of the Mass. Board
of Registration in Dentistry. |
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Amy Shroff
of Wayland, Mass.,
co-owner and chief of staff of the Veterinary Emergency
& Specialty Center of New England. |
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Sabita
Singh of
Somerville, Mass., an attorney with Bingham McCutchen
and vice president of the National South Asian Bar
Association. |
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Madhu
Sridhar of
Andover, Mass., president of the Massachusetts League
of Women Voters, which has 7,000 members and supporters. |
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Naveena
Swamy of
Nashua, N.H., co-founder of the RoboTech Center,
which offers after-school sessions and summer camps
on technology. |
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Meera
Vasudevan of
Stamford, Conn., co-owner of food distribution company
Preferred Brands International and consulting firm
Asg-Omni. |