FINALISTS - WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2006

Dinaz Adenwalla
Coordinator - Secondary Programs, Rhode Island School for the Deaf


Tara Bangalore
Founder - Anubhava School of Music

Sarita Bhalotra
Director, Brandeis Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management; Assistant Professor


Meghna Chakrabarti
Director, NPR's On Point

Meenakshi Chhabra
Faculty at Lesley University

Madhu Chandra
Deloitte Tax Senior

Attiya Chaudary
Owner - NCAS Learning Center


Neena Gulati Dhanda
Founder and Director Triveni School of Dance


Saloni Prashant Fadia
CEO, Abacus Software Group Inc., President, Sierra Systems Asia, Pvt. Ltd

Rita S Ghei
Chairperson, Connecticut, Member of Executive Committee - TiETriState

Dr. Helga do Rosario Gomes
Senior Research Associate, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Sudha Jamthe
CEO - Moomli

Latha D Mangipudi
Program Coordinator and Speech Pathologist - Classic In-Home Care, Nashua Center

Arsh Mehrotra
President - Excel Management DBA, Aap Ka Manoranjan and Bombay Cinema

Madhusmita Misra
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Pediatrics - Mass General Hospital for Children

Usha Rani Palaniswamy
Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and Director of Phytochemicals and Functional Foods Laboratory.

Bishnu Maya Pariyar
Founder - Empower Dalit Women of Nepal

Boomisudha Potheri
Bus Driver, Shrewsbury School District, AA Transportation

Naheed Usmani
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, UMass Medical School, Worcester


Mini Pillai Vijayalakshmi
Head Teacher, Action Early Learning Center - Nationally Accredited Early Childhood Center