Indian Professionals Network - Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Indian Professionals Network (IPN-Atlanta)

http://www.ipnAtlanta.net/

 

 

Enclosed below please find our weekly email broadcast that reaches over 2700

members of Atlanta (Georgia, USA) based IPN. We do not have membership dues

and every Indian Americans / NRI in Atlanta is invited to be a member. We

do have several non-Indians as well as non-Atlantans in our membership

database, though our focus is only Atlantans of South Asian origin.

 

We are very close to wrapping up our membership directory, and the camera

ready copy should be printed tomorrow. This email is to just let you know

about IPN and if you wish to join IPN, send your name, phone number (H/W),

company name, job title, mailing address to narsi ASAP.

 

If you are already on our membership database, you may ignore this

message -OR- go ahead and send your info any way, just to confirm.

 

Best wishes,

--narsi

founder, IPN-Atlanta

 

 

 

 

 

ipnAtlanta.net - Narsi [narsi]

Monday, April 30, 2001 11:05 AM

_ipnAtlanta_Narsi

today dinner meeting with Prof. Indiresan at Palace ~ IACA new

President ~ GSU two Lectures ~ CRY-cket 2 days ~ Emory free music and

dance program

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to IACA (which means congratulations to us all)

as we celebrate the 30th anniversary TODAY!

 

Also, there was a special IACA Board meeting yesteray in which

Mr. Vir Nanda assumed the role of IACA President from Mr. Syam

Sundar Yellamraju. Syam promised me yesterday to continue as a

volunteer at IACA to the extent he can. Congrats and thanks

to Vir on accepting this responsibility.

 

-- narsi

www.softquiz.com

 

 

Table of contents:

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1) APAC award/scholarship for high school juniors and seniors

 

2) Special IPN dinner meeting with Prof. Indiresan - Apr 30 Mon

 

3) GSU/CBIM quarterly lecture by Dr. Atul Parvatiyar - May 3 Thu

4) Tamil movie - May 4, 5

 

5) CRY-cket 2001 EXTENDED TO 2 DAYS - May 5,6

6) Sadhu Vaswani Center events - May 6,13

 

7) IPN monthly meeting for May, jointly with American India Foundation

on WEDNESDAY 9th May ----- please note the change of day/date

 

8) Stress management lectures by Chinmaya mission - May 11,12,13

9) An Evening of Indian Music and Dance at Emory - May 12

 

10) quarterly Economic Forecast by Dr. Rajeev Dhawan - May 18

11) Senior Citizen's Mother’s Day Luncheon - May 20

 

12) Anavil (Desai) Picnic - May 13

13) Young Adults Convention by India Assn of Charlotte - Aug 31-Sep 2

 

14) PRESS RELEASE -- South Asians 4 Unity (SA4U) Identifies Its Agenda

 

courtesy announcements

15, 16, 17) Jobs wanted

18) accomodation wanted

 

visit http://www.ipnAtlanta.net/ for more details

 

 

 

 

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1) From Ravi Sarma [ravi]

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Asian/Pacific-American Council of Georgia

a 501 © (3) nonprofit umbrella organization of the Asian community

note: IACA is a member represented by Dr. Ash Thakker (elected as

APAC President) and Dr. Narsi Narasimhan (Board member)

 

 

 

APAC invites e-mail from outstanding Indian-American

High School students (10th-11th or graduating seniors)

for the annual APAC Outstanding Student Award.

 

The annual banquet is on May 20th.

Students are requested to send their resume by e-mail

by Saturday, May 5, 2001 to

 

ravi

 

We are looking for students who are outstanding in

academics, and excel in leadership, extracurricular activities,

research, sports, finearts, scholastic competitions, etc.

 

The decisions of the judges are final and can not be appealed.

 

One recipient will be chosen and will be presented with a

check for $500 at the time of the APAC banquet.

 

Ash Thakker, President of APAC

P. Ravi Sarma, nominating committee

 

 

 

 

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2) From KK Srinivasan [KK.Srinivasan]

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Indian Professionals Network

http://www.ipnAtlanta.net/ipn/

 

special meeting - Apr 30 Mon

 

 

You are cordially invited to a discussion with Prof. Indiresan at 6:30 PM

at the Palace Restaurant on Monday 4/30/2001. Prof Indiresan will talk

briefly about the "Role of NRIs in the economic development of India" and

will be available for discussions following the meeting.

Dinner will follow the discussions. Cost per person for the dinner is $12 at

the door.

 

Please RSVP to ramakk or kk.srinivasan to confirm

your attendance. A short bio of Prof. Indiresan is given below.

 

 

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Professor P.V. Indiresan was educated at IISc., Bangalore and the University

of Birmingham, UK. He started his teaching careet at University of Roorkee.

Subsequently he was the Dean at IIT Delhi, Director of IIT Madras,and a

chaired professor at IIT Delhi. Professor Indiresan has been honored by the

IEEE, and the Government of India for his contributions to the profession as

well as to the society. After retiring from IIT Delhi, he continues to write

candidly on matters relating to policy, education, technology, and society.

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venue: The Palace, 6131 Peachtree Parkway, Norcross, GA 30092

directions call: 770-840-7770

 

 

 

 

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3) From Atul Parvatiyar [atul]

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Georgia State University

Center for Business and Industrial Marketing

Quarterly Meeting, Spring 2001

 

Global Customer Management:

Contingency Effects and Best Practices

 

Dr. Atul Parvatiyar

Robinson Research Fellow &

Managing Director,

Center for Business and Industrial Marketing

J. Mack Robinson College of Business

Georgia State University

 

Thursday,

May 3, 2001,

from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm,

followed by lunch.

 

Location:

The Commerce Club, 34 Broad Street, Atlanta, GA 30303

 

Complimentary parking is available at the Commerce Club for meeting

attendees.

 

Atul Parvatiyar, Ph.D. is an associate professor and managing director of

the CBIM. He is a specialist in relationship marketing and international

marketing. Prior to joining the center in 2001, he was assistant professor

of marketing at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and a

recipient of Emory’s MBA Distinguished Educator Award. Atul is

internationally known as a researcher, educator, and lecturer. He has

authored many scholarly articles and is co-editor of Research in Marketing.

His recent books include Handbook of Relationship Marketing (co-editor with

Jagdish Sheth, Sage Publications 2000) and Customer Relationship Management:

Emerging Concepts, Tools and Applications (co-editor with Jagdish Sheth and

G. Shainesh, Tata-McGraw Hill, 2001).

 

 

 

The event is free of charge and includes a lunch at The Commerce Club,

however it is by invitation only and hence interested people

representing global/international companies should either get

in touch with Ilia Kolesnikov at GSU (404-651-1930) or with

Dr. Atul Parvatiyar (at 404-327-9100) to participate at the event.

 

 

 

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4) From Periasamy Selvaraj [pselvaraj]

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Tamil Movie 'DUM DUM DUM' on May 4th and 5th.

 

Priya Imports Proudly presents, yet another superhit movie of the Tamil New

Year Release of 2001.

 

"DUMM DUMM DUMM"

Starring: Madhavan, Jyothika and Manivannan

 

The Film has been produced by Mani Ratnam and Srinivasan for Madras Talkies

and the former has penned the story and script along with R. Selvaraj and N.

Azhagamperumal. The film has been directed by Azhagamperumal

 

on May 4th and 5th 2001

 

Show timings

 

05/04/2001 (Friday) ---------> 8.00 PM

05/05/2001 (Saturday) -------> 3:00 PM and 6:00 PM

 

at Cinevision, 3300 N.E Expressway, Building 2A, Atlanta, GA - 30341.

If you are coming from downtown by I-85, take Chamblee-Tucker Rd exit. From

the ramp turn left on Chamblee-Tucker Rd, and at the first light take left

again into ACCESS ROAD (do not re-enter into the highway). Within couple of

blocks you will see 3300 N. E. on your right side.

 

Buy your tickets in Advance for Best Seats

Please call Dhamodaran at Priya Imports for details at 404-633-5603

 

 

 

 

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5) From Vijay Vemulapalli [vijayvem]

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CRY-cket 2001 EXTENDED TO 2 DAYS :: OVERWHELMING RESPONSE!!!

 

 

Due to the overwhelming response from the cricket enthusiasts

from Atlanta and surrounding areas (as far away as Chattanooga,

Augusta, and even Auburn in Alabama), we have decided to accept

upto 48 teams and extend the tournament to 2 days. The tournament

will start on May 5th and will be concluded on May 6th.

 

We have already received 35 teams, and will stop at 48 teams!!

So, please register your team ASAP!!

 

Join the fun and enjoy the spring season with a game of Cricket !!

All for a good cause !!

 

We are looking for a "Title Sponsor".

please call 678-393-3310 for more details.

 

(Please send it to all your friends in and around Atlanta)

 

CRY-CKET 2001

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BOWL & BAT YOUR WAY TO A CHILD'S FUTURE

 

 

CRY (Child Relief and You) is organizing a Two-day cricket

tournament as a fundraiser. All the proceeds will be sent

to support child relief projects in India. Please visit

http://www.us.cry.org for information on CRY and more than

250 efforts supported in this year.

 

Venue: SAC field, Georgia Tech Campus

Saturday May 5 - Sunday May 6, 2001

Time : 8:00AM - 8:00PM

Entry fee: $15 per person, $10 for students with valid ID

 

MAKE YOUR OWN TEAM (6 members) OR WE'LL MAKE ONE FOR YOU !!

 

The tournament will be played on a Knock-Out basis; we will

use tennis-cricket balls. Since the number of teams are limited

in oder to finish the tournament in two days, we request all

the teams to pre-register.

 

Call: Srinivas 678-393-3310, ramavas (or)

Niket 404-879-1771, nkaisare

 

 

 

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6) From Asha Advani [ArAdvani]

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Sadhu Vaswani Center/May 6th and 13th

 

 

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May 6, 2001 (Sunday)

Time: 5 p.m. Sharp.

Place: Advani’s Residence at 285 Barrow Downs, Alpharetta, GA. (Tel #

770-442-3450).

Directions: Take 400 North to exit 10 (Old Milton Parkway). Turn left off

the

exit and go for 5 miles (The road will become two-lane and will change names

to Rucker Rd). Slow down when you see St. Thomas Church on your left. Few

yards further, turn left into BARROW DOWNS; Come to 8th house on your right.

Program: SATSANG: Kirtan, ENGLISH Video Discourse by Dada J.P. Vaswani,

Aarti

& Prasaad.

TOPIC OF DISCOURSE: QUESTION/ANSWER SESSION

 

 

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May 19 (Saturday) at 6 p.m. to May 20, (Sunday) at 8 a.m.

Place: Chatahoochee High School in Alpharetta, GA.

Program: SHEVA: 2001 Relay for Life – a unique, challenging & fun way to

raise money for the American Cancer Society & more important, to raise the

awareness of cancer, cancer survivorship and the work of the American

Cancer

Society. Volunteers are appreciated and we’d appreciate your assistance!

Please stop by the survivor’s tent to see what you can do to help!!!

If you would like to participate in this SHEVA, please call

Asha Advani @ 770-442-3450 OR Jasbir Guliani @ 770-664-0419.

 

 

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7) From Upendra Patel [upendradada]

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American India Foundation

(President William Jefferson Clinton, AIF Chairman)

 

welcomes you to

 

Indian Professionals Network

http://www.ipnAtlanta.net/ipn/

hotline: 770 394-5414

 

monthly meeting for May - "Gujarat Day"

 

Presentation by: Mukesh "Mike" Patel - Trustee, AIF

 

(to discuss the visit to earthquake affected areas of Gujarat by the

AIF team headed by President Bill Clinton that included Mr. Mike Patel)

 

May 9, 2001 Wednesday 6:30pm

(please note that the meeting will be on WEDNESDAY)

 

venue: Maharaja Restaurant

3900 Lavista Road, Tucker, GA 30084

directions: 770 414-1010

 

 

RSVP: Upendra Patel . . . 678 406-9249

Marlene Greaver . . . 770 938-2060

 

 

 

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8) From G.V. Raghu [GVRAGHU]

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HINDU TEMPLE OF ATALNTA

AND

CHINMAYA MISSION MIDDLE GEORGIA

ARE PROUD TO SPONSOR SERIES OF DISCOURSES ON:

 

STRESS MANAGEMENT IN LIFE.

The talk is based on the Karma Yoga (Ch 3 ) of Bhagavad Gita, explaining how

one should live a happy Blissful Stress free life. Gaurangbhai will explain

lucidly how our scriptures guide us to live in this world.

 

Speaker : SRI. GAURANGBHAI NANAVATY.

Acharya of Chinmaya Mission West, Houston. TX

 

Gaurangbhai as he is lovingly called has the rare distinction of completing

Vedanta course along with his wife, Dharshanaben in 1982. They moved to

Houston after the training to live a ‘regular’ life. But being destined to

lead the community they have built in the last 18 years a large Chinmaya

Family, teaching children, youth and adults through Balvihars, Yuvakendras

and Adult study groups. Gaurangbhai has a Great gift of expounding Vedanta

principles with wit through examples and exemplary living. He is not new to

Atlanta. He has kindly consented to come for the third time.

 

Dates: May 11, 12 and 13. 2001

Program: Friday 11th : 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

 

Saturday12th: 9:30 a.m to 11:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m to 01:00 p.m

Sunday 13th : 9:30 a.m to 11:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m to 01:00

p.m.

 

Enquiry: G.V.Raghu. ------- 912-922-9710.

Manhar Valand ---770-477-2943.

 

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May 11, 12 & 13 : Sri Gaurangbhai Nanavathi.

Stress Management in Life.

Based on Bhagavad Gita (Ch 3 )

 

July 6 to 8 : H.H. Swami Jyotirmayananandaji.

Subject to be announced.

 

August 10 to 18 : Prof Prema Pandurang.

Mahabarath part II

 

August 11th : Krishna Janmastami.

Gita Chanting. (upstairs in the Temple)

 

September 2nd : Swami Dheeranandaji.

10:30 to Noon. Subject to be announced.

 

September 9, 10 & 11 : Swami Purushottamanandaji.

Meditation sessions, Atma panchakam.

Three Gunas and Beyond.

 

 

December 26th : Gita Jayanthi.

Gita Chanting. Time to be announced.

Upstairs in Temple

 

 

 

 

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9) From Sunil Shukla [sunil]

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An Evening of Indian Music and Dance

 

Presented by:

Emory University

Department of Music & Program in Asian Studies

 

Carnatic Vocal by

Smt. Prema Bhat (Lecturer in the Dept. of Music)

Shri Ramesh Panchagnula - Violin

Shri K. Suresh - Mridangam

 

Sitar Performance by

Dr. Kakali Bandyopadhyay

(Affiliate Faculty with the Dept. of Music)

Shri Sanjeev Vasudevan - Tabla

 

The Academy of Kuchipudi Dance with

Smt. Sasikala Penumarthi

(Affiliate Faculty with the Dept. of Dance)

 

Date/Time- May 12, 2001, 7:30 pm

Location- Cannon Chapel at Emory University

Tickets- Free (donations welcome)

 

For more information contact

Sunil Shukla @ (404)892-5952 <sunil

Sanjeev Vasudevan @ (404)634-7447 <sanjeev_vasudevan

 

 

 

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10) From flyer from GSU Economic Forecasting Center

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the second quarterly conference by Dr. Rajeev Dhawan, Director of

GSU Economic Forecasting Center will be held on Friday, May 18th from

1pm to 4:30pm at GSU Urban Life Auditorium.

 

The deadline to register is May 15th.

 

Please call:

 

EFC at 404-651-3298

or

Dr. Rajeev Dhawan - EFC

Georgia State University

404-651-3291 (W)

rDhawan (e-mail)

 

 

 

 

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11) From Raj Razdan [GVRAGHU]

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SENIOR CITIZEN's PROGRAM INC.

Occasion: Mother’s Day Luncheon.

When: May 20, 2001 at 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Where: Clay Oven-2100 Parklake Dr. (formerly Premier Club)

Tel. # 770-493-7159.

Sponsor: Drs. Naresh & Asha Parekh.

Highlight: Health Fair.

 

Come prepared for the Health Fair (Blood Pressure/Bone

Density check-ups).

 

 

 

 

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12) From Saurabh Desai [DrSDesai]

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Anavil (Desai) Picnic

on May 13th at Rhyne Park

in Smyrna

from 10 am to 5 pm.

 

All anavils in Atlanta area are welcome to this picnic, please call

saurabh "Desai" at 770-436-3663 for more info.

 

 

 

 

 

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13) From Khurram Hassan [kohassan]

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South Asians 4 Unity (SA4U) Identifies Its Agenda

 

A group of South Asians (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and

Pakistan) have been meeting on a monthly basis since last year to bring more

unity and understanding in the diverse South Asian community. On Wednesday,

April 18th, the group met at 7pm at Maharaja restaurant to determine its

next set of objectives.

 

The diverse group began its discussion with updates on projects that

different members were working on to communicate its work to the larger

community and to provide opportunities for education and discussion. Some

of the ways that the group plans to communicate its results are through a

planned website, through cosponsoring events with interested organizations,

and through the media. Several members shared their progress on bringing

speakers to Atlanta that would help to raise awareness and encourage

meaningful dialogue on South Asian issues.

 

Sabiha Mujtaba lead a discussion on how the group could address the most

difficult issues in an organized and respectful way. She identified four

topic areas that could be used to focus the group's discussion: social,

political, religious, and ethical. Sabiha pointed out the importance for

SA4U's members to have understanding and trust between each other before

they can work on the most difficult but important South Asian issues.

 

Several members agreed with the framework that Ms. Mujtaba proposed. The

group clearly saw the importance of communicating their work to the larger

South Asian community and to encourage participation in SA4U events. Vasant

Krishna asked the group to make sure it takes action on issues as well and

does not stop at having discussions only. The group's activities and its

membership can only grow if community members believe in and become active

in issues that SA4U is addressing.

 

Dr. Bikramjit Garcha summarized the group's next goals as:

1. Grow closer together (cohesion)

2. Grow in size

3. Gain influence

 

SA4U meets the third Wednesday of every month at 7pm. Currently the group

has been meeting at Maharaja restaurant on Lavista Road near Northlake Mall.

 

SA4U's next meeting is on Wednesday, May 16th, at 7pm at Maharaja

restaurant. Anyone interested in the objectives of SA4U is welcome to join

us for teh meeting. There is no membership cost, but everyone pays $10 each

to cover the cost of the dinner.

 

For more information about SA4U please contact Ritesh Desai at 770-696-4798

or ritesh_desai or Khurram Hassan at kohassan .

 

 

 

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14) From Prabal Roy [proy2]

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YOUNG ADULTS CONVENTION 2001

August 31- September 2

 

The India Association of Charlotte is organizing a convention for young

adults in an attempt to address growing needs of the Indian Community. This

special first convention is planned for the labor day weekend of 2001 in

Charlotte, NC in a hotel yet to be decided. The convention is expected to

provide a platform for young people to meet.

 

As our community grows and matures the number of young people

becoming adult also grows and in recent years it is high enough to where the

community feels a need to address the future of Indian family. In response

to this need many groups have organized conventions to facilitate the

meeting of young people and their families. These conventions are normally

organized on the basis of state, language, or religion; for example,

Maharastrian, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, and Jain conventions are held. By

the nature of these conventions, people from all over the U.S. come to the

gathering and when young people find friends in this get together, friends

are often from a far away place. Meeting people who live far away

discourages further development of friendship. Therefore, the convention

now being planned focuses on a region of about a 200-mile radius around

Charlotte. Although focusing on the region is a unique feature of the

convention, it will be open to people from other regions.

 

Another unique feature of the convention is that it will not be based on

state, language, or religion of India.

 

 

 

 

 

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15) From Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna [bsethna]

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note: The following message is included as courtesy

to an IPN member; if you wish to promote your

company, send your request to narsi

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Job wanted

 

Some bright Indian students from State University of West Georgia are

graduating from their business degree programs and in search of suitable

employer willing to hire currently F-1 visa holders.

 

 

 

 

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16) From Kishore Donepudi [kishore_donepudi]

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note: The following message is included as courtesy

to an IPN member; if you wish to promote your

company, send your request to narsi

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I am looking for a position in any of the following skills.

Java/EJB/JSP/UML/RMI/c/c----/visual basic/ASP/SQL SERVER/oracle. Currently

I

am working in perigrene systems and my basic background is 3 years of

experiance with MS in computer science from University of Huntsville.

 

My contact numbers - 404 943 9485 or kishore_donepudi

 

 

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17) From Sanjay Kumar [sk_la]

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note: The following message is included as courtesy

to an IPN member; if you wish to promote your

company, send your request to narsi

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Job wanted

 

Former business development manager at a software consulting firm is

looking for a job....

I am even ready to move to another industry (Office Admin,Food,

Hotel,Retail)anything, if required.

Sanjay Kumar

678-595-5006

 

 

 

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18) From Meera Dewan [meeradewan]

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note: The following message is included as courtesy

to an IPN member; if you wish to promote your

company, send your request to narsi

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Accomodation wanted

 

Looking for temporary living arrangements as a houseminder/room mate for a

student from India.Prefer accomodation near downtown or MARTA access.

Please call or E-mail : meeradewan or call 770-939-8285

 

My son Ashish, a grad from McGill Montreal & a Canadian is coming to

Atlanta hoping to explore work at CNN, after interning at the CNN S Asia

bureau here. He will be there from 8 - 9 May onwards & needs a decent,

reasonable place to stay

 

We hope to have some response from your ad. Incase you have some info re

Youth Hostel/YMCA etc near MARTA we will v much appreciate your input, as

time is coming up & budget is limited.

 

 

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visit www.ipnAtlanta.net for a complete list of metro Atlanta Indian

community calendar of events

 

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