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Tejal Desai: From Pharmacist to Award-Winning Filmmaker, Bringing South Asian Stories to Hollywood

Tejal Desai: From Pharmacist to Award-Winning Filmmaker, Bringing South Asian Stories to Hollywood

by americansouthasiannetwork.com | Oct 24, 2026 | Pulse

A Filmmaker Who Chose Passion Over Convention   Leaving behind an established profession to pursue an uncertain creative career requires more than ambition. For award-winning screenwriter and director Tejal Desai, it meant stepping away from pharmacy and...
Insmed appoints Utpal Koppikar to board of directors

Insmed appoints Utpal Koppikar to board of directors

by americansouthasiannetwork.com | Oct 20, 2026 | Pulse

Indian American finance executive Utpal Koppikar has joined the board of directors of Insmed Incorporated as an independent director. The Bridgewater, New Jersey-based biopharmaceutical company announced his appointment on Oct. 20. Koppikar joins the board alongside...
Health In Tech names Sanjay Shrestha chief executive officer

Health In Tech names Sanjay Shrestha chief executive officer

by americansouthasiannetwork.com | Oct 20, 2026 | Pulse

Nepali American business leader Sanjay Shrestha has been appointed chief executive officer of Health In Tech, a Florida-based company that uses technology and automation to simplify the health insurance marketplace. His appointment took effect Oct. 20. Shrestha...
Indian-born banking executive Shimna Sameer named Truist consumer banking chief

Indian-born banking executive Shimna Sameer named Truist consumer banking chief

by americansouthasiannetwork.com | Oct 18, 2026 | Pulse

Indian-born U.S. banking executive Shimna Sameer has been named chief consumer banking officer at Truist Financial Corporation, expanding her responsibilities at one of the country’s 10 largest commercial banks. The Charlotte-based company announced the appointment...
Rathnakumar Udayakumar Is Building the Future of AI-Native Legal Services Through Legalyti

Rathnakumar Udayakumar Is Building the Future of AI-Native Legal Services Through Legalyti

by americansouthasiannetwork.com | Oct 17, 2026 | Pulse

Rathnakumar Udayakumar, widely known as RK, has spent more than a decade building technology businesses and developing artificial intelligence solutions. Today, he is applying that experience to an industry that has traditionally been difficult to modernize: legal...
University of Illinois honors Pavan Hanumolu and Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan for teaching excellence

University of Illinois honors Pavan Hanumolu and Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan for teaching excellence

by americansouthasiannetwork.com | Oct 17, 2026 | Pulse

Indian-origin engineering professors Pavan Kumar Hanumolu and Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan have received the 2026 Ronald W. Pratt Outstanding Teaching Award from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The...
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