By a Staff Reporter
LOS ANGELES,CA - The UCLA Center for India and South Asia and Friends of Sardar Patel Award Association on April 27 jointly organized their Annual Award ceremony where a $ 10,000 cash award was given to a winning scholar who did research work pertaining to India. This year the award was given to Rebecca Whittington...
LOS ANGELES,CA - The UCLA Center for India and South Asia and Friends of Sardar Patel Award Association on April 27 jointly organized their Annual Award ceremony where a $ 10,000 cash award was given to a winning scholar who did research work pertaining to India. This year the award was given to Rebecca Whittington...
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for her dissertation titled ‘Tug-of-Ear,’ a study on the Play of Dialect in Modern Bengali and Tamil Literature.’
Harkishan Vasa, FSPA President, on behalf of FSPA founding members presented special recognition plaques to Prof Akhil Gupta CISA director, Sumita Mitra Asst Director CISA, Dr. Vandana SarDesai, VP/Secretary FSPA, Arvind Patel, VP, CFO FSPA, and Founding President of FSPA late Ukabhai Solanki.
The program was attended by about 100 invited guests at the UCLA J W Alumni Center. Vasa , and Vandana SarDesai started the event with few moments of silence in Memory of late Ukabhai Solanki, and late Stanley Wolpert American historian who taught at UCLA for five decades, and died at the age of 91.
This was followed by a presentation on the history of the award, the FSPA, and information on past 20 winners.
Prof. Akhil Gupta gave details of the process of selecting the winner. The $10,000 award was presented to Whittington by Vasa and Gupta. The winner gave details of her dissertation work which was followed by a Q and A with the audience. The Mayor of Cerritos Naresh Solanki presented a proclamation to Whittington.
A tribute to late Ukabhai Solanki, who died suddenly in Sept 2018 at the age of 74, was presented by his daughter Jyoti Solanki who was followed by various speakers including, Dharam Dav Solanki, Naresh Solanki, Mihir Pandya of CSULB, Vasa, Navin Doshi, Dinker Shah, Sumant Patel and Bhupen Randeria.
Under the annual Professor Damodar SarDesai Memorial Lecture series, Vandana SarDesai introduced Dr. Arnold Kaminsky of Cal State Long Beach University, who presented a detailed lecture on ‘Propaganda and Political Warfare in South Asia: India and Anglo-American relations during WW II.’ That was followed by Q and A with the audience. Vasa gave the vote of thanks and introduced the new executive committee led by incoming President Jyoti Solanki Kelly. All attendees had a delicious Gujarati style lunch.
Harkishan Vasa, FSPA President, on behalf of FSPA founding members presented special recognition plaques to Prof Akhil Gupta CISA director, Sumita Mitra Asst Director CISA, Dr. Vandana SarDesai, VP/Secretary FSPA, Arvind Patel, VP, CFO FSPA, and Founding President of FSPA late Ukabhai Solanki.
The program was attended by about 100 invited guests at the UCLA J W Alumni Center. Vasa , and Vandana SarDesai started the event with few moments of silence in Memory of late Ukabhai Solanki, and late Stanley Wolpert American historian who taught at UCLA for five decades, and died at the age of 91.
This was followed by a presentation on the history of the award, the FSPA, and information on past 20 winners.
Prof. Akhil Gupta gave details of the process of selecting the winner. The $10,000 award was presented to Whittington by Vasa and Gupta. The winner gave details of her dissertation work which was followed by a Q and A with the audience. The Mayor of Cerritos Naresh Solanki presented a proclamation to Whittington.
A tribute to late Ukabhai Solanki, who died suddenly in Sept 2018 at the age of 74, was presented by his daughter Jyoti Solanki who was followed by various speakers including, Dharam Dav Solanki, Naresh Solanki, Mihir Pandya of CSULB, Vasa, Navin Doshi, Dinker Shah, Sumant Patel and Bhupen Randeria.
Under the annual Professor Damodar SarDesai Memorial Lecture series, Vandana SarDesai introduced Dr. Arnold Kaminsky of Cal State Long Beach University, who presented a detailed lecture on ‘Propaganda and Political Warfare in South Asia: India and Anglo-American relations during WW II.’ That was followed by Q and A with the audience. Vasa gave the vote of thanks and introduced the new executive committee led by incoming President Jyoti Solanki Kelly. All attendees had a delicious Gujarati style lunch.
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