Padmashri awardee looks forward to working from Greno

Padmashri awardee looks forward to working from Greno
The award makes me more responsible to work better and to offer best of my abilities. In fact the award has inspired me a lot for my mission," said Dr Sudhir Parikh, who got to the Padmashri Award for his social service to humanity. Dr Parikh has been planning to settle his missionary activities in Greater Noida. Dr Parikh is a publisher by passionDr Parikh is a physician by profession and a philanthropist and publisher by passion. Dr Sudhir M Parikh received the 2010 Padmashri award from President Pratibha Patil at a ceremony held in the ornate Ashoka Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on April 7. The New Jersey-based doctor is one of the six distinguished Indian Americans who made it to the honours list of the 60th Republic Day.
One of the most honoured Indian AmericansWith this honour, Dr Parikh now joins the ranks of most honored Indian Americans and the only one to receive all three much coveted awards: the Ellis Island Award, the highest honour conferred on US immigrants for their lifetime of community service; the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, a special award given by the Government of India to select non-resident Indians for their individual accomplishments and contributions to India, and the Padmashri, which is awarded to distinguished Indians and people of Indian origin for their contribution in various spheres of activity including the arts, education, industry, literature, science, sports, social service and public life.Actively involved in a number of charitable causesDr Parikh, who is a noted allergist and an acclaimed authority in the field of allergy, asthma and immunology, is also the chairman and publisher of New York-based Parikh Worldwide Media, Inc, which publishes several periodicals. Apart from medical practice and publishing, Dr Parikh is actively involved in a number of charitable causes in the US and in India. He was recently in New Delhi to attend the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, where he was invited to speak about philanthropy as part of the PBD lecture series. Dr Parikh is also a family man. He takes out time to spend with his family.Indo-US relations are improvingA particular focus of Dr. Parikh's community service has been to promote second generation of Indian American. “Indo-US relations are improving. But there should be more communication from both the sides at the university and media level. More interaction at grassroots level definitely helps the relation," he concluded.