NOVEMBER 2007 E-Magazine - Pravasi Today

NRI ACHIEVERS
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SANJANA JOHN
Designing is such an area where only innovation helps you get on
otherwise people perish. Sanjana John, New York-based fashion designer,
Founder and President of IG International, appeared as an expert in
international marketing on industry panel with Dierdre Bigley, VP of
Worldwide Marketing for IBM during Fordham University's Women in
Business Conference, 2005. Sanjana Jon has masters in psychology and
sociology, as also fashion merchandising, marketing and fashion
photography.
Being awarded an “International Rising Star” award in Vancouver, Canada in 2005, Sanjana is
spearheading the IG International Miss Universe AIDS Awareness Tour to Asia which kicks off on
Halloween at the Central Park Boat House.
Sanjana left for US in 1992, is head off from her celebrity brother designer Anand Jon and is
launching her own product line consisting of bridal trousseaus and a designer collection for working
women and 'pret line'. Sanjana stepped into the limelight when she joined brother Anand Jon with her
designer jewellery and subsequently debuted on Cannes, only to continue designing ensemble for the
royalty.
SURINA NARULA
In disguise and adversity we need blessings and help from the one
already prosperous. Helping the needy is always praiseworthy but if
clubbed with the personal business becomes more meaningful and
charitable.
The Asian of the Year awardee 2005, Surina Narula wife of Harpinder
Singh Narula, has organised over 20 major events in the past 15 years to
raise funds in order to emphasize the needs of street children at local,
national and international levels. She has received several awards for her contribution to causes for street
children. In 2003, she won The Beacon Prize in recognition of her outstanding contribution to charitable
and social causes.
She heads the International Childcare Trust which looks after children of the poor; it has centres in
India, Sri Lanka and Kenya. Surina, who had also chaired Pratham UK's 2005 Charity Ball, raising a
record 400,000 pounds, said at the ceremony that she has been given the Asian of the year award to
remind her of the work yet to be done.
Pravasi Today ✦ November 2007