November 2012

The Veteran Indian Diplomat Vijay K. Nambiar along with five Indo-American Malayalees would be honoured at New York by Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Center. The honour would be conferred for their service to the society and outstanding contributions in the respective field of specialization. These awardees would be honoured on 3 November 2012 during the annual banquet in the Long Island and they are Vijay K. Nambiar, Geeta Menon, Joy Kuttiyani, Viju Menon, Narayanan Neithalath and Roy Thomas.

Key details of the people to be honoured:

• Vijay K. Nambiar is the Under Secretary General and Special Adviser of the UN Secretary General of Myanmar and would be honoured for his services to United Nations. He would be the Chief Guest to the occasion.
• The second person to be honoured is Geeta Menon who will be the keynote speaker of the occasion and is a dean for Undergraduate College and Abraham Krasnoff professor of Global Business, Stern School of

Business, New York University. She would be honoured for her contributions in the field of education

• Viju Menon, the Vice president of Supply Chain Management at Verizon, would be conferred with this honour for his contributions in the field of supply chain management. Verizon is the largest wireless carrier in the US
• Joy Kuttiyani, president of Kerala Samajam of South Florida
• Narayanan Neithalath, the associate professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
• Roy Thomas, deputy director at New York State Mental Health Department

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