To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

How to transfigure the Wikipedia

Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? We have created a browser extension. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology.

Try it — you can delete it anytime.

Install in 5 seconds
4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
Languages
Recent
Show all languages
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
Great Wikipedia has got greater.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

Sudhir M. Parikh

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sudhir M. Parikh
Born
Gujarat, India
Occupation(s)Medical doctor, social worker
Awards
WebsiteOfficial web site

Sudhir M. Parikh is an American medical doctor of Indian origin, known for his expertise in the treatment of Asthma and allergies[1] and for his social activities.[2][3] The Government of India honoured him, in 2010, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the field of social service.[4]

Biography

Sudhir M. Parikh, a Gujarat born[5] medical graduate from B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, migrated to the US in the Seventies, is a known allergist and immunologist,[6][7] practicing in Highland Park, New Jersey. He set up his private practice in 1980 at Hoboken, New Jersey[5] and is now associated with several hospitals such as Asthma and Allergy of New Jersey, Asthma and Allergy Medical Care of New York, Allergy Asthma Associates of Murray Hill,[8] Christ Hospital and Hoboken University Medical Center.[1] He also works for the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in the capacity of an Assistant Professor.[7]

Social activities

Parikh is known to be involved in social activities in a number of areas, partly on behalf of the foundation he founded in the nineties, the Parikh Foundation.[5] Under the aegis of the foundation, Dr. Parikh assisted in raising monies for humanitarian relief activities for the tsunami victims of Tamil Nadu and the earthquake victims of Gujarat.[2] He was one of delegates who accompanied President Bill Clinton on his visit of the affected areas of the Gujarat earthquake.[5][2] He has also contributed towards raising of funds to spread AIDS awareness and other healthcare issues in India.[5] He is reported to have contributed more than US$ 2 million from his personal funds to Share and Care Foundation, Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation, and the American India Foundation.[5][2] He provided the corpus for a scholarship programme for the Indo American community through Share and Care Foundation during 1995 through 2005 and is a supporter of the Ekal Vidyalaya, a tribal education programme in India.[2]

Parikh is a former member of the National Leadership Advisory Committee of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans. It is reported that Dr. Parikh's interventions helped to influence Congressmen Elliot Engel, Rush Holt and Anthony Weiner to join the Caucus.[2] He is also a founder member of the Indian American Republican Council (IARC).[2] Parikh Worldwide Media is a publishing house he has founded where he serves as the Chairman.[9] The media house has four publications,[3] News India Times,[10] two Desi Talk editions[11] such as Desi Talk in New York, Desi Talk in Chicago and The Indian American.[12] Dr. Parikh, a member of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin[13] also holds memberships in the American College of Allergy and Immunology, the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, the New Jersey Allergy Society, the New Jersey Medical Society, and the Middlesex County Medical Society.[7][14]

Awards and recognitions

Parikh has been honored with The Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2005) and the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, (2006)[3] which succeeded the National Excellence Award by the then Prime Minister of India, P. V. Narasimha Rao, in 2002.[2][7][14] In 2010, he was awarded the Padma Shri,[7] when he was included in the Indian Republic Day honours.[14][2][5][13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Health US News". Health US News. 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Economic Times". The Economic Times. 7 April 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Mera Sangeet". Mera Sangeet. 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "Padma 2010". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 25 January 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Asian American Giving". Asian American Giving. 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  6. ^ "Barnabas Health". Barnabas Health. 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Map Quest". Map Quest. 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  8. ^ "CAA". CAA. 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  9. ^ "Parikh Worldwide Media". Parikh Worldwide Media. 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  10. ^ "News India Times". News India Times. 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  11. ^ "Desi Talk in Chicago". Desi Talk in Chicago. 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  12. ^ "Indian American". Indian American. 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  13. ^ a b "AAPI USA". AAPI USA. 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  14. ^ a b c "SKN Foundation". SKN Foundation. 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
This page was last edited on 24 June 2022, at 19:05
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.
Contact WIKI 2
Introduction
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy