Siddharth
Mukherjee and Raj Chetty honored as '2020 Great Immigrants':
Recently, 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee and Harvard University Economics Professor Raj Chetty were listed among the 38 immigrants to be honored as the “2020 Great Immigrants” by the Carnegie Corporation.
Every year since 2006 , ahead of the
Independence Day of the United States on 4th July, Carnegie
Corporations of New York honors the legacy of its founder Andrew Carnegie- who
being an Immigrant from Scotland to the United States rose from poverty to
become a leading industrialist and further went on to established a
philanthropic fund to support education programs across the United States. The
awards are also to remind how immigrants have contributed to the greatness of
the United States.
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee: He is the
recipient of Padma Shri award in 2014. Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee has served at
New York Presbyterian Hospital as a Physician and as the Associate Professor of
Medicine at the Colombia University.
Raj
Chetty: He was chosen as the recipient for the award for his efforts in
launching a real time economic impact monitor of COVID-19.
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