2 Great people identified the most influential Asians from Georgia

In the spirit of 2017 Asian American Heritage Month celebration, we are documenting the changing of power and the continual shifting of influence of Asian Americans in our communities. This year’s offer a listing of individuals who made an impact in arts, business, government, politics, social work, education, healthcare, and areas that influence every aspect of Georgian’s daily life. Some names are familiar as they continue to strive to make our community a better place to live. New faces are recognized for their effort and dedication to make a difference in the community. The list is made possible by the editorial staff and a selection committee comprises of community, civic, and media representatives.

1. Ravi Chander, CEO
Softpath System

Ravi is the CEO of Softpath System in Atlanta, Georgia and serves on its Board of Directors. He has led a startup that grow to over 1500 employee organization worldwide. He is responsible for company’s worldwide operations. Softpath System is an award winning IT solutions, staffing and consulting firm that caters to small, medium and Fortune 500 companies nationwide. He currently mentored and provided employment opportunities to over 1000 young skilled individuals both in India and in US.

Ravi is currently the president of US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC Southeast chapter). He was the past president of Rotary club of Emory Druid Hills. He was also a charter member of Emory Druid Hills Rotary Club and has been a committed Rotarian ever since. In 2012 he was named his club’s Rotarian of the year and is nominated for “You are the Key” award for the year 2014.

He has been instrumental in the water purification projects in India. The major aim through this project was to provide clean water for drinking and domestic purposes to the fluoride affected areas of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states in India. These villages not only suffer due to shortage of water but also due to several excess- fluoride diseases. His relentless passion and effort to serve the under privileged was key in installing and maintaining over 150 Reverse Osmosis Water purification projects in India.

Ravi is passionate about the community – he regularly gives his time and financial support. His generosity of aiding students are on displayed with scholarships offered to students in US and India. 

2. Rajan Vedak, Vice President
Triumph Worldwide, Inc.

Rajan earned a Master’s degree in International Management from American Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, Arizona. Rajan is currently the Vice President of Triumph Worldwide, Inc promoting commercial and trade activities between India and United States.

He represented Georgia based companies several times at expos in Mumbai and New Delhi, under auspicious of SUSTA (Southern United States Trade Association), an off shoot of Department of Agriculture, State of Georgia. Products promoted in India were Georgia grown pecans, peanuts, honey, jellies among other products.

Founding Member of Maharashtra Mandal of Atlanta, a 4,000 member organization in Atlanta working on promoting the cultural heritage among the NRIs in Atlanta. He had served twice as a President of the organization.

He also served as a Treasurer of Indian American Cultural Association (IACA), the oldest Indian Cultural organization in Atlanta. Under his guidance, IACA had one of the largest Festival of Indian celebration which was attended by more than 10000 people.

Rajan is one of the three leaders (permanent positions) of Indian Professionals Network (IPN) that meets on a monthly basis. IPN was founded by the late Dr. Narsi Narasimhan and helps to bring the professionals from all walk of life together and create a networking platform. IPN has a membership of around 10,000 members. The monthly meeting organized invites CEOs, Community leaders, State Representatives, Entrepreneurs to interact with the IPN members.

He is one of the core committee members of International Yoga Day, Atlanta which has been celebrating the event successfully in last 2 years. The event is attended by more than 1000 people and is an initiative to bring multiple organizations together to organize the event. He has been playing a crucial role managing the Sponsorship and Logistics for the event.