An Indian American doctor will be conferred with this year's Ellis Island Medal, one of America's most prestigious awards, for his contribution to strengthening of Indo-US relations and philanthropic work in both India and the US.
Sampat Shivangi will be presented with the honour at an award ceremony on May 10, at the historic Ellis Island in New York city.
The medal is given to American citizens for their outstanding contributions to their own ethnic groups, their ancestral countries and to the United States.
Past recipients of the medal, which is recognised by both US house of representative and the senate, include six former US presidents, nobel laureates and other leaders in the field of industry, education, arts, and Sports.
Shivangi was instrumental in obtaining a first ever large US congressional grant for the study of diabetes mellitus amongst Indian Americans, who have one of the highest incidence of the disease.
He served the American association of physicians of Indian origin as secretary, vice president and was the founding president of Aapi Mississippi.
He also worked as adviser to the US secretary of health and human services at NHSC and was the first Indian American member of the Mississippi state board of health.
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