High school graduation is an important milestone in the life of a student. For some, it can be an end of the formal education; for others, it may be a time to join a university for higher education leading to their chosen career. One of the objectives of the new organization was to recognize, reward and honor Indian community’s brilliant students graduating from high schools. In 1987, we organized a gala event celebrating achievements of our youth and also gave scholarships to qualified applicants graduating from high schools in Southern California. Since then, the Foundation has been sponsoring the annual awards event to celebrate the accomplishments of high school graduates of Indian descent. The Foundation is at the forefront among Indian American organizations in USA to publicly recognize, reward and celebrate excellence of the community’s best and brightest graduating students, who have excelled in their academic studies and extra-curricular activities.

During the last thirty years, we have seen enormous wealth of talent in our high school graduates. These young people are the pride of our community, stars of the schools they graduate from, and shining examples for other students to follow. They have tremendous potential and would make our community proud.