Emmy Winner Archie Panjabi Ambassador to Pratham
By siliconindia   |   Friday, 26 August 2011, 17:57 IST
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Emmy Winner Archie Panjabi Ambassador to Pratham
Fremont: Pratham USA announced that Emmy-award winning actress Archie Panjabi will serve as an Ambassador to the organization, offering her voice and celebrity to its cause of educating India's underprivileged children. It will be at Pratham Gala in New York that Archie will make her first formal appearance as Pratham Ambassador. The event will be at the Pierre Hotel on 5 October 2011. Archie will host this year's event that typically will raise upwards of $1.5 million and attracts a sold out crowd of prominent philanthropists and business people from the Tri-State area. Pratham, which means "first" in Sanskrit, was founded in the slums of Mumbai in 1994 with UNICEF support. Today, Pratham's direct urban programs, including pre-schools, community libraries and remedial learning programs reach hundreds of thousands of children every year Currently starring as Kalinda Sharma on CBS's critically acclaimed hit drama, The Good Wife, Archie's big screen credits include domestic and international hits Bend It Like Beckham, Yasmin, The Constant Gardner, A Good Year and A Mighty Heart. As an Amabassador, Archie will help create awareness in the United States and abroad about the 100 million undereducated youth in India today. "The best way to shine the light on education in India is to continue to bring this incredibly important conversation to the global stage. These children are our future and in turn, we are theirs," Panjabi said. Archie is looking forward to participating in Pratham programs in India this November and spending time with the Pratham staff, volunteers, and of course the children served by the organization.

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