Meet the nine jury members who chose the India Abroad Person of the Year 2003

Swati Dandekar (sitting, second from left)
Iowa Congresswoman, India Abroad Person of the Year 2002, Chairwoman of the Jury

Swadesh Chatterjee (sitting, first from left)
Former national president, Indian American Forum for Political Education

Mallika Dutt (sitting, third from left)
Founder, Breakthrough

Anil Kakani (sitting, fourth from left)
Legislative Assistant to Senator Hillary Clinton

Dr Krishna Reddy (standing, first from left)
President, Indian American Friendship Council

Varun Nikore (standing, second from left)
President, Indian American Leadership Initiative

Kapil Sharma (standing, third from left)
Vice President, Madison Governmental Affairs, Washington, DC

Tunku Varadarajan (standing, fifth from left)
Editorial Features Editor, The Wall Street Journal

Dr Madhulika S Khandelwal (standing, sixth from left)
President, Asian American Center, Queens College, New York

Next: The guidelines

Photograph: Paresh Gandhi

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