{"id":36443,"date":"2025-04-04T18:21:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=36443"},"modified":"2025-04-04T18:21:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:21:57","slug":"nypds-desi-society-holds-16-th-annual-scholarship-and-award-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/36443","title":{"rendered":"NYPD\u2019s Desi society holds 16 th annual scholarship and award dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWYORK: The New York Police Department&#8217;s Desi society held its sixteenth annual scholarship and awards dinner. Awards were presented to police officers from various countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36445\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.15-PM-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.15-PM-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.15-PM-scaled.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.15-PM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.15-PM-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A large number of officers from the South Asian community of the NYPD attended the 16th annual scholarship and awards dinner, hosted by the New York Police Department&#8217;s Desi society, held at a private hotel. A musical night added the excitement of the gathering.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36446\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.39-PM-1-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.39-PM-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.39-PM-1-scaled.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.39-PM-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Inspector Jahangir Ashraf from the Pakistani community, Abdullah Khandakar and Odelle Despot from the Bangladeshi community were awarded the Commanding Officer of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.39-PM-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.39-PM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.39-PM-scaled.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-04-04-at-9.21.39-PM-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Awards were also given in the person of the year, leadership, community service, rising star, appreciation awards, finest award, supervisor of the year and business Supporter categories.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYORK: The New York Police Department&#8217;s Desi society held its sixteenth annual scholarship and awards dinner. 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