IANR 2412 032324 Oil & Gas Trading by Sridhar Kotha; Haut Monde Mrs India Worldwide Finalist Richa Seth; Hindu Am Foundation Gala by Rishi Bhutada

IANR 2412 032324 Line Up  4-6pm INTERVIEWS Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, Mar 23, 2024 from 4 to 6pm CST on Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerican-news.com), a production of Indo American News. We are on 98.7 FM and you can also listen on the masalaradio app (www.masalaradio.com) By Monday, hear the recorded show on Podcast uploaded on Spotify, Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indo-american-news-radio-houston-tx/id1512586620 ) Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Breaker. We have 5 years of Podcasts and have had over 9,200 hits.   TO SUPPORT THE SHOW, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR FREE PODCAST CHANNEL. AND YOU’LL BE NOTIFIED WHEN OF NEW UPDATES. 4:20 pm In the arcane world of oil and gas trading, when you figure in the complexities of chemicals, transmission pipelines, shipping charges and international tenders, it’s enough to make your head hurt. Yet this downstream part of the industry has built Houston – and Texas – into an important hub in global trade and thousands of jobs depend on it. Sridhar Kotha has been handling these logistics at Shell Oil for years and comes on our show to educate us on how this business works. 5:00 pm Richa Seth is a Houston-based IT specialist who has also claimed fame as a finalist for the Season 13 of the Haut Monde Mrs. India Worldwide 2024 international beauty pageant which will be concluded in a grand finale in Dubai this May. Her passion for empowering professional women to celebrate all facets of their identity, balancing health, beauty and career. She joins us today to tell us more about her win, her inspiration and her future goals. 5:20 pm Although Rishi Bhutada was born and raised in Houston and attended Alief Hastings High School, he has been rooted in Indian culture and his Hindu heritage. Since 2010, he has been an active member of the Hindu American Foundation and has helped to advocate to correct items that have been offensive to Hindus or depict them in a terrible light. He was with us about a year ago before the HAF gala and joins us again today to explain the what to expect from this year’s gala to be held on April 13. Also stay tuned in for news roundup, views, sports and movie reviews TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW, OR TO ADVERTISE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 713-789-6397 or at [email protected] Please pick up the print edition of Indo American News which is available all across town at grocery stores. Also visit our website indoamerican-news.com which gets 70,000+ hits to track all current stories. And remember to visit our digital archives from over 16 years.   Plus, our entire 43 years of hard copy archives are available in the Fondren Library at Rice University.