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"| Anita has published and spoken at various events and panels hosted by Universities and National Associations on Offshoring and Outsourcing. Anita was one of 80 U.S. women selected as a “Technology All Star” for National Women of Color for her executive leadership in technology in 2002. She also received the YWCA TWIN award for executive leadership and impact in 2003. She is an active community volunteer and is on the boards of the Los Altos Education Foundation, Foothill-DeAnza College Foundation and Girls for a Change. Anita attended the University of Cincinnati pursuing a PhD and holds Masters and Bachelors degrees from Bombay University |
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"| Rafiq Dossani, Senior Research Scholar and Executive Director of the South Asia Program at the Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University |
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