[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6338]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        A TRIBUTE TO NITIN DOSHI

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 15, 2011

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the 
achievements of Nitin Doshi.
  Nitin Doshi's international roots, professional training and zest for 
life have all contributed towards his well deserved reputation as an 
entrepreneur, a philanthropist and a leader. Although born in Africa, 
Dr. Doshi is of Indian descent and was schooled in India as a foreign 
student. After graduating from Dental School in Bombay, he came to the 
United States in 1973 and enrolled in the NYU School of Dentistry, 
becoming licensed to practice in New York in 1975. He was a pioneer 
among Indian dentists helping many of them start and expand their 
practices. He was a very successful dentist and an entrepreneur who 
established many dental practices of his own. In 1992, due to the 
growing radiology practice of his wife of 40 years, Dr. Leena Doshi, he 
sold his dental practices and joined her in expanding the radiology 
practice.
  Today the family is involved in a number of varied investment 
ventures under the umbrella of Doshi Capital Partners, including a real 
estate private equity fund formed in 2005, an Indian hedge fund 
consisting of a long/short equity fund founded in 2008, and a 
partnership begun in 2008 with a private equity firm concentrating in 
investments in chemicals, specialty materials and healthcare.
  They believe in a well balanced life and making time for everything 
in life. They are proud parents of Neely and her husband Todd and 
Nishat and his wife Fran, but the true joys of their lives are now 
their grandchildren, Nile, Denali and Escher, and a new granddaughter 
on the way. They are also part of very tight-knit group of over 30 
Indian couples that all immigrated to the United States in the 
seventies and eighties and have supported each other and embraced the 
American spirit and contributed to their adopted country with 
enthusiasm and gratitude.
  They are active and athletic and love all sorts of sports, as 
spectators as well as participants, with tennis and golf being their 
personal passion. Both have run many half marathons and Leena has also 
run the Long Island and New York City Marathon.
  They are strong believers of social causes and support many 
charities. Examples of Indian organizations that the Doshi Family 
Foundation has partnered with include Pratham, which fulfills a mission 
to ensure the ``Every Child in School and Learning Well'' program; 
American Indian Foundation, committed to accelerate India's social and 
economic growth; and Veerayatan, which helps to rehabilitate earthquake 
victims, especially children, by immediately providing the basic 
necessities of life. The Foundation has also established two colleges 
in Kutch, India, one for computer science, the other for business 
administration, with classes having begun in June 2008.
  The Doshi Family Foundation founded and funded since 1998 a New York 
based high school program called The Doshi Difference geared towards 
immigrant children's success in math and science. The program guides 
hand selected-children through high school and has been such a success 
that its curriculum has recently been offered to all students at every 
high school in New York.
  The Doshis believe in a concentric circle of giving starting from 
family, to employees, to communities and believe strongly that each one 
of us has the ability to spread goodwill to those around us and to make 
a difference if we only have the desire to do so.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing the work 
of Nitin Doshi.

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