π GoDesi Elite Awards
Once a year Godesi hosts the GoDesi Elite Awards. Every nominated candidate is invited, and the top Elite members β the founders, professionals and community leaders who stood out that year β are honoured on stage. Winners keep an award ribbon on their Elite profile.
Date and venue for the 2026 ceremony are announced by email and on Godesi events. Nominations stay open all year.
β Top Elite members
In line for this year's awards.
No Elite members published yet β be the first.
ποΈ Everyone invited
- Varsha Joshi Β· Iselin
- Rajeev Ram Β· Carmel
- Chintan Pandya Β· New York
- Maneet Chauhan Β· Nashville
- Vikas Khanna Β· New York
- Nina Davuluri Β· New York
- Vijay Iyer Β· Cambridge
- Jhumpa Lahiri Β· New York
- Padma Lakshmi Β· New York
- Kunal Nayyar Β· Los Angeles
- M. Night Shyamalan Β· Philadelphia
- Kal Penn Β· Los Angeles
- Hasan Minhaj Β· Los Angeles
- Aziz Ansari Β· Los Angeles
- Mindy Kaling Β· Los Angeles
- Satish Tripathi Β· Buffalo
- Renu Khator Β· Houston
- Neeli Bendapudi Β· University Park
- Pradeep Khosla Β· San Diego
- Sunil Kumar Β· Medford
- Nitin Nohria Β· Boston
- Rajiv Shah Β· New York
- Sri Srinivasan Β· Washington
- Preet Bharara Β· New York
- Neal Katyal Β· Washington
- Raja Chari Β· Houston
- Sunita Williams Β· Houston
- Arati Prabhakar Β· Washington
- Ashish Jha Β· Providence
- Sanjay Gupta Β· Atlanta
- Siddhartha Mukherjee Β· New York
- Atul Gawande Β· Boston
- Vivek Murthy Β· Washington
- Aruna Miller Β· Annapolis
- Suhas Subramanyam Β· Ashburn
- Shri Thanedar Β· Detroit
- Ami Bera Β· Elk Grove
- Raja Krishnamoorthi Β· Schaumburg
- Pramila Jayapal Β· Seattle
- Ro Khanna Β· Fremont
- Nikki Haley Β· Bamberg
- Kamala Harris Β· Los Angeles
- Vivek Ramaswamy Β· Cincinnati
- Vivek Ranadive Β· Sacramento
- Anjali Sud Β· San Francisco
- Dheeraj Pandey Β· Palo Alto
- Ram Shriram Β· Menlo Park
- Romesh Wadhwani Β· Palo Alto
- Ravi Kumar S Β· Teaneck
- Jay Chaudhry Β· San Jose
- Thomas Kurian Β· Sunnyvale
- George Kurian Β· San Jose
- Sanjay Mehrotra Β· Boise
- Neal Mohan Β· San Bruno
- Vinod Khosla Β· Menlo Park
- Aneel Bhusri Β· Pleasanton
- Jayshree Ullal Β· Santa Clara
- Revathi Advaithi Β· Austin
- Raj Subramaniam Β· Memphis
- Ajay Banga Β· Washington