{"id":16086,"date":"2017-03-07T20:21:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T20:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=16086"},"modified":"2017-03-24T10:28:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T10:28:39","slug":"yash-semlani-inaugural-young-ambassador-of-houston-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/yash-semlani-inaugural-young-ambassador-of-houston-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"10-year-old Indian American Yash Semlani is Appointed Inaugural Young Ambassador of Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Houston selected 10-year-old Yash Semlani, an Indian American boy, as its Inaugural Young Ambassador<\/strong>. Houston City\u2019s Mayor Sylvester Turner felicitated Yash for his achievements as a young community leader and awarded him a proclamation for his contributions, at a ceremonial event in the city hall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Houston Mayor\u2019s Young Ambassador Program seeks to educate the students of elementary and middle schools on how to develop leadership traits at a young age.<\/strong> The program is also aimed at achieving the goal of making them learn about the objectives and functions of city government so that they can acquire citizenship skills. It also connects Houston\u2019s school students with the city initiatives in different niches, thereby enabling them to have a good understanding of their city and participate in community events for their personal growth as well as development.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being an Inaugural Young Ambassador of <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Houston<\/span>, Yash Semlani will contribute to welfare programs and participate in special events for not only the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/tag\/indian-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indian community<\/a><\/span> but also other communities. He will be working with the community leaders for one month in three areas including children\u2019s hunger, children\u2019s literacy and communal harmony in diversity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Houstons-Inaugural-Young-Ambassador-is-Yash-Semlani-from-MADE.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16093 size-full\" title=\"10-year-old Indian American Yash Semlani is Appointed Inaugural Young Ambassador of Houston\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Houstons-Inaugural-Young-Ambassador-is-Yash-Semlani-from-MADE.jpg\" alt=\"MADE cofounder Yash Semlani, Houston Indians, Houston news, young Indians, Texas news\" width=\"650\" height=\"476\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>10-year-old Yash Semlani from the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/tag\/houston\/\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Indian community<\/a><\/span> is a 5<sup>th<\/sup> grader. He is a young community leader and budding entrepreneur too. He is the co-founder of Make a Difference Entrepreneurs, Inc.<\/strong> (M.A.D.E), a nonprofit organization for kids having entrepreneurial potential. M.A.D.E provides those kids with the opportunity to nurture their entrepreneurial spirit and learn business skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Yash Semlani recently started interviewing successful kid entrepreneurs and young business owners from across the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/tag\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\">United States<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, with the focus on their source of inspiration, their role models or mentors, their business, their role in community service, etc. The insightful interviews will be published in a video series titled \u201cGET MADE!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yash Semlani\u2019s video series of interviews is based on the principle, \u201cKids relate and connect best with other kids.\u201d The upcoming episodes of \u201cGET MADE!\u201d will walk kids, who are potential entrepreneurs, through various phases of a business from market research to brainstorming to planning to execution.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>This 10-year-old Inaugural Young Ambassador of <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/cheap-flights-from-houston-iah-to-india-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><\/span> has made several achievements and received many prestigious honors<\/strong> including the Texas Governors Youth Entrepreneur Award, and the Ernst &amp; Young Youth Entrepreneurship Award. He has got speaking opportunities across USA and overseas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houston selected 10-year-old Yash Semlani, an Indian American boy, as its Inaugural Young Ambassador. Houston City\u2019s Mayor Sylvester Turner felicitated Yash for his achievements as a young community leader and awarded him a proclamation for his contributions, at a ceremonial event in the city hall. 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