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HOUSTON, TEXAS, April, 5, 2002: A Houston Clear Lake High School student from the South Asian community has been recognized for her “outstanding public service” and has won the Jefferson Award for Community Service for the year 2002. Shruti Iyer was nominated for this prestigious award, considered the Nobel Prize of Volunteering, by the Scoliosis Association Inc. of Boca Raton, Florida. She is being honored for her exemplary community service in local, national and international stratas. An exceptionally gifted vocalist and violinist in the Karnatic style of music and a student of Lalgudi G. J. R. Krishnan and Vittal Ramamurthi, Shruti played regularly at hospitals as well as nursing homes, bringing music into the lives of patients. An avid artist, she has had her pastel artwork made into greeting cards benefitting the Scoliosis Association. Shruti has done extensive research in ways of reducing and eliminating musculoskeletal pain in children with idiopathic scoliosis and in those without scoliosis, making a significant impact globally. Shruti has also been profiled by the American Journal of Public Health, which hailed her as public health activist and a global researcher. Shruti is the daughter of Ravi and Hema Iyer.

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