The 2021 Kentucky Derby Festival Queen is Giavanna Combs.
The five women who made up the 2020 Royal court rolled over to represent the festival in 2021. On Friday, the tradition of spinning a wheel to select the royal court s queen took place during a virtual event sponsored by the Fillies, a volunteer group that works closely with KDF and sponsors the Fillies Derby Ball, the official Derby Festival program, the Children s Tea with the Princesses and they also manage the Derby Princess program.
Each woman on the 2021 Royal Court will receive a $2,000 scholarship ($1,000 from the Fillies and $1,000 from the Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation).
Over a handful of Indian Americans and South Asian-origin individuals were recognized by Forbes as individuals who are bringing access and opportunity to the classroom and beyond in naming its 10
th Annual â30 Under 30â list for the Education category. (Individuals named in other categories have been published in separate stories in India-West.)
Named among the 30 were Kehkashan Basu, Rohan Shah, Aditya Kaddu, Danish Dhamani, Paritosh Gupta and Aasim Sani.
Basu, 20, is the founder of Green Hope Foundation.
In 2012, when she was 12 years old, Dubai-born Basu founded the Green Hope Foundation in Toronto, where she lives.
The all-volunteer nonprofit has worked with 100,000 young people in 16 countries including India, the UAE and Liberia. Green Hope s goal is to teach and implement the UN s sustainable development goals through events and grassroots action like tree planting.