Family and Education Background
Mrs Anjana Bhargava was born and raised in the industrial town of
Yamuna Nagar, Haryana (India) in a BHARGAVA family, full of intellectuals.
Her father Shri Keshab Dev
Bhargava was a Chemical Engineer and her mother Smt. Luxmi Devi, was
a staunch religious woman and a strong proponent of Hinduism. She
has five sisters-all professors and lecturers, decorated with Governor
of Haryana and President of India’s “Best Teacher Award”.
Her two brothers: an engineer and a doctor are Gold Medalists. She
completed her BS (Biology), MA (English), and BEd in India. She was
awarded an Academic Medal from the Vice Chancellor of Kurukshetra
University, Haryana. She also earned an accounting degree in US.
Anjana Bhargava married to Mr. Vijay Bhargava of Gurgaon, Haryana.
He is an engineer with the State of California. He is an active member
of Sacramento, BSNA Chapter and has served as a Convention Secretary
for Convention, 2008. Her older daughter graduated from UC San Diego
in Bio-Chemistry and working with a pharmaceutical company in San
Diego. The younger daughter graduated this year (Biology) and pursuing
her Masters in Biology at UC San Diego.
Extra Curricular Activities: Anjana Bhargava was
an active member of College Students’ Advisory Council and President-Science
Association. She represented Kurukshetra University in badminton and
table-tennis in Inter-Varsity tournaments. She represented Haryana
State in field and track events. She won Best Actress and Best Folk
Dancer award in Inter-Zonal Youth Festival. She was honored as best
cadet in NCC. She has earned a Black Belt in Karate. She is very proud
of the fact that for the first time in the history of her Karate Institute
a team of mother and two daughters earned their Black Belts in the
same year. She won second prize in the US open Karate Championship
(2003) held in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was Youth Coordinator of Sacramento
Indian Youth Association (SIYA).
Occupation: Anjana Bhargava is currently working
as an Accounting Administrator with State of California in Sacramento.
She is a member of the BSNA Sacramento Chapter and served as a Cultural
Program Chair Person/Director for the BSNA Convention, 2008 held in
Sacramento. Currently she is the Editor-in-Chief of Brahma Bharati
and Brahma Vani.
