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  "headline": "Highlights from CRMSDC Leaders and Legends",
  "description": "CRMSDC Leaders and Legends was a blast, and it was an honor to receive a Top 100 MBE Award.",
  "datePublished": "2019-11-01T00:00:00.000Z",
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    "name": "Neil Chaudhuri",
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  "articleBody": "On October 3, I was lucky enough to represent Vidya at the [Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council](http://www.crmsdc.org/)\n(CRMSDC) Leaders & Legends Awards ceremony at MGM National Harbor, where we received an award as a Top 100 Minority-Owned\nBusiness (MBE) and a nomination for 2019 Supplier of the Year in our class.\n\n![CRMSDC Leaders and Legends Badge](https://www.vidyasource.com/img/blog/badge.jpg)\n\nIt was an amazing night with great food and drink, celebrities like Roland Martin and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), and\nmost importantly, an opportunity to meet the most successful minority business owners in the DC area.\n\nI got a picture with Senator Cardin on the red carpet!\n\n![Vidya President Neil Chaudhuri with Maryland Senator Ben Cardin at CRMSDC Leaders and Legends](https://www.vidyasource.com/img/blog/cardin.jpg)\n\nAnd I made some friends. The opportunity to meet so many of the most accomplished leaders in the DC area and absorb their\ninsight was priceless.\n\n![Vidya President Neil Chaudhuri with other Top 100 MBE Award winners](https://www.vidyasource.com/img/blog/smiles.jpg)\n\nAs the night continued, it was humbling to be on stage with the other Top 100 MBEs. Can you spot me in the front row?\n\n![Top 100 MBEs at CRMSDC Leaders and Legends](https://www.vidyasource.com/img/blog/top100.jpg)\n\nIn case you're wondering, we did not win the award for Supplier of the Year. We are just getting started, and\neven being nominated is a tremendous honor. So it's cool. For now.\n\nWe did get a nice plaque as a Top 100 MBE though.\n\n![Top 100 MBE award for Vidya at CRMSDC Leaders and Legend](https://www.vidyasource.com/img/blog/award.jpg)\n\nAll in all it was an amazing night. For more pictures from our experience at Leaders and Legends, check us out on\n[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6597315604837920768). You can see all the pictures from the event\n[here](https://crmsdc.smugmug.com/38th-Annual-Leaders-Legends-Awards-Ceremony/i-mdtTmvk)."
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