NEW YORK: The much anticipated Multi-City Musical Program by Shreya Ghoshal, the top Bollywood singer, is all set to roll across the United States, starting with Charlotte, NC on Friday, September 21. The spectacular musical program combined with educational and networking opportunities is being organized by the American Association of Physicians of Indian origin (AAPI) with the objective of bringing CME and non-CME sponsored medical lectures, exhibits, gala dinner, community outreach talks and lively musical nite in each of the nine cities across the country.
Shreya and her troupe will perform at the famous Colden Center in Queens, NY on September 22; Columbus, OH on September 23; Orlando Florida on September 28; Houston, TX on September 29; Atlanta, GA on September 30; Washington DC on October 5 and Dallas, TX on October 6. The grand finale of the exciting Tour will be on October 7 in San Jose, CA.
Shreya Ghoshal’s voice mesmerized viewers when she first appeared on the popular musical contest TVS SaReGa Ma a decade ago. Subsequently, she became a household name after her Bollywood debut in Sanjay Bhansalij’s famous movie Devdas, where she rendered her voice to Paro. The talented young artist and youth icon has worked in more than 180 films and is the recipient of numerous National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards in a very short span. She has won the hearts of millions by singing in Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi & other languages, and is among the few contemporary singers who makes music an emotional experience.
With AAPI leading the efforts to have her perform across the United States, music lovers around the United States will get to listen and enjoy the melodious voice of the Melody Queen. “It all began with the idea of strengthening the relationship between the AAPI Chapters and national office,” says Dr. Narendra Kumar, President of AAPI. “The concept of this program is to bring together various local chapters closer has been in my mind for several years. Drs. Jayesh Shah, Ravi Jahagirdar and Hemant Dhingra enthusiastically received this idea and the net result of our collaboration and dialogue is the Multi-City Tour.”
Describing the process leading to the Tour, Dr. Ravi Jahagirdar, Vice-President of AAPI, recalls, “Realizing that it takes a lot of coordination and tremendous effort, we were successful in involving over two dozen AAPI office-bearers of various Chapters and Executive Committee members. Each of them was willing to give $10,000 of his/her personal money as seed money to put the program together at zero risk and no cost to AAPI, while committing to have the funds raised would be given to AAPI, the local Chapters, and the many philanthropic endeavors organized by AAPI and its Charitable Foundation.”
Dr. Dhingra, who has close relationship with the Entertainment Industry, worked with Shri Balaji Entertainment in the signing of the contract for Shreya and her team to present an evening of cultural entertainment in each of these nine cities.
“Entertainment was only just one component of the entire program,” Dr. Kumar adds. The idea is to put together mini seminars, networking and strengthening the relationship between members and the national office. “Due to popular demand from several physicians on the need for enhancing scientific component at AAPI meetings and allowing greater number of members to participate, AAPI has now pioneered the first series of nine multi-city programs to make it easy for physicians to participate locally avoiding extensive travel and time away from practice,” he explains.
In its efforts, AAPI has been joined by the Indo-American Psychiatric Association in America and the Association of Cardiologists of Indian Origin.
The Seminars and workshops will be led by accomplished faculty of leading cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons and psychiatrists. Each of the nine medical educational programs is expected to have an audience of 250-400 physicians, which will be followed by annual gala event and entertainment with an expected 2,500+ audience at each location.
“Many of our industry partners liked this concept where they could get prime time with a few hundred doctors for product promotion/theater, non CME lectures, exhibits, booths,” Dr. Jayesh Shah, President-Elect of AAPI, says.
“These multi-city mini-seminars are a novel concept for education and recreation that will raise funds for the local chapters of AAPI, the national AAPI and the AAPI Charitable Foundation.”
India Post News Service
