India Post News Service
CHICAGO: The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) organized its Annual Board Meeting and Diwali Celebration on November 5, 2023, at India Foodie Restaurant and Banquet, Downers Grove, a Chicago suburb attended by 100 FIA team as well as the advisory board members.
The evening opened with the singing of devotional songs by all, followed by the traditional aarti. Richa Chand, Vice President invited Chairman Sunil Shah, current President Vinita Gulabani, and past President Onkar Singh Sanga to the dais, and called the meeting to Order. Sunil Shah welcomed the members and their guests in his opening remarks and mentioned about the growth of FIA and services done in the year. He thanked every member for his contribution towards the success of the FIA and its activities during the year.
Vinita Gulabani, President of FIA 2023, thanked members for their efforts through the events taking the FIA to new heights, setting a higher bar compared to previous years and the achievements during the year 2023. Founder Member and Past President Onkar Sanga spoke about the expectations that the community has from FIA, and Past President Neil Khot spoke about the democratic functioning of the FIA reiterating the fact that the FIA is committed to its core values of serving the community.
FIA Team 2024Â will be spearheaded by Incoming President Pratibha Jairath strongly supported by 100+ members (each one a leader) comprising of Executive Board Members, Directors & Advisory Board Members.
Sunil Shah then announced Team 2024
Incoming President 2024: Pratibha Jairath
Executive Vice Presidents: Altaf Bukhari and Anu Malhotra
Vice Presidents: Richa Chand, Sonia Luther, Mukesh Shah, Chandini Duvuri, Murugesh Kasilingam and Jessie Singh
Treasurer: Suresh Bodiwala
General Secretary: Nilabh Dubey
Joint Treasurer: Vaishal Talati
Joint Secretary: Falguni Sukhadia
Cultural Secretary: Pika Munshi
Joint Cultural Secretary:Â Priyanka Parekh
A Public Relations and Communications team comprising Abir Maru, Harry Sidhu, Kamlesh Kapoor & Vijay Muralidaran has been added to the executive committee for the year.
A new Disciplinary Committee was proposed and accepted.
Given fantastic growth and anticipated future growth, it was recommended to have a position of Vice-Chairman. Neil Khot’s name was proposed as Vice Chairman of FIA by Sunil Shah & was seconded by current President, Vinita Gulabani. The proposal was passed by unanimous consent of the entire Executive and Board of Directors.
Board of Directors for the year are: Aisha Ahmed, Ajanta Talukdar, Anita Beri, Anil Sharma, Anshul Bindal, Anu Sidhu, Archana Agrawal, Ashima Washington, Ashwani Mahajan, Bharat Malhotra, Bob Bhavesh Patel, CA Jaspreet Kharbanda, Chandni Kalra, Chetan Notaria, Chetan Patel, Chintan Patel, Deepa, Digna Patel, Dr. Raj Dhingra, Falguni Rana, Falguni Sukhadia, Ganesh Kar, Geetanjali Maru, Hansal Patel, Harry Mohan, Hemendra Shah, Hitesh Patel, Ila Chaudhary, Jaskaran Dhaliwal, Jayshree Pandya, Jitendra Bulsara, Kamlesh Kapoor, KaveetaRawla, Kavitha Rao, Keerthi Reevori, Kashif Khan, Kiran Palla, Krishna Karaikonda, Lakhinder Sharma, Lakhvir Sahota, LeennaChouddhary, Lopa Mudra Das, Madhu Uppal, Mamta Agarwal, Mamta Taparia, Manen Kothari, Manoj Pote ,Manoj Rathod, Nilam Jai, Nirav Patel, Nipun Joshi, Padma, Payel Roy Ganguly, Pinal Shah, Pradeep Singh, Pratik Deshpande, Raj Pillai, Ramesh Nair, Ravi Tokala, Rita Shah, RN, Ruchi Dabral, RV, Sam, Satish Patel, Sharad Caudhary, Sharda Jain, Shirley Kalvakota, Smitesh Shah, Subbu Iyer, Suchitra Kukreja, Sudhir Agrawal, Sumit Singh, Sunny Kular, Sunny Patel, Swapnil Sahu, Swati Kukian, Venkat Talari, Vibha Rajput, Vidya Joshi, Vijay Muralidharan, Vik Kalvani and Yagnesh Patel.
A special announcement was made regarding the recognition of Sunil Shah being given a Lifetime Achievement award and Neil Khot being given the Volunteer Award by the Lions club under the auspices of the President of the United States of America. The program then followed with live entertainment by Swapnil Sahu, Jitendra Bulsara, Payel Ganguly, Pratibha Jairath and Pinky Thakkar, and dinner catered by India Foodie Lounge.
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