GOPIO had the largest delegation with International officers

Indian Consulate in New York hosted a meeting of major community groups from Northeast Region of the United States to an interactive meeting with the new Indian Consul General Binaya Srikanta Pradhan at the Indian Consulate on Friday, February 2nd. The meeting originally requested by GOPIO was attended by representatives of other community organizations. Altogether 50 community representatives participated from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Ohio. In addition to GOPIO and its Chapters, other groups present were Federation of Indian Associations – FIA (NY, NJ, CT), FIA Columbus (Ohio), Association of Indian America (AIA), Asian Indian American of Central Pennsylvania (AIACPA), Federation of Malayalee Association of North America (FOMA), Uttar Pradesh association of America, Tamil Sangam, Telugu Association of North America (TANA), Telugu Literary and Cultural Association (TLCA), Bihar Jharkhand Association, Oriya Society, Indo American Press Club, Hindu Center and several other service organizations including Team Aid.

The meeting in a conference room style was started by Deputy Consul General Dr. Varun Jeph with welcome remarks, who then introduced Consul General Pradhan. Organization representatives had an interactive session with CG Pradhan so as to work closely and in partnership with the Consulate. Consul for Community Affairs A.K. Vijayakrishnan, managed the event and thanked organizations.