NEW YORK CITY (TIP): GOPIO International and its chapters in the New York area organized a Meet and Greet event with Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi, MP, former Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture of India, currently a Member of Parliament from New Delhi Parliamentary Constituency. It was attended by GOPIO members, chapter officials, community leaders and media representatives. It was hosted by GOPIO Life Member Ashok Bhatt at his new hotel Lexington Plaza in Manhattan. GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham and Prakash Shah spoke on GOPIO’s mission and its activities. Ms Lekhi spoke on the importance of the Diaspora contributing to the STEM area in the Western countries and answered many questions from the audience. GOPIO presented her with a collector’s item, two designs of First Day Covers released by the US Postal Service at the First Global Convention of People of Indian Origin held in New York in 1989.
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