“Thank you for the tremendous support I got from you”, said Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das in her farewell to Community

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Indian Consulate in New York organized an official farewell for outgoing Consul General Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das on July 19^th at the Consulate Ball Room in New York. The event was attended by a large number of people from all walks of life and prominent community leaders. Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, Permanent Representative of India at the UN, Consuls General of Japan and Bangladesh, Assemblymen David Weprin and Raj Mukherji were among the dignitaries.

In her brief address, Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das, who will be taking over as Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), said that she is happy for her new role but will miss New York and the community. “I want to thank you all for the tremendous support I got from you”, she said.

In his address Raj Mukherji, Assemblyman in the New Jersey State Legislature who represents the 33rd Legislative District, praised Ms Das for her ‘humbleness’ and talked about many of her successful initiatives, including conversion of PIO cards. “It was a pleasure and privilege to work with her. Now that she is going back to Delhi, it’s good for India but tremendous loss for us”, said the Bengali Assemblyman about the First Bengali Consul General of New York.

Assemblymen David Weprin, a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 24 in Queens since 2010, spoke about the many accomplishments of Ambassador Das. “In a very Short period of time, she made a big impact”, said Weprin.

India’s current Ambassador to Peru Sandeep Chakravorty, who has been appointed as the new CG, will be taking over charge on August 3^rd.