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  • IAF honors distinguished women at 12th Outstanding Women’s Achievement Awards Gala

    IAF honors distinguished women at 12th Outstanding Women’s Achievement Awards Gala

    IAF Board Members at the Diya Lighting Ceremony

    LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): The community stood together in joy and pride at the celebration of 12th Outstanding Women’s Achievement Gala on March 5, a part of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day Celebrations. At the gala, attended by over 300 guests, five distinguished women with the highest caliber were honored for their achievements. Chairperson Indu Jaiswal and Gala Chair Shammi Singh, both known for their strong commitment and dedication to the community cause, along with the entire team of IAF, were the organizing force behind the GALA.

    A dance performance.

    New York State Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar and Town of North Hempstead Clerk Ragini Srivastava were described as symbols of woman empowerment and success in his welcome address by Dr. Bobby Kalotee.

    Five distinguished women who had excelled in their profession and community services were presented with Outstanding Women’s achievements Awards. They were also presented with Citations from Deputy Supervisor Dorothy Goosby from Town of Hempstead, Joseph Saladino , Supervisor Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County Comptroller Office Elaine Phillips, Town of North Hempstead Clerk Ragini Srivastava.

    The honorees included Sandhya Bhatia, Branch Manager, Vice president of Flushing Bank , Nayana Brahmbhatt – a BAPS Volunteer, Vandana Jauhar, a leading musical artist and singer, Dr. Parul Dua Makkar, the owner of PDM Family Dental in Long Island, and Dr. Purvi Parikh, an allergist and immunologist at Allergy and Asthma Associates of Murray Hill. Young Achiever Ria Parashar is a volunteer at Children’s Hope and helps the Special Needs Community. The honorees were graciously moderated by Ratna Bhalla, Inesha Joneja, Chanbir Sethi, Roopam Maini, Dr. Prachi Dua, Dr. Pallavi Singh and Sunita Manjrekar.

    Dr. Bobby Kalotee addresses the gathering

    This was followed by a special Bare Foot -Special presentation by Nilima Madan. Bare Foot Empress follows the remarkable journey of Karthyayani Amma, who having never access to education as a girl finally gets to join a first-grade class at the age of 96 years. Written and directed by Michelin Star Chef Vikas Khanna it is produced by Oscar nominated Doug Roland. Video clips were provided by well-known TV anchor Ms. Renee Mehrra.
    Among those present during the event were Honorable Padma Shri Dr Sudhir Parikh, Dr Sudha Parikh, Dr Bobby Kumar Kalotee Founder of IAF, Dr Urmilesh Arya, Dr Bhupendra Patel, Mr Surinder Rametra, Beena Kothari, Vijay Goswamy, Anju Sharma, Sanju Sharma, Jasbir Jay Singh, Flora Parekh – President of Gift of Life USA, Anil Shah from VTNY, Sunil Jain from Vass Pipe, Rizwan Qureshi from HAB Bank, Madhu Pareek from Navika, Anuj Rihal, Dr. Harshad Bhatt from BAPS, Gobind Munjal President National AIA, Smriti Khanna, Dr Dina Pahlajani President Children’s Hope, members of AAPIQLI, Harry Malhotra several past honorees and many distinguished community and organizational leaders.
    JUS Punjabi TV anchor Aashmeeta Yogiraj emceed the event.
    The entire IAF team with several volunteers were instrumental in making the event a grand success.

  • Seven Women honored at the IAF Outstanding Women’s Achievements Awards Gala

    Seven Women honored at the IAF Outstanding Women’s Achievements Awards Gala

    Indu Jaiswal, Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Glen Cove Mayor Pam Panzenback, Supervisor Jennifer Desena, Town of North Hempstead Clerk Ragini Srivastava, IAF Member Chanbir Kaur Sethi.
    Board of Trustees and Executive Members of Indian American Forum
    Ganesh Vandana by Vandana Jauhar
    Sunita Sadhnani pays musical tribute to late Lata Mangeshkar.
    A Kathak dance performance by students of Nartan Rang Dance Academy run by the well-known choreographer Swati Vaishnav.
    A dance performance by Mukthambar Fine Arts Inc.

    GLENCOVE, NY (TIP): Indian American Forum honored 7 women  of character, courage, commitment and accomplishments at its  Eleventh Outstanding Women’s Achievements Awards Gala on March 27. They included Nisha Kumar Behringer, Kalpana Bhandarkar, Neeta Bhasin , Beena Kothari, Dr. Preeti Mehta, Ragini Srivastav and Malini Rudra. Here are the  thumbnail sketches of the honorees.

    NISHA KUMAR BEHRINGER is strategic, and shareholder focused Chief Financial Officer, independent Director, and merger acquisitions executive with over two decades track record. She is formerly a Managing Director and the Chief Financial and Chief Compliance Officer of Greenbriar Equity Group L.P. a private equity firm for investments.

    KALPANA BHANDARKAR currently residing in Nassau County has nearly twenty years of experience in Health Care and civic engagement.  Kalpana has dedicated her professional career in improving access to Quality health care for people living in low resource setting. Over past several years Kalpana has focused her work with Long Island based organizations, serving as co-chair of the Board of ERASE Racism, an advocacy organization focused on fair housing and equitable education for all residents statewide

    NEETA BHASIN is the President of ASB Communications, the power of multicultural marketing company. ASB Communications is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this Year. Neeta Bhasin has served the Community through her TV shows, NEETA BHASIN SHOW on social media since last two Years. She started Event Guru Worldwide, the company that created history in 2013 by conceptualizing and producing the 2nd biggest event after New Tear’s eyeball drop-in Times square> DIWALI at Times Square

    BEENA KOTHARI has lived in Long Island for over 30 years. Her association, interactions contributions with Indian and American communities has been very extensive, valuable, and memorable and inclusive of all. She has several accomplishments within various social and cultural nonprofit leadership capacities. She firmly believes sin VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM meaning the world in ONE Family.

    DR PREETI MEHTA is the founder of Digestive Disease Care, one of the Largest Gastroenterology [ practices expanding from Queens to Nassau and Suffolk, she is well renowned in the field of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Charitable work and giving back to the communities’ top priorities of Dr Mehta., She supports Charities dedicated for children and women education

    RAGINI SRIVASTAV Town Clerk. Town of North Hempstead is serving her first term as Town Clerk of Town of North Hempstead, a time honored and historic function for the township since its founding in 1784.Town Clerk Srivastava is proud of The Town of North Hempstead and the unique characteristics of our villages and services

    MALINI RUDRA is a junior at Williams College. She is 21 Years old, graduated from Syosset High School, she is Co-Captain of the Williams College Golf Team, which is ranked no 1 in NCAA Div. 111 Athletics. Malini has tremendous success in Golf. She won or placed top 5 in numerous tournaments locally as well a nationally Since 7th grade Malini was selected as part of the Syosset Girls Varsity Team, she is winner of Several Golf Championships. Malini also serves as a Board member of the Children’s Hope Teen Chapter and helped raise funds for under privileged in Long Island. Malini acknowledged the award with a video message. She was playing in a Golf Tournament in California.

    Several Elected officials present congratulated the honorees on their achievements and success, and also presented them with citations.Citations of behalf of Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County Legislator Ms. Rose Walker, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin and Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Suffolk County Executive Steve Vallone were  presented to all Honorees

    Honorable Jennifer Desena, Supervisor Town of North Hempstead, Town Clerk Ragini Srivastava, Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County Legislator Rose Walker, Glen Cove Mayor Pam Panzenback  and  several elected officials were present.

    Bobby Kumar Kalotee, Founding Member of IAF as also IAF Board of Trustees Dr Azad Anand,  Dr Urmilesh Arya, Dr Bhupendra Patel, Mohinder Singh Taneja, and  Board members Beena Kothari, Bina Sabapathy, Jyoti Gupta ,Indu Gajwani  Anu Gulati, Roopam Maini, Chanbir Kaur Sethi, Rohini Singh, Anuj Rihal, Inesha Singh, Dr Prachi Dua, Dr Pallavi Manvar Singh, Ratna Bhalla, Anju Sharma, Sanju Sharma  Sunny Thakkar , Jasbir Jay Singh, Indu Gajwani and  Bina Sabapathy also attended. Gala Chairperson Shammi Singhcould not come.

    Indu Jaiswal, chairperson of the IAF led from the front. Several speakers described her as an untiring community leader and congratulated her for organizing the grand event.

    Program started with Ganesh Vandana sung by Vandana Jauhar.  Dance performances were given by the  students of Nartan Rang Dance Academy run by the well-known choreographer Swati Vaishnav, and Mukthambar Fine Arts Inc.Tributes were  paid to late Lata Mangeshkar  by Sunita Sadhnani. Chanbir Kaur Sethi, Roopam Maini, Inesha Singh, Rohini Singh and Dr Prachi Dua, Dr Pallavi Manvar Singh and Mrs Ratna Bhalla, coordinated a brief Q&A session with the honorees discussing and emphasizing their accomplishments.

    (Based on a press release)