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India Association of Long Island, Inc. presents 33rd Annual Fund - Raising Gala Dinner June 17, 2012 U.S.A – WORLD’S LARGEST DEMOCRACIES – INDIA Leonard’s of Great Neck 555 Northern Boulevard, Great Neck, NY 11021,Ph : 516-487-7900

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India Association of Long Island, Inc.presents

33rd Annual Fund - Raising Gala DinnerJune 17, 2012

U.S.A – WORLD’S LARGEST DEMOCRACIES – INDIA

Leonard’s of Great Neck555 Northern Boulevard, Great Neck, NY 11021,Ph : 516-487-7900

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Program

6.00Pm – 7.30Pm registration and Cocktails

7.45Pm – 9.30Pm Welcome award Ceremony – recognition of Honorees

ajay Lodha, mD Jagan Pahuja, mD animesh goenka george abraham raj mehta Sher Singh madra

Vote of Thanks

9.30Pm – 10.00Pm Entertainment

10.00Pm – 11.00Pm Dinner and Dance

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President’s message

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Congratulations to

Mr. Gobind MunjalPresident

and The Executive Council

ofIndia Association of Long Island

PresidentKrishan Kumar, MD

President ElectSunil Mehra, MD

Vice President Tarun Wasil, MD

SecretaryAmit Powar, MD

TreasurerAjay Lodha, MD

Immediate Past PresidentAshvin J. Doshi, MD

Members at LargeArun Agrawal, MDDevendra Amin, MDMukul Arya, MDJyoti Chakote, MDInderpal Chhabra, MDBal Gilja, MDRajiv Jauhar, MDAtul Kukar, MDNiranjan Shah, MDBoard of TrusteesMohinder Gupta, MD ChairmanSatish Anand, MDSharwan Bagla, MDRashmikant Baxi, MDRajiv Da�a, MDMadhu Korrapati, MDJagan Pahuja, MDBhavani Srinivasan, MDRajiv Vohra, MD

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Executive Council of 2012

Members at large

Dr. Sukhvinder Ranu(President)

Batra Ajay

Kashyap Anjana

Valliappan Rekha(Secretary)

Mrs. Nishi Behl

Mittle Rashmi

Sabapathy Bina(Treasurer)

Mrs. Damyanti Goklani

Parhar Satnam

Bahadkar Jaya (Vice President)

Mrs. Saroj Aery

Mrs. Veena Lamba

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Kambhampaty Prasad Malik Shashi Gajwani Indu Bheddah Peter Rastogi Gunjan

Kothari Beena

Mansukhani Lalita

Taneja Mohinder

Ramanathan B Rohini

Kuncham Kishore

Munjal Gobind

Ahuja Anand

Malik Rena Uppal Sheetal

Puri Indra

Gajwani Shyam

Prakash Shoba

STANDING COMMITTEES

AD-HOC COMMITTEES

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Past Presidents

Dr. Jagdish Gupta2009-2010

Mr. Gobind Munjal2010-2011

Mr. Satpal Malhotra2003

Dr. Sunil Mehra1996

Parveen Chopra,Ph.D1989

Dr. Anila Midha2008-2009

Mrs. Usha Chopra2002

Mrs. Gitanjli Anand1995

Dr. Jagan Pahuja1987-1988

Dr. Binod Verma2006-2007

Mrs. Avinash Suri2000-2001

Dr. Narendra Hadpawat1993-1994

Dr. Sharwan Bagla1986

Mrs. Sampurna Jain2005

Mr. Ashok Pradhan1999

Mr. Arvind Vora1992

Dr. Dev Chitkara1984-1985

Sanjeeva Nayak, Ph.D1981

Dr.Bhavani Srinivasan2004

Mrs. Indu Jaiswal1997-1998

Dr. Avtar Josen1990-1991

Mr. Rajeshwar Prasad1982-1983

Late Suresh Bhamre, Ph. D1979-1980

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June 17, 2012

Dear Friends,

I am pleased to join all of you who have gathered to celebrate the success of India Association of Long Island, Inc., on the occasion of their 33rd Annual Dinner.

This wonderful organization deserves and is worthy of the esteem of Nassau County for their relentless commitment to make the lives of men, women and families better. Their charitable involvements, quality leadership and selfless service to the community have made a permanent positive impact on us all.

Please accept my best wishes and let me extend hearty congratulations to the organization for your exemplary work and dedicated service to Nassau County and its residents. I know your efforts will be a great success for our Long Island Community.

India Association of Long Island is to be commended for providing the means through which generous acts of public service and hours of dedication can be demonstrated.

Best wishes for continued success in all your endeavors.

Sincerely,

Edward P. Mangano

County Executive

Office of the County Executive 1550 Franklin Avenue

Mineola, New York 11501

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Honoree ProfileDr. Ajay Lodha

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Honoree Profile

Dr. Jagan Pahuja

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Honoree Profile

Mr. Animesh Goenka

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Honoree ProfileMr. George Abraham

Mr. George Abraham is currently - CEO, Dimensions Group of Companies, (a Soft-ware Products Company) that has offices in Technopark in Trivandrum and Infopark in Cochin, Kerala. He was Former Chief Technology Officer at the United Nations. He also had overseen global IT Operations (NY & Geneva) for a 40 Billion Dollar Pension Fund Systems; created a ‘Paperless Pension’ environment earning him the ‘ Spirit of the Technology Innovation’ recognition from the Organization.

Mr. Abraham has worked 36 years for the United Nations; served in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as the Systems Manager for the Economic Commission for Africa; served as Information Technology Advisor to Member Countries in Africa in setting up the Pan-African Information and Documentation Systems (PADIS); been Representative of the

United Nations Pensions Fund at International Organizations’ IT Forums including International Computing Center, Geneva, Switzerland.

In the social and public affairs and services arena Mr. George Abraham has served and gained recognition for his work as General Secretary - Kerala Samajam – 1973; been Director Board Member of Federation of Indian Associations 1979-81; Representative to FIA from Heart and Hand for the Handicapped 1979-81; Managing Editor for Kerala Digest (one of the first Malayalam Monthly Magazines in the U.S.A.) - 1978-81; Founder General Secretary - Forum of Care Understanding and Service - FOCUS - a charitable organization -1986-1990; Founder Member - Indian Christian Forum; Founder General Secretary - Indian National Overseas Congress; and is now proudly serving as current President - Indian National Overseas Congress appointed by AICC; Founder President and current Chairman - Kerala Information Technology Alliance (Network of IT Professionals Global of Malayalee Origin); Founding Member - Pioneer Club of Keralites; Chairman of the first ever ‘Professional Keralites Conference in U.S.A. in 2011’ under the banner Bridging of Minds’ by FOMAA; Chairman of the ‘Science and Technology Summit’ at FOMAA convention in Las Vegas; President - Pala K.M. Mathew Foundation in Kerala; Founder Coordinator - Non-Resident Indians for Secular and Har-monious India (NRI-SAHI); Speaker on ‘Communal Harmony’ in Pravasi Bharat Divas 2006, Hyderabad, AP along with the late Nirmala Deshpande; Featured Speaker at IBM’s ‘Information On Demand’ Technology Conference in Berlin, Germany in 2009; Regular contributor to newspapers and magazines on relevant Politi-cal, Social and Technology related issues.

Mr. Abraham arrived in the U.S.A. in 1968. He earned B.S. and M.S. Degrees from New York Institute of Technology. He is happily married to wife Lona who serves as Assistant Director at the Coler Memorial Hos-pital in New York. He has two children - Vilas (B.S. Engineering Northwestern Univ., MBA, NYU Stern) an Investment Banker at Societe Generale and Steven (B.S. Engineering, M.S. Engineering, Stanford Univ.) an Investment Banker at General Atlantic.

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Honoree ProfileMr. Raj Mehta

Dr. Kuncham resides in Bellmore with his wife Raji and his two sons Bharat, who is a senior at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Siddharth, a senior in high school who will be attending the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kuncham originally hails from Hydera-bad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Mr. Sher Singh Madra

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IaLI’s 33rd aNNUaL FUND-raISINg gaLa DINNEr – JUNE 17th, 2012

IALI’s 33rd Annual Fund-Raising Gala Dinner is being spectacularly celebrated once again today in ornate Ballroom of Leonard’s of Great Neck on Long Island. It marks the high point of the year’s activities and is being looked forward to with tremendous zest and enthusiasm. Usually well attended by a broad cross-section of Members and Friends of the Association this year’s grand event promises to be no different for its style and magnificence.

The function commences with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and a meet to greet and greet to meet interactive happy hour. Organisers have gone through great lengths to make this event joyful for all, from the moment beautifully attired and well-heeled guests step inside the main venue of the grand Hotel Ballroom amply decorated for the evening and are seated at their respective tables, in happy anticipation of all that is to follow. IALI President Dr. Sukhvinder Ranu’s Message of Welcome to all gathered at the venue starts the function followed by his appreciation of thanks given to all present including those on his Executive Council Committees for their team voluntary spirit in keeping the calendar of events on-going and awaited. KUDOS to all for a spectacular GALA.

The highlight of the evening’s program is now at hand – the awarding of our HONOREES for the year 2012. It is with great pride that IALI’s Emcee for the evening announces each of them in turn as they take their pride of place at the rostrum – Dr. Ajay Lodha – Treasurer, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) and Vice President of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin – Queens-Long Island (AAPI-QLI), Dr. Jagan Pahuja – Past President of India Association of Long Island (IALI) and American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin – Queens-Long Island (AAPI-QLI), Mr. Animesh Goenka – President of Association of Indians in America (AIA), Mr. George Abraham – President of Indian National Overseas Congress (INOC), Mr. Raj Mehta – CEO of Infosys International, Mr. Sher Singh Madra – Chairman of Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation (NDMF).

This is followed by the much awaited Entertainment and the celebratory nature of this evening’s Gala Event to open up in full blast. Media coverage for this event this year has been both immense and intense. Sahara TV and its related channels are broadcasting both nationally and internationally. Also, it is learnt prominent channels such as ITV, JUS Punjabi and JUS ONE are also covering today’s Gala Extravaganza Event. Into this electrifying atmosphere popular and well-known local artistes of Bolly Arts fame and renown are here to entertain us, holding the attentive audience in thrall with their scintillating and pulsating variety of dances carefully selected, some set to older music of yesteryears with the broader “honoring” of all “Fathers” present here mindful that today - this well chosen date is indeed an international celebration of sorts falling as it does opportunely on Fathers Day! To those who are familiar, and this must hold true for the majority present, it is the conclusive moment they have been waiting for. The music is pulsing and guests’ feet are tapping. Everyone takes to the floor for an enjoyable evening of wonderful dance and music that rocks.

Dinner is then announced. The caterers Copper Wok at Leonard’s of Great Neck have excelled themselves for what is in store, a delectable delight of vegetarian and non vegetarian spread to satisfy every palate. With a menu par excellence and absorbing entertainment to hold everyone in thrall guests are re-invigorated once again to take to their seats which they do and DJ….and Bolly Arts delivers once again once again to soft strains and melodious notes. A happy, satisfying, energized and tired evening concludes with sincere and hearty thanks to all – organizers, performers, participants, contributors and attendees. Thank you.

This IALI Souvenir Journal Program published and launched today to mark this day – IALI’s 33Rd Annual Fund-Raising Gala Dinner - June 17th, 2012, commemorates this day.

Mrs. Rekha Valliappan is current Secretary of the India Association of Long Island (IALI).

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VaLENTINE DINNEr aND DaNCE

The first major event of the year Valentine Dinner and Dance was held on February 12, 2012 at Long Island Marriott Hotel in Uniondale, attended by 250 guests, including members of the current executive council, past presidents, other community and business leaders and other dignitaries. Town of North Hempstead supervisor Honorable Jon Kaiman was the chief guest. He congratulated President Dr. Ranu and the executive council members for organizing such a beautiful event and stated that he always “loved” to attend all IALI events. He further commended the Indian-Americans in the area whose contributions have made a difference, and moving on, asked everyone present to raise the champagne toast for their loved ones.

THE HIgHLIgHTS:

The event started with a high-voltage Bollywood style performance to the beat and lyrics of the song Senorita from the movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Other entertainment, also provided by B4U troupe, included a Brazilian dance and a Las Vegas style extravaganza performance.

By way of attracting active audience participation, the cultural committee organized a competition on the theme of what else but amore! When the guests registered, based on their response to if they would like to share their talents (e.g: sing a song, recite a poem, play an instrument or tell their story) with the other guests in a public performance, randomly, ten couples were chosen to perform. The theme was Pyar, Ishq, Mohabat Ka Izhar-Andaz Apna Apna. At the end of some outstanding presentations, the audience selected three winners . . .and the winners were (drum roll, please): Mrs. Rekha and Mr. Jatinder Chichara, Mrs. Mona and Mr. Balwant Parmar and Mrs. Meena and Dr. Krishna Jhaveri. The winners received attractive prizes sponsored by Mrs. and Mr. Prasad Kambhampaty, IALI’s Finance Chairperson.

Later, the guests had the dance floor all to themselves, and they enjoyed every minute of it into the wee hours. The cocktail fare and Copper-Wok’s delicious dinner offerings were something to brag about. Here and there some gluttony was spotted—a real proof of the pudding.

The wide range of raffle prizes included free night stay at Marriott with complimentary breakfast, two American Express gift cards at a value of $100 each, I Pod Touch, a Kindle, DVD/VCR combo, dinner for two sponsored by many local restaurants, gift certificate from Rose Boutique, grocery coupon from Apna Bazar and free facials and cosmetic baskets from Mehak and Herbal Destination.President Dr. Ranu thanked all the sponsors and everyone present for their support.

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VALENTINE DINNER PHOTOS

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VALENTINE DINNER PHOTOS

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IaLI’s oaTH-TaKINg INSTaLLaTIoN CErEmoNY12 January, 2012

India Association of Long Island’s OATH-TAKING INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF NEW OFFICE-BEARERS FOR THE YEAR 2012 was held in the Town Hall of the Town of North Hempstead on January 12th. Hon. Jon Kaiman, Town Supervisor officiated in administering the oath of office to all IALI’s elected officials and other committees. Present during ceremony was Town Clerk Hon. Leslie Gross, Receiver of Taxes Hon. Charles Berman and Councilwoman Hon. Viviana Russell among the local dignitaries. Other local community leaders, IALI Past Presidents and IALI Members with families and friends were also present.

The program commenced with the Pledge of Allegiance followed by the National Anthems of both the USA and India. IALI Chairman of Legislative Affairs Mr. Mohinder Singh Taneja of Nassau County gave the welcome address. Hon. Jon Kaiman congratulated all in his speech elaborating on the history of the Town of North Hempstead and the bringing of communities together. Dr. Jagan Pahuja representing Election Committee 2011 read aloud the names of all new IALI elected office-bearers for the year 2012 introducing each in turn for the inauguration to proceed. Mr. Satpal Malhotra of the Election Committee 2011 briefly described IALI’s lengthy election process to all. The Newly Elected Officials of IALI Executive Council 2012 sworn in were : 4 “Officers” - Presi-dent – Dr. Sukhvinder Ranu; Vice President : Ms. Jaya Bahadkar; Secretary – Ms. Rekha Val-liappan; Treasurer : Ms. Bina Sabapathy; 8 Members-at-Large : Ms. Saroj Aery; Mr. Ajay Batra; Ms. Nishi Behl; Ms. Damayanti Goklani; Ms. Anjana Kashyap; Ms. Veena Lamba; Ms. Rashmi Mittle; Mr. Satnam Parhar. Standing and Ad Hoc Committee Chairs/Co-Chairs sworn in included : Finance - Mr. Prasad Kambhampaty; Cultural – Ms. Gunjan Rastogi; Membership – Ms. Shashi Malik; for Women’s Forum – Ms. Lalita Mansukhani; Ms. Indra Puri; Ms. Shoba Prakash; Legisla-tive Affairs – Mr. Mohinder Singh Taneja; Legal Affairs – Mr. Anand Ahuja Esq.

IALI President Dr. Sukhvinder Ranu in his speech for the occasion broadly outlined his agenda and plans for the year giving an overview of IALI programs/events to follow both major and on-going, including voicing the readiness of IALI to enter mainstream America in future events. A colorful flower bouquet was presented by Mrs. Darshan Ranu to Hon. Jon Kaiman on behalf of IALI. Cer-emony concluded with a Vote of Thanks to all present – Town of North Hempstead public officials, chief guests, dignitaries, community leaders, IALI past presidents, members, families and friends, expressed by IALI Secretary Ms. Rekha Valliappan. Light refreshments were served which brought the function to a close.

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INAUGURATION / OATH CEREMONY OFTHE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF 2012

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Asian American Festival

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Senior’s ForumSince May 2004 India Association of Long Island (IALI) has been holding a Seniors program every fourth Saturday of each month. This year it is being held every second Saturday of the month, when Seniors meet at the Senior Citizen Center of the Town of Huntington which is providing comfortable and convenient free space to run the program between 2.00PM and 5.00PM afternoons. IALI is grateful for the Town’s support. In addition there is no financial contribution seniors have to make for attending the session.

Typically the activities every month include a nice mix of songs, music, memory games, comic and story telling, sometimes bingo, birthday and anniversary celebrations and YOGA

followed by a well prepared high tea. While the actual activities are determined by the participants present at the monthly meeting, the main focus is to make seniors feel at home in a cordial environment and be with their peers. To conduct the monthly sessions we have Ms. Nishi Behl – Chair, Mr. Brij Gulati – Co-Chair who helps coordinate the program and a committed Senior Citizens Committee comprising of Mr. Ardaman Singh Madan, Mr. Vijay Dutta, IALI Secretary Ms. Rekha Valliappan and Mr. Sunil Uppal. From time to time guest speakers are also arranged to speak to the

group on topics specifically targeting senior issues and problems.

Initiated in the year 2000 when groundwork for seniors program was first laid, the program has since grown to include at least one Senior Luncheon every year. This would not be possible without the invaluable support and help of National Indo-American Association for Senior Citizens (NIAASC), a leading national organization serving seniors, at present under the stewardship of Mr. Rajeshwar Prasad its founder. For this year the Eighteenth Senior Luncheon was held at Royal Bukhara Grill in Hicksville on April 22nd, 2012, on the topics STAYING HEALTHY WITH DIABETES and MEDICARE when professional speakers were invited to address the seniors – Rajpal S. Chopra MD., and Ms. Kelli Singleton. Besides collaborating with NIAASC in on-going activities, IALI in the past six years has also progressively expanded to arrange bus trips for seniors to Atlantic City as a fun activity for the day, which has proved to be immensely popular.

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Women’s ForumEvery month on the 1st Fridays the Women’s Forum puts together an enjoyable luncheon program for the ladies. Our goal is that the women, who attend our programs, should go

home with a smile on their faces! Many times the ladies have said how they love to come because they meet so many people and even many friends, after a very long time. And they of course love the shopping! So far this year, we have been lucky to have such great vendors too.

Changes for this year include new venue Mint Restaurant in Garden City decided by current IALI President Dr. Ranu and a committed team of Co-Chairs and Committee Members – Ms. Lalita

Mansukhani, Ms. Indra Puri, Ms. Shoba Prakash, Ms. Rashmi Mittle, Ms. Shashi Malik and Ms. Damayanti Goklani. Also of big help is IALI Vice President Ms. Jaya Bahadkar. We have added another “new” this year; celebrating the ladies whose birthdays and anniversaries fall in the month we have our programs, with a huge cake-cutting, candle lighting and by wishing them. Let me tell you, everyone enjoys this celebration.Our 1st program for the year commenced in February. We celebrated Valentine’s/Heart Awareness Day, with a great attendance of more than 80 people! With the new team and new venue it was very overwhelming that day, but all who came really enjoyed the new food and the ambience. Shoba spoke a little about Valentine’s Day and Indra recited a lovely poem. For the month of March, we decided to wear white. We put ‘tikka’ on all who came, gave them sweets and distributed ‘Paan’. The women really loved it. We also sprinkled some color on each other, did the ‘garba’ and took many lovely pictures. There was a smile on everyone’s faces that day! April, we celebrated

‘Baisakhi’ with ‘dhol’ player, Jarnail Singh. A lot of the ladies sang and danced and enjoyed. For May we were able to arrange for a singer Akshata Mudinoor to come and entertain us with her lovely singing. A blockbuster crowd of over a 100 ladies attended! Let me tell you, she managed to get everyone onto the floor to dance! Next month being the ‘Father’s Day’ month of June, we will be inviting all the men to please join us for a very enjoyable and entertaining afternoon of celebration. The program we will leave as a surprise!

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Youth Forum

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INDIA ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND (IALI) ANNUAL DIWALI FOOD DRIVE AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS FOR INTERFAITH NUTRITION NETWORK (INN)The India Association of Long Island (IALI) in its 16th year of commitment towards humanitarian service projects continued its support of the Mary Brennan Soup Kitchen facility in the Town of Hempstead run by the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN) on Long Island which provides food and emergency shelters to the hungry and homeless and runs 19 soup kitchens feeding more than 5,500 people each week in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. This was as usual a beehive of activity for Diwali when IALI members, individual and corporate sponsors and IALI’s partners – the Telugu Literary Cultural Association, Art of Living Foundation, Sai Mandir Baldwin and the Arya Samaj came together during the month-long Diwali food drive to collect and make generous donations in cash, non-perishable food and kind. A gross total of over $34,000 was raised. Donations included the more than $50,000 in medicines and medical supplies with help from physicians and pharmaceuticals for the continued support of ROTACARE a non-profit organization which runs free clinics for people in need.

Penny Projects made up the balance for children to become part of the ‘giving’ through piggy banks and coin collections from jars placed in shopping complexes to benefit those living in foster care. IALI youth also helped collect in cash, blankets and gift baskets to support children living in foster care in Nassau County. Mrs. Suda Sharma and her team of dedicated and committed committee members and volunteers over the past several years, including the school children involved in the collections and packing of food boxes was particularly remembered and thanked for their outstanding support, devotion and dedication, for which they also received Certificates of Appreciation from Nassau County.

All donations were handed over to Jean Kelly – Executive Director of INN at a small Candle Lighting Celebratory Light Lunch Reception held on October 23rd, 2011 at the Mary Brennan Soup Kitchen, at which on-going biggest contributors and sponsors Dr. Dev Ratnam, his wife Dr. Rooni Ratnam, since the program’s inception IALI Finance Co-Chair Mr. Peter Bheddah who donated $5,000, IALI Community Services and Food Drive Chair – Dr. Kishore Kuncham, then IALI President for 2011 Mr. Gobind Munjal, IALI Executive Council 2011, Members and many others were also present. Nassau County Legislator Hon. David Denenberg in a brief speech praised IALI for their efforts. Led forward yearly with its usual strong impetus, this is IALI’s signature humanitarian community service annual project now in its 17th year running

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Food Drive Pictures

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Mahesh & Usha Sanghrajka Vijay & Prabha SaqiParmod and Uma SardanaRamesh & Mrs. SarechaSatnam & Nini SarnaNeena SaweSudhir J. SawfGopal & Kamlesh SawhneyHardeep SawhneyAnil & Aruna SaxenaRajeev & Aruna SaxenaVirender and Rita SehgalAshish & Savita SenRajagopal & Padma SeshadriDeepak and Gita SetiaVinod & Sushma SethYash & Nina SethDeepak & Poonam SethiParminder DS and Sumeet SethiUttam & Amrit SethiMahinder S. & Nisha Kaur Sethi Ajit V. & Daksha ShahAnil & Chandani ShahArvind & Kunjbala ShahBansi & Kokila ShahBhupendra & Pragna ShahBhupendra & Swarna ShahBiren & Urjita ShahGirish & Jyoti ShahHK & Malti ShahKishan & Madhuri ShahKumarpal & Kalpana ShahMahendra & Rita ShahNaveen & Rajshree ShahNavin & Ranjan ShahNiranjan & Pramila ShahPradip & Ranjana ShahPrakash & Archana ShahPraveen & Jyotsna ShahPravin & Dina ShahShashi & Pushpa ShahSuraj & Saroj ShahSurendra & Mrudula ShahTarun & Sushma ShahVijay & Trupti ShahVirendra & Jayashree ShahNalini & Dalip ShahAshok & Mamata Shaha

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Sunil & Sadhna UppalPravin & Vimla VadhanPrafula & Kanksinh VaghelaJagdish & Naina VaidRekha & Ashvin ValliappanHarsha & Radha VardhanAnil & Sarika VarmaSatish & Chandra VarmaBalraj and Sunita VarmaViswanath & Parvathy Vasudevan Ravi and Viji VenkateshwaranBalram & Chander VermaBinod & Meena VermaMunesh & Purvi VermaRanjit & Deborah VermaVed & Ravikanta VermaVijay & Rani VermaVijay VermaDrs. Rajesh and Smita VermaSatya & Banad ViswanathK. & V. ViswanathanDr. Rajiv & Nidhi VohraVinod & Indira VohraArun & Rita VoraAshok & Pratima VoraNitin & Chaula VoraRohit & Kashmira VyasRam & Veena WadhavaRanvir Singh & Veena YadavBhupendra YadubansiHetal & Nirupama Zaveri

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Editor’s Note by Mrs. Rekha Valliappan

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” ~ G.K. Chesterton

This Souvenir Journal has been undertaken and presented to you to highlight the occasion of the 33rd Annual Fund-Raising Gala Dinner of the India Association of Long Island (IALI) one of the largest associations representing Indians on Long Island. It is targeted as a matter of immense pride to focus attention on the vast pool of extraordinary individuals amongst us in diverse fields such as arts, medicine, community service, public affairs, entrepreneurship, information technology, advocacy and others who make up the citizenry of Long Island. As you leaf through the pages, the Journal also showcases the many businesses we are proud of, we have become a part of and we have let enter into our daily lives.

The front cover logo for this year 2012 is the “WHEEL”. It bears the tri-colors of the flags of USA (red-white-blue) and India (orange-white-green) in alternating spokes or cogs. It is meant to convey the forging of two largest world democracies – U.S.A & India, the unity that is shared and the continuing giant strides taken forward as the wheels turn in the road ahead. To remember the words of two powerful men of our times : “We must be the great arsenal of democracy,” spoke Franklin D. Roosevelt. In a different context and a different time and more than a thousand miles away Mahatma Gandhi had this to say : “The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has to come from within.”

While we congratulate all those honored at the podium this evening for their exemplary contributions for which they received well deserved recognition among their peers, our heartfelt and sincere thanks extend to each and everyone of you – patrons, sponsors, all advertisers and attendees who by your participation made yourselves so much a part of this Journal and without whose support our Annual Souvenir Journal would not have been possible. Thank you wholeheartedly for your strong, committed and sustained support. If we have been in any way remiss in what we have produced we ask that we be excused. Of particular mention our special thanks extend to……….for your contributions.

We are also deeply grateful to IALI’s Executive Council 2012 and Chairs of various Standing and Ad Hoc Committees for all help provided in a timely manner towards enhancing this publication. Our gratitude would not be complete if we did not extend thanks to Mr. Mohamad Faroqui of Malak Designs for bearing up with us to meet extraordinary deadlines over the past several days.

Thank you.

Dr. Sukhvinder Ranu Mrs. Rekha ValliappanMr. Rajeshwar Prasad

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