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FIA-Chicago hosts annual Board meeting

and Diwali celebrations

FIA TEAM 2023 will be spearheaded by Incoming President Vinita Gulabani strongly supported by 100+ members

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Chicago, IL

ederation of Indian Associa-
tions (FIA) organized its An-
Fnual Board Meeting and Di-
wali Celebration on November 13th
at Big Suchir Restaurant, Downers
Grove IL. The meeting was attended
by the 100 strong FIA team as well as
the advisory board members.
FIA TEAM 2023 will be spear-
headed by Incoming President Vin-
ita Gulabani strongly supported by
100+ members (each one a leader)
composed of Executive Board Mem-
bers, Directors & Advisory Board
Members. The event was presided by
Chairman Sunil Shah and Founding
Members Neil Khot, Mukesh Shah,
Dhitu Bhagwakar and Current Presi-
dent Hitesh Gandhi.
Richa Chand, General Secre-
tary, outlined the achievements of the
FIA in the year 2022 and thanked the
team for its efforts. She then asked
Founder President and Chairman
Sunil Shah to address the gathering.
Founder President Sunil Shah took
the stage and outlined the success-
es behind the year 2022, listing the
events conducted by the FIA and its
team – The Republic Day Celebra-
tion, The Partnership with the Chica-
go Bulls – India Heritage Night, The
Holi Celebration, Mother Day Cele-
bration, International Yoga Day and dent Hitesh Gandhi and his team for Chaudhari. Suresh Bodiwala of Asian Media
the biggest FIA event to date – Cel- the outstanding year and welcomed Directors: Chetan Patel, Vibha Broadcasting, Yogi Bhardwaj, Vi-
ebration of the 75th India Indepen- Vinita Gulabani as the incoming Pres- Rajput, , Jitendra Bulsara, Vidya noz Chanamolu, Nag Jaiswal, Jas-
dence Day with a concert with Javid ident. She felicitated Executive Vice Joshi, Jesse Singh, Bharat Malhotra, bir Suga, Syed Hussaini, Manish
Ali a prominent singer from Bolly- President Shital Daftari, Director Ga- N Nagasubramaniam Iyer, Hitesh Gandhi, Brij Sharma (Power Volt),
wood. He thanked the outgoing team nesh Kar, General Secretary Richa Patel, Ashima Washington, Vikas Asha Oroskar (Orochem), , Amar-
for its hard work in putting together Chand, and Treasurer Vaishal Talati Kalwani, Dr. Afroz Hafeez, Chandni bir Singh Ghoman, Pradeep Shukla
and conducting various India centric for their achievements & dedication. Kalra, Nirav Patel, Murugesh Kasil- (CPA) and Neal Patel (MedStar),
and Charitable events during the Sunil Shah Founder President [Chair- ingam, Pratik Deshpande and He- Pinky Thakkar, Sanhita Agnihotri,
year. He also took the opportunity to man] then announced Team 2023 mendra Shah, Lakhinder Sharma, Ajeet Singh, Aishwarya Sharma and
welcome new members to team FIA. • Founder President: Onkar Sangha, Mamta Taparia, Harry Sidhu, Ash- Keerthi Reevori, Usha Kumaria,
Current President Hitesh Gand- Ditu Bhagwakar, Neil Khot wani Mahajan, Bob Bhavesh Patel, Anuja Gupta
hi took the stage thanking the found- • President: Vinita Gulabani. Deepa Sharma, Ganesh Kar, Sonia FIA Chicago was founded to
ing board, and the team 2022 for all • Executive Vice Presidents: Shital Luthar, Sumit Singh, Swati Kuki- bring Cultural awareness to the Chi-
the work put in to make the year a Daftari & Pratibha Jairath. an,, Manoj Rathod, Ramesh Nair, cago land area and has now grown
resounding success. • Vice Presidents: Altaf Bukhari, Anu Rajesh Narayan to serve the community by hosting
Founding Members Neil Khot, Malhotra, Richa Chand, Mike Shah New Directors: GuDDi Vawal, many events for the community and
Mukesh Shah, Dhitu Bhagwakar & Chandini Duvvuri. G Secretary: Kavitha Rao, Anshul Bindal, Nipun helping the community grow and be-
took the stage thanking team 2022 Abir Maru, Treasurer : Vaishal Ta- Joshi, Chintan Patel, Sharda Jain, come one. FIA Chicago plans to take
and praising the work of the team in lati. Jt Secretary: Suchitra Kukreja, Vijay Muralidaran. Nilabh Dubey, on projects like Job Fair, Entrepre-
making the year a flashy success. • Joint Treasurer: Neelam Jai. Cul- Kaveeta Rawla, neurship camps and Youth Leader-
Former Vice President of FIA tural Secretary: Pika Munshi, New advisory board: Deepak- ship Development Skill Camps.
Mrs. Rita Shah congratulated Presi- • Joint Cultural Secretary: Ila Patel kant Vyas, Anil Loomba of HMSI, --Asian Media USA

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