Page 22 - The Indian EYE 031822

NORTH AMERICAN Newsline MARCH 18, 2022 | The Indian Eye 22

indian consul general randhir Kumar Jaiswsal meets

norwalk Mayor along with goPio-ct delegation

Norwalk Mayor Rilling in conversation with Indian Consul General Randhir Kumar Jaiswal and GOPIO-CT Delegation at the City Hall

OuR BuREAu tant Mahesh Jhangiani along with his
wife Yashasvi Jhangiani and Fr. Sud-
New York, NY
hir D’Souza who us the pastor of St.
ndian Consul General Rand- Philip Catholic Church in Norwalk.
hir Kumar Jaiswal and Deputy The delegation also empha-
iConsul General Dr. Varun Jeph sized the need for having a Cricket
came to Norwalk City on March game ground for the new immigrant
4th for a meeting with Mayor Harry groups from South Asian nations,
Rilling. He was joined by officials of Caribbean, South Africa, Australia,
the Global Organization of People England, Australia, New Zealand
of Indian Origin-Connecticut Chap- and East African countries. Such an
ter (GOPIO-CT). Indian Americans initiative will make the city a more
have been settling in the lower Fair- welcoming place for immigrant pro-
field County which includes Norwalk fessionals from those countries.
for the last 3 decades and the flow is GOPIO-CT has assigned a
still continuing. Most of the commu- Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling with Indian Consul General Randhir Kumar Jaiswal and four-member committee to brain-
nity members moving in are in IT in- GOPIO-CT Delegation at Norwalk City Hall. From l. to r.: Viresh Sharma, Mahesh Jhangiani, storm the idea of reaching out Indi-
dustry or healthcare. Jayashri Chintalapudi, Ashok Nichani, Dr. thomas Abraham, Mayor Rilling, Consul General an companies with the Norwalk City
Mayor Rilling told Consul Gen- officials and India’s commercial at-
eral Jaiswal about the City and it is Jaiswal, Deputy Consul General Dr. Varun Jeph, Srinivas Akarapu, Prasad Chintalapudi, Dr. tache in New York. Those assigned
friendly environment for business Sudhir D’Souza and Prachi Narayan with this task are Norwalk residents
including availability of office space Srinivas Akarapu, Mahesh Jhang-
to attract new businesses from India. Norwalk could also consider India as Exec. VP Prasad Chintalapudi who iani, Prachi Narayan and Fr. Sudhir
Indian companies, especially in the a destination. is also Vice President of IT Com- D’Souza.
IT sector, have been starting outfits The delegation from GO- pany Panzer Solutions, Laser Sys- There was also a suggestion that
in the USA and hoping that some of PIO-CT consisted of GOPIO Intl. tems President Viresh Sharma, GO- the Norwalk Community College
them could consider Norwalk as a Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham, PIO-CT Secretary Prachi Narayan, should be connected to an Indian in-
destination. Consul General Jaiswal GOPIO-CT President and serial in- GOPIO-CT Treasurer and IT Con- stitution with similar programs. This
also suggested that companies from vestor Ashok Nichani, GOPIO-CT sultant Srinivas Akarapu, IT Consul- will be explored further.

www.TheIndianEYE.com