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Indian Consulate and GOPIO Manhattan

Organize ‘Meet & Greet’ for Students from IndiA

OUR BUREAU
Manhattan, NY
he Consulate General of India
in New York in cooperation
Twith GOPIO Manhattan orga-
nized the ‘Meet and Greet Students
from India’ studying in the Northeast
to connect them to the community
and providing mentoring opportuni-
ties as well as to raise awareness of
Consular services to students from
the Consulate. Students from many
universities across the Northeast par- Consul General Randhir Kumar Jaiswal and GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham addressing the students
ticipated in person and via Facebook
Live at the event hosted by the Indian
Consulate on March 31, 2023.
The program started with a wel-
come by Dr. Varun Jeph, Deputy
Consul General with his welcome to
the 135+ students in attendance and
many more online. He summarized
the event introducing the speakers
and the topics that will be discussed
by them and informed the services
offered by the Consulate to the Stu-
dents. He invited the students Con-
sul General of India at New York Mr.
Randhir Kumar Jaiswal to begin the
evening’s proceedings.
The host for the evening, Con-
sul General Randhir Kumar Jaiswal, Speakers and organizers at the ‘Students Meet & Greet’
commented, “Namaste to all Young
friends. A very warm welcome to the With the advancement of technolo- and Associate Professor of Tech, Ops, to retain and touch that Indian cultur-
Consulate, your Home and my office.” gies and ease of communication and and Stats at the NYU Stern School of al experience. She indulged the panel
He further highlighted there are growth in students, there is no more Business, moderated the panel start- to assist students in formulating their
two sets of students we deal with, one such need of host families. Starting ing with giving each speaker a min choices of major and career path.
that are here and the others that come in 2021 and following session in Oct to talk about their background. He Dr. Bernadine Waller, Columbia
here from India. This Student Meet 2022, and today, we are hosting these channeled the conversations across University “reflected on the mental
& Greet is an effort in the direction sessions to connect you with the com- the topics of immigration to job health issues ranging from anxiety to
of you connecting with each other and munity, professional achievers and search to internships, teaching assis- depression and all in between. She
being there as you grow in this new the Consulate for help with issues or tantships etc. with the fellow speakers highlighted the various reasons the
land of opportunities. We are the in case of emergency. He noted the and engaged the audience. He shared stresses that are faced by Students
fifth largest economy and climbing number of students across Columbia, his experiences with the students and such as job search, internship search,

to become the third largest economy. NYU, Pace, SUNY Bufallo, Touro said, “Wear different hats, multi-task, competitiveness, loneliness etc. The
He added that there are 1 million stu- College, UPenn, NJIT and other uni- go out of your comfort zone, explore optimal way to deal with it is “One
dents among the 34 million diaspora versities represented in the room.” and discover.” Bite At A Time.”
are going to play a very important role GOPIO Manhattan Co Secretary Ms. Sanjyot Dunung, CEO & Mr. Shivender Sofat, President
in that and be the real champions.” and Chair for the event and emcee Founder of Atma Global, shared her GOPIO-Manhattan, who joined virtu-
Consulate official Ms. Satpadi Ms. Bhavya Gupta then introduced experiences with the students about ally told the importance of mentoring
Tagore invited GOPIO International and invited the panelists for the eve- her journey from India to England to to the students, discussed chapter ac-
Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham for ning Mr. Akshat Tewary, an immigra- Chicago as she experienced the cul- tivities and motivated everyone to vol-
his remarks. Dr. Abraham serves as tion attorney, Ms. Sanjyot Dunung, ture shifts. She added that it doesn’t unteer and become members at future
an advisor to GOPIO-Manhattan CEO & Founder of Atma Global, necessarily matter at what age you events held by GOPIO Manhattan.
and started with “Namaskar and ad- Moderator Prof Srikant Jagabathula move to a new country. The concept Mr. Siddharth Jain, GOPIO
dressed the students by reflecting on from NYU, Mr. Anthony Irudhyana- of culture shock, learning new values, Manhattan Board Member conclud-
his journey fifty years ago with an ex- than, President Zillion Technologies attitudes, understanding how people ed with a quote from Rumi: “It’s your
ample that a simple phone call back and Prof. Rajashekar Vangapaty. do things, can be startling at the very road, and yours alone, others may
home would cost around $3/minute. Mr. Srikanth Jagabathula, Rob- beginning. She bridged the two cul- walk it with you, but no one can walk

There was a concept of host families. ert Stansky Research Faculty Fellow tures with every summer trip to India it for you.”

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