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GOPIO-CT Outreaches to Indian American

Academics in Central Connecticut

OUR BUREAU
New York, NY
s part of the GOPIO-CT’s
outreach to the university
Afaculty, the chapter joined
hands with Quinnipiac University for
a Meet and Greet Program on Fri-
day, April 22nd at Clarion Hotel in
Hamden, CT. It was an event where
GOPIO members and other com-
munity organization representatives
had a networking reception and an
open mike interaction followed by
an Indian dinner. Academics were
from Quinnipiac, Yale, University of Program organizers speaking at the event; from l. to r. Dr. Thomas Abraham, Prasad Chintalapudi and Prof. Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox
Connecticut and University of New
Haven.
This is first time Indian Ameri-
can and Indic academics from these
schools came together on a Pan-Indi-
an platform.
After the networking Meet and
Greet, the program started with a
welcome by GOPIO-CT Executive
Vice President Prasad Chintalapu-
di who then introduced GOPIO
Founder and current Chairman Dr.
Thomas Abraham. Dr. Abraham,
spoke on the journey of GOPIO over
the years since 1989 and how, the In-
dian Diaspora community which was
outside the political mainstream in
many countries changed over to po-
litical mainstream in countries with
large Diaspora population.
Dr. Abraham also spoke on the
Welcome Dinner for new students
from India at the UConn Business
School at Stamford and Hartford
campuses organized by GOPIO-CT Academic and Community participants at the open-end interactive session. From top left clockwise: Prof. K. Sudhir, Prof. Ravi Dhar,
and hoping to do the same in the Prof. Ramesh Subramanian, Prof. Shyam Sundar, Asha Rangappa, Shilpa Kulkarni, Dr. Raminder (Micky) Walia, Dr. Veeena Vani, Prof. Narasim-
Hamden/New Haven area.
Dr. Abraham also mentioned han Srinivasan, Prof. Ewa Callahan, Rakesh Narang and Prof. Mohammed Elahee
that the Indian Am3rican academics
could play important roles in cor- of New Haven, and from the greater in consumer behavior and brand- Information Systems, Quinnipiac;
recting misinformation on India and South Asian community come to- ing, currently the George Rogers Asha Rangappa, Former FBI agent,
the Indian American community, as gether to discuss shared connections Clark Professor of Management and Senior lecturer at Yale University’s
for example the recent statement by and opportunities for collaboration Marketing at Yale School of Man- Jackson Institute for Global Affairs,
University of Pennsylvania professor and we look forward to hosting fu- agement; Prof. K. Sudhir, James L and a commentator on CNN; Kamal
Amy Wax. ture events that will incorporate stu- Frank Professor of Private Enter- Upadhyaya; Professor of Economics
This program to reach the aca- dents and continue to build program- prise, Management and Marketing and Business Analytics, University of
demics was initiated by GOPIO-CT ming that serves the local community & Director of the Yale China India New Haven; Prof. Narasimahan Sri-
Board Member Prof. Sujata Gad- and highlights the many important Insights Program (CIIP) Yale School nivasan, Associate Professor Market-
kar-Wilcox, who has also been a contributions of the South Asian of Management; Prof. Shyam Sun- ing, UConn School of Business; Prof.
Democratic Party candidate from the community in Connecticut,” said der, James L. Frank Professor Emer- Ewa Callahan, Associate Professor
assembly district in Trumbull. Prof. Gadkar-Wilcox. itus of Accounting, Economics and of Interactive Media and Design,
”It is a pleasure to have faculty Academics who participated Finance, Yale School of Manage- Quinnipiac; and Prof. Mohammad
members from Quinnipiac Univer- included Prof. Ravi Dhar, Ameri- ment; Prof. Ramesh Subramanian, Elahee, Professor of International
sity, Yale University, the University can behavioral scientist, an expert Gabriel Ferrucci Prof of Computer Business, Quinnipiac.

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