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IAPC hosts induction of new

board and Awards Ceremony at

Indian Consulate, New York

Kamlesh C. Mehta was administered the oath of office as the Chairman of the IAPC

Board of Directors by CGI Randhir Jaiswal; Four distinguished community leaders honored

with the Lifetime Achievement Awards

OUR BUREAU
New York, NY
he Indo-American Press Club,
the largest organization of In-
Tdian descent journalists and
media persons working across North
America, organized the swearing-in
ceremony and inauguration of new
office bearers on Saturday, May 21st
during a solemn induction ceremony,
organized at the Indian Consulate in
New York.
Kamlesh C. Mehta was adminis-
tered the oath of office as the Chair-
man of the IAPC Board of Directors
by Randhir Jaiswal, Consul General
of India in New York, while Gin-
son Zachariah, Founding Chairman
of IAPC administered the oath to
IAPC’s new President Aashmeeta
Yogiraj, while IAPC General Secre-
tary CG Daniel and several others
were given the oath virtually.
Four distinguished and accom-
plished community leaders/profes-
sionals were honored with the Life-
time Achievement Awards for their
accomplishments and contributions
to the larger society.
Randhir Jaiswal, Consul Gen-
eral, was the chief guest, while New
York Mayor De Blasio was the Spe-
cial Guest of Honor during the cer-
emony. Mayor De Blasio presented
award to Pamela Kwatra, a trailblazer
and the only Indian American wom-
an recipient of the prestigious Ellis Is-
land Medal of Honor award in 2008,
Pam Kwatra. She has a proud record
of civic-social and professional ac-
complishments and recognition.
Dr. Anupama Gotimukula, the
only 4th Woman elected to be the
President of American Association of AAPI benefitting AAPI members been honored with the Bharatvanshi NRI/PIO communities for the last 49
of Physicians of Indian Origin in its and the larger societies in India and Gaurav Award of Anthar Rashtriya years since he moved to New York as
nearly four decades-long history was the United States. Sahayog Parishad and Pravasi Bhara- a graduate student at Columbia Uni-
honored for her visionary leadership Dr. Thomas Abraham, who has tiya Samman for his services to the versity, was another awardee whom

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