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as Indian positions to be amongst the
top three economies in the world. It is
time to have a local connect with pre-
mium programming of international
quality in each genre, news and spir-
ituality, yet with South Asian ethos”.
The group announced the in-
duction of a well-known medical
professional, community leader and
philanthropist Dr Raj Bhayani as
the Chairman. While accepting the
role, Dr Bhayani said, “It is with great
appreciation and humbleness that I
accept the Chairmanship. As you see,
the multidevice platform with news-
paper, radio, TV under one umbrella, Consul General Binaya Srikanta Pradhan Sunil Hali, The Indian EYE Dr Raj Bhayani, The Indian EYE
is the vision that we have. News and
media are undergoing substantial
revolution in the last decade. Social
media, AI and content-creators will
completely disrupt the media as we
have seen it in past 25 years. The next
generation wants very short, in-depth,
focused coverage of the news. The
augmented and virtual reality will re-
place the interactive storytelling. Any
content created must be personalized
and most importantly mobile friendly.”
“We are committed to adapt the
new reality and expand accordingly
in connecting the world with a focus
on India and diaspora,” Dr Bhayani
added.
Speaking at the event, Sejal Da- Sejal Dasondi, The Indian EYE Nilesh Dasondi, The Indian EYE Rhonda Binda, Gracie Mansion
sondi, promoter, said, “I am so proud
to stand before you today as an Indian Guests at the event included
woman in a leadership position. I rec- leadership of all organizations in New
ognize that there are so many women York, professional, social, spiritual,
and especially Indian women who do art, academics among others as well
not have the opportunities I have to- as Business leaders.
day, but I speak for all women in lead- The event was hosted by Sanjiv
ership when I say you can do every- Pandya and Krupa Panchal Lauricel-
thing you set your mind to. And I am la and supported by Ashish Nigam,
proud to be leading by example. I am Sunil Tristar, Nutan Kalamdani and
proud to represent our media in all
formats at this level and hope to con- Maulik Gajjar.
The corporate patrons, include
tinue doing bigger things for our com- Ananda, ICICI Bank, DS Group and
munity as it continues to rise next level PEARL.
as a primary connect with diaspora”. The road show now travels to
Rhonda Binda from New York
City Mayor Eric Adams’ office ap- New Jersey, Houston, Dallas, Chi-
cago, San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta,
plauded the group for connecting
the community with the city admin- Florida and Washington, DC as India Nutan Kalamdani, Dr. Saket Bhatia, Mr. Parikh, Flora
celebrates the 78th anniversary of its
istration. She spoke about the free Independence. Dr. Hetal Gaur Parikh, Sunil Hali
press and how it helps the voice of
the people usually left behind. “Ele-
vating the voice is the key. Here is the
time for India and US relationship to
transcend to the next level and dias-
pora can play a big role,” said Rhon-
da, complimenting the group for the
“task undertaken”.
Nilesh Dasondi, President of the
group, said, “Thank you so much for
your support. We really need local
community support to develop media
which is going to be our strongest as- Caption
set going forward.”

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