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NORTH AmERIcAN Newsline SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 | The Indian Eye 34

GoPio manhattan organizes

‘meet & Greet’ for students from india at

the new york indian Consulate

toring students in the current
Our Bureau market environment and added
his learnings to the students us-
New York, NY ing his unique perspective as a

he GOPIO-Manhattan Registrar of Fashion Institute of
(NYC) in cooperation Technology, the MIT of Fashion.
Twith Consulate General There were four panelists in this
of India in New York organized session who are asked to com-
the ‘Meet & Greet’ for Stu- ment on several questions.
dents from India studying in the Ms. Abha Kumar, Business
Northeast to connect them to transformation leader/ Board
the community and providing member Notify.io Advisory
mentoring opportunities as well Board Shopelier, Former CIO-
as to raise awareness of Con- Corporate & International Van-
sular services to students from guard, shared her experiences
the Indian Consulate. Students with the students and said, “The
from 21 universities, mostly way we worked in the past will
from the Northeast participated Randhir Kumar Jaiswal, Consul General of India in New York, not be relevant post-COVID…
in person or virtually. inaugurating the event we now will look for employees
The chief guest/host for the who have the ability to have a
evening Ambassador Randhir wide perspective and connect
Kumar Jaiswal, commented, the dots.”
“Welcome to all the students Ms. Kumar further added
from India with open heart as that students should master
you pursue your future stud- the technology component; the
ies here in the North-East re- companies also look for certain
gion and help in the growth of emotional intelligence when
economy here in USA and back they hire. Lastly, in corporate
home in India.” America, your work doesn’t
He further highlighted the speak for you, you need to
goal to expand this program speak for yourself.
to include more students, from Mr. Prasan Kumar, Se-
the pool of 200,000 students nior VP & Strategy Director at
that come to the USA for fur- Publicis Group & Lecturer at
ther studies, to attend in person Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Ambassador of India to the United States, welcom- Glasgow Caledonian New York
more interactive sessions and ing the Students from India. College added “When you’re
gain exposure to various ser- in a classroom, experiment as
vices offered by the Consulate tial in our bilateral relations. speakers to mentor, motivate much as you can.” He elaborat-
for the benefit of the students During my visits across US, I’ve and guide the students. ed, “bringing more than a text
from registration at the Con- always made it a point to vis- Dr. Abraham said, “In the book education is significantly
sular Portal, to cultural events it universities and visit faculty 1960s and ‘70s when a foreign important, get your perspec-
to mental health support initia- and students there.” He further student joined a university, he/ tive as per your interest, helps
tives. added “We have an active stu- she was given host family, now you being a problem solver
Ambassador Taranjit Singh dent hub and a dedicated stu- with connected world and social and think long-term for career
Sandhu, via a video message dent wing at the Embassy. You media, the host family concept choice reflecting from his per-
welcomed the students from can count on them for any assis- went away and the 4.5 million sonal experience of moving 4
India and commented “Indian tance.” Indian Americans could serve careers in 2 decades from IT to
Students continue to be a strong The program started with a as the host family to the new advertising now.”
bridge between India and USA. welcome by GOPIO Interna- students.” Mr. Neil Datta, Head of
Delighted to welcome the stu- tional Chairman Dr. Thomas GOPIO-Manhattan Exec- Due Diligence at Forbes Fami-
dents virtually! The education Abraham, who also serves as an utive Vice President Professor ly Trust & Co-Founder Meritas
and knowledge partnership are advisor to GOPIO-Manhattan. Rajasekhar Vangapaty mod- provided insights in the cur-
an area that holds great poten- Dr. Abraham encouraged the erated the first panel on men- Continued on next page... >>

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