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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                              JANUARY 23, 2026      |  The Indian Eye 20

                              GOPIO Webinar Recognizes

                  Diaspora Indians as Trailblazers in

                                     Global Business Success

            OUR BUREAU
            New York, NY

                  he Global Organization of
                  People of Indian Origin (GO-
            TPIO) successfully hosted its
            December 2025 webinar, “Diaspora
            Indians – Trailblazers in Global Busi-
            ness Success,” on January 10, 2026.
            Held virtually, the webinar brought
            together distinguished diaspora busi-
            ness leaders from the United States,
            the United Kingdom, Africa, and
            India  to  reflect  on  the  challenges,
            resilience, and achievements of Indi-
            ans who built global business success
            after emigrating from India—often
            with very limited financial resources.
                The webinar opened with
            welcome remarks by Mr. Sunil      Speakers and GOPIO officials at the webinar. Top row: Dr. Kali Pradip Chaudhuri, Navneet Chugh, Anil Bansal, Dr. Thomas Abraham. Middle row:
            Vuppula, GOPIO Associate Sec-         Prakash Shah, Vatsala Upadhyay, Dr. Bhuvan Lall. Bottom row: Lord Rami Ranger, Sunil Vuppula, Manasvi Mangai and Kewal Kanda
            retary and Chair of the Monthly
            Webinar Series, who introduced    Wat temple complex in Cambodia    Rami Ranger, who rose from hum-   defense manufacturing cooperation.
            GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thomas         and highlighted the journey of Indi-  ble beginnings to become a major   In  response  to  a  question  on
            Abraham and GOPIO Interna-        ans taken as indentured laborers to   business leader and a member of the   young Indian physicians, Dr. Chaud-
            tional President Mr. Prakash Shah.  Africa and the Caribbean under Brit-  UK House of Lords. Dr. Lall under-  huri emphasized cultural pride, ed-
                Dr. Abraham welcomed partici-  ish rule—communities that today   scored the importance of leveraging   ucation, and the teaching of Indian
            pants with greetings marking Pravasi   include some of the most successful   the Indian diaspora as a strategic   languages and history to preserve
            Bharatiya Divas, observed on Janu-  business leaders in those regions.  global asset and called for stronger   identity among future generations.
            ary 9, commemorating the return of    Mr. Shah introduced the we-   collaboration between the Indian   Lord Ranger reflected on India’s civ-
            Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa   binar moderator, Mr. Anil Bansal,  government, embassies, and diaspo-  ilizational heritage and its influence
            to India—a pivotal moment in In-  President of First National Realty   ra organizations.              on global cultures, stressing unity
            dia’s struggle for independence. He   Management. Mr. Bansal shared his   Dr. Kali Pradip Chaudhuri,   and education as key strengths.
            briefly  outlined  GOPIO’s  founding   own entrepreneurial journey—from   Founder and Chairman of the KPC   Attorney and CPA Mr. Navneet
            in New York in 1989 and its global   founding and selling a successful   Group, emphasized the need for In-  Chugh, Managing Partner of Chugh,
            mission.                          technology company to establishing   dians to focus on present and future   LLP, provided insights into Indian
               “The Indian Diaspora today rep-  Indus American Bank in New Jersey   challenges rather than resting on   immigration to the United States,
            resents one of the most compelling   and later becoming a prominent real   past achievements. He highlighted   noting that approximately 5.2 million
            success stories in global business   estate investor.               India’s growing economic strength   Indians have entered the country
            and enterprise. From pioneering in-   Mr. Bansal then introduced the   and  its  potential  under  the  leader-  since 1965. He highlighted the Indian
            dustrialists and innovative  entrepre-  keynote speaker, Dr. Bhuvan Lall, a   ship of Prime Minister Narendra   American community’s high levels of
            neurs to  leaders of major  multina-  noted writer, biographer, and doc-  Modi, encouraging Indians world-  education and income and discussed
            tional corporations, members of the   umentary producer known for his   wide  to  lead  in  knowledge,  innova-  the critical role of the U.S. nonprof-
            Diaspora have demonstrated excep-  works on Netaji Subhas Chandra   tion, and education.              it sector, which accounts for nearly
            tional resilience, entrepreneurial ex-  Bose, Lala Har Dayal, and Sardar   Lord Rami Ranger shared his   10% of the U.S. economy with  rev-
            cellence, and strategic vision. Their  Vallabhbhai Patel. Dr. Lall is current-  personal journey from India to the   enues of approximately $1.8 trillion.
            achievements  have  made  a  lasting   ly producing a Hollywood film project.  United Kingdom, describing how val-  Attorney Chugh also addressed
            global impact and continue to inspire   Dr. Lall spoke on the global   ues, education, and long-term vision   economic disparities between India
            generations of Indians worldwide,”  success of Indian entrepreneurs and   enabled him to grow a business from   and China, noting that while both
            said Dr. Abraham.                 trailblazers, emphasizing their abil-  £2 into a multi-million-pound enter-  countries had similar per capita
                Mr. Prakash Shah traced the   ity  to  preserve  Indian  values  while   prise. He stressed the importance of   incomes in 1978, China’s per cap-
            deep historical roots of the Indian di-  achieving international recognition.  political engagement and civic par-  ita income reached approximately
            aspora, noting that Indian influence   He  highlighted  iconic  figures  such   ticipation by the Indian diaspora and   $17,000 by 2023, compared to India’s
            abroad dates back centuries. He cit-  as Prof. Amar Gopal Bose, found-  spoke about his efforts to promote a   $4,000—resulting  in  a  significant
            ed the construction of the Angkor   er of Bose Corporation, and Lord   UK–India free trade agreement and   economic gap.

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