IACF Pays Courtesy Call on Indian CG Harish
The Indo American Charity Foundation Executive Committee and Board Directors paid a courtesy visit on Indian Consul General Parvathaneni Harish on Friday, August 1 at his office. Flanking Harish (third from right) are, from left, Abhijit Gadgil, Vanitha Reddy Pothuri, President-Elect Kamala Raghavan, President Ramesh Cherivirala and Jawahar Malhotra.
By Jawahar Malhotra
HOUSTON: The Executive Committee of the Indo American Charity Foundation , accompanied by this reporter who is a Board Director, recently paid a courtesy visit to Indian Consul General Parvathaneni Harish at his office near Allen Parkway and Waugh Drive on Friday, August 1.
IACF President Ramesh Cherivirala explained that the purpose was to see what areas of communalities existed between the IACF’s work in the Greater Metropolitan area and the Consulate’s own efforts to build bridges and foster better ties with India. The IACF also formally requested Harish to attend its upcoming 24th Annual Gala on September 20 at the Hilton Americas.
During the hour long visit, the two sides exchanged points of view and areas where the local Indian community had grown, its strengths and its needs. Harish expressed his admiration for the vigor and diversity within the local Indian community’s programs, saying it was one of the most active and vibrant that he had encountered in his experience in his foreign postings.
He also elaborated on a pet topic of his: the benefit to this country of the highly educated professionals who immigrated here and how their contributions have boosted the economic GDP of the nation. He suggested ways for these immigrants to pay their Motherland back in service, if not in money.
The IACF outlined the charities it had supported over the past 27 years and how it had made inroads to the mainstream community to show that Indo American’s contributed to their adopted home.