Indo-American Community Federation (IACF-USA) was co-founded by Jeevan Zutshi in the year 1994 as the first Indo-American organization to build bridges with mainstream organizations, diverse leadership groups, think tank and public officials. The Unity Dinner celebrates unity in diversity and the achievements of community leaders in our local community after 9/11/01 to promote unity in diversity and address serious community issues. IACF is proud to have celebrated 25th anniversary on March 22, 2019.
Unity through Diversity: Reclaiming a Sense of Connection
Friday, April 21, 2023 (5:00 PM to Midnight)
at the India Community Center, 525 Los Coches Street, Milpitas, CA.
Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Raj Salwan, Councilmember, City of Fremont, CA
Co- Master of Ceremonies: Rakhi Israni, Esq., President of Excel Test and a Public Relations Director for Sewa International.
Program:
5:00 pm to 6:15 pm
Panel discussion: The Rise in Gun Violence and the impact on our Youth
Moderator: Anjali Shaykher Zutshi, Esq.
Introduction by: Shyla Zutshi
Anjali is National Security Law Attorney at National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy.
Panelists:
Teresa Keng, City of Fremont Councilmember
Jeff Rosen, Santa Clara District Attorney
Desrie Campbell, City of Fremont Council member
Fish Stark, Head of Program & Curriculum at Ever Scouts
Dr. Harmesh Kumar, Licensed Psychologist
Ragini Vecham, Parent representative
– 5:50 pm to 6:00 pm: Address by San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan
– 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm: “Tim Reilly – The Canyon Band” & Host bar and Dinner
– 7:15 pm: National Anthems by Manasa Gadepalli
– 7:20 pm: Introduction of IACF Board by Dr. Ramesh Konda, President
– 7:24 pm: “Why growth requires Diversity?” by Sanjiv Goyal, Chairman, Droisys
– 7:29 pm: Address by Jeevan Zutshi, Chairman, IACF-USA
Introductions
Consul General of India Ambassador, Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad
Congressman Ro Khanna represented by Tom Pyke
State Senator (CA-15), Dave Cortese
Patti Cortese, Eastside Union H.S. District
State Senator (Former), Bob Wieckowski
Assemblymember (CA-25), Ash Kalra
Assemblymember (CA-24), Alex Lee
Mayor, City of San Jose, Matt Mahan
Mayor, City of Milpitas, Carmen Montano
Mayor, City of Newark, Michael K. Hannon
Newark Former Mayor Al Nagy and Mrs Connie Nagy
Fremont City Mayor Lily Mei
Mayor, City of Tracy, Nancy Young represented by Mr. James Young
Mayor, City of Santa Clara, Lisa Gillmor
Mayor (Former) Milpitas, Rich Tran
Mayor (Former) Cupertino, Darcy Paul
Santa Clara City Vice Mayor, Kevin Park
Vice Mayor, City of Milpitas , Evelyn Chua
Councilmembers, City of Fremont, Dr. Raj Salwan, Teresa Keng, Teresa Cox
Board President, Alameda County Water District, Paul Sethy
Councilmember, City of Santa Clara (District 1), Kathy Watanabe
Councilmember, City of Oakland, Janani Ramachandran
Councilmember Arjun Batra, City of San Jose and Mrs. Batra
Councilmember (District 3), Murali Srinivasan, City of Sunnyvale
Alameda County Supervisor (CA-1), David Haubert
Santa Clara County Board Supervisor (District 3), Otto Lee
Santa Clara County Supervisor (District 4) – Board President, Susan Ellenberg
Santa Clara County Supervisor (District 2) – Cindy Chavez – Betty Duong, Esq., Chief of Staff
Fremont Police Chief Sean Washington
Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee (Area 2) Tara Sreekrishnan
Senior Assistant District Attorney and Policy Chief, Alameda County District Attorney’s Office Cynthia Chandler
Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education Trustee Anu Nakka
Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education President Chris Norwood
Commissioner to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Ajay Bhutoria
Santa Clara Human Rights Commissioners Pranjali Dani, Mita Dey, Robert Cheykin
Milpitas Planning Commissioner Dipak Awasthi
Marie Bernard, Executive Director, Sunnyvale Community Services
Joined by Prof. Bruce Paton, Board member, Leadership Sunnyvale
– 7:37 pm: Joe Johal
– 7:39 pm: Address by Consul General of India Dr. Nagendra Prasad
– 7:45 pm: Introduction of Community leaders by Rakhi Israni, Esq.
Hindu American Foundation (HAF)
Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS)
Hindu Swayam Sewak Sangh (HSS)
Sewa International
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Milpitas, CA
– 7:52 pm: Guest Speaker and Presentation by Hindu American Foundation (HAF)
– 8:02 pm: Honored Speaker – CA State Senator Dave Cortese
– 8:08 pm: Honored Speaker Susan Ellenberg, President, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
– 8:13 pm: Fashion Show by Frontier Heritage Fremont
– 8:20 pm: IACF-USA Honorees
Deepak Ganju, Lifetime Achievement award
Fremont Police Chief Sean Washington, Public Safety Official of the year
The Urban League of Greater San Francisco Bay Area, Community organization of the year
Sanjiv Bhandari, Prominence in the field of Architecture
– 8:35 pm: Hispanic Ballet Folklorico by Martha Alvarez
– 8:45 pm: Keynote address by Dr. Tae Yun Kim, Motivational speaker and founder of Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions, Inc.
– 9:00 pm: Free drawing for fantastic prizes donated by Dr. Tae Yun Kim
– 9:15 pm: Dance performance by students of Aero Dance Academy Director: Ranjani Manda
Introduction by Vijaya Aasuri, AIA and BATA leader
– 9:25 pm: Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks by Dr. Ramesh Konda, IACF-USA President
– 9:30 pm onwards: Yeh Shaam Mastani organized by Prasad Mangina and Veeru Vuppala, BATA Karaokee
Live Bollywood music 🎵 concert by popular Bay Area singers
Videography & Photography by Sachin
Media Sponsors:
Tri-City Voice
Radio Zindagi
Indica News
Event Sponsors:
Comcast
Dr. Tae Yun Kim, Motivational speaker and the founder of Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions
Deepak Ganju, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management
Droisys, Inc., a leading Software company
Washington Hospital Healthcare System
Bay Area Community Health (BACH)
Alameda County Supervisor Dave Haubert
Dr. Raj Salwan, City of Fremont Councilmember
Dr. Dharam P. Salwan, Salwan Properties
Association of Indo-Americans (AIA)
Dr. Dalvir Pannu, Pannu Dental
Hindu American Foundation (HAF)
Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS)
Hindu Swayam Sewak Sangh (HSS)
Sewa International
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Milpitas, CA
Dr. Harmesh Kumar, Licensed Psychologist
Kishore Pallapothu, Entrepreneur
Teresa Keng, City of Fremont Councilmember
Ashok and Pushpa Saraf
Dr. Vijay Chowdhury
Joe Johal
You are also invited to join IACF leaders on the Senate floor at the California State Capitol on Monday, April 24, 2023, as the State of California celebrates IACF’s Unity Day. RSVP with your full name and contact information.
For additional information, feel free to contact anyone of us:
Mr. Jeevan Zutshi, jeevanzutshi@aol.com, (510) 589-3702
Dr. Ramesh Konda, rameshkonda.phd@gmail.com, (510) 565-2495
Mr. Amit Goel, Amit@droisys.com, (415) 706-8643
Mr. Shashi Sharma, Shashisharma1@gmail.com, (408) 569-3396
Dr. Naresh Sharma, nareshcsharma@yahoo.com, (408) 206-3330
Dr. Subhash Garg, Sooku@yahoo.com, (702) 308-6339
Dr. Harmesh Kumar, harmeshkumar@sbcglobal.net, (925) 285-9881
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