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“Primetime with NetIP” welcomes Saira Mohan

NetIP’s debut into live radio through “Primetime with NetIP” was a remarkable success, attracting listeners from all over North America and as far as Singapore, chiming in with questions. The live radio program on HumDesi Radio featured international super model and actress Saira Mohan. Thanks to HumDesi Radio, a podcast of the entire interview is now available here.
 
Mohan, an international super model, actress, author, musician, mom and much more was heralded by Newsweek magazine as the “new global standard of beauty”. She made the cover and the headline: “The Perfect Face”.  She’s been ranked on Maxim’s Hot 100 Women list and is the author of a successful e-book entitled “How To Seduce (& Marry) The Woman Of Your Dreams”. She also stars in an upcoming film “Teen Patti” with Amitabh Bachan and Ben Kingsley. Another interesting fact is that Saira is also working on her music career.

 

Mohan shared some advice to listeners looking for success:
“We’re living in an evolved time and you need to forge your own way. You’ve got to go with your gut and you’ve got to go with what you feel”, said Mohan. “It’s about expanding our minds, expanding our cultures and our traditions and exposing and making them more than what they were. Every generation we become better and more evolved and we’ve just go to continue on with that”.
 
Saira Mohan is both a modern woman of today and an inspirational South Asian. Her success fuels the dreams of many and her passion for achieving that success through the many spheres of life makes her story truly inspirational.
 
Thanks to the many NetIP members and listeners that helped make the inaugural Radio show a success! The next episode of “Primetime with NetIP” on HumDesi Radio will be held in June. For all updates on the show, please click here.

NetIP Joins Forces with Akshaya Patra

NetIP has recently partnered with The Akshaya Patra Foundation, a leading organization that addresses two of the most immediate challenges facing India, hunger and education, through its school lunch program. Akshaya Patra feeds one million underprivileged children daily in government run schools in India.  It costs only $28 to feed a child for an entire school year and where government subsidy is provided, $28 feeds two children.

Akshaya Patra is the world’s largest NGO-run midday meal program. A public-private partnership, Akshaya Patra combines good management, innovative technology and smart engineering to deliver school lunch at a fraction of the cost of similar programs in other parts of the world. For many of the children this is their only complete meal for the day. This gives them an incentive to come to school, stay in school and provides them with the necessary nutrients they need to develop their cognitive abilities to focus on learning.

To learn more about Akshaya Patra and how you can get involved, please visit www.foodforeducation.org.

NetIP Announces Winners for April “Leader of the Month”

Milan Shroff, NetIP Twin Cities

Milan Shroff first became involved with NetIP in 2007 and immediately became an active member of the organization.  In 2008, he was elected President of the Twin Cities Chapter and continues to hold that position.

Milan’s ability to execute events with consistency has allowed NetIP Twin Cities to make great strides in the past year.  Milan continues to strive to bring the greatest benefit to NetIP Twin Cities members.  Under his leadership, the chapter has been able to introduce many new events and increase membership.  In addition, a corporate relationship was formed with the Minnesota Timberwolves and charity donations have tripled! 

In 2009, working with a smaller board brought new challenges.  Milan has been successful in encouraging participation from the board and has also been more than willing to help out when needed.  His restructuring of the board and responsibilities created a more efficient and streamlined process.  He even recruited two more members to join the board within the last few months. 

NetIP North America congratulates Milan and looks forward to hearing of many more success stories under his leadership!

 

Raj Bhandari, NetIP Dallas

Raj Bhandari has served as the Public Relations Chair for NetIP Dallas since January 2009.  He has put his community connections to great use and has been highly successful in his local outreach on behalf of NetIP Dallas.  He single handedly coordinated the Insight on Indian and Southeast Asian Art Lecture, an event that he arranged for members to attend at no cost.  The success of the event has led to  a community partnership between NetIP Dallas and the Crow Collection of Asian Art Museum.

Raj has also consistently invited and brought potential sponsors and new members to events, resulting in an increased interest in NetIP Dallas and awareness of the organization.

Amidst the challenges of a difficult economy, Raj developed and implemented a sponsorship package for the chapter’s monthly “Third Thursdays” event, securing a $500 sponsorship for their April event as well as another $500 sponsorship for their May event.

NetIP North America cogratulates Raj and wishes him continued success through his hard work and dedication to NetIP Dallas!

NetIP Pittsburgh & NetIP Dallas, Winners of April’s “Event of the Month”

The competition was so fierce for April’s Event of the Month award, that NetIP North America awarded the prestigious title to two events!  NetIP Pittsburgh’s Fundraiser for Mumbai Attack Victims and NetIP Dallas’s Scotch Tasting Fundraiser for Baal Dan.

On April 4th, 2009, NetIP Pittsburgh co-sponsored the “South Asians Against Terrorism” event, a fundraiser for the victims of the November Mumbai attack.  The event was held at the University of Pittsburgh – David Lawrence Hall.  NetIP Pittsburgh partnered with various Asian community groups  such as Silk Screen, Amnesty International, Ankur: Indian Graduate Students Association, NAAP: The National Association of Asian American Professionals, CAIR Pennsylvania, and the Allegheny County Bar Association.

About 215 supporters attended the fundraiser, which brought in nearly $2,500 in donations.  NetIP Pittsburgh presented a very diverse program with the proceeds going to the American India Foundation to benefit charities working in Mumbai.  The event had an exciting line-up of Indian, African, Brazliian, and Chinese, belly dancers, and much more!

 

On April 24th, 2009, NetIP Dallas held a Scotch tasting fundraiser for Baal Dan at Red India Bistro.  “Baal” means “Child”, “Dan” means “Donation”. Baal Dan works with schools, orphanages, NGO’s and projects to help impoverished children as directly and efficiently as possible, while investing in ways to provide these children with an education.

 

The Scotch tasting event, led by a connoisseur of scotch, was an informative and fun way to raise funds for this charitable organization.  Many of the 23 attendees not only donated to Baal Dan, but also became volunteers.  The event was successful in raising a substantial amount of donations.

 

NetIP Dallas will match online contributions to Baal Dan and will also donate $5 for every new membership through May 21st, 2009.  For more information, please visit www.NetIP-Dallas.org.

NetIP Salutes Inspirational South Asian, Dr. Parveen Chopra

 

Dr. Parveen Chopra addressing Indian Americans as President of Federation for the tri-state area

 during the  period when Indian Americans were the target of racial crimes in 1987.

 

“I wish NetIP the best of success in their endeavors. It is a leading organization, that is making great contributions to both Indians and Americans by providing a platform for learning, mentorship and leadership of future leaders in all professional fields as well as community service.” – Dr. Parveen Chopra

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Dr. Parveen Chopra is an outstanding Asian-American who has excelled in academics, civil rights movement, regional and  national leadership to community and has been widely  recognized  by leading Asian and American institutions for his outstanding contributions.

Dr. Chopra has excelled in academics by attaining five graduate degrees with honors and top ranks from prestigious universities and an MBA,  and a Ph.D. in Business Administration. He has taught over seven thousand BBA, MBA, and doctoral students and has authored several books and articles in the field of Management in Business Administration and has been a member of the Academy of Management since 1976.

Dr. Chopra has lead, as the  first Asian-American in the State of New York, as a Commissioner of Human Rights  in Nassau County for the past seventeen years, vice chairman since 1996 and  as  acting chairperson since 2004. He has done a lot to mitigate discrimination in employment, housing and public matters. Dr. Chopra  was also the first Asian  to work as Commissioner of Planning from 1996 to 2002 and served it with great distinction in open hearings to public and improved the quality of life  of  1.3 million Americans in Nassau County, New York  in terms of  land use, zoning, density, environment, transportation, population dynamics, urban planning and economy. Dr. Chopra was part of the team that prepared a master plan for the development of Nassau County for the next two decades based on his vision, experiences and input from citizenry based on hundreds of town hall meetings. Dr. Chopra also represented on the Decentralization Board of the Office of Cultural Development (1990-2002) promoting cultural heritage of many communities in New York and appeared before county legislature and state bodies for promotion of arts and culture in the state of  New York. 

Ellis Island that beacons the Statute of Liberty in America and has been the landing point of many ancestry groups honored Dr. Parveen Chopra with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for 2005 as an outstanding American for his great contributions to American life. This honor has been bestowed on many  former Presidents like  Bill Clinton, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon; Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court William Rehnquist; Muhammad Ali; pioneer heart surgeon Dr. Michael E. DeBakey; Rosa Parks; Noble Laureate Elie Wiesel; Frank Sinatra; Bob Hope; Barbara Walters; Donald Trump; Quincy Jones; General Colin Powell etc.

The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), with over 76,000 members,  the largest voluntary association of attorneys in the United States founded in 1876.  Decided to confer Dr. Parveen Chopra with the Prestigious Haywood Burns Memorial Award for his outstanding work in civil and Human Rights. Of major significance, Dr. Chopra was the first South Asian honored in the history of the 133 year old organization. Former Recipients include Federal Judge Honorable Cornelius V. Blackshear, Hon. Pam Badoria Jackman Brown of Jamaica  and Prof. Randolph M. Scott-McLaughlin of Pace University School of Law. W. Haywood Burns,  was a former dean of the City University of New York School of Law Mr. Burns joined the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison,  and later became law clerk to Judge Constance Baker Motley of United States District Court. From there, he became assistant counsel to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc and where he served as general counsel to Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign in 1968.                                                                  

Dr. Chopra was Marshal of India Day Parade which he helped to organize in 1987-88 and succeeding years as President of the Federation of Indian Associations for  New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, considered as the largest umbrella organization in USA. He also organized many functions in major cities of USA as General Secretary of National Federation of Indian American Associations (1992-94)  to preserve and enhance Asian Indian cultural heritage and promote the causes that strengthen the relationships between two strongest democracies of the world  India and USA. Since then he has frequently acted as a liaison with many elected officials in the region and  the White House in Washington, D.C.

In civil rights movement, Dr. Chopra has fought prejudice and discrimination against the Indian, Asian, and American community. In 1987-88 he spear headed the movement in Jersey City, New Jersey and in New York City by organizing community protests. He also participated directly in a debate at Columbia University with the Chief of Police of New Jersey. He led the delegation to meet the Attorney General in Washington, D.C. and also organized seminars at the Crystal City Inn  to fight discrimination where entire EEO Commission was in attendance. In 1989-90 he took an active role in organizing demonstrations in Jackson Heights, Queens when Indian merchants and customers became targets of violence. With the assistance of  Police Department, Mayor and the Borough President’s Office the situations were resolved.                                                                                           

Recently Dr. Chopra,  was the first Asian to be  honored with the prestigious Dr. Martin Luther King Award for 2005 at the Grand Ballroom of Marriott Hotel in New York, along with the current Police Commissioner which was attended by many supreme court judges and scores of  elected officials and cross section of representation from Irish, Italian, Israeli, African, Hispanic and Asian communities. He was again the first Asian to be honored by The One Hundred Black  Men Inc. at the Grand Ballroom of Crest Hollow Country Club  New York  in 2003  for his distinction in community service and efforts to promote understanding and relations between the  African and Indian communities. He also worked with the Hispanic leadership on English Plus campaign successfully to retain English as a second language.  He has received many prestigious  awards from the highest  elected officials like the  Prime Minister of India,  U.S. congressmen,  N.Y. state senators, county executives, presiding supervisor of legislator,  town boards and mayors and many prestigious associations and organizations in Indian and American community like Federation of Indian Associations, Sri Chinmoi Mission at the United Nations, H.H.H.Pramukh Swamy Maharaj of B.A.P.S., News India Times Group Inc.,  Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation Inc.,  Jackson Heights Merchants’ Association, World Business Forum Inc.,   Shiromani Punjabi Puraskar-2002 by the International Council of Punjab, etc. His leadership and community activism has  been covered by American newspapers  like The New York Times, Newsday, The Herald, The Citizen etc. several times.   

Dr. Chopra founded Jackson Heights Merchants’ Association (1988), Flushing  Merchants’ Association (1989) which are the business hubs of Indian community in  New York City. He worked to improve the neighborhood conditions for merchants, customers and citizenry.   Dr. Chopra is also the founder of  Asian American Coalition USA Inc. (1988) representing leaders and associations of thirteen Asian countries in America.   Dr. Chopra is also the life long trustee of Hindu Center/Temple, Flushing, N.Y.,  and currently chairs the Election Committee.  

Dr. Chopra has organized over thirty fund raisers to help elect officials like county executive, congressmen, senators,  judges for supreme court, county court, family court and district courts, town supervisors, mayors, legislators and councilmen. This has greatly helped not only  Indian community to assimilate in America but also benefited countless causes in mainstream  America. Dr. Chopra has also represented New York City Mayor and Comptroller and the two county executives on Long Island at over three hundred functions over the past two decades welcoming such visitors as the Prime Minister of India, Federal Ministers, industrialists, ambassadors, consul generals, bishops,  movie stars, and outstanding men and women of significant achievements by presenting them with a key to the city, a flag of Nassau County, a citation or a proclamation to mark various events, achievements and celebrations.                                                

Dr. Chopra has been profiled and honored by America’s oldest and prestigious  biographer Marquis’ (since 1894) WHO’s WHO IN AMERRICA, WHO’S WHO IN FINANCE AND INDUSTRY IN AMERICA, and WHO’S WHO IN THE WORLD for his distinguished and singular achievements spanning over twenty five years.

Dr. Chopra has lived in United States for thirty five years with his wife Usha who is a  Clinical social worker. They live with their  two sons Samir a Managing Director on Wall Street and  Dr. Sachin Chopra an Attending Physician. Usha and Parveen have  graduated from Western Himalayan Mountaineering Institute Manali and  Usha was Deputy Leader of  the mountaineering expedition to Mount Weissorn in Himalayas. Both have taken part in marathons in New York  and all of them love Punjabi folk dance ‘Bhangra’.