Aruna Paramasivam is a truly inspirational south asian, making waves through her leadership role as NetIP President as well as through her accomplishments in the fitness world.  According to an article in the webzine, ABCD Lady, which highlights Paramasivam’s achievements, Paramasivam says that her success in the fitness world has aided her in her role at NetIP and the professional organization has given her an advantage as a fitness competitor.  Click here to read more!

On August 30th, NetIP Atlanta partnered with the American Cancer Society for the “India Run for Hope” event to raise money for cancer awareness in India. The highly successful event was attended by nearly 400 attendees and raised a substantial amount of donations. 

The event’s impact and partnership in support of the American Cancer Society and the India Cancer Initiative is a great example of NetIP’s engagement in charitable programs.

As a first year board member, Niki Shah has exceeded his role and responsibilities to make an immediate impact at NetIP NY.  Niki has played an invaluable role as the Political Awareness Chair by securing prominent speakers in the tri-state area from non-governmental organizations, political action groups and prominent universities.

Niki Shah, Political Awareness Chair, NetIP NY

Niki has contributed to the overall innovation of the PA Panel by helping to plan panels and secure great speakers on topics such as healthcare reform, women’s rights, and renewable energy. Niki’s largest accomplishment to date, however, has been securing a partnership between NetIP-NY and HBO’s South Asian American International Festival. Niki’s diligence, team work and positive attitude have brought NetIP NY to new heights this year.

On October 26th at 7pm on Hum Desi Radio, NetIP is interviewing 2 executives from eBay! Robert Chatwani is the Head of Global Citizenship and Seema Shah is the GM of eBay Giving Works and World of Good. The eBay Global Citizenship Initiatives offers consumers many convenient and trusted ways to give to more than 19,000 nonprofits while they buy or sell on eBay.  More than $2,000 worth of goods are traded every second on eBay and every 18 seconds, someone makes a difference on eBay.

NetIP is a recognized non profit on eBay Giving Works.  For more information, please visit http://www.ebaygivegoodgreen.com.

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Primetime with NetIP Presents Maulik Pancholy

Monday, Oct 12th, at 7pm EST, only on HumDesi Radio

Maulik Pancholy is an American actor, best known for his role as ‘Sanjay’ on Weeds, and as ‘Jonathan’ on 30 Rock. In between these two shows, Maulik plays a gay character on stage in ‘The Happy Sad’, a role he is getting the most attention for because he is nude! Pancholy is of Indian heritage. He went to the Yale School of Drama. His other television work includes guest roles on The Sopranos, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and The Comeback. He also has several stage acting credits in New York City. Join us as we explore yet another South Asian’s life in the colorful world of the arts.

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The Network of Indian Professionals of North America (NetIP) is both honored and proud to announce its support for Grameen Foundation at the North America (NA) level.  NetIP has pledged to raise funds through various programs, events and fundraising efforts between 2009 and 2010 through its 24 chapters.  NetIP has been at the forefront of community support through various programs both at its national and local chapter level. This community Service initiative is a key component of NetIP’s community service pillar, one of 4 foundations that the organization hosts all its events on. The initiative is led by NetIP North America’s External Affairs Team.

“We evaluated various not-for-profit organizations that we’d like to support through our North American initiative. Grameen Foundation stood out given its mission and shared vision with our goals to use innovation & technology as a driver for social empowerment. We are honored to be associated with such a dynamic organization, and excited to use NetIP’s success to help drive support for our communities through the Grameen Foundation,” said Sundip Arora, NetIP’s vice president for external affairs and President-elect for 2010. NetIP’s membership consists of young South Asian Professionals. This demographic gives the organization its unique characteristics and ability to strategically place them as a premier networking organization in North America. With its diversity in programming and events, NetIP assures its members an all inclusive networking avenue for all their needs.

“Grameen Foundation has been supporting microfinance’s expansion in South Asia since 2000 and we are pleased to have been chosen by NetIP as its 2009 Community Service organization,” said Sandra Adams, Grameen Foundation’s vice president for external affairs. “Diaspora organizations can play an important role in advancing development in their home countries and we would like to applaud NetIP for supporting our efforts to give millions of poor women and men in the region the opportunity to build new lives.”

Grameen Foundation uses microfinance and technology to help the poor, especially the poorest, create a world without poverty. Microfinance helps these individuals by giving them collateral-free loans, savings, and other financial services to support small businesses. As each loan is repaid, the money is redistributed as a loan to another person, thereby multiplying the impact of the funds. Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, is a founding member of its board of directors and currently serves as member emeritus of its board. He is the recipient of several awards including the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shares with the Grameen Bank.

Together, both organizations hope to create an impact on poverty in South Asia as well as to encourage young South Asians in North America to make a difference. A small donation is enough to make a big change for someone needy. Each individual contribution makes an actual effort due to the small scale loans that are involved in microfinancing.