BRUNSWICK, NJ (TIP): Indo-American Cultural Foundation of Central Jersey – IACFNJ, a non-profit organization in New Jersey has been a leading community organization in central Jersey and has been very popular among young generation of Indian Americans in South Brunswick, North Brunswick, Monroe, Princeton, Princeton Junction and surrounding areas of heavily populated South Asians in North Brunswick, Franklin Park, Princeton, Princeton Junction, Monroe, East Brunswick and East and West Windsor to organize successful events like Navratri Garba, summer picnic, India’s Independence Day celebration, holiday party and spring festival to bring the community together for the past two decades.
IACFNJ provided scholarship to students from North Brunswick High School in 2018. This year, the scholarships were extended to South Brunswick High School also and winners sponsored by IACFNJ were in literature and community service leadership and total of four students, two from each high school were chosen as per the criteria selected by North Brunswick High School and written essays submitted and overall academic achievers from South Brunswick High School. The award ceremony was held on June 5, 2019, at North Brunswick High School and Chandler Mattis and Meha Pandejee received the scholarship by two members of IACFNJ. The Senior Awards night was held at South Brunswick High School on June 12, 2019, where the scholarships were given to Tejasvi Kalakota and Rohil Sheth. The goal of IACFNJ is to continue to expand scholarship programs to various high schools to promote academic achievements and encourage students to take leadership roles. IACFNJ has been a leading organization in NJ to promote culture, heritage, art and values by doing cultural programs and community events throughout the year to unite people and embrace cultural diversity.
The executive committee and committee members have been working so hard to keep the community together by becoming bridge between all culture and backgrounds. The executive board includes Hitesh Patel, Chairman, Dr. Tushar Patel, President, Mahesh Patel and Deven Patel as Vice President, Mac Shah, Secretary, Rajesh Patel as Treasurer and Surabhi Agarwal as Joint Secretary. The pillars and founders of the organization and trustees include Raojibhai Patel, Rewo Nawani, Murthy Yerramilli and Jadhav Chaudhary.
The upcoming events of IACFNJ will be annual summer picnic on Sunday, July 28, 2019, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Mercer County Park – West Picnic area in West Windsor. The details of rest of the year’s IACFNJ events to include Navratri Garba will be announced in the very near future. For IACFNJ future events, please visit organization website at www.IACFNJ.org or e-mail at
(Press release)
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