NEW YORK (TIP) New York based The Indian American Action Group (IAAG) is a bipartisan movement launched by a group of visionary Indian Americans. These individuals have achieved positions of leadership across a broad range of professions, have served their communities selflessly and have been champions of change. Based on U.S. Census statistics, the Indian American community has grown over 100 percent in the last decade, continuously outpacing every other ethnic group along socio-economic dimensions. Despite our financial strength and professional achievements, our social and political voice to support the four million Indian Americans requires strengthening.

The Indian American Action Group has three primary objectives it seeks to accomplish:

1. IAAG recognizes that great democracies depend on new and bold ideas and our future political leaders that need our support today. Our goal is to ensure that the Indian American community is represented in all levels of government. To further this, we aim to provide support to Indian American political candidates at the federal, state, and local levels by fund raising by attending voting campaigns and providing strategic and tactical assistance where needed. We seek to promote and support non-Indian American, visionary, progressive and inclusive leaders who have proven their commitment to the values and interest of the Indian American community.
2. We recognize that two of the world’s greatest democracies share a lot in common. Our objective to strengthen the relationship between India and USA begins with focusing on the people. This is highlighted in matters of homeland security and standing for India’s solidarity and sovereignty at its borders. India has entered the 21st century with vigor, attaining new levels of innovation and enterprise. The innovation of technology centric companies which is fueled by the large talent pool of Indian professionals has reinforced the U.S. leadership position in technology and innovation globally. Sustaining this leadership requires championing judicious immigrations laws, respect for our faith and religious beliefs, and an inclusive immigration and civic experience for all.
3. India is one of the world’s oldest civilizations and its rich culture and traditions are legendary. IAAG will work towards establishing a positive narrative and discourse, by undertaking education campaigns. We seek to engage the broader audience to highlight the richness of our birth nation, address misunderstandings and misinterpretations and showcase our contributions in all areas of civic engagement, business leadership and social causes.

Indians in the US have permeated the established power bastions that for immigrants can often be virtually impenetrable. We are at the dawn of a politic awakening and civic engagement within our community and IAAG will harness and leverage this strength to shape the national dialogue for Indian Americans and its future generations.

The founding members of the IAAG :-

Dr. Sankar Niranjan, MD FASN, is a physician and nephrologist based out of West Hartford Connecticut. He has been very involved with the community locally and in India. He is the Connecticut Chapter coordinator for two different non-profit organizations – AIM for SEVA and Tamil Nadu Foundation that do amazing work with rural education in India.

Neha Kiran Chopra, Esq, received her Juris Doctorate and is a practicing Attorney in the State ofNew York with a specialization in Real Estate Law. She thrives in serving her community anddesires to combat social and political problems affecting the Indian diaspora.

Vipul Kashyap, Ph.D. has a doctorate in Computer and is focused on outreach and education ofIndian culture, traditions and philosophy to the broader American society at large. Vipul is theboard member of the Connecticut Center for Interfaith Understanding (CCIU) and works withvarious Indian organizations such as AIM for Seva – for various fundraising activities – for bothlocal charities in the Connecticut area and for education of rural kids in India.

Suraj Kurtakoti is passionate about fostering and strengthening the relationship between US andIndia. He has been involved in programs helping to build more engaged relationship between theIndian American community and wider community in general, through programs such asintroducing Yoga to school kids/teachers and celebrating Indian cultural events with our localfirst responders.

Dr. Renee Mehrra, a doctorate in Public Health is a tenacious broadcaster with a burning passionfor accurate and compelling storytelling. She has been consistently appraised by the Asian Indiancommunity as one of the most prominent broadcast journalists in the tri-state area.

Naresh Gehi, Esq has been a profoundly strong advocate for human rights, working to helpindividuals acquire citizenship and working in grassroots settings in order to help enact positivesocial change. His track record in this regard is unprecedented and has been given exposure &critical acclaim for his work in places like the New York Times, CNN, Politico, and ABC News,among others.

Contact Information: Vipul Kashyap, Founder, IAAG

iaagmovement@gmail.com

(860)368-0014

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