GOPIO.Connect Activities Update

 

January 2008: GOPIO.Connect co-sponsors Education Summit held in New Delhi on Jan 7th 2008. Speakers:

  • Sam Pitroda, Chairman  - National Knowledge Commission, Government of India
  • Subash Chandra, Chairman ZeeTV and Ekal Vidyalaya, New Delhi
  • M. M. Jacob, Former Minister and Governor, India
  • Dr. Y.S. Rajan - Scientist, Technologist, Academic, Writer and Poet and currently Principal Advisor, Confederation of Indian Industries, New Delhi
  • Lord Bhikhu Parekh, House of Lords London, U.K.
  • Lord Daljit Rana, House of Lords, UK
  • Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Founder President, Amity Institutions
  • Dr. Abhishek Singhvi, Eminent Lawyer, Member of Parliament & Indian Congress Party Spokesperson
  • Madhav Chavan, Founder Chairman, Pratham , India
  • Amit Kaushik, Director, SRF Foundation and former Director of Elementary Education in the Ministry of HRD and also with UNESCO, India
  • Shankar Venkateshwaran, American India Foundation, New Delhi, India
  • Rakesh K. Mittal, IAS, Former Secretary of Education and Secretary of the Dept. of Social Welfare, Government of UP, India

 

 

August 2007: GOPIO.Connect Facilitator introduces a technology to disseminate knowledge through cell phones in India.

 

January 2007: GOPIO.Connect Co-Chair Session on NRIs/PIOs AND INDIA: DEVELOPING PEOPLE TO PEOPLE RELATIONS. Speakers:

  • Madhu Yaskhi M.P., Member of Lok Sabha, New Delhi - "Overview and Perspective from a Law Maker"
  • Dr. Y.S. Rajan - Scientist, Technologist, Academic, Writer and Poet and currently Principal Advisor, Confederation of Indian Industries, New Delhi, "People to People Relations in Education and Technology Transfer."
  • J.C. Sharma, Former Secretary, MEA and currently Executive Trustee of Chiranjiv Bharti Trust, "NRIs/PIOs Networking with Business, Civic and Community Organizations in India ."
  • Dr. Srinivasa Rao, Editor, The Catalyst, New York, "NRIs/PIOs Networking with Developmental Groups
  • Prof. Ram Mohan Roy, Professor of International Relations, CSUN, and Senior Fellow Clairmont Graduate University, "Role of NRIs/PIOs in improving Relations with India and country of their Residence with particular reference to USA."

 

March 2006: Kicks off Clean Ganges Initiative

 

October 2005: Chicago-based India Development Coalition of America invites GOPIO.Connect on Development Panel “Strategies to Accelerate Sustainable Development in India”.  Click here for Presentation.

 

August 2005: Research study on ‘Underground Water Development in India’ at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

 

May 2005: Facilitated a water project in Rajasthan through Tarun Bharat Sangh, founded by Shri Rajendra Singh (winner for 2001 Ramon Magsaysay Award). In partnership with Chicago-based Health & Happiness Inc.

 

March 2005: GOPIO.Connect Participates in NRI NGOs Meeting held in New York on 03/19.  The meeting passed a resolution pertaining to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) and charitable donation of goods by NRI NGOs for India’s developmental and educational activities.

 

Janaury 2005: Organized a Session on GOPIO.Connect - Helping in Developmental, Philanthropic and Educational Activities at GOPIO CONFERENCE – 2005 IN CONJUNCTION WITH PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS 2005, THEME:  INDIA AND NRIs/PIOs ROLE, RELATIONSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY. Place: Taj President Hotel, Mumbai.

Panelists - 

·               K.J. Alphons, Principal Secretary, Govt. of Kerala
·               Prof. Manubhai Shah, Chairman Emeritus, Consumer Education and Research Center, Ahmedabad, India
·               J. Alexander, President, Indian Council of Social Welfare 
·               Uka Solanki, Philanthropist and President/CEO Big Saver Foods; Founding Director Orange Community Bank; Pasadena, CA, USA
·               Dr. Awtar Singh, Philanthropist and CEO of Lockwood-Singh Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA
 

November 2004: Facilitated a Rainwater Harvesting Water project in Jaisalmer District of State of Rajasthan through Thar Integrated Social Development Society in partnership with Chicago-based Health & Happiness Inc. This would implement PAAR system in village KADARA KI DHANI of Jaisalmer. From this system the village KADERA KI DHANI , DAMODARA and KAHLA village will be beneficiaries.

 

October 2004: GOPIO.Connect Partnered with India Development Coalition of America (IDCA) to help organize two-day conference “Working Together to Accelerate Sustainable Development in India” on October 16-17, 2004 in Chicago. CSO Participants: AIF, UN Foundation, Sehgal Foundation & others.