PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Sukhvinder Ranu, MD
It is my great honor and distinct privilege to be elected as president of this prestigious organization. I am very excited that membership have elected a great team for the current executive council. These council members are very dedicated and hardworking individuals who will bring ethics and professionalism to the organization. Many of them have come to the IALI with lot of experience doing volunteer work with IALI and other community organizations. It is always good to have fresh faces with new ideas. The new members have been elected by you because you saw in them unique qualifications and different talent.
I thank each and every one of you for placing your confidence and trust in me and my team. This team is your choice and will be your voice throughout the year.
During the election process there were some issues and new ideas brought to my intention which needs to be addressed sooner.
Going through election process every year is stressful, wastage of time and resources and have been dividing the community. The new executive council will form a committee of past presidents and legal advisors to amend the constitution so that these yearly elections can be avoided. Two options will be explored. Selection of council through nomination process just like other community organizations or the executive council is elected for at least 2 year term. Beside the change in electoral process, the committee will also explore to make other changes as well.
India Center: We have been talking about India Center every year. Many past presidents have made sincere effort to achieve this goal. The year comes and goes but this dream remained unfulfilled. The new executive council will form a committee of community leaders, past presidents, genuine donors, experts from real estate, developers and financial consultants. This committee will guide us and provide us the answers and various options to fulfill our dream of having our own place which can be used for various activities.
For the benefit of our membership we will arrange more frequent health and educational seminars.
We will work together with other senior organizations to make our Senior Forum Program more successful which is the need of the day for our growing community. At a personal level, I will try to arrange speakers to make our community aware of the health related issues.
Every organization talks about involvement of the youth. In the past few years IALI has made a sincere effort to energize a very active youth program. The Youth Forum has lots of activities throughout the year. We will continue to improve upon the effort and will make this program more successful by having activities of their own interest.
Our Women Forum program is very popular and is running successfully by holding monthly meetings. This year, beside a chairperson we have added few co-chairs to make the program more interesting and meaningful and to increase the participation.
We will cooperate and work with other organizations to strengthen our voice as Indians. The Town of North Hempstead has been celebrating Asian American Festival for last 2 years. Five countries from Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan and India participate in this festival to showcase their culture. IALI will continue to take the lead to represent India in this highly successful event.
In the end, I again congratulate all of you for being the members and supporters of this prestigious, nonprofit, and secular organization. The newly elected executive council is thankful from the bottom of our heart for showing your generous support during the election process. Please stay involved in your own organization. We welcome your ideas, suggestions and concerns for the best interests of IALI. Please feel free to communicate with me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .