United India Association of New England starts 2020 with newly elected team
The United India Association of New England (UIANE) held the general body election for Executive Committee and board of directors on Sunday, Nov 3rd’ 2019 in Cambridge, MA. The newly elected Officers of executive committee are looking forward to start their term this year and would like to wish everyone a very happy and prosperous new year 2020.
Aditi Soni - President, UIANE
Aditi Soni is an associate director, managing R&D programs in a Cambridge based Biotech. In addition to her passion to find a cure for severe neurological diseases, she also serves as the cultural ambassador of her company. Aditi has chaired Cambridge Women Resource Group where she was working actively to promote the Diversity & Inclusion vision and enhance the professional growth and development of its 500+ members. Aditi lives in Needham with her husband Rakesh Soni and son Aditya Soni who have been very active in UIANE and Indian community for many years.
Priyadarshini Kumar - Vice President, UIANE
Priyadarshini Kumar teaches in Boston public school and lives in Somerville with her husband and loving daughter.
Rashi Jaggi Gujral - Treasurer, UIANE
Rashi Gujral was born in India and moved to the US at the age of 15. She has known Boston as her home ever since. Rashi completed her MBA in 2011 and has been instrumental in successfully managing and leading the financial operations at multiple organizations. Beside engrossing herself in numbers all day, she also volunteers at Shishu Bharati, where she teaches Indian culture and Hindi language, contributing to the sense of social and community engagement in our kids.
Aanch Jain - Secretary, UIANE
Aanch Jain was born and brought up in Chandigarh and she is a teacher in a public-school district. Aanch lives with her husband, two children and in-laws in Saugus and very passionate about her Indian heritage. Her hobbies include traveling, reading, cooking, and exploring cultures around the world. Her favorite quote is “Live as if you were to die
tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever - Gandhi.
The Board of Directors include Rakesh Datta, Lovely Kaur, Jaya Goyal, Deepak Garg, Rekha Palriwala, Surender Kapoor, and Yash Sood. Parvin Khetarpal will continue to be UIANE webmaster. UIANE has elected three new Board of Advisors Sonia Sharma, Rakashi Chand and Rakesh Soni.
"I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to everyone who came out to vote in our 2020 election. Many thanks to the Board of Advisors, the Nominating Committee, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee to give me this wonderful opportunity to serve my community. The United India Association team look forward to an exciting year ahead. We hope to keep up with our traditional cultural celebrations and add many more fresh ideas in coming year.†said Aditi Soni, the newly elected president of UIANE for 2020-2021 term.
The United India Association of New England, Inc. was founded in 1984 with the core mission to preserve, promote and nurture the values of our Indian heritage by planning, developing and executing programs which bring our community together. Since 1984, the United India Association has been very active in pursuing and implementing this Core Mission. In addition to other activities and functions, they regularly hold a festive and elaborate New Year's Party in the ballroom of a premier hotel, Seminars, a Family Picnic in summer and most importantly, a professionally produced Diwali Celebration, rich with music, dance, and drama from many regions of India.
“I am blessed to have a family of seven siblings and loving parents and most of us now live here in USA. We moved to Boston area in 2002 where I found United India Association as my extended family to enjoy the cultural and social celebrations. This amazing organization was a wonderful resource to help us pass on our rich Indian heritage to our son. Since then we all three, my husband, son and me, have relished, contributed and volunteered for UIANE in different capacity. My son has grown up into a very responsible and independent young man. Even though I miss our time together in all the commutes to cold hockey rinks and jazz concerts, I see it as an opportunity to spend all that time to give back to my wonderful extended family and community.
I had been working as vice -president of UIANE for last two years. One of the most important things during my leadership journey I’ve learned so far is that you don’t have to embark this voyage alone. I am looking forward to work with my wonderful team to build memories which our community will cherish forever. We will extend our efforts and initiatives for youth, women and elders. We hope to collaborate with other organizations doing great work in greater Boston area.†Said Aditi Soni
“Thanks to all the past presidents and their team members for working hard to build this wonderful organization. To sustain our organization, we need our members to take an active role in planning and executing the functions, we all look forward to each year. We are hoping that we can attract more members to contribute with their talent, great and small. Many of us can be shy about coming forward but have excellent ideas. UIANE encourages all these folks to express their interest and we will find a place for everyone in our inclusive organizationâ€, added Aditi Soni.
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