Each year the Indian Americans for Burlington hold a meet-n-greet with the people running for various positions in the town. This year the event was held at the Burlington Public Library on March 19, 2022. Nine candidates standing for a variety of positions including School Board, Recreation Commission and the Select board met with the Indian community. 

The IAB committee members, Dipa Aggarwal, Vasantha Kannan, Shweta, Atul Bummer and Amrit Soni hosted the event. Prerana Mathur served as MCEE for the event.

“It is a great pleasure to be here at this event” said Jim Tiggis who serves as the Chairperson of the select board. Jim outlined the major issues that the town is working on. “We are working to change the Zoning  to make the 128 corridor more friendly to Life Sciences companies. This is in line with the changing nature of business in New England” said Tiggis. He also talked about the progress made with bringing MWRA water to Burlington. 

The Indian Americans in town engaged with the school board members extensively. Ideas to bring more diversity to the school teaching staff and administration was discussed. The safety and other upgrades to the school buildings was discussed. 

The town has several Indian American Teams that play Volleyball and Cricket. There was a spirited discussion on the options to create spaces to play these sports. Leading Indian American Artist and Art teacher, Raksha Soni had a discussion on open spaces for Artistic Presentations in Burlington. 

The Indian American for Burlington group was warmly applauded by all the members running for office for their active engagement in the community with a spirit for giving back. The Indian Americans of Burlington hoped that the elected members would do great good for the benefit of the community.