At its Annual General Body Meeting, India Association of Greater Boston (IAGB) elected Sutanuka D. Phoenix aka Tanu as its President for the 2023-2025 term.

As a community facilitator and a life-long enthusiast, Tanu strongly believes that true community service is to help foster the essence of inclusivity, sensibility, and camaraderie. With a track record of initiative, dependability, and excellence, Tanu is outspoken, empathetic and a highly motivated, result-driven, and progress-focused person of long-standing. Having started with IAGB In her late teens, she is now running her 9th Executive term!!! Her passion and versatility in her professional and community service realm of work enable her to work in a demanding, high visibility Talent Acquisition Leadership role in a Consulting, Data science, and Technology Services firm, and an overall career profile with multiple professional hats including Public and Private School Teacher, Professional Orator, Dancer and Event Coordinator.

She also serves as a Secretary & Board Member of Saheli Boston; a Founder Member & Cultural Director of IAB (Indian Americans for Burlington). She volunteers as an Activities Coordinator for seniors with Alzheimer’s & other cognitive impairment and as a Service Volunteer at various non-profits for homeless women, homeless families, rehabs and distressed seniors.

Along with Sutanuka, the following officers were elected unanimously & uncontested, by the members present at its General Body meeting.

Officers:

Nilesh Agrawal – Vice President (Nilesh will be serving his 2^nd EC term at IAGB. Nilesh is a community enthusiast having been part of several New England organizations, including the Director of Administration & PR committee chairman in Shishu Bharati School, Dharma Center of America in Lowell, Indian American for Burlington, and the Hindi Manch. Nilesh holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Computer Management (MCM). With over 23 years of IT experience, currently managing a database team internationally as a Sr. IT project manager.

Nilesh would like to support IAGB in all its pursuits, especially the ones that involve civic collaboration and giving back to the community.

Deepak Garg – Treasurer (a double MBA in Finance and Marketing along with a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, currently working as the VP Loan Officer, this will be Deepak’s 2^nd EC term at IAGB. He is also a treasurer in the Belmont Pan Asian Coalition, has been an Executive Director at UIANE and has volunteered with Belmont school system as a treasurer. 

Deepak would like to bring the Indian American community together and work closely with other social and cultural organizations to spread socio-cultural awareness throughout New England.)

Executive Directors: Nagendra Rao, Ashalata Thotangare, Lohit Nagaraj, Anagha Singh

The IAGB General Body meeting on Sunday, Sept. 17th was attended by approximately 40 people.

Election Commissioners were 3 past Presidents of IAGB namely, Sanjay Gowda, Rajnikant Malipat and Indra Deb.

The role of the Secretary and at least 6 more directors were filled through induction process by the elected EC on September 28, with the following members:

·         Manishabrata Bhowmick – Secretary
  Prerna Mathur - Executive Director
 Arpita Das Pathak - Executive Director
  Shubhada Kulkarni - Executive Director 
  Pooja Shinde - Executive Director

Tanu’s IAGB Vision:

It is my honor to have been blessed with this coveted role for my much-loved IAGB! I commit to uphold our community as a place where our fellow community members can enjoy superior quality of civic, socio-cultural, educational and community service and Pan-India engagements.

I will be putting my best foot forward in bringing together, the bigger ‘audience’ involving members of not only our own community, but also of other ethnic groups that are interested in learning about India's rich heritage. I vouch to preserve, enhance, and celebrate the historic elements of my native India as well as my much-loved adopted home of the USA.

We are at an evolving juncture within and beyond the community. I would like to see IAGB work together as a diverse Community wherein we act responsibly, reliably and efficiently, respect the community and beyond, embrace differences or conflict of opinions with empathy and understanding, hold each other with love while encouraging and soliciting open communication among and between each other.

A huge shout out to my team, each of whom are gems by virtue of their work within the community and the gift of skills. I am honored and privileged to have them in my team and look forward to doing great things TOGETHER!

A big ‘Shout Out’ to Vaishali Gade for her exceptional leadership in the current ending term – I have big shoes to fill and exemplary work to carry forward!

‘Thank you’ to the wonderful community and beyond, for providing me this opportunity to serve my beloved community yet again, for my 9^th term, which to my delight, is as the President of my much-loved India Association of Greater Boston.

Sincerely and your truly…

TANU PHOENIX 

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