The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin chose Silicon Valley-based Niraj Baxi of as its president as GOPIO elected its new international executive council last month at a warmly contested election that was conducted electronically for the first time, Involving 208 of the 223 international delegates from 21 countries casting their votes.
Past GOPIO elections were generally held at its biennial conventions where only a fraction of the international delegates could participate. However, with new technologies being available, the present election was held electronically with a record participation by 93% of the international delegates.
Besides Baxi,the other elected officers were Noel Lal from Sydney, Australia, who was elected executive vice president; Ram Gadhavi from New Jersey’ who was elected vice president, as well as Rajeev Mehta from the U.S., Pradip Sewoke from France; Suman Kapoor from New Zealand, and Rajidre Tiwari from The Netherlands who were elected international coordinators. The election process was supervised by GOPIO Chairman Inder Singh who will continue in that position.
Formed in 1989 at the First Global Convention of People of Indian Origin, GOPIO has now reached most countries with a sizable Indian Diaspora population.
With India at the threshold of accepting new technologies and business investment, the new team has come up with a motto – “GOPIO Means Business” to attract Indian Diaspora entrepreneurs and businessmen to take more interest in investing in India in all spheres, including business, philanthropy, education, healthcare and social causes.
“With an investment and business-friendly government in India, we see a lot opportunity for the Indian Diaspora to invest and actively participate in India’s development,” president Niraj Baxi said. Baxi said that he would work towards making GOPIO the voice of any and all NRIs and PIOs and would take initiatives in growing GOPIO in all countries and regions of the world.
Vice president Ram Gadhavi, who has brought Gujarati Diaspora writers on a common platform in the U.S., plans to extend it to all Indian writers on a global GOPIO forum.
GOPIO founder president Thomas Abraham, who also serves as the executive trustee of GOPIO Foundation said that GOPIO will increase its social and philanthropic activities in India as well as in countries with a large Indian Diaspora population.
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