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A Reflection of Indian Community Activities 1

India Association of Virginia (www.IAVA.us) Volume 26, Issue 1 - Jan 2017

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Friends, Wish you all a Happy New Year 2017 !! First of all I would like to thank each of you for your help, support, donations, participation and the confidence you have shown in me and my team in 2016. We have thoroughly enjoyed the journey in 2016, and we are very excited to serve you in 2017. Welcome to another year of journey with Team IAVA. Last year was a learning experience for me and my team, and we plan to take IAVA to the next level in 2017. This year we will are expending our reach in multiple areas with our main focus on 4 major areas: 1. Enhance the scale and quality of our existing and well established programs like Republic Day, Independence Day, Mother’s Day Picnic etc.

2. Focus more on health, fitness & sports (IAVA-FIT). We will go beyond running and Cricket by having programs like meditation, yoga, tennis etc. 3. Greater involvement in the local community in RVA to help the needy, besides the Indian population under our new program “IAVA-Cares”. 4. Bring in special programs to help support the underprivileged in India (giving back to the homeland) via direct channels. The momentum we created last year energized many individuals to join team IAVA this year. In the forefront will be my Executive Committee to serve communities in RVA and beyond. We are thrilled by the response from the community to all our events in 2016, but the most exciting was a recent program “IAVA New Year Party.” 520+ of you joined us at one of the best location in town and welcomed 2017 under one roof!! It was a one of our classiest events, which we will cherish for years. Finally, as promised in 2016, we will continue to strengthen our initiative to be all inclusive, and in bringing all communities together. We will work collaboratively with all regional organizations and will continue to be the umbrella Indian organization that represents RVA on all major platforms. Once again, thank you for your support, and I request you to renew your membership. I look forward to seeing you at our first big event “Republic Day of India” on Jan 28th at Deep Run High School, where you will experience “Unity in Diversity” of India, as each state of India is represented at this event. Best Regards,

Rakesh Bainsla President IAVA


IAVA FIT brings you an enhanced

11 week 10K training

program this year to help

you prepare and finish

the Monument Avenue

10K (April 1,2017).

This will be followed

with other exercise, med-

itation and yoga events.

Training at Twin Hickory 8:15 AM every Sunday until April 1st

For more info Contact

Email: [email protected]

Our Coaches: Pankaj Sharma, Neelam Singh, Hemant Desai,

Gautam Gandhi, Ram Pai

They are very excited and passionately look forward to serve

the community in the coming years

Deepti Sitani, a CPA by

profession, has been living

in Richmond for past 14

years with her husband,

Vikrant Sitani and their two

adorable daughters, Aarna

(11 years) and Viva (8

years). Deepti loves to trav-

el, enjoys event/party planning and is a passionate danc-

er. Deepti has been a great supporter of the Indian com-

munity and is delighted to bring in her

passion to IAVA this year as Design &

Decorations Director.

Deepak and Poonam moved to Rich-

mond in 2011 and have been a member

for IAVA for past two years. They

loves to travel and meet new people.

They want their kids to learn about In-

dian Culture and they believe that

IAVA really contribute a lot in Indian

values. Deepak is part of the IAVA Op-

eration team.

Ujjval and Pavi, finally decided to put anchor

down in Richmond in 2013 after living in various

cities in US. Ujjval is avid sports enthusiast with

distinct creative quotient. Pavithra is loving

mom, committed professional, ardent dancer and

yoga practitioner. Pavi is Cultural Director for

RKS. Diva and Abha are their two loving daugh-

ters, both the girls love Music and Dancing spe-

cially Bollywood style. Ujjval & Pavi are really

excited to be part of the great organization that

creating a strong foundation for Indians Heritage

in Richmond. Shuklas would be supporting IT, Darpan, IAVA

Care initiative.

Sathish & Mahalakshmi Chandran are both

long time Richmonders actively volunteer-

ing in many Indian community activities

through IAVA, RTS, GRTA, FOI and

GRAMAM. For the year 2017, Sathish

holds the position of Director of Strategy &

Community Outreach and Mahalakshmi

continues to hold the position of Director of

Cultural Events for the India Association of Virginia. They are

happily married and blessed with an adorable daughter, Ria, a 3rd

grader and a daring son, Rahul, a 4 year preschooler. Sathish is an

ardent photographer & a hardcore tech-savvy and Mahalakshmi is

a passionate dancer, working women and a loving mom. They are

proud owners of locally owned photo and video studio business,

Classic Photo Shoots.

IAVA 2017 Committee Member Introduction

Continued later..


IAVA Events Calendar 2017 The IAVA committee does its best to conduct programs and events to this published schedule. However, rescheduling may be needed due to unforeseen circumstances and therefore the dates are subject to change. Communication shall be attempted as best possible via our website www.iava.us, email and/or through the newsletter. We encourage you to check this website frequently for updates.

Event Date Location Kids Art Essay Competition Jan 14 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Glen Allen Library

10K Training Jan 15 - 8:00 AM, Every SUNDAY Twin Hickory Park Shelter

Republic Day Celebrations Jan 28 - 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM Deep Run High School

Meditation March to Dec 2230 E Parham Road Richmond VA

Cricket/ Volley/ Tennis March till August Henrico Country Grounds

Blood Drive 18-Mar-17 TBD

IAVA - MAK Dewas Event March / Sep A program to help unprivileged kids in India

10K Race Day / Booth April 1st 7:00 AM Monument Ave.

Kavi Sammelan April - 14/15 7:00 to 11:00 PM TBD

Mothers Day / Picnic May 14th 11:00 4:00 PM Crump Park Glen Allen

Asian Festival TBD Greater Richmond Convention Center

Camping June 23 to 26 First Landing State Park Virginia Beach

Independence Day August 19th 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Deep Run High School

Golf Sept 9th 11:00 to 4:00 PM Ashland VA

KBC / Antakshri Oct /Nov TBD

Gandhi Jayanti / Children's Day TBD TBD

IAVA - Educate Jan-Dec Digital

IAVA Cares Jan- Dec Event Lead Home

New Year Eve 31st Dec 2017 Some Star Hotel !!


IAVA Committee Member Introduction—Continued

Ajay Kadyan is an IT Professional who has been residing in Richmond since 2007. Ajay got

married to Sapna in 2011 and they have a 2 year boy Avyaan Kadyan who keeps them busy

most of the times. They joined IAVA in 2016 and since then volunteered for various IAVA

events throughout the year. They enjoy traveling to new places. They feel honored to be a

part of operations team for IAVA and be a part of such a fun loving and passionate team.

Picture of recent Events - Republic Day art/essay/drawing competition—14 Jan

This year Kids showed their crea-

tive side at the Art , Essay and

Drawing Competition. The theme

was “How to make “Make in In-

dia” a real success.

This was one of unique event

where kids show lot of interest

connecting back to the roots and

understanding the issue and chal-

lenges faced by people of India.

Kids came up with their own view

of what is the best way to over-

come one of the solution that has

biggest impact, “Make in India”

President Rakesh Bainsla

VP- Marketing Aekta Chawla

VP - Operations Raj Joshi

General Secretary Ram Muniganti

Treasurer Gitanjali Paithane Directors

Cultural Directors Mahalakshmi Sathish, Shikha Mittal,

Kim Sharma , Manisha Gupta

Marketing Simran Chiplunkar, Ankur Patel,

Dhiraj Adhya, Gargi Pal

Membership Amit Mittal, Bhavneet Sarna

Hetal Patel, Shailender Singh, Sheena

Pramod, Sudhendra Ayyam

Design & Decorations Deepti Sitani

Entertainment Probodh Chiplunkar

Social Sanjay Goswami, Sudhakar Tiwari

Vivek Gangal, Sangeeta Tiwari

IT Ujjval Shukla, (Open Position)

Graphic Design Manisha Singh

Communication Swati Neogi, Nitin Jain

Camping Atul Chowdhory

Picnic Praveen Gupta

Meditation Rohit Joshi

Community Outreach Sathish Chandran

Editor Darpan Ujjval Shukla

Youth Development Shalini Goyal

IAVA Cruise Kshitij Agrawal

IAVA 2017 - Board of Directors

Chairman Goutam Gandhi (President 2011)

Members Vikas Kapila (2012), Govind Pande (2013)

Dr. Raj Dubey (2014), Milind Pendse (2015) Directors

IAVA Educate Jyoti Adhya, Gargi Pal

IAVA Sports Rick Sharma, (Open Position-Tennis)

IAVA FIT Neelam Singh, Pankaj Sharma,

Hemant Desai, Ram Pai, Goutam G.

IAVA Care Milind Pendse, Rashmi Chowdhory

IAVA Teen Rupali Pendse

IAVA Golf Dinesh Nayak

Photo/Video Media Shailender Singh, Sathish Chandran

IAVA Operations

Deepak Arora , Ajay Kadyan, Manish Garg, Ketan Choksi, Rajesh

Chintkuntlawar, Abhishek Asthana, Vineet Makhija, Priya Bafna,

Amit Dhingra

Advisers

Dr Surya Dhakar, Dishant Shah, Ram Gupta, Deep Bainsla,

Simran Chiplunkar, Beena Shah

Special Support Gaurav Bhargav, Vinayak Kelkar, Ritesh Jain, Mandar Deshpande,

Nilesh Bhandare, Lokesh Golia, Yogesh Verma, Anand Keskar,

Aashih Jain, Mukul Paithane, Shri Kadam, Chirant Nataraj, Deepak

Patil, Praveen Vasali, Pavithra Prabhakar,

2017 IAVA Executive Committee


Thanks to our Community Partners/ Sponsors

Individual Donations :IAVA is so proud and

thankful to all of you who have come forward and do-

nated for a good cause to bring community together

and support our events. A BIG thank you to below

members:

Members Amount Alka ji & Dr Surya Dhakar $251

Poonam & Deepak Arora $100

Meghana & Vikas Bhatia $100

Ankur & Hetul Patel $100

Purvi & Kalpak Shah $100

Deep & Rakesh Bainsla $100

Sushama & Vinayak Kelkar $75

Jhanvi & Hement Sexena $50

Pavi & Ujjval Shukla $50

Gita & Mukul Paithane $50

Khusboo & Nitin Jain $50

Gita & Mukul Paithne $50

Kim & Raj Joshi $50

Dinesh Nayak $50

Shivi & Vakul Goel $50

Abhishek and Shyamli Malhotra $50

Neelam & Manoj Sangra $50

Registration and Donations to IAVA

Made Easy:

We have streamlined the membership as you

pay same money via cheque, cash or online.

You can now also donate online while regis-

tering for IAVA membership. We have differ-

ent levels for individual donations.

Please become a member today and consider

donating to IAVA @

http://www.iava.us/IAVAMembershipform.php

If you were member in 2016 then you can

simply renew your membership @

http://www.iava.us/renewal.php


INDIA ASSOCIATION OF VA (Established 1961)

Membership Registration Form

Annual Membership fee is $25.00 (Family), $15.00 (Single) for the Calendar Year (Jan-Dec). *Your personal details may be published in India Directory. If you do not want to be listed in the directory or if your

information has changed please email us at at [email protected] .

First Name: _________________________ Last Name: ________________________ Spouse First Name:____________________ Last Name: _______________________ Address: ______________________ City___________ State: _____ Zip:_______ E-mail: _____________________________ Email (Spouse): _______________________ Cell Phone:________________________ Cell (Spouse): __________________________ Interested in Volunteering at IAVA events (Y/N and interest): ___________________ OPTIONAL Home Phone:_______________________ Year Moved to Richmond: _____________ Occupation: ________________________ Employer: __________________________ Native Place in India: City ____________ State __________ Language ____________ Spouse Place in India: City ____________ State __________ Language ___________ Children: Name & Year of Birth 1.______________________________ 2. _________________________________ 3.______________________________ 4. _________________________________ Membership Amount : $25.00 / $15:00 For Official Use Donation Amount : _______________ CASH / CHECK / ONLINE / CREDIT

Received by (Name and Signature) Date: __ /__ /20__

Please make the check payable to: "India Association of VA" and send with this form to the IAVA Membership (e-mail: [email protected])

Rakesh Bainsla 11604 Cobblestone Landing Ct, Glen Allen, VA 23059


Where is Camping this year?

We are excited to announce that our most

sought event “IAVA Camping” has been booked

well 10 months in advance. Camping this year will

be on June 23 & 25, 2016 at First Landing State

Park at Virginia Beach. This 2,888 acre park

offers a wide range of activities for visitors. You

can go swimming, hiking, biking, boating, fishing,

or enjoy a picnic when you visit First Landing.

As the first planned state park of Virginia, First

Landing is listed on the National Register of His-

toric Places as Seashore State Park Historic Dis-

trict. A portion of the park is listed as a National

Natural Landmark as part of the Seashore Natural

Area.

So, mark your calendars for June 23- 25, 2017 and

be on the look out for communication from the

IAVA camping team on when the camping book-

ing begins. Oh Yaa.. you have to set your alarm

clock to register for this event as we sold out in

record 1 hour last year !! See you all Campers !!


The Editor, DARPAN, IAVA India Association of Virginia & VCU 11604 Cobblestone Landing Ct, Glen Allen, VA 23059

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