GOPIO – the World’s Largest Diaspora Organization Announces Inaugural Webinar Series: Monthly virtual events to galvanize global Indian community with best-in-class experts

GOPIO – The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin announced today that they will be embarking on a series of virtual events starting July 2025 to inform, equip and energize the largest diaspora spread around the world. This series of events will address a wide variety of topics that are relevant and pressing to the larger Indian community that is living around the world. These events are fixed for Second Saturday each month in the USA and are expected to draw hundreds of Indians living across different geographies and time zones.

These webinars are scheduled to starting July 12th the 2nd Saturday at 9 am ET /6 am PT, 2pm UK, 3-5 pm across Europe, Africa & Middle East, 6:30 pm in India and 11 pm in Australia and Sunday July 13th 1 am in New Zealand. Subsequently every Second Saturday of each Month, the community is expected to rally around for deliberating and learning on a specific theme relevant to a sub-section of the members of the GOPIO family. A case in point being the World Yoga Day celebration during June drew hundreds of attendees across multiple cities from around the world. 

Here's a bird’s eye view of the events for the rest of the year:

On July 12th, 2025, several prominent voices from multi-national legal firms will shine the light on “Immigration Issues: Migration Issues Worldwide with Focus on North America and Europe” – a thorny and complex topic that has suddenly become relevant against a complex geopolitical backdrop. Chief guest for this webinar will be Lord Bhikhu Parekh, a member of the House of Lords who was former professor at University of Hull and University of Westminster.

In the webinar scheduled for August 9th, 2025, some of the most reputed tech gurus and futurists will be coming together to demystify and explain AI to a broader audience on the topic “What can AI do for me (Smart Living: Everyday Uses of AI made simple)?”

The next month’s webinar on September 13th, 2025, will delve on the theme “What can Ancient Wisdom do to help me: Diabetes, Heart Disease and Today’s Health Issues?” 

 

In the 4th quarter this year, the following three events are scheduled:

October 11th, 2025 – Involvement in India’s growth story – Role of diaspora 

 

November 8th, 2025 – Diaspora’s Role in the Technology of the Future.

 

December 13th, 2025 – Coping with Technological Challenges and Changes.

 

Articulating the rationale for these events, Mr. Thomas Abraham, Founder President and Chairman of GOPIO said “Since the Indian diaspora is so widely scattered to the ends of the earth, we needed a platform to connect and communicate with our community and this idea of a monthly webinar series emerged. These events will certainly energize and harness the power of the Indians who have now become powerhouses of influence everywhere”

Mr. Prakash Shah – Current President and a seasoned GOPIO leader explained the pressing priorities of unifying the Indian that has now become a ubiquitous force for impact and change on a large scale. “We believe now that the age of robotics will usher in cataclysmic changes that need to be addressed in an unprecedented manner. With the technology mastery and leadership, Indians are better poised to offer compelling solutions to the issues that are unfolding around the world. With rapid adoption of technology, solving problems at scale in collaboration with our homeland communities is only possible when we unleash the cumulative intellectual capital that the Non-Resident Indians possess.”

These events are expected to be attended on a massive scale and are moderated by the different committees that are powering the GOPIO’s vision of becoming the leader and preferred diaspora partner of engagement to governments and different stakeholders around the world.

About GOPIO

Founded in 1989, GOPIO is a non-partisan, not-for-profit, secular organization with Individual Life Members and chapter delegates from over 100 chapters in 36 countries. GOPIO’s volunteers are committed to enhancing cooperation and communication between NRIs/PIOs and the local communities, building networks, bonds, friendships, alliances, and the camaraderie of citizens and colleagues alike. GOPIO volunteers believe that when they help network the global Indian community, they facilitate making tomorrow a better world for the Indian Diaspora, the countries they live in and India.

GOPIO logo is a trademark registered under the US Patent and Trademark Office.

For more info on GOPIO International Monthly Programs, contact Sunil Vuppula +1 (732) 331-3084, e-mail: [email protected] or Rohit Vyas GOPIO Global Media Chair at 732-319-0972