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600 attend reception to welcome New York’s new Consul General Riva Ganguly Das
By
Ruchi SharmaThe Indian community in the tristate area welcomed Ambassador
Riva Ganguly Das, the new consul General in
More than 600 people turned up for the event organized by the joint efforts of two dozen organizations at a short notice.
Almost the entire business and media community in the tri-state attended the event. H R Shah, chairman and CEO of TV Asia, Dr Sudhir Parekh, publisher of News India Times and Desi Talk, businessman Piyush Patel, community leader Pradip Kothari, Mrs Vandana Sharma, regional sales manager of the Americas for Air India, Anand Patel, president of Federation of Indian Associations, Dr Seema Jain, president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, Dr Navin Mehta, president and board member of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New Jersey State Utilities Commissioner Upendra Chivukula, Franklin Councilman Rajeev Prasad, Assemblyman Raj Mukherji, and Leela Maret of the Fokana were among those spoke welcoming the consul general.
Ambassador Das thanked the community for the warm welcome accorded
to her and for the large turn out for the event. She expressed her confidence
that the community would continue to work to strengthen the relations between US
and
She assured that she would continue the good work and services that former Consul General Dhyneshwar Mulay had introduced.
She said she would set up a suggestion box at the consulate to receive the opinions and suggestions of the people. She promised to improve the various services at the consulate.
She was presented with a painting of herself rendered by a local artist.
There were also a couple of entertainment programs presented in her honor.
Mrs. Riva Ganguly Das joined the Indian Foreign Service in
1986. She is a Post Graduate in political science from
Later she worked at Headquarters dealing with External
Publicity,
From there she moved to
She was the Deputy Chief of
Before joining as Consul General of India in
She is married and has two children.