Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) is an international network of
people of Indian origin (PIO).
History
GOPIO was founded at the First Global Convention of People of Indian Origin in
New York City
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in 1989. The name GOPIO was adopted by the Steering Committee formed after the First Global Convention. The initial thrust of GOPIO was fighting
human rights
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violation against people of Indian origin.
Although this has been improved in the last decade, human rights violations continue to be a major issue for PIOs living outside
India
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. GOPIO has now set its priorities in pooling its resources, both financial and professional, for the benefit of PIOs, the countries they come from and India.
GOPIO's Founder President is Dr.
Thomas Abraham who served since inception till 2004. Inder Singh took over as president in 2004 and served till 2009 when
Lord Diljit Rana, a member of the
House of Lords
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in London was elected. Lord Rana was followed by Ashook Ramsaran who served from 2011 to 2016. Niraj Baxi of
Silicon Valley, California served from March 2016 to December 2017. Sunny Kulathakal served from 2018 to 2022. The incumbent president of the GOPIO is Prakash Shah is from New Jersey, USA. The Founder President was elected again as the Chairman of GOPIO in 2016. In 2009, GOPIO launched GOPIO Foundation For People of Indian Origin with Dr. Thomas Abraham as its first Executive Trustee.
See also
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Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin
Overseas Indians (ISO 15919, ISO: ), officially Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origin (PIOs) are people of Indian descent who reside or originate outside of India (Including those that were directly under the British Raj). Acc ...
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List of NRIs
References
External links
GOPIO WebsiteReassessing what we collect website - Indian LondonHistory of Indian London with objects and images
NRI OnlineNews snippets about GOPIO
GOPIO Silicon Valley Chapter Website
IPF UAE WebsiteIPF UAE Official Website
{{Indian diaspora
Overseas Indian organisations