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KOA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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Sunil
Fotedar is a Sr. IT professional and has worked in telecom, defense, space-
industries.
Sunil's association with KOA has been since 1990-91 when the Kashmiri
Pandits back in Kashmir were driven out of their homes. Sunil was
Houston chapter president for KOA in 1991. As a web curator on a
volunteer basis, he developed and maintained web servers for KOA
(1996-2001), and maintained and contributed to the development of
several community fora, especially KOA-sponsored KPnet - a forum
that allowed KPs worldwide to stay connected - long
before yahoogroups and googlegroups came into existence.
Sunil has been interacting
with several India-based KP associations in Jammu, Delhi, Mumbai, and
Kolkata over past several years. He has created a variety of community websites, the first
Kashmiri Pandit to
create what has been referred to as Virtual Sharda Peeth - a Repository of a Kashmiri
Pandit's culture, heritage, religious practices, language, music,
history and political literature. For a complete list of Websites, click
here.
To recognize for his efforts, Sunil was presented with Special Zaan Award
by the Kashmiri
Pandit Association, Mumbai. He was featured as an Indomitable
Personality in The Sharada Tarangini, Vol. 1, No. 3,
March/April-June 2004 issue, the Official Newsletter of Kashmiri Sewak
Samaj, Faridabad. He was also presented KOA Plaque for Internet
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Inder Kaul’s association with the KOA dates back to 1984 when he immigrated to the USA. He kept himself socially bound to the Kashmiri community regardless of which state in the USA he lived in (MA, CT and IL). At present, Inder resides in Massachusetts with his wife Sunita, daughters Varsha and Pooja, and parents Pushkar and Veena. Inder was elected in
2008 to be the Zone 2 Director. He was a key member of the 2007 KOA Annual Camp organizing committee. Socially he has been an active KOA member and has consistently contributed, in whatever manner he could, towards its growth.
Dr. Kaul obtained his MBBS and MD degrees from the University of Kashmir and an MPH from Harvard University. He is a senior executive for a multi-national biopharmaceutical company.
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Ajay,
originally from Kashmir, moved to US about eight years back and has
since been living in Michigan. He is an IT professional with
specialization in systems/network engineering and security.
Ajay
has been a member of KOA for last seven years, and has also served as
the Chapter President of the KOA Zone 8 (Michigan) in 2006-2007. He
continues to volunteer for the work that benefits our community.
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| Soman Dhar is originally from Vicharnag, Kashmir.
Currently working as an executive in a large MNC (Energy company) in
Naperville, he was transferred to USA from the Indian sister concern in 1999 and has since been living in
Naperville, IL alongwith wife Promila and kids Jyotsna and Archit.
Soman has been involved in community work in Chicago as well as in Jammu through
KWI. He believes in getting people together and hopes to contribute in making KOA a vibrant and productive organization.
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NOMINATION AND ELECTION COMMITTEE (NEC) (2007-2008)
CURRENT
AND PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS
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KOA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS (2008)
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PRESIDENT
VICE-PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
