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KOA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(2007)
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Sunil
Fotedar is a Sr. IT professional in Insurance/Finance industry. He has worked in defense, space- and telecom-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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Nimmi
Kalla was born and brought up in Rainawari, Kashmir. After marriage
she moved to New Delhi and came to USA in 1988. She lives
in Bellerose, New York with her husband and two children. She is
an administrator of a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation practice
for the past 12 years.
Nimmi is a recent member of KOA, and she is honored to be elected
as Vice-President and she looks forward to serving the KOA community. As
a growing community we need to embrace the diverse thoughts of our
members and work together as a team with the same goal to stay united
and help preserve our culture for the upcoming generation. The
KOA family presents a forum, which encourages the promotion of
culture, including language, stories, history, experiences,
traditions, and many others, so that our future generation can
continue to carry the torch of our community with a bright flame that
will not be exhausted.
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Zippy
Aima Sapru works for a leading market-consulting firm and tracks
the Information Technology market. Though born in Kashmir, she
spent her formative years in Allahabad and traveled to different
parts of the country to complete her education. After getting
married in 2003, Zippy moved to USA and is currently living in San
Antonio, TX along with her husband and daughter.
While in India she was associated with the local Kashmiri
organization (Kashyap Kashmir Sabha) and was involved in various
voluntary activities.
Zippy joined KOA in 2006 and as a member of the KOA executive
committee she looks forward to serving the biradari members based
here in USA and across the globe.
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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 (2007)
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