Hindu American Foundation Appoints Full-Time Executive Director

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Hindu American Foundation Appoints Full-Time Executive Director

http://www.hinduamericanfoundation.org

 

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 6, 2006: The Hindu American Foundation (HAF)

Board of Directors retained Ms. Ishani Chowdhury of Washington D.C.

as

its first full-time Executive Director last week. Leaving her

previous

employment as a Lead Project Manager at a Washington, D.C. based

software firm, Chowdhury takes over most major administrative,

public

relations and fundraising coordination tasks at HAF. In addition,

she

will utilize management experience to shepherd various ongoing

long-term

projects at HAF.

 

"HAF has fulfilled one of its long-term goals--to bring on a

talented,

articulate and creative individual--who has the potential to take

HAF

into the top tier of human rights and faith-based organizations,"

said

Mihir Meghani, M.D., President of HAF and member of the HAF Board.

"HAF

has taken its first steps towards establishing a permanent presence

in

this nation's capital with an executive director devoted to HAF's

goal

of putting forth a professional and credible voice for Hindu

Americans."

 

Beyond supervising various ongoing human rights projects, media

outreach

efforts and database management Chowdhury's tasks will include

bringing

a consistent Hindu American voice to Capitol Hill, the White House

and

non-governmental organizations in Washington, D.C. She will attend

relevant hearings on the Hill, interact with congressional offices

and

oversee communications with such groups as the United States

Commission

on International Religious Freedom. Plans are on to open the first

full-time office dedicated to Hindu American affairs in Washington,

D.C.

later this year.

 

"I had come to admire HAF's rapid rise on the political and

educational

scene in a span of just three years, and was searching for ways to

contribute to the foundation," said Chowdhury. "This opportunity

will

allow me to bring the skills I acquired as a programmer, analyst and

project manager--and my passion for this cause and movement--to

HAF."

 

Chowdhury received a Bachelor's degree in Computer Information

Systems

from Baruch College in New York City and will earn an M.B.A. from

the

University of Maryland in the fall of this year. Chowdhury has

written

and spoken extensively on issues relevant to Hindu Americans and

human

rights atrocities against Bangladeshi Hindus. She has written

frequently

for Hinduism Today and served as a Hinduism school teacher at the

Sri

Beenapani Vedic School in Brooklyn, New York.

 

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