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Washington:
President Barack Obama has named three Indian-Americans to the
President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific
Islanders, a body to help them get increased access to and
participation in federal programmes.
"Our nation will be well-served by the skill and dedication these
men and women bring to their new roles. I look forward to working
with them in the months and years ahead," Obama said Wednesday
announcing the appointment of 16 members of the advisory body.
The three Indian Americans are Farooq Kathwari, Sunil Puri and
Amardeep Singh.
According to the White House, one of the three, Farooq Kathwari, a
Kashmir University graduate, is the chairman, president and chief
executive officer of Ethan Allen Interiors. He has been president
of the company since 1985, and chairman and chief executive
officer since 1988.
Kathwari serves on many non-for-profit organisations, including
the chair of the Kashmir Study Group, member of the Council on
Foreign Relations, director of the International Rescue Committee
and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown
University as well as director and former chairman of Refugees
International.
He holds a BA degree in English literature and political science
from Kashmir University, an MBA in International Marketing from
New York University, and also holds two honorary doctorate
degrees.
The second appointee, Sunil Puri is the president and sole owner
of First Rockford Group, Inc., a real estate development firm he
founded in 1984. He also sits on a number of boards including the
Rockford Area Economic Development Council and the Rockford
College Board of Trustees.
Puri holds a BS in accounting from Rockford College. He has also
pursued graduate work at Rockford College, London Business School,
as well as continuing executive courses at Harvard Business
School.
The third Indian-American appointee, Amardeep Singh is the
co-founder and presently the director of programmes at the Sikh
Coalition, the nation's largest Sikh civil rights organisation.
Prior to joining the Sikh Coalition in 2002, Singh worked as a
researcher in the US Programme of Human Rights Watch (HRW).
While at HRW, he authored its report, "We Are Not the Enemy: Hate
Crimes Against Arabs, Muslims, and Those Perceived to be Arab or
Muslim after September 11".
Singh was also an adjunct professor at Columbia University's
Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Race where he taught a
course on the intersection of ethnic identity and the law.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the South Asian
Bar Association of New York. Singh holds a BA from Rutgers
University.
(Arun Kumar can
be contacted at arun.kumar@ians.in)
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