Yesterday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new Indian Consulate in Los Angeles during his address to Indian Americans in New York's Nassau Veterans Coliseum. I led community efforts to establish this consulate in Los Angeles, and highlighted the strategic importance of the city noting that it is the...
Milken Conference 2024 Highlights Opportunity in India Today
A few weeks ago the Milken Institute hosted its global conference 2024 where one of the sessions titled "Charting India's Emergence: Prosperous or Precarious?" had renowned speakers among whom was Eric Garcetti the U.S. Ambassador to India. We have a link to the video in this blog post and recommend...
Eric Garcetti Completes 1-year Ambassadorship in India
Eric Garcetti, the former mayor of Los Angeles, just completed his first year as the U.S. ambassador to India after being appointed by President Biden. The lifelong Angeleno saw the ambassadorship as an opportunity to strengthen ties between the U.S. and the emerging economic superpower of India. Garcetti has a...
Air India to Launch Nonstop Flights to Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas
Air India is the only Indian airline currently operating flights to the United States, with services to Washington, New York, Newark, San Francisco, and Chicago. As part of its consolidation efforts, including a proposed merger with Vistara, Air India is looking to expand its U.S. operations by launching direct flights...
CHLA To Help India’s Fortis For Pediatric Liver Transplants
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) partnered with Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram near New Delhi to enhance pediatric liver transplant facilities at Fortis. The purpose of the collaboration is for the family to seek a second, independent opinion for pediatric liver transplant patients who are either already admitted to Fortis...
Indian American Takes Charge at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
Los Angeles, CA founded The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, appointed a h resident Sanjiv Razdan as president of the Americas and India markets. After a three-year stint as president of the India market for Yum Brands Inc.’s Pizza Hut, Razdan returned to the Los Angeles area in 2014 to...