A special meeting with the Consul General from Houston was held on October 8 in San Antonio at the Lunna Event Center and was a remarkable success. Leaders representing various Indian temples and cultural, social, and community organizations across San Antonio (conducted by the India Association of San Antonio-IASA) attended the event and made it memorable.
Venkat Meruga, Shivani Meruga -Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of San Antonio
Jitendra Chaudhary-BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
Trinab Shukla-Aum Ashram San Antonio, HSS and IDoYoga
Vaishali Dev-Founder of Blume Foundation and President, Ekal Vidyalaya - San Antonio Chapter
Murthy Patamalla-Hindu Temple of San Antonio
Dhananjaya Dasa-ISKCON. Bhakti Yoga Center of San Antonio
Kausi Subramaniam-Anuja SA
Mothivel Mummudi -(President, CMSA)
Rajeswari Mani- (Director, Balavihar Sunday School) Chinmaya Mission San Antonio (Sharadalaya/Mother Temple)
Dr. Jayesh Texas Medical Association
Dr. Manjulatha Badam and Saikumar Nukala
Tips-sw San Antonio
Tapasi Misra -AWAAZ
Dr Priti Patil -Garjana Dhol Tasha San Antonio
Deepesh Patel-Scouting America - Pack 1947 (Chartered through IASA)
Kumara Sundaram, Dr. Guru Prasad, Srinivasan Selvaraj-Bharathi Muthamizh Sangam (BMS)
Rajam Ramamurthy, M.D-Arathi School of Indian Dance
Dr Sreedhara Akkihebbalu -Kaveri Natya Yoga in San Antonio, Texas
Rajaguru Paramasamy-India Association of San Antonio (IASA)
Durai Natarajan,Yuvaraj Munian-San Antonio Tamil Sangam (SATS)
Jayesh More, Rujuta Shukla-SA Maharashtra Mandal (SAMM)
Rekha Kar-San Antonio ODIA Society - SA ODIA
Punit Rajmohan-Assam Association of SA
Shishir Mallali, Abhijit Prabhakar-Kuvempu Kannada Sangha of SA (KKSS)
Sourav Das-SA Bengali Cultural Community (SABCC)
Amarjeet -Punjabi Cultural Society of San Antonio
Nandakumar Thrikkassery, Biju Chandroth, Sreejith KK-SA United Malayalee Association (SUMA)
Madhavi Beeram-Telugu Association of SA (TASA)
Naresh Reddy Surakanti, Narender Reddy Putta, Venkat Kommera-Telangana Association of Greater SA (TAGSA)
Abhilasha Singh Pamar -Rajasthan Association of San Antonio (RASA)
Shital Chowdry -Isha Foundation - San Antonio
Madhusudhan Gupta, Prakasam Mani-Heartfulness Institute
Aparna Vohra-Past president and current board member of the Asian American Alliance of San AntonioAAASA.
Pressanna Parackal, Gloria John-SAN ANTONIO INDIAN NURSES ASSOCIATION (SAINA)
Dr. Vijay Koli, MD-Family Medicine
Charu-Hope for Triumph
Shalu Welling-Natesa Bollywood Dance Academy
Bala “Dr. Vish” Viswanathan, M.D.-Texas Medical Association
Syed-Lunna Event Center
From India Association of San Antonio (IASA)-
President Rajaguru, Jayanta Das, Sumitha Mudaliyar, Sheela Ramanan, Dr Pressanna Parackal, Bijaya Kumar Parida, Brijesh Singh Parihar, Selvagiri Arunagiri, Neha Bhartiya, Dr Richa Misra, Dr Kreshjenie Chandirasegar, Manju Arulmani, Amit Paul, Sabu John, Santanu Das, Gowdhaman Rajan, Karthikeyan Subbah, Sujit Telang
The Consul General patiently and thoughtfully answered every question raised by the attendees, creating a warm and engaging dialogue with the community. His insightful responses and approachable nature left a lasting impression on everyone present.
This meaningful gathering of leaders from diverse fields highlighted the unity, collaboration, and growing strength of the Indian community in San Antonio. The event served as a wonderful example of shared purpose and mutual respect among all participants.
The Consul General appreciated the strong community presence and encouraged continued partnership with local organizations.
-- Our Overseas Correspondent Sheela Ramanan fromSan Antonio