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All India
President Shera Langrana at the inauguration illuminating the map
of India
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Chairperson
Karena Toner doing her bit to share light
- with a difference
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Guest of
Honour, His Royal Highness the Prince of Arcot, Hyderabad Chapter
Chair Gita Deb, Bangalore Chapter Chair Janet Rego, Pune Chapter
Chair Surekha Deshpande, Tamil Nadu Chapter Chair Karena Toner, All
India President Shera Langrana,
Delhi Chapter Chair Kavita Bhatia and Chief Guest Consul General
David Hopper at the inaugural ceremony of the Convention
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The choir
after the welcome song
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The finale
of the welcome dance by our members
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Chairperson
Karena Toner giving the welcome address
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President
Shera sharing her thoughts at the inauguration
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Introducing
the dignitaries (from left) H.H. the Prince
of Arcot, All India President Shera Langrana, President Emeritus
Homai Mehta, Consul General David Hopper, Gail D Cruz, Protocol
Secretary to the US Consul General and Chairperson Karena
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His Highness
the Prince of Arcot releasing the souvenir commemorating the
convention to President Shera Langrana, while Chairperson Karena
looks on
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The guest of
honour, the Prince of Arcot being
felicitated by Anne Parameswaran
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The Chief
Guest, Consul General David Hopper being
felicitated by Geralyn Stephens
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Music to our
ears a medley of Tamil pop songs
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Hon.Secretary
Juliet Ramamurthy proposing the vote of thanks
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Ms Jayanthi
Natarajan, officially opening the convention
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Ms Natarajan
being felicitated by President Shera
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Ms Natarajan
addressing the delegates
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Delegates at
the inaugural session
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Session Time
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Having fun
while learning
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Pretty maids
all in a row the Committee at a session
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A meaningful
interactive session
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And then the
fun began
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Re-live your
childhood was the session name and that they did
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Delegates
tired after an exhilarating afternoon at MGM
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One of the
lucky prize winners
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And they
decided to entertain us some impromptu performances by delegates
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Time for
photographs
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Chairpersons
Surekha, Gita, Janet, Kavita and Karena with the All India President
Shera and President Emeritus Homai
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The Managing
Committee with the All India President, President Emeritus and
Chapter Chairpersons
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Delegates
from our Headquarters
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West Bengal
delegation
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Delegates
from New Delhi
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Delegates
from Pune
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The
Bangalore Delegation
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The
Hyderabad delegation
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Team Tamil
Nadu
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President
Shera, thanks for that supportive push from behind
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Chapter
Performance night
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Team Tamil
Nadu opens the performance night
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The
Headquarters took the stage
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Bangalore
Chapter performance
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Chapter
performance by Pune
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New Delhi
kept our shoes tapping
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Team
Hyderabad thank you for that lovely entertainment
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Mumbai s
special performance
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Team Tamil
Nadu with the finale
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The largest
delegation - Mumbai
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Being a part
of the audience was just as much fun
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President
Shera delivering her report
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Delhi
Chairperson Kavita delivering her report
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Pune
Chairperson Surekha delivering her report
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Bangalore
Chairperson Janet delivering her report
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Hyderabad
Chairperson Gita delivering her report
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Tamil Nadu
Chairperson Karena delivering her report
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Team Tamil
Nadu bid adieu
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10th National Convention
Brochure
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