ABOUT IAAS

Indian American Association of Sharon is a volunteer social organization promoting art and culture of India while building and maintaining a strong Indian American tradition in Sharon, MA

Started over 30 years ago, IAAS has organized numerous events in the past celebrating cultural festivals of India - including the flagship Diwali event organized usually in the Fall of every year.

FOUNDERS:

Kusum and Hridaya Bhargava

Amrit and Shrikant Chopra

Chitra and Raghu Reddy

Shobha and Surinder Kumar

Rekha and Anup Singh

Shubha and Late Vinod Chungi

Saroj and Sudheer Bhalla

Aruna and Anil Rabari

PAST PRESIDENTS:

2000: Arti Bhasin

2001: Jayashree Shahane

2002: Usha Shanth

2003: Rajni Anachi

2004: Radhika Basheer

2005: Reema Chandra

2006: Nalini Sharma

2007: Monisha Prakash

2008: Sunita Sanan

2009: Vipra Bhasin

2010: Bindu Wadhwa

2011: Sandhya Bommaraju

2012: Surabhi Agnihotri

2013: Paresh Motiwala

2014: Amrit Chopra and Nandita Singh

2015: Smita Bharadwaj, Ujwala Lodha and Preeti kulkarni

CURRENT TEAMS (2016):

Leadership Team:

Deepak Wadhwa, Ramani Sakamuri and Tulika Misra

Color Walk/Picnic Event Team:

Leads: Balu Angaian (Holi), Amrit Chopra & Surabi Agnihotri (Picnic), Rajit Kamal (Games)

Fund Raising: Deepak Wadhwa, Ashutosh Rao, Balu Angaian

Security: Rajesh Reddy

Registration: Trupti Rao, Usha Shanth, Sunita Sanan

Kid stations: Varinder Gupta, Girish Badgi

Food: Bindu Wadhwa, Arti Bhasin, Vandana Gupta, Nipun

Other Volunteers: Ajay Lodha, Umesh Bhasin, Sanjay Singh, Tulika Angaian, Aditya Angaian, Rakesh Parikh, Abhijeet Brahmachari, Aneesh Prasad, Venya Gupta, Neel Wadhwa, Malika Angaian, etc.

Diwali Event Team:

Cultural Committee: