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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Global Organization of People of Indian Origin&#039;&#039;&#039; (GOPIO) is an international network of [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|people of Indian origin]] (PIO).<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> GOPIO was founded at the First Global Convention of People of Indian Origin in [[New York City]] in 1989. The name GOPIO was adopted by the Steering Committee formed after the First Global Convention. The initial thrust of GOPIO was fighting [[human rights]] violation against people of Indian origin.<br /> <br /> Although this has been improved in the last decade, human rights violations continue to be a major issue for PIOs living outside [[India]]. GOPIO has now set its priorities in pooling its resources, both financial and professional, for the benefit of PIOs, the countries they come from and India.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://gopio.net/|title=Global Organization for People of Indian Origin}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> GOPIO&#039;s Founder President is Dr. [[Thomas Abraham]] who served since inception till 2004. Inder Singh took over as president in 2004 and served till 2009 when [[Diljit Rana, Baron Rana|Lord Diljit Rana]], a member of the [[House of Lords]] in London was elected. Lord Rana was followed by Ashook Ramsaran who served from 2011 to 2016. Niraj Baxi of [[Silicon Valley, California]] served from March 2016 to December 2017. The incumbent president of the GOPIO is Sunny Kulathakal from Bahrain. The Founder President was elected again as the Chairman of GOPIO in 2016. In 2009, GOPIO launched GOPIO Foundation For People of Indian Origin with Dr. Thomas Abraham as its first Executive Trustee.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news<br /> |title=GOPIO Launches Foundation For People of Indian Origin with Dr. Thomas Abraham as it Executive Trustee<br /> |url=http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=8159<br /> |newspaper=India Journal<br /> |date=August 27, 2009<br /> |accessdate=February 22, 2009<br /> }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin]]<br /> * [[List of NRIs]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.gopio.net/ GOPIO Website]<br /> * [http://www.gopio.net/accomplishments.htm Timeline of GOPIO activities]<br /> * [http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/Onlineresources/RWWC/themes/1084/1149 Reassessing what we collect website - Indian London] History of Indian London with objects and images<br /> * [http://www.nri-online.com/search.php?search=gopio NRI Online] News snippets about GOPIO<br /> * [http://www.gopiosv.org/ GOPIO Silicon Valley Chapter Website]<br /> * [http://www.ipfuae.org/ IPF UAE Website] IPF UAE Official Website<br /> {{NRI-PIO}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Overseas Indian organisations]]</div>

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