NetIP to showcase Indians' success in US

NetIP Conference represents a unique opportunity for Indians in America to convene, connect, and swim into the mainstream of American opportunity.

The Network of Indian Professionals (NetIP), the leading organisation for Indian American professionals, has announced it will gather the most well-educated, upwardly mobile and influential Indian Americans for its three-day National Conference starting on September 2, 2005.

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With more than 5,000 professionals among NetIP's membership, the conference will bring leading Indian Americans to Atlanta to network and discuss the growing emergence, influence and leadership opportunities available within this flourishing group, according to a release.

World renowned fiction writer and journalist Suketu Mehta will be one of the featured speakers at the conference. Mehta's first book, 'Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found' won the Kiriyama Prize, and was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. Mehta's work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Granta, Harper's, Time, Conde Nast Traveler, and The Village Voice.

"The NetIP Conference represents a unique opportunity for Indians in America to convene, connect, and swim into the mainstream of American opportunity while retaining the best of what is Indian in them," said Mehta.

Also speaking at the conference will be other highly successful Indians including Olympic Medalist Mohini Bhardwaj, Senior Vice President and General Manager of MTV World Nusrat Durrani, Fashion Model Saira Mohan and Vibha Rishi who manages Global Marketing for PepsiCo.

Indians represent the fastest growing Asian segment in the US, with the highest average income and education level of any minority group in the US.

The 2005 Conference theme, Emerge - Influence - Lead, will focus on the growing success and visibility of Indian professionals across a variety of industries here in the US and across the global stage.

"People of Indian origin that reside in the US are now part of this country's great fabric and are joining the mainstream - whether in the media, in corporate America, or in athletics," said Ashish Mistry, Chairman of the 2005 NetIP National Conference. "This year's conference brings together leading Indian professionals to discuss our emergence and, more specifically, to build our professional and social networks to further our efforts collectively."

The 2005 gathering in Atlanta marks the 14th year of the conference, and more than 1000 attendees are expected to attend.