ACHIEVEMENTS OF INTELLECTUALS FORUM

ACHIEVEMENTS BY INDIAN AMERICAN INTELLECTUALS FORUM

Indian American Intellectuals Forum (“IAIF”) was established in March 1999 under the laws of the State of New York. IAIF is a not-for-profit organization. The aims and objectives of IAIF are as under: (i) to strengthen Indo-American relations, (ii) to organize seminars and symposiums/protests on the issues affecting India and America, and (iii) to educate Indian Americans as to how they can work together to bring about a strong, distinguished and a prosperous India. Act as a bridge between Indian American and Indian public. Some of our accomplishments are listed below:

Organized an awareness campaign about terrorism, under the banner of "Coalition for Peace against Islamic Radicalism" on January 20, 2009 at Washington, D.C. at the time of inauguration of President Barack Obama, to draw his attention to the scourge of terrorism and request him to bring an end to Islamic terrorism.

Organized a protest demonstration in front of the United Nations on Dec. 21, 2008, along with other organizations, to protest againt Mumbai bomb blast and requested U.N. to declare Pakistan a Terrorist State.

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE THREE DAY CONFERENCE ON TERRORISM AT ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

IAIF was invited by “Intelligence Summit”, a non-partisan, educational Forum to speak about “Indian Experience with Jihadists”. Dr. Babu Suseelan, a Hindu Scholar and Board Member of IAIF spoke with volcanic intensity and won the accolades of the audience.

DANGEROUS MOVE TO ISLAMIZE INDIA Mr. Arjun Singh, Human Resources Development Minister has concluded an agreement with Saudi Arabian government under which a few billion dollars will be given to Jamia Milia University in Delhi to establish Arabic Center. Under the terms of this agreement, hundreds of Arabs will come to India to propagate Arabism and Islam. We drafted a Petition addressed to the Prime Minister of India to dismiss Mr. Arjun Singh from his Cabinet. The Petition was signed by more than 500 people. It was sent to Mr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India. The Petition could be viewed at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Kat/signatures-10.html

LETTER TO PRESIDENT OF INDIA TO RESTORE THE PHRASE ‘SATYAMEVA JAYATE’ UNDERNEATH THE NATIONAL EMBLEM. Mr. Ramesh Gathoria, Director (Research Wing), IAIF did a lot of research work and found out that on more than 400 Government of India websites/documents the phrase “Satyameva Jayate” has been surreptitiously removed. On December 29, 2006, we wrote a letter to the President of India to restore the phrase “Satyameva Jayate” underneath the National Emblem. Copies of this letter have been sent to many MPs, important Hindu leaders and 30-40 newspapers in India and USA.

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE SYMPOSIUM ON TERROR IN LAS VEGAS On November 10-11, 2006, IAIF participated in the Symposium organized by America’s Truth Forum. Dr. Babu Suseelan, a Clinical Psychologist from Pennsylvania, and a Board Member of IAIF, presented Hindu Perspective on Terror which was very well appreciated by mostly Christian and Jewish experts on Islamic Studies and Counter-terrorism. Our report was published in more than 30 newspapers. It could be viewed at http://www.indiacause.com/columns/OL_061130.htm.

TWELFTH HINDU SANGATHAN DIVAS (HINDU UNITY DAY) IAIF, in cooperation with several Hindu associations, successfully celebrated Twelfth Hindu Sangathan Divas in New York, on August 12, 2006, in which more than700 Hindus participated. Pujya Sadhvi Ritambhara ji was the Keynote Speaker and Dr. Subramanian Swamy was the Chief Guest on the occasion.The following resolution which has the potential of having a far reaching impact on the Indian polity was passed unanimously by voice vote:

IT IS HEREBY UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT A HINDU POLITICAL PARTY BE FORMED IN INDIA. THE AIM OF THIS POLITICAL PARTY WOULD BE TO SAFEGUARD HINDU INTEREST, PRESERVE HINDU CHARACTER OF INDIA, AND ULTIMATELY CAPTURE POLITICAL POWER. ANTI-TERROR PROTEST OUTSIDE PAKISTAN CONSULATE

IAIF staged a boisterous demonstration outside thePakistan Consulate in New York City on July 27, 2006 in which more than 80 demonstrators vociferously participated. The purpose of this protest was to express shock, anguish and outrage at the 7/11 Bombay bomb blasts in which more than 200 innocent men, women and children were blown to bits, more than 800 persons were badly wounded, thousands of families suffered unprecedented trauma, and millions of dollars worth of property was destroyed, allegedly by Islamic terrorists.

SEMINAR – THE UNDERLYING ROOTS OF TERRORISM: TERRORISM’S THREAT TO WORLD PEACE AND NATIONAL SECURITY America’s Truth Forum hosted a symposium on the above subject on April 29th, 2006 at Washington, D.C. The seminar was addressed by the following experts on Islam and counter-terrorism: Dr. Andrew Bostom, David Horowitz, Dr. Harvey Kushner, Dr. Paul Williams, Brigitte Gabriel, Joseph Kaufman, Laura Mansfield, Whalid Shoebat, Dr. Bruce Tefft and others. IAIF was represented by one of our Director, Dr. Babu Suseelan. He talked about the Hindu Perspective on Terror which was widely appreciated. SEMINAR - HOW TO COUNTER GLOBAL TERRORISM A Seminar titled “How to Counter Global Terrorism” was held on December 4, 2005 in New York. It was addressed by Dr. Paul Williams, a former Consultant to FBI and Mr. Jeff Epstein, President, America’s Truth Forum.

SEMINAR - INDIA UNDER SIEGE IAIF organized a seminar titled “INDIA UNDER SIEGE” on March 5, 2005. This Seminar was addressed by more than 25 community leaders. SEMINAR ON “DEMOCRACY VS. TERRORISM” To create awareness in the masses, we organized a conference on April 16, 2000 that was addressed, among others, by Congressman Benjamin Gilman, Chairman of the International Relations Committee. The title of the conference was: Democracy vs. Terrorism.

MEETING WITH STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS On December 7, 1999, we were invited by State Department. We met Mr. Wong, Mr. Richard D. Haynes, India Desk Officer, and other State Department officials and requested them to declare Pakistan aTerrorist State.