Mr. Naren Bakshi, a successful entrepreneur and a community leader in silicon valley, graced the occasion as the chief guest of the day and participated in live interaction and debate. He shared his ties with Indian community and recalled how he had been living with two identities, Indian and American over the last four decades. Mr. Naren Bakshi is one of the six non government members of White-house delegation team to India in September 2010 that prepared the initial blue print for upcoming Obama's trip to India. He presented his vision for Indo-American relations in the areas of education, e-governance and alternative energy research and conveyed that one can live as real Indian and real American at the same time. He advised the campaign team to move ahead from collecting the signatures from these few hundred people to writing articles in commercial media. He gave 'Khan Academy' as an example how technology can be used to spread awareness to larger distances with less equipment. He suggested to take the activity as the dialog instead of as fight with the Government of India. He observed that the absentee voting rights are useful for all Indians though they can be started as facility for NRIs and so the cause is in the interest of India.
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| From Bay area NRI absentee Voting Drive |
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