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To fortify ties, New Jersey-India Commission established
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There are almost too many partnerships and links between New Jersey and India to list, but they are too important to overlook.
To begin with, you have to consider that about 5% of people living in New Jersey are South Asian, with many of them concentrated in vibrant areas like Edison/Iselin, Jersey City, and Robbinsville.
Then include the information that India is the state's second-largest foreign direct investor and that New Jersey has the highest concentration of Indian businesses nationwide.
Which brings us to this: New Jersey and India engage in over $10 billion worth of bilateral trade each year.
This explains why New Jersey established the New Jersey-India Commission on Tuesday, the third such commission in the state's history, and why India is the only nation with two Choose New Jersey offices.
Soon after the commission was established, Governor Phil Murphy stated, "This is a statement about the breadth, scale and size of not just the relationship as it is today — everything from the diaspora living here, to the jobs created, to the trade between India and New Jersey — but also a statement about the potential future growth of all of the above."
With 39 members representing a range of industries, the panel will be led by Choose New Jersey CEO Wes Mathews in the role of chair. Murphy stated that an executive director announcement will be made later.
A who's who of state leaders in a variety of fields make up the commission, including state senators Vin Gopal (D-Ocean Twp.) and Raj Mukherji (D-Jersey City), Indu Lew and Balpreet Grewal-Virk of RWJ Baranabas Health, Jose Lozano of Hackensack Meridian Health, Coleen Burrus of Princeton University, Raj Parikh of Genova Burns, Pavita Howe of BioNJ, Parimal Garg of the Governor's Office, and Raj Parikh of Genova Burns.
The chair of the New Jersey - India commission will be Wes Mathew. At the moment, Wes leads Choose New Jersey as CEO. Wes, an Indian American with roots in Kerala, held top diplomatic posts in Germany, Saudi Arabia, India, and Pakistan, among other nations.
The commission :
Dini Ajmani, Natasha Alagarasan, Sri Atluri, Snehal Batra, Coleen Burrus, Ravi Dattatreya, Kirti Desai, Parimal Garg, Vin Gopal, Balpreet Grewal-Virk, Kiran Handa Gaudisoso, Pavita Howe, Jaime Jacob, Monica Jain, Gurbir Johal, Suchitra Kamath, Krishna Kishore, Vidya Kishore, Kris Kolluri, Indu Lew, Jose Lozano, Wesley Mathews, Anjali Mehrotra, Deelip Mhaske, Raj Mukherji, Suresh Muthuswami, Srinivas Pallia, Anand Paluri, Falguni Pandya, Carrie Parikh, Rajiv Parikh, Gurpreet Pasricha, Deepak Raj, Jatin Shah, Huzaifa Shakir, Sterley Stanley, Ragy Thomas, Steven Van Kuiken, Christina Zuk.
After eighteen years of employment with Johnson & Johnson, Vidya Kishore is volunteering for the recently formed NJ-India commission in order to pursue her passion of fostering connections between New Jersey and India. She is presently employed with J&J Global Services as Head of HR.
Krishna Kishore has over 25 years of global corporate experience and accomplishments having worked at world’s top companies such as Bellcore, Deloitte and PwC. He is currently a Senior Director at PwC heading Deals Information Management. He has also been an accomplished media professional with Asianet News earning numerous awards for media excellence. He excited to be volunteer his time for the NJ India commission to strengthen economic and cultural exchange between his home state of New Jersey and his beloved birth country of India.
