India Association of North Texas celebrated Women’s Day @ Plano

India Association of North Texas (IANT) celebrated the International Women’s Day on March 8, 2023 at Minerva Banquet Hall in Plano, Texas, USA. The event started off with welcoming all guests, followed by 11 successful women sharing their success story, keynote speaker, Preetha Prabhakar and a dance performance by Naari Shakti.

Speakers were selected through a selection process by answering a few questions regarding  their service to the community and being a role model for others. At the end of the program, they were felicitated by the IANT Board members and recognized with trophies.

IANT Woman of the Year 2023 award was given to Geeta Menon for her work with the organization One Earth One Chance (OEOC). OEOC planted 760 trees and shrubs in DFW with irrigation to ensure their survival, arranging litter pick up by youth in parks, ran clothing drives to divert gently used textiles away from landfills and raised awareness about sustainable living.

IANT President Dinesh Hooda and IANT President Elect and Event Chair for Women’s Day event, Sushma Malhotra, thanked all the Board members, volunteers and attendees. She thanked all the eminent speakers for sharing their success stories , inspiring the other women and for making the event a grand success.

Dinesh thanked the sponsors for their generous contributions to IANT in the year 2023. IANT Board of Trustees Emeritus Shabnam Modgil, IANT Board of Trustee Chairman Indu Reddy Mandadi thanked the Board for successfully conducting the event and honoring the women from our local community.