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Caribbean King of the Diaspora |
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Ashook Ramsaran |
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Ashook Ramsaran is secretary general of GOPIO International. Born in Guyana, Mr Ramsaran was educated in the US and is the founder, owner and CEO of Ramex Inc, an electronics communications manufacturing company based in New York.
Mr Ramsaran collaborates with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs on annual events on immigrant experiences in New York. He has been honoured as an “Outstanding Immigrant” by New York City Council and serves as an “Annual Principal For The Day” in the New York Public School System.
He is very active in his local New York community civic, political and cultural groups, contributes generously to causes on behalf of the needy, and has written extensively on issues of interest and concern affecting people of Indian origin in the Indian diaspora. He initiated and chaired the first “Tracing Our Roots” session at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2005.
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January 2009
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