Category: Indians Abroad
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Suresh Madan: PAU soil scientist who became financial wizard
By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: Imagine when a billionaire hires you to manage his money. You ought to be very brilliant because billionaires never hire second-rate people. Toronto-based Suresh Madan, who comes from Ludhiana, is one such financial wizard whom Canadian billionaire Paul Reichmann hired to manage his money. “I had just landed in Toronto when…
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OCI cards in big demand among Indo-Canadians, says Consul General Preeti Saran
News East-West TORONTO: There is a rush for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards as the Indian Consulate in Toronto is issuing more than a thousand such cards each month. Though figures for 2012 are not yet available, the consulate issued 13,481 OCI cards in 2011, according to outgoing Consul General Preeti Saran. Saran, who…
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Surjit Babra’s SkyLink Travel donates $10,000 to Passport to Freedom
Toronto-based Surjit Babra-led SkyLink Travel Group has donated $10,000 to Sabre’s Passport to Freedom, the company’s initiative to engage the travel industry to end human trafficking. SkyLink founder and chief executive officer Surjit Babra (right) presented a check to Jamie McNair, Sabre’s vice-president and general manager Canada & Western U.S. division this week. “Human trafficking…
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Gujarati Anjanas of North America hold annual convention in Toronto
By Suresh Bodiwala TORONTO: The Akhil Anjana Association of North America (AAANA) organized a grand two-day convention last week at the Gore Meadows Community Centre in Brampton and continued the next day at Vaughan Secondary School in West Vaughan.