Sister Organizations

CURRENT SISTER ORGANIZATIONS

Federation Of India Community Association (FICA) President: Shekhar Ganore Phone No: 2167982327 president.ficacleveland@gmail.com		Sewa International President: Anil Kumar Singh Phone No: 4404636598 Cleveland@sewausa.org
Cleveland Moms 4 Moms President: Vidhya Ramachandrane Phone No: 4408044860 Info@clevelandmoms4moms.org		India Cultural Garden President: Sumita Kedia Phone No: 2163900107 Icg.ficacleveland@gmail.com
Kasturi Kannada Sangha President: Mamatha Girish Phone No: 216-502-2935 25kasturi@gmail.com		North East Ohio Marathi Mandal President: Utkarsha Hazarnis Phone No: 216-502-8784 president@neomm.org
North East Ohio Telugu Association President: Venkat Matta Phone No: (216) 379-0210 Surendragoud@gmail.com		Northeast Ohio Tamil Sangam President: Arunkumar Selvapillai Phone No: 440-514-8524 aruns2k@gmail.com
ICAGA (Indian Community of Akron President: Sonal Jain Phone No: (330) 671-2599 sonalashwin@gmail.com		The Odisha Society of the Americas, Ohio Chapter President: Deepak Sahoo Phone No: (425) 301-2524 sahoodk@gmail.com
Helping Hands President: Swati Sathe Phone No: (440) 796-5950 Swati.sathe90@gmail.com		EKal Abhiyan President: Vikas Jain Phone No: 440-539-9652 Vikasjain365@yahoo.com/a>
Marwari Association of Ohio President: Suman Agarwal Phone No: 330-835-7795 sumanbansal8@gmail.com		Tamil Nadu Foundation USA, North East Ohio Chapter President: Venkatesh Harikrishnan Phone No: 216-212-9551 Northeastohio@tnfusa.org
Bengali Cultural Society President: Amiya Ghosh Phone No: 330-780-0248 aghosh3@kent.edu		Shiksha Daan President: Sanjay Garg Phone No: 440-590-1261 sangarg@aol.com
Project Seva President: Sangita Bafna Phone No: 216-906-9064 sangitabafna65@gmail.com		Kerala Association of Ohio President: Balu Krishnan Phone No: (330) 622-2445 president@kaoh.org
Association of Asian Indian Women in Ohio (AAIWO) President: Vineetha Jayaram Phone No: (440) 520-6302 aaiwocleveland@gmail.com		AIPNO Association of Indian Physicians of Northern Ohio President: Vikram Kumar Phone No: 7164744836 Vikkumar@yahoo.com
Agarwal Samaj of North America (ASONA) President: Vibhav Agarwalla Phone No: 248-875-3372 Vick.Agarwalla@Gmail.com

Guidelines for inclusion as a Sister Organization
Any Indian-related non-political organization in the greater Cleveland area is eligible to be a bona fide FICA Sister organization provided it meets the following criteria:

Organizations with a paid membership of $200

Privileges of Sister Organizations:
1. Listing of Leadership and contact information on the FICA website and Lotus.
2. Members are FICA members with all membership privileges.
3. Life members become FICA life members.
4. ICC rental at the special Sister Organization rate. One free rental per year ( cleanup fee to be paid)
5. Invited to attend FICA Executive Board as well as Trustee’s meetings as non-voting participants. As vacancies occur, sister organizations nominate individuals to be inducted into the FICA Board of Trustees.
6. Sister Organization functions co-sponsored by FICA and held at ICC will be covered by FICA umbrella liability insurance at no cost. Functions held elsewhere and cosponsored by FICA are covered by FICA umbrella liability insurance at a modest additional cost.
7. Sister organization programs in Lotus, no charge for up to 1/8 size announcement.

All organizations that were previously listed to have Sister Organization status in FICA are encouraged to reapply to the President of FICA (president.ficacleveland@gmail.com)to be re-evaluated for granting of the status, ensuring that the required criteria are met.