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Indian Consular Camp: Honolulu by CGI San Francisco

First Consular Camp by Consulate General of India, San Francisco in Honolulu, Hawaii

Los Angeles/ Jan 21, 2025
NRIpress.club/Ramesh/ A.Gary Singh/

As part of the “Consulate at your Doorstep” ini5a5ve, Consulate General of India, San Francisco along with VFS Global held their first Consular Camp at the temple of the Interna5onal Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Nuuanu, Hawaii on Saturday, January 18, 2025. This event was in associa5on with Indian-American Friendship Council of Hawaii Chapter (IAFC) and ISKCON Hawaii.


ASer a ceremonial ribbon-cuTng, Consul General, Dr. K. Srikar Reddy, was given a tour of the Temple by its Vice-President, Sundarnanda Das. This was followed by a warm welcome of the Indian community in Honolulu drawn to this event. Dr. Reddy then spoke to the gathering about India’s desire for increasing support for that community by reaching out to his office and/or VFS staff in San Francisco whenever they have any ques5ons about applying for passport, visa, renuncia5on, OCI card, Power of A]orney among other services.


A lot of people from the community a]ended the event. Dr. Reddy thanked IAFC Hawaii Chapter President, Dr. Raj Kumar, and Sundarnanda Das for organizing the event. During his visit, Dr. Reddy also visited Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Waikiki. He respecbully draped a Hawaiian lei and offered flowers at Gandhi’s statue. The program’s ac5vi5es were hosted throughout by IAFC Hawaii Chapter, represented throughout these ac5vi5es by its President, Dr. Raj Kumar, with members Lyn5llus J. Boyd (VicePresident), Debbie Young, Ravi Shivaraman, Prof. Marc Jason Gilbert, Shan5 Bo], Mark Sammon and Pradeep Arora of the Honolulu-based Gandhi Interna5onal Ins5tute for Peace (GIIP).


Dr. Reddy also met with the State of Hawaii’s Governor, the Honorable Josh Green, and Hawaii State Senator, Mike Gabbard, at the State Capitol.


From LeS to Right: Dr. Raj Kumar, Senator Mike Gabbard, Dr. K. Srikar Reddy,ASO Vivek Anand