INDIA COMMUNITY CENTER INC
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Mission Statement
The India Community Center was conceived as a place where every generation of the Indian Diaspora could find comfort in various facets of their culture, preserve and practice unique traditions and celebrate festivals and social milestones in a welcoming environment. It was also designed to be a center where people of other cultures can explore and experience Indian traditions and values. In addition to cherishing heritage, the ICC founders also decided that promoting brotherhood and fraternity in the spirit of the constitution would be even more important in a distant land. So uniting the diverse community also becomes one of ICC’s goals. And finally, incorporating community service as an essential pillar of this center was considered vital to living up to traditional Indian values. Thus came into being our mission of UNITE. SERVE. CELEBRATE
About This Cause
The ICC came into being in February 2003 with the efforts of the Godhwani brothers, Anil and Gautam, and Talat Hasan, first-generation Indian Americans and successful entrepreneurs, who launched the India Community Center as a non-profit organization to serve the large Indian American and Greater Bay Area community. Anil (who served as the first President of ICC) and Talat (who served as the first Board Chair) worked full time for over 6 years to establish ICC and were joined by many other successful, passionate community members such as Naren Bakshi, Kanwal Rekhi, Sheena Vaidyanathan, Bala Joshi, Kailash Joshi, Vibhu Mittal, BV Jagadeesh, and many others to help grow it. ICC is financially supported through membership fees and community donations. It has also received some limited corporate, foundation and government funding. Today it is the largest and only Indian American community center of its kind in North America. The ICC’s 38,000 sq.ft. facility in Milpitas, CA (which it owns), and a 20,000 sq. ft. Table Tennis Center serve the entire Bay Area with a professional staff and hundreds of volunteers providing a wide range of programs and services. ICC is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit, non-religious, non-political organization.