Parting Message from IAGB President (2023–2025) – Tanu Phoenix

Parting Message from IAGB President (2023–2025) – Tanu Phoenix

My dearest community,

As I closed my IAGB presidential term on September 30, 2025, my heart is overflowing with gratitude for your trust, love, and support. Serving as President of the India Association of Greater Boston has been one of the greatest honors of my life. Now I am delighted to start my new role as a Trustee of IAGB, carrying forward IAGB’s legacy of cultural pride, community service, and unity spanning over six decades.

At IAGB, integrity takes the spotlight, kindness takes center stage, and love for one another is always the headline act. Together, we have built bridges, honored traditions, and created a safe space where every voice is valued and every culture celebrated.

This journey has been transformative – teaching me that true leadership is not about titles, but about resilience, and selfless service and teamwork.
To my incredible Executive Committee of 2023–2025, THANK YOU for walking this path with me. Through debates and celebrations alike, we served with heart and soul, bound by trust, respect, and a shared passion for community.

  • The one with genuine passion for culture, my authentic artistic Director Anagha Singh
  • The one with an astute mind, my adaptable admirable Director Arpita Das Pathak!
  • The one with a wise mind, my proficient confident Director Ashalata Thotangare
  • The one with a conscientious head on her shoulders, my humane and responsible Director Shashwati (Lima) Das
  • The one with the gab of eloquence, my passionate personable Director Prerna Mathur
  • The one with a perceptive eye, my affable able-minded Director Shital Bhammar
  • The one with an eye for the detail, my sincere & self-assured Director Shubhada Kulkarni
  • The one with an eye for excellence, my smart salient Executive Director Vijayendra (Vicky) Bhargava

My 3 officers who have been my rock-solid support:

  • The man who keeps things in place, my sagacious and supportive Secretary Manishabrata Bhowmick
  • The cool, confident money man, my dauntless and diligent Treasurer Deepak Garg
  • And most importantly, my Partner in Prime Service to the Community & beyond, my neighborly & nurturing Vice President Nilesh Agrawal.

I am overjoyed that my wonderful colleague Nilesh Agrawal assumed the role of IAGB President starting October 1, 2025. I passed the torch to him with pride, humility, and confidence that under his able leadership, IAGB will continue to soar, celebrating culture, serving the community, and fostering unity.

To the trustees of my term, Late. Dr. Anupam Wali, Mr. Harish Dang, Ms. Vaishali Gade; to our grand sponsors Pranav Gill (Atamian Honda), Dev & Sujata Patil (Treasury Kitchen), the community leaders from other organizations who have worked and collaborated with me, the ardent volunteers, the vendors, the dance choreographers, the dancers, the singers, the music bands (special mention to Praveen Ramanathan, Kadak Chai and Jolly Bhatia, Din Check); to the bronze, silver and gold sponsors; and most importantly, YOU, our much loved community: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! None of this would have been possible without your trust, time, ideas, and encouragement.

I will strive to do more for my much loved IAGB Community as a trustee and will forever remain an ambassador & cheerleader of IAGB’s mission.
Let us continue to be bridge-builders and cham

Tanu Phoenix
President, IAGB (Term 2023–2025)