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Annie Dandavati Chandra is
a successful business owner in San Jose, Ca and has been
recognized and honored for her leadership and community
service. Her emphasis has been on achieving a balance
between her responsibility to her family/friends and her
responsibility to her community/world. To her living a
meaningful life means contributing and making a
difference on issues of importance such as poverty,
disease, illiteracy, justice, and empowerment of the
underprivileged specially women and children. Her
interest and passion also extends to resolving issues of
global conflict. She believes that it is possible to
resolve these issues by focusing on the root causes.
This means creation of a shared vision and then
exploring the choices any community or nation has.
Creating clarity of purpose and awareness of the choices
empowers people. As a co founder of Coalition 2001 –
Celebration of Unity in Diversity, this is precisely
what she did in the Bay area. She has been a delegate to
CA Democratic Party and runner up nominee, National
Democratic Party for the 15th Congressional District.
She has served two terms as chairperson for the Santa
Clara County commission on the Status of women, amongst
several other Boards and Organizations. Additionally she
is an active Senior Fellow of the American Leadership
Forum.
Dinesh
Chandra
is
considered a Global citizen.
Born in India, Dinesh offers a unique blend of
Eastern and Western values and philosophy. He has
further enhanced his practical knowledge by working in
the U.S and in fifteen other countries, acquiring a
global knowledge base and skill set. His holistic
approach to life is reflected even in his education and
work experience. Starting out as an engineer by training
he gained valuable experience in Total Quality,
Knowledge Sharing and the development of Learning
Communities. He has led several workshops in
Transformational Leadership, with business and community
leaders. He has a deep belief that each of us can make a
difference by living a larger purpose that allows us to
go beyond just our individual egos and successes. As a
co-founder of the Foundation for Human and Economic
Development, (www.FHED.org) he is currently facilitating
a People to People Dialogue for Peace and Prosperity
between India and Pakistan-- two nations with nuclear
capabilities. Dinesh is a contributing author to
‘Learning Organizations: Developing Cultures for
Tomorrow's Workplace’ and ‘Community Building:
Renewing Spirit and Learning in Business’. He is
currently co editing a book entitled ‘True Wealth’
and authoring a book entitled ‘Business Yogi: Union of
inner and outer wealth’.
Indira
and Dinesh together in addition to the local community
issues are now expanding their attention to global
issues.
In August of 2001, they spearheaded a three-day
Indo Pak people to people dialogue in Panchgani along
with Pragati Foundation. A year later in August 2002,
they took a delegation to a three day workshop in
Vermont hosted by the Global Institute for Responsible
Leadership, along with Physicians for Social
Responsibility. They are working towards creation of
Indus Leadership forum in South Asia. You can visit
their website at www.globalcitizenship.com
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