The leaders of the American Telugu Association based in the US, recently met in Washington, D.C., with the incoming Consul General for the American consulate in Hyderabad, to discuss the potential for collaboration in areas of common interest.
The ATA President Jayanth Challa recently met with Laura Williams, the incoming U.S. Consul General in Hyderabad. Williams, who is currently with the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., will succeed Jennifer Larson, the current Consul General of Hyderabad, whose term is soon coming to an end.
Challa, along with several members of the ATA business group, met with Larson at a luncheon organized by the Indian American Business Impact group, coordinated by Ravi Puli, a press release from ATA said.
The discussions covered various topics, including issues important to both the Indian American and Telugu communities, as well as potential collaborative measures to further strengthen the U.S.-India/Telugu relationship. Topics also included addressing student concerns and enhancing business-to-business connections.
In a separate lunch meeting with Williams and two former U.S. diplomats, Kathy Hadda and Vinai Thummalapally, Challa explained the services offered by the ATA to the Telugu American community.
They discussed the possibility of providing orientation sessions for students preparing to leave for universities in the U.S. The idea of doing an orientation is to mitigate misinformation, ATA said, noting that the Hyderabad consulate is the largest one in Asia and processes more student visas than any other in the world.
