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The Indian American Surgical Association (IASA), founded in 2013, strives to develop a platform for promoting excellence in surgical care, research, education, and service oriented projects in India and the United States.
The primary mission of the IASA is to provide an international forum for presenting the developing state of the art and science of general and subspecialty surgery, and the elevation of the standards of the medical and surgical profession.
This mission is accomplished primarily by conducting an annual scientific meeting consisting of selected presentations containing the most current information available on clinical and research topics related to surgery or surgical specialties, including outcomes, surgical practice, and ethical and other issues that affect its practice.
In addition, the IASA will also serve to advance surgical care in India through research, training and development, and collaborative undertakings. The Annual meeting of the IASA is designed to bring together surgeons who share the mission of the organization and to promote its ideals.
Greater Washington Association of Physicians of Indian Origin is a forum to facilitate and enable Indian American Physicians to excel in patient care, teaching and research and to pursue their aspirations in professional and community affairs.
Through GWAPI, we aim to connect not just physicians but Angel investors, established authors, and brilliant students & enhance patient care through teaching and research. As a community driven association, we support local, social service projects championed by our members and provide healthcare, support, and wellness programs to the indigenous communities. With today’s current healthcare climate our GWAPI professionals unitedly strive to advocate to protect the interest of patients and physicians and help train future generations of physician leaders in the process.
We believe that strength lies in unity. Hence, through collaborations with tech companies and universities like Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM), we continue to champion our objective to improve quality of healthcare through technology, by undertaking mutually accepted collaborative activities in the areas of our core competence.
National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA), the largest non-profit umbrella organization of Indian association, established in 1980; aims to unify the diverse Indian American community by coordinating and promoting the activities of its member associations.
NFIA is committed to:
- Promote and foster goodwill between the people of the United States & the people of India. Cultivate and encourage unity among all Indian-American organizations.
- Provide a nucleus and to serve as a catalyst and as a forum for the fellowship, exchange of ideas, and representation of the interests of the Indian-American community.
- Provide, direct, develop or secure means from among the member associations, and other resources for educational and humanitarian causes for needy, disadvantaged and deserving groups and individuals.
The Indian Cultural Association (ICA) promotes social & cultural ties between the Indian-American community & the community-at-large to advance greater cultural understanding & social equity. During the pandemic, due to widespread hunger in our community, ICA has distributing food and has worked to decrease food insecurity among the most vulnerable in our community.
One third of Howard County families are food insecure. Our commitment to alleviate hunger in our community is unwavering.
A message from ICA Founders: We celebrate Indian culture and serve our people. ICA's programing is designed to help UNITE the people from the Indian subcontinent, to help preserve its culture and traditions, to pass on our cultural heritage to the next generation. It is our goal to unite our diverse communities in order to advance social equity.
Indian Americans are the largest immigrant community in Howard County. We are diverse, multi-ethnic with vibrant Indian communities. Both Howard County and Maryland are vibrant representations of the numerous cultures and religions from around the world. ICA brings people together around Indian culture, song, dance, food, and vibrant culture.
ICA promotes the vibrant culture and heritage of India through various cultural, social, civic, and other activities. We engage in activities designed to better our community through programing focused on serving the most vulnerable in our communities. Our COVID response has meant SEVA, serving those in need. ICA has distributed more food to struggling families in Howard County than the Howard County Food Bank. We have distributed about 2.3 million pounds of food to needy families.
Priya Prakash Royal is a recognized tax law and cross-border planning expert with over 16 years of experience representing clients on sophisticated and international trusts and estates law, business law, and related tax issues, including those affecting nonprofits and persons with cross-border interests. She is a former IRS Estate Tax Attorney and admitted to practice in DC, MD, NY, NJ, and PA. At the IRS, Priya audited prominent and ultra-high-net-worth estates and gifts. Priya founded the Royal Law Firm PLLC in 2009, representing a similar clientele, and has structured sophisticated estate and gift plans on transferring domestic and international intergenerational wealth, business succession/asset protection, and charitable planning. The firm has developed an international family collaboration to further women's empowerment by furthering opportunities for exceptional legal professionals.
She has also served as an expert witness addressing sophisticated tax and planning issues and has been retained as a tax consultant by other legal professionals. In addition to running the Royal Law Firm PLLC, she is Of Counsel for a prominent New York-based law firm and advises on the firm’s international tax matters. She remains committed to making women empowerment and diversifying the face of wealth. Through the Royal Law Firm PLLC, she has developed a multinational family collaboration between India and the US supporting exceptional legal professionals in the field.
Priya is on the Board of STEP Mid-Atlantic as Treasurer. She is also on the Tax Steering Committee at the DC Bar and was the Vice-Chair of the DC Bar Steering Committee in Estates, Trusts, and Probate Law (ETPL). She was named Rising Star by Super Lawyers in 2021. She is a frequent speaker and author in the tax and trusts & estates field. She has been published by the ABA, Bloomberg Tax, and various trade journals, including Heritage Auctions, and is a frequent speaker at bar associations, national, and international conferences and events, including the DC Bar, NAPABA, SABA, USPTO, National Appraisal Institute, AIP, and various podcasts. She is an Accredited Estate Planner (AEP) and International Trusts and Estates Practitioner (TEP) and was awarded Trailblazing Attorney of the Year by the DC Bar Communities. Priya has a JD and LL.M. from Villanova, a BA from Rutgers, and an MBA from APUS. She is conversant in Hindi, Tamil, Spanish, and French.
