Career
Foreign the Texas businessman and philanthropist, see Tom Abraham. He is also president of Innovative Research and Products, Incorporated., Stamford, Connecticut, United States of America
Doctor Abraham, born, September 11, 1948, has been influential in the NRI/PIO movement over the last four decades. Doctor Abraham coined the word PIO (people of Indian origin) in 1989, when he put together the First Convention of People of Indian Origin in New New York
Doctor Abraham initiated several NRI/PIO Indian community institutions in the last 36 years, as follows:
1.
Federation of Indian Association (FIA) of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut – 1977 (Served as President till 1981)
2. National Federation of Indian-American Associations (NFIA) – 1980 (Served as President from 1980-"86 and as Chairman 1986-"92)
3.
Global Organization for People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) – 1989 (Served as Convener and President, 1989–2004. Chairman 2004-2009)
4.
Indian American Kerala Cultural and Civic Center – 1993 (Served as Chairman of the Board from 1997–2004)
5.
Jagdish Bhagwati Chair for Indian Political Economy at Columbia University ($40 million endowment) – 1992-2000 (Served Company-Chairman)
6. National Indian American Association for Senior Citizens (NIAASC) – 1998
7.
South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS) – 2000
8.
The Indus Nanotechnology Association (TINA) – Launched October 2007
Doctor Abraham was also recognized with Distinguished Alumni Award at the 4th Convocation of the Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) in Jaipur on November 15, 2008.
