Where there is a will, there is a way

Dr. Mohan Venigalla is an Associate Professor in the Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering Dept. at the George Mason University. An active participant, Shri Mohan is a picture of exuberance when we broach this topic of the 2007 TANA at Washington. Ask him how he makes time for organising he replies, “Where there is a will there is a way.”

The gentleman visited the TANA held at Detroit to get a feel of how things work and now he is all set to volunteer and to make this event a grand success. A co-chairperson of the cultural committee Mohan says this is a 1.6 million dollar venture which needs to be managed professionally. He adds, “It is based on the estimates that is available right now. Some of the volunteers have professional management experience and key positions should be allocated to people who are qualified and who can get the job done efficiently. With an element of efficiency and better organisation/co-ordination, one can better the work and even avoid stress in the the last week.”

Mohan further adds, “The core team consists of four people. There are two to 300 people volunteering and we have about 32 committees. All of us work 9 to 5 and we make time between work and family life.” About Clinton’s presence at the TANA, Mohan says, “Clinton coming to TANA is the recognition of the Telugu numerical strength. Indians by far are the most prosperous people here and the Telugus are the richest here, and any recognition from the Former President of the United States means a lot to us. If Clinton says that Telugu community is a force to be reckoned with..people do take notice. That will put us on the map of the political forum.”