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'''Global Organization of People of Indian Origin''' (GOPIO) is an international network of ] (PIO). '''Global Organization of People of Indian Origin''' (GOPIO) is an international network of ] (PIO).


==History== ==History==
GOPIO was founded at the First Global Convention of People of Indian Origin in ] in 1989. The initial thrust of GOPIO was fighting ] violation of people of Indian origin. GOPIO was founded at the First Global Convention of People of Indian Origin in ] in 1989. The name GOPIO was adopted by the Steering Committee formed after the First Global Convention. The initial thrust of GOPIO was fighting ] violation against people of Indian origin.


Although this has been improved in the last one decade, human rights violations continue to be a major issue for PIOs living outside ]. GOPIO has now set its priorities in pooling its resources, both financial and professional, for the benefit of PIOs, the countries they come from and India. Although this has been improved in the last decade, human rights violations continue to be a major issue for PIOs living outside ]. GOPIO has now set its priorities in pooling its resources, both financial and professional, for the benefit of PIOs, the countries they come from and India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gopio.net/|title=Global Organization for People of Indian Origin}}</ref>


GOPIO's Founder President is Dr. ] who served since inception till 2004. Inder Singh took over as president in 2004 and served till 2009 when ], a member of the ] in London was elected. Lord Rana was followed by Ashook Ramsaran who served from 2011 to 2016. Niraj Baxi of ] served from March 2016 to December 2017. The incumbent president of the GOPIO is Sunny Kulathakal from Bahrain. The Founder President was elected again as the Chairman of GOPIO in 2016. In 2009, GOPIO launched GOPIO Foundation For People of Indian Origin with Dr. Thomas Abraham as its first Executive Trustee.<ref>{{cite news
The incumbent president of the GOPIO is ], a ] politician represents the ] of Indian origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:ntElIgl3XeUJ:www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx%3FARTID%3D10380+P+P+Devaraj&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=lk|title=Int’l meeting of people of Indian origin begins today in SL|accessdate=2008-04-20|date= March 28, 2008|format=|work=|publisher=Wijeya Newspapers Ltd.}}</ref>
|title=GOPIO Launches Foundation For People of Indian Origin with Dr. Thomas Abraham as it Executive Trustee

|url=http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=8159
==Statistics==
|newspaper=India Journal
{|class="wikitable"
|date=August 27, 2009
|-
|accessdate=February 22, 2009
!Continent / Country||Articles||Overseas Indian Population
}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
|''']'''|| ||13,700,000
|-
|]|| ||4,000,000<ref>. ]. January 07, 2001.</ref>
|-
|]||], ], ]||2,400,000
|-
|]||], ],<br>]||2,000,000<ref name=littleindia>. Little India.</ref>
|-
|]|| ||1,500,000<ref name="ICHAP3">http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter3.pdf</ref>
|-
|]|| ||1,300,000<ref>http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/12988.asp</ref>
|-
|]||]||850,000<ref>Data for 2001. From Lal, Brij V. (Gen. ed.), The Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora. Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2006, p.144</ref>
|-
|]|| ||450,000<ref name="ICHAP3" />
|-
|]||], ]||320,000
|-
|]|| ||295,000<ref name="ICHAP4">http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter4.pdf</ref>
|-
|]|| ||150,000<ref name="ICHAP3" />
|-
|]|| ||125,000<ref name="ICHAP3" />
|-
|]|| ||65,000
|-
|] (], ], ])||]||62,300
|-
|]||], ]||125,000
|-
|]||], ]||55,000<ref name=littleindia/>
|-
|]|| ||45,000<ref name="ICHAP9">http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter9.pdf</ref>
|-
|]||]||4,100,000
|-
|]|| ||16,400
|-
|]|| ||11,000<ref name=littleindia/>
|-
|]|| ||9,000<ref name="ICHAP1">http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter1.pdf</ref>
|-
|]|| ||9,000<ref name="ICHAP4" />
|-
|]|| ||7,600<ref name=littleindia/>
|-
|]|| ||2000<ref>See ]</ref>
|-
|]|| ||#
|-
|]|| ||1,800<ref name=littleindia/>
|-
|]|| ||1,500<ref name=littleindia/>
|-
|]|| ||1,200<ref name="ICHAP2">http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter2.pdf</ref>
|-
|]|| ||1000<ref name="ICHAP2" />
|-
|]|| ||800<ref name="ICHAP2" />
|-
|]|| ||700<ref name="ICHAP2" />
|-
|]|| ||700<ref name="ICHAP2" />
|-
|]|| ||320<ref name=littleindia/>
|-
|]|| ||300<ref name=littleindia/>
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
|''']'''|| ||2,300,000<ref name="population"></ref>
|-
|]||], ]||1,100,000<ref name="ICHAP10">http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter10.pdf</ref>
|-
|]||]||217,000<ref name="ICHAP11">http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter11.pdf</ref>
|-
|]||]||80,000
|-
|]|| ||75,000<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||71,500<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||70,000<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||29,000<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||16,000<ref name=littleindia/>
|-
|]|| ||13,500<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||12,000<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||11,000<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||7,000<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||7,000<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||6,000<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||3,500<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||2,500<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||1,600<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|-
|]|| ||1,200<ref name="ICHAP11" />
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
|''']'''|| ||4,200,000
|-
|]||], ],<br>]||2,100,000<ref name="ICHAP13">http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter13.pdf</ref>
|-
|]||], ]||960,000<ref name="ICHAP14">http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter14.pdf</ref>
|-
|]||], ]||525,000<ref name="ICHAP16">http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter16.pdf</ref>
|-
|]||], ]||327,000
|-
|]||]||175,000<ref>See ]</ref>
|-
|]||], ]||90,000<ref>http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rop3=102818&rog3=JM/</ref>
|-
|]||]||41,000<ref>See ]</ref>
|-
|]||]||16,900
|-
|]||]||9,000<ref>See ]</ref>
|-
|]||]||21,500{{fact|date=January 2008}}
|-
|]||]||4,700<ref>See ]</ref>
|-
|]||]||4,500{{fact|date=January 2008}}
|-
|]||]||2,200<ref name=littleindia/>
|-
|]||]||1,600
|-
|]||]||1,100<ref name=littleindia/>
|-
|]||], ]||500<ref name=littleindia/>
|-
|]||]||400<ref name=littleindia/>
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
|''']'''|| ||2,800,000
|-
|]||],<br>]||1,300,000<ref name="ICHAP7">http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter7.pdf</ref>
|-
|]||]||855,000
|-
|]||]||220,000<ref name="ICHAP8">http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter8.pdf</ref>
|-
|]|| ||100,000<ref name="ICHAP8" />
|-
|]|| ||90,000<ref name="ICHAP8" />
|-
|]|| ||90,000<ref>See ]</ref>
|-
|]|| ||28,000<ref name="ICHAP8" />
|-
|]||Indian Language School ]||25,000<ref name="ICHAP8" />
|-
|]|| ||21,000<ref name="ICHAP8" />
|-
|]|| ||20,000<ref name="ICHAP3" />
|-
|]|| ||16,000<ref name="ICHAP8" />
|-
|]||]||9,000<ref name="ICHAP8" />
|-
|]|| ||6,000<ref name="ICHAP8" />
|-
|]||]||5,000<ref name="ICHAP8" />
|-
|]|| ||3,800<ref name="ICHAP8" />
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
|''']'''|| ||600,000
|-
|]||]||340,000<ref>See ]</ref>
|-
|]||], ]||235,000<ref></ref>
|-
|]||]||105,000<ref></ref>
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
|'''Total Overseas Indian Population'''|| ||24,000,000
|}


==See also== ==See also==
* ] * ]
* ] * ]


==Notes== ==References==
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* History of Indian London with objects and images * History of Indian London with objects and images
* News snippets about GOPIO * News snippets about GOPIO
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510134104/http://www.gopiosv.org/ |date=2012-05-10 }}
* Organization of immigrants in USA
* IPF UAE Official Website
{{NRI-PIO}}
{{Indian diaspora}}


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Latest revision as of 00:51, 14 December 2022

Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) is an international network of people of Indian origin (PIO).

History

GOPIO was founded at the First Global Convention of People of Indian Origin in New York City in 1989. The name GOPIO was adopted by the Steering Committee formed after the First Global Convention. The initial thrust of GOPIO was fighting human rights violation against people of Indian origin.

Although this has been improved in the last decade, human rights violations continue to be a major issue for PIOs living outside India. GOPIO has now set its priorities in pooling its resources, both financial and professional, for the benefit of PIOs, the countries they come from and India.

GOPIO's Founder President is Dr. Thomas Abraham who served since inception till 2004. Inder Singh took over as president in 2004 and served till 2009 when Lord Diljit Rana, a member of the House of Lords in London was elected. Lord Rana was followed by Ashook Ramsaran who served from 2011 to 2016. Niraj Baxi of Silicon Valley, California served from March 2016 to December 2017. The incumbent president of the GOPIO is Sunny Kulathakal from Bahrain. The Founder President was elected again as the Chairman of GOPIO in 2016. In 2009, GOPIO launched GOPIO Foundation For People of Indian Origin with Dr. Thomas Abraham as its first Executive Trustee.

See also

References

  1. "Global Organization for People of Indian Origin".
  2. "GOPIO Launches Foundation For People of Indian Origin with Dr. Thomas Abraham as it Executive Trustee". India Journal. August 27, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2009.

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