The 10th Vokaligara Parishat of America Convention which was be held in Palo Alto, California (Silicon Valley) during June 29th through Sunday, July 1st, 2007 was a huge success. More than 400 people from all across USA and India attended this 3-day event. The event was filled with cultural, entertainment, fashion show , comedy programs. Captain Neil Prakash with his keynote speech shared his experiences in battlefied in Iraq, Prof. Krsihne Gowda enteratined with his comediy act, Kumar Malavalli shared his entreprenurial advises during the Business Forum. Fashion show, Continuing Medical Education (CME) for physicians was educational and earned CME credits as well. Women, Youth, & Community Service sessions were of big success too!

The convention theme was "From the Soil to Silicon" focused not only on the contributions of our fellow VPA members in the United States but also, the recent success stories that have emerged out of Bangalore. Indeed, no one can dispute the fact that our community has played a key role in helping Bangalore become a household name around the world. As such, our Convention’s was to to explore these successes as well as use the opportunity to uncover new ones.

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