Tamal Bhattacharya
President, Sanskriti, 2024
President’s Note
January 2024
Dear Members and Friends,
A new year with new beginnings! I am delighted to be of service to you as the President of the Sanskriti Board of Directors (BOD) 2024.
I would like to thank my predecessor, Mr. Tapash Ghosh and BOD 2023, and BOD 2022 and its President, Mr. Bishwanath “Bishu” Chatterjee for their dedication and tireless work in the service of the Sanskriti community. I was privileged and humbled to serve with them.
I cannot but recognize the invaluable work, energy, and spirit of our awesome Sanskriti volunteers, who are always there during our hour of need, and the counsel and advice of our experienced and senior members. I could not move forward without presenting to you the members of BOD 2024, who have stepped forward and earned the trust and confidence of the Sanskriti community. Sanskriti BOD members take much time out of their personal lives to serve you. So please engage and cheer our BOD members, wherever you meet them and help us as volunteers during our events. We depend on it.
As President of Sanskriti BOD 2024, I intend to improve Sanskriti’s operating budget, continue to update, modernize, and automate our business processes, expand our donor base, expand our outreach to like-minded organizations, enhance youth participation in our events and activities, increase awareness and engagements regarding significant challenges in reserving public facilities for our events, establish, engage, and utilize informal subcommittees or volu-nteer groups to seek advice on Sanskriti’s strategic issues and help during our events.
Our first event of 2024 is coming up soon! Saraswati Puja will be celebrated on February 18, 2024, at Clarksburg High School in Clarksburg, MD. Please join us in celebrating Ma Saraswati and our youth. I am also pleased to inform you that our Boishakhi celebration will take place on 18th May, followed by our Annual Picnic on 24th August. Lastly, our largest event of the year, Durga Puja will be celebrated from 12 to 13 October.
Please donate generously to our beloved Sanskriti, as we strive to bring the best that our community has to offer during our events and activities. Your donations also enable us to distribute funds to various local and worldwide charitable causes that Sanskriti had supported in the past and a well-endowed Sanskriti is also an investment in our future generations, who would carry on the legacy of Sanskriti. You can donate online on our website using Stripe or send us a check, payable to Sanskriti. We would greatly appreciate it.
As always please follow our announcements through our emails or on our website and Facebook page.
I look forward to meeting you at our events. If you require any assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to me at president@sanskriti-dc.org.
Thank you and have a wonderful year ahead.
Tamal Bhattacharya