Indian American to head Gandhi Mandela Foundation in US
The Hindu
Indian American businessman and a Democratic Party leader in the US, Lutfi Hassan, who migrated to the US from Hyderabad in the early 1980s, joined the Gandhi Mandela Foundation (GMF) as a trust member on Thursday.
Founder chairman of the Apex Group of Companies in the US, Mr. Hassan took oath as the chairman of the Foundation for the Americas – US and the region. He was administered oath by secretary general of the GMF Nandan Jha at the Foundation headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday.
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