Vice President
Meena Bharti is an avid traveler who enjoys outdoors. She loves meeting new people and fostering connections. She works at 3M in Credit risk group in finance. As a major advocate of Diversity and inclusion, she is part of 3M finance D&I board and also involved in 3M WLF leading External Connections group.
She has been living in twin cities from last 20 years with her two daughters and husband. She helps out on her daughter’s high school Robotics team as a treasurer. When she is not occupied with any of above mentioned activities, she likes to go hiking and listening to podcasts. There is no doubt that she is a big foodie who enjoys experimenting with new foods.
Treasurer
Mukund is a Sr IT Professional at Sovos Compliance. Mukund is from Raichur, Karnataka. He currently lives in Corcoran, MN with his wife Roopa Kulkarni and 2 Boys- Shresta Kulkarni and Sumeru Kulkarni . Mukund has been living in MN over 11 years.
Mukund loves traveling, hiking ,camping and very active runner. Mukund runs full andhalf Marathon every year. Mukund is also a head coach in Wayzata Basket Ball team (2-8 Year kids) and is part of Cultural committee in Sangeetha Kannada Koota.
Gen. Secretary
President
Tanwi Mookherjee Prigge is a proud mother to a sweet 11-year old Raina, a wife to her best friend Jason and a daughter to her loving Bengali parents. Inspired by her mother, she started volunteering at a young age for Mother Teresa and Ram Krishna Mission. She has been a resident of Minnesota for the last 15 years. Tanwi has been an IT professional that believes in service to others through her profession and volunteer work. She is currently self-employed. She believes in making a difference through action, positivism, kindness and generosity. She enjoys working with kids and women in various communities, through her volunteer work, drama/theater/music and encourages folks to step out of their comfort zone and have fun. She is excited about Outreach and Government relations this year with IAM, working with the Indian community and the community-at-large because she believes it takes each of us to make a difference for all of us. She wants to advocate for health equity in our communities, especially within women, children and seniors. Tanwi enjoys listening to NPR, enjoys politics and discussions around it, music, volunteering, watching movies, reading and pursues several other interests. She also learns Italian and loves all things Italian. Tanwi’s favorite quote: “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” — Muhammad Ali
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