US policymakers Mr. Bill Shuster, Mr. Bob Shuster and Ms. Kanika Choudhary took time from their busy schedule to visit Abhyudaya and interacted with core volunteers / students. As they were very keen on knowing about the service projects going on in India, Mr. Devanand, Executive Team Member facilitated their visit to Abhyudaya.
Mr. Bill Shuster served as the US representative for Pennsylvania 9th district from 2001 to 2019 and continues to be actively engaged in the social domain.
Mr. Bob Shuster is a legal counsel and consultant from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania involved in representing companies before the Federal Government and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Kanika Choudhary is the Special Envoy from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to India.
Abhyudaya volunteers greeted the delegates with traditional Indian Aaarati. The team watched an overview video about Abhyudaya and were appreciative of the ongoing projects. Mr. Bill Shuster talked about enabling student exchange programs for Indian students at US universities and vice versa. The team briefly discussed about spreading the social activities of Abhyudaya in the US as well.
Prof. Vidyashankar narrated the growth of Abhyudaya over the 20 years. Further, he recalled lots of memories of his stay in the Pittsburgh area including mathematical specialties associated with Pittsburgh area codes and highways which the US team rejoiced.
Abhyudaya volunteers arranged for a traditional farewell for the guests and handed out mementos.