Leadership

President

Vijayesh Roy

Email: president@mnbangali.org

Vijayesh Roy has been a member of BAM since 1997. Most recently he served as Chair of BAM Advisory
& Compliance Committee (ACC) in 2020 and 2021, and as Member, ACC in 2019. Vijayesh also served on
the Constitution Revisit & Drafting Committee (CRC) from 2017 to 2018 which was charged with drafting
the new BAM Constitution and Byelaws that were adopted in 2018. Vijayesh has been involved in
various BAM committees and activities over the years such Durga Puja, Food, Logistics & Pratima
Transportation, Bijoya Sammelan, and ad hoc volunteer duties at BAM events such as serving food,
ticketing & registration, after-event cleanup, and moderating General Body Meetings, as needed.
Vijayesh has over 35 years of professional and leadership experience in a wide variety of legal, editorial,
management and business roles, as well as a long history of leading and working with volunteers in not-
for-profit settings. He served as President of Thomson Reuters’ Asian Affinity Network (formerly known
as Asian Heritage Employee Resource Group) for eight years. He currently is a Director on the Central
Executive Committees of his local MN DFL Senate and Congressional Districts and has participated in
their community volunteer programs, and served on their Constitution & Rules Committee and their
Nominations Committees that screens and nominates candidates for open elected positions. Other past
volunteer service includes serving on the organizing committee for the National Asian Pacific Bar
Association (NAPABA) Regional Convention, and as the Secretary of the Bengali Association of Greater
Rochester, New York (BAGR).

Vice President

Soumitro Tarafder

Email: vice.president@mnbangali.org

Secretary

Devasree Mukherjee

Email: secretary@mnbangali.org

Devasree Mukherjee who goes by Debbie has been a resident of the twin cities since 1996. She has been an active member of the community since then, volunteering in various events including cultural and outreach activities. She has participated in many cultural events in the BAM community along with other cultural organizations within the twin cities. During her tenure as the Outreach Chair, BAM won a prestigious award at the 2021 IAM IndiaFest. She has also been the Education chair at HSMN’s Hindu American Temple School for two years from 2020-2022. She currently volunteers as a Dharma and Language teacher at the School.
Debbie’s vision for BAM is to build a community that its members are proud to be a part of.
As her day job, Debbie works as a Vice President of the Enterprise Document Management platform at U.S. Bank.
Debbie has two kids, a son, Neal who is studying medicine at the University of California San Francisco, and a daughter Rani who is studying Hospitality Management at Cornell University.

Treasurer

Subarno Pal

Email: treasurer@mnbangali.org

Cultural Chair

Ambuja Goswami

Email: cultural.chair@mnbangali.org

“Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much” Hellen Keller

I have been living in Minneapolis for the last 13.5 years with my family. It took me some time to adjust to the winter, but now I proudly call it my home . My volunteering journey started in my daughter’s school district , and I have volunteered in various capacities from lunch room to chairing cultural committee . Interestingly, I followed my daughter’s footsteps in volunteering on the BAM platform . As a family, we volunteered in BAM events and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves . I look forward to serving the community with other team members . I firmly believe that there is more power in “we “ than just “I” .

Ambuja Goswami
BAM Cultural Chair

Communication Chair

Prashant Roy

Email: communication.chair@mnbangali.org

Prashant has been a member of BAM since 2015.

Prashant is deeply invested in cultural preservation and is passionate about ensuring that our rich traditions are passed on to the next generation. His love for food, family and spirituality is at the heart of everything he does.

Since joining BAM he has served in food subcommittee for several years. His family’s active participation in cultural events highlights their collective dedication to passing on our rich traditions to future generations.

Beyond his community work, he enjoys sports and gardening, and has a love for active lifestyle.

Prashant is married to Shilpi Chatterjee and together they have one daughter Sana Roy.

 

ACC Chair

Abhijeet Sarkar

Email: acc@mnbangali.org

Abhijit has been a resident of the Twin Cities for 16 years now and has played an active role in our community’s affairs. Over the years he has contributed to BAM activities in many ways, such as member of external artist committee that brought famous band “Bhoomi” in 2011 and “Chandari” in 2008, member of organizing committee of a BAM charitable event in 2007. Outside of Twin cities, Abhijit was “Food Committee Chair” of Bengali Association of Maryland, “Prantik” in 1997-98. He was also “Cultural Chair” in 1999 and “Food Char” in 2000 for “Sanskriti”, Maryland and DC. As a member of ACC, Abhijit would like to provide right guidance and recommendation to the BOD of BAM for executing all events. He will also encourage youth to come forward and join BAM events to bring new ideas and innovation.

ACC Member

Sayan Mukherjee

Email: acc@mnbangali.org

ACC Member

Sanjib Basak

Email: acc@mnbangali.org