Naperville’s NICO celebrates I-Day

NAPERVILLE, IL—Naperville Indian Community Outreach (NICO) organized 2016 India Day Parade and celebration at Knoch Park in Naperville IL on August 14.

A huge number of people participated in the celebration of the 70th Independence Day of India. The parade began at 5 pm from Naperville Central High School to Knoch Park with colorful floats, and invited Indian community leaders and business sponsors.

The Platinum sponsor was Naperville Tech. Companies, Partners for Achievement, and the Golden sponsor was Health-driven Edward-Elmhurst, Suga Builders, Euclid Beverage, Haldiram , Prime Real Estate and Arlington Rental.

The silver sponsors were Professional Mortgage Solutions, Inc, Nicor Gas, Shreeji, Midwest Auto Body, Orochem, Spice Mart, Sling , Allstate, Ridhi Raheja.

The bronze sponsors were AT&T, Lubrication Engineers, Johngreene, FirstMerit Bank, AD Time Marketing, First Community Finance Bank, Kellton Tech, Bitwise, Oxford bank, Old Second First Bank & Trust.

Media partners were Hi India, TV Asia, NCTV17, India Post, India Bulletin, Desi Talk, The Desi Times, Desworld TV, Desi Junction.

The entire program was in association with Consulate General of Chicago, India.

The Consul General Of India Dr. Ausuf Sayed, City of Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico, Lt Governor Sangainetti (Illinois), Lokesh Muni, Mafat Patel, Grand Sponsor (Patel Brothers), Iftekhar Shareef and Dr. Bharat Barai congratulated the community on the special occasion for India.

Bollywood singer Sunidhi Chauhan crooned Indian film songs.