From left: Debadutta Dash (Co-chair of WASITRAC), Consul General of India Ambassador V. Ashok, Congressman Jim McDermott and Habib M. Habib (Co-chair of WASITRAC)
The Washington State and India Trade Relations Action Committee took part in a luncheon meeting between Seattle Congressman Jim McDermott and the visiting Consul General of India, Ambassador Venkatesan Ashok. Congressman Jim McDermott is the only member of US Congress who has visited India 26 times in the span of over 2 decades. He is also the honorary chair of WASITRAC, the Seattle based non-profit advocacy group working for a stronger bilateral trade relations between the Washington State and India. Ambassador Ashok took charge as the new Consul General of India in San Francisco on 21 November 2014. (end)