[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 131 (Saturday, September 26, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1827]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     TRIBUTE TO SWADESH CHATTERJEE

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                          HON. DAVID E. PRICE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, September 26, 1998

  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I want to offer my 
congratulations to a respected citizen of my district and a national 
leader of the Indian-American community, Swadesh Chatterjee, on his 
election to the presidency of one of the oldest and best-known Indian-
American organizations in the nation, the Indian American Forum for 
Political Education. A recent gathering of more than 500 members of 
IAFPE unanimously elected Mr. Chatterjee. There could be no stronger 
advocate for the American-Indian community nor a more adept leader than 
Swadesh Chatterjee to guide the IAFPE into the next century, and we are 
proud that he calls North Carolina home.
  Since his immigration to America from Calcutta, India in 1980, 
Swadesh Chatterjee has been a leader in North Carolina's business 
community. Swadesh began as the plant manager of Brandt Instruments, a 
manufacturer of process control instrumentation located in the Raleigh-
Durham area. He was quickly promoted to Executive Vice President, then 
to the position of President, where he has served for the past five 
years. Under his guidance, Brandt Instruments's operating profits have 
grown 170% in the last three years.
  Swadesh Chatterjee has been an important leader of the growing 
Indian-American community in North Carolina. This community is 
noteworthy for the many accomplished professionals and business people 
it contains, for its strong emphasis on education, family life, and the 
preservation of cultural traditions, and for its contributions to the 
wider community. Swadesh Chatterjee is proud of this community, as they 
are of him, and we are all delighted that his leadership will now be 
extended nationwide. I am honored to represent Swadesh Chatterjee and 
his family and to know him as a friend, and I am pleased to commend his 
leadership and his achievements before my colleagues in the House 
today.

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