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AIO - Alpha Iota Omicron

Colors	Black, Blue, and Silver
Symbol	Shield
Founded	October 16, 1998 at University of Michigan
Type	Professional/Social Fraternity
Scope	National
Headquarters	1040 Hampton St. Atlanta, GA, 30318
Chapters	3 Chapters
Homepage	http://www.aiogt.com/

Alpha Iota Omicron National Fraternity, Inc. (AIO) Alpha Iota Omicron is a fraternity dedicated to providing males the means for success in a changing global society. Established on October 16, 1998, at the University of Michigan, AIO was the vision of a group of eighteen motivated young men who came together to begin brainstorming the foundation and ideals of a South Asian interest fraternity. This resulted in the development of the four fundamental principles of AIO: Brotherhood, Networking, Promoting South Asian Culture, and Community Service. Founded in 1998, Alpha Iota Omicron Fraternity has grown to become a National fraternity with chapters across the Midwest, and is the first South Asian interest Fraternity in the Midwest.

Contents 1 Founding 1.1 Background: University of Michigan 1.2 Founding Fathers 1.3 National Founding Fathers 1.4 Legacy 2 Principles 2.1 Brotherhood 2.2 Networking 2.3 Community Service 2.4 Promoting South Asian Culture 3 Professionalism 3.1 Alumni Network 3.2 Corporate Contacts 3.3 Professional Development 4 Chapters 4.1 Chapters 4.2 External Links

The Alpha Chapter of Alpha Iota Omicron was founded on October 16, 1998 at the University of Michigan. The Founding Fathers are composed of the Alpha and Beta Class. Eighteen invididuals with common ideals came together and laid down the foundation for the principles of the fraternity.

Alpha/Founding Fathers

• Mr. Amit Mahesh Patel
• Mr. Amit Pradipkumar Patel
• Dr. Mehul Bipin Amin
• Dr. Mohit Rastogi
• Mr. Nihar Harihar Kulkarni
• Mr. Ram Dharmarjan
• Mr. Ravikanth Maddipati
• Mr. Ronjit Singh Sandhu
• Mr. Salil Mehta
• Mr. Sandeev Sarna
• Dr. Suketu Jayanti Patel

Beta/Founding Fathers

• Mr. Parijat Vimal Gandhi
• Mr. Sagar Janveja
• Mr. Samir Rasikant Dhanani
• Mr. Sanjay Sharma
• Mr. Srujan Kumar Bodepudi
• Mr. Vikas Raman Patel
• Mr. Vishal Sharma

Principles are the foundation of the fraternity. The four fundamental principles of AIO are: Brotherhood, Networking, Promoting South Asian Culture, and Community Service.

Brotherhood serves as the foundation from which the pillars of the fraternity are built. Brothers of Alpha Iota Omicron consider their brotherhood the strongest alive. Not only do Brothers of AIO create strong bonds throughout college, but this unity also emerges into lifetime friendships. Furthermore, it is the belief of our fraternity that each older Brother be a mentor to the younger Brothers in order to ease the transition of individuals from high school to college and then from college into the professional world. It is these resources that allows AIO to constantly provide its Brothers with events for social interaction, mentorship for academic improvement, and workshops for professional development. This guidance tends to present our Brothers with versatility and an added advantage in their academic and professional pursuits.

Coinciding with the fraternity’s goals of professional development, networking is an essential art that must be learned and instilled in individual brothers to ensure their personal successes. Strong relationships in any scenario are crucial to accomplishing an organization or a person’s ambitions. Learning to network with all races, cultures, and organizations provides the vehicle to achieve those relationships. Being able to interact and relate with diverse groups of people gives a brother a broad spectrum on the professional world. Networking creates opportunities and AIO prides itself on the relationships it has created internally as well as externally with numerous local, national, and global organizations. It is our collaboration with these entities that provides us with a broad scope of involvement and is essential to the diversity we strive for. Our efforts have been noticed with the presentation of many awards and AIO being the topic of several national media publications.

The founders of AIO believed that as citizens and residents of the land of opportunity it is our job to help those who are not as lucky. Helping those who are not as blessed as our own brothers, people who do not have the ability to attend college or better their lives, individuals who, thru birth have been systemically diminished in confidence and character. Alpha Iota Omicron works to bring the attention of not only the brothers, by all those that can help, to focus on the problems in society as well as problems that plague the world. By giving back to the community and campus we are not only contributing but also raising awareness for various causes and organizations. Leading by example, AIO strives to organize and execute community service events to show our appreciation and dedication for others. Every little act helps, and AIO, thru its brothers strives to make a difference.

Alpha Iota Omicron has a rich history of promotion of South Asian Culture. From hosting Garba events, to hosting South Asian film festivals, from helping create South Asian forums, to winning awards at such South Asian events as SASA; Alpha Iota Omicron has always worked to promote the culture of the South Asian sub-continent. The reason AIO does this is to add to the diversity of society as well as increase awareness of our uniquity. By promoting South Asian culture we also work to learn about all the other cultures of the world. This cultural exchange works to both help and unite our community and our fraternity.

• Α - University of Michigan [1]
• Β - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [2]
• Γ - Georgia Institute of Technology [3]

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