About

South West Washington Indian Cultural and Charitable Association (SWWICCA) is an Indian American non-profit organization based in Vancouver-Camas area. Its primary objective is to bring Indian community in South West Washington together and promote Indian culture in Vancouver, WA metro area.
It provides an excellent opportunity for the children to learn about the rich and ancient cultural heritage of India, through organizing various cultural, art and literacy events. SWWICCA also promotes and fosters goodwill between local people and the people of Indian origin through cultural exchanges and charity for local unprivileged people. It is categorized as 501(3)(c) under IRS tax rules.

Our Goal

The primary goal of the organization is to raise awareness of the work of nonprofit events around Vancouver metro and encourage members and volunteers to participate and support charity events. Secure require resources and funding to continue our mission. Conduct cultural and social events to encourage children and youth to learn about Indian culture and rich heritage.

Executive Leaders

Dr. Mukesh Thawani
President

Dr. Mukesh joined the Organization in 2013 and worked as Secretary prior to this role and is instrumental in bringing many new and diversified members into this organization.

Rama Sarma Palepu
Secretary

Rama Sarma joined the organization in 2013 and worked in many roles including chief event coordinator and Treasurer before assuming the Secretary in 2020.

Srikanth Gorrepati
Treasurer

Srikanth is one of the senior members and has been managing food and vendors for swwicca cultural events for last few years.

Executive Members:
- Arun Kumar Reddy Dodla
- Bharathi Arivazhagan
- Karthika Krishnasamy (Cultural Secretary - Events)
- Nanu Iyer
- Poonam Vaswani
- Ramesh Andey (Charter & Board Member)
- Sarabjit Teja
- Srikanth Gorrepati
-Surendra Gupta
- Dr. Venu Parachuri (Cultural Secretary - Tech)
- Akanksha Singh

We're here for You

Please Contact us at swwicca@gmail.com or call us at (360) 797-5594.