Dr Prabir Neogi is an engineer and completed his Ph.D. at Imperial College, London. He came to Canada in 1967 and has lived in Ottawa since 1971. Prabir joined the Government of Ca...view moreDr Prabir Neogi is an engineer and completed his Ph.D. at Imperial College, London. He came to Canada in 1967 and has lived in Ottawa since 1971. Prabir joined the Government of Canada in 1977, and worked as a researcher, senior policy analyst and project leader for the Department of Communications and then Industry Canada, retiring in 2012. An active member of the Indo-Canadian community of Ottawa, he has served on the executive committees of India Canada Association (ICA), Indo-Canadian Community Centre (ICCC), and Deshantari, where he chairs the Seniors Program committee. Over the last 40 years, he has participated in and contributed to several initiatives to foster the heritage of Indo-Canadians.view less