MEANA (Malayalee Engineers Association in North America)
Malayalee Engineers Association in North America (MEANA) is a non-profit, non-political fellowship of Malayalee engineers in the USA. The primary objective is to provide a platform for sharing common interests of the engineers with Malayalee origin, find resolution for issues and contribute to the betterment of the society as a whole as well as address specific needs of home state Kerala. Current activities include Project-1000,[1] a scholarship program to support Engineering Education in Kerala, Project Homeland, a program that has been initiated in 2007 to try and assist various initiatives in Kerala from an engineering standpoint.[2] MEANA also honors outstanding contributions of Malayalee Engineers via its Engineer of the year award every year.[3]
MEANA has its headquarters in Chicago, IL, USA and has started establishing chapters in various states in the USA starting in 2007.[4] The Florida chapter was the first outside Chicago.[5]