The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank, the official export-credit agency of the United States, has appointed Indian American entrepreneur and investor Frank F Islam, of McLean, Virginia, as a member of the Bank's Advisory Committee for 2010 to offer expert guidance on small businesses. The Advisory Committee of the Ex-Im Bank - an independent, self-sustaining federal agency that helps to create and maintain US jobs by financing the sales of US exports, primarily to emerging markets … [Read more...]
Articles
Frank blogs regularly for the Huffington Post and writes occasional columns and articles for publications such as the International Business Times and The Economic Times of India.
Frank writes on a wide variety of topics that are critical to shaping the future of America and the American dream and to making the United States and the world a better place. These include: Business; education; poverty and inequality; politics and public policy; immigration; manufacturing; innovation; leadership; citizenship; and social commentary.
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THE HUMAN SPILL: A CRISIS IGNORED
In his first address from the oval office, President Barack Obama described the oil spill as “the worst environmental disaster America has faced” and a “crisis”. The oil spill is devastating and indeed it is a major crisis that will have long term consequences for the gulf coast and its residents for years and probably decades to come. There is another spill, however, that is approaching crisis proportions that could have far greater consequences for the entire United States and for the … [Read more...]
Building peace through inter-communal harmony
Article on Mr. Islam’s Community Service
Frank joined the board of Statedemocracy Foundation in 2007 as its Chairman. He helped the organization in developing cutting edge technology with hundreds of hours of volunteer service. He was also instrumental in having the Foundation develop two facebook applications for the social networking users to register to vote & request an absentee ballot. As a direct result of his ingenuity and technical know-how, over 80,000 people registered to vote online and 110,000 requested … [Read more...]
AMU signs MoU with George Washington University Law School
Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the George Washington University Law School, USA, which will facilitate faculty members, researchers and Ph.D. students from each other institution to participate for a semester or two as Visiting Scholars for the purpose of conducting research. The mutual cooperation envisaged individual scholars from both the law institutions to establish contacts and develop mutual interests. The major area of … [Read more...]
Entrepreneurship can change India
Article Written by Mr. Islam on the Occasion of Aligarh World Alumni Summit
‘Success to me is achieving goals I set for myself’
Election of Frank F. Islam to Strathmore Board of Directors
Contact: Georgina Javor (301) 581-5194 gjavor@strathmore.org Strathmore Announces Election of New Board Member Frank F. Islam joins Strathmore’s Board of Directors N. Bethesda, MD: Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc., an established arts presenter and cultural destination, announced today the election of two new board members, one of which is a County Executive appointee. The Strathmore Board of Directors, and Ike Leggett, the Montgomery County Executive, appointed Potomac … [Read more...]
An Interview with Frank Islam
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing TiE-DC Charter Member and Board Member Frank Islam. We found it enlightening and are sure you will to! 1 Now that you sold QSS, what’s next for you? Right now, I am focusing on leveraging the capital I received from the sale of QSS in the investment world. Even though the market is volatile right now and the economy is looking a bit dismal, I believe there are some opportunities for a patient investor. I am taking a long-view on things … [Read more...]