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Malayalee Engineers Association in North America (MEANA) is a non-profit, non-political fellowship of Malayali (Malayalee) engineers in the United States. 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, India. 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, United States and has started establishing chapters in various states in the USA starting in 2007. [4] The Florida chapter was the first outside Chicago. [5]