India’s consul general to Toronto, Preeti Saran, is the guest of honour at the annual dinner of the India Canada Association of Windsor-Essex County, this year supporting a research project at the University of Windsor.

The event will benefit biochemistry professor Siyaram Pandey’s Kevin Couvillon cancer research project. Organizers promise a fun-filled evening with fine Indian food, dances and a performance by Bollywood Bounces.

The dinner is Friday, October 19, at the Caboto Club, 2175 Parent Avenue at Tecumseh Road; doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $60 per person, available through Dr. Pandey’s office, 519-253-3000, ext. 3701 or e-mail spandey@uwindsor.ca.