This organization was named India Cultural Foundation Inc (ICF) and it was registered as a non-profit organization with the State of Oklahoma. The Internal Revenue Services subsequently granted tax-exempt status, under section 501 (C)(3). The first twelve-member board of directors were, Suresh Chandra, Guruswami Ganesan, Hasmukhlal Govind, Narayan Singh Gautam, Surinder Kaul, Kautilya A. Metha, Madhavarapu Vidyasagar Rao, Isaac Samuel, Girish Shah, Ram A Singh, Dilip Solanki and Kalyan Z. Patel with Sri Guru Ganesan as the chairman of the board and Sri Girish Shah as the president of the executive committee.