National History
Delta Sigma Iota was founded in August of 2000 in order to promote unity, spread truth, value education and integrate South Asian culture into our daily lives. We are a Fraternity that stresses the importance of culture, unity and academics and continually works to provide the South Asian community at Penn State as well as elsewhere with assistance in any way possible.
Five unique men with five unique strengths combined in order to form the Delta Sigma Iota Fraternity. Vishal Desai, Vipul Patel, Roby Palakudy, Tarak Bhavsar and Rupesh Patel along with Chapter Advisor Benny Joseph, joined forces in order to create the first South-Asian based, Social Service Fraternity at Penn State University.
Chapter History
In the Fall of 2004, Delta Sigma Iota completed its first expansion to the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. Ambarish Singh, Jason Matthews, Pramit Patel, Rajat Kumar, and Sid Sheth united to bring the first South Asian Interest Fraternity to Chapel Hill.
In April 2005, the Greek Alliance Council of UNC approved DSI for admission into the council. Despite initial difficulties and misunderstandings, the founding fathers were able to demonstrate the strength of Delta Sigma Iota in order to gain approval.
Since then, the fraternity has worked hard to establish themselves on campus by through participation in philanthropic events such as Dance Marathon and Relay For Life and by brothers' involvement in various campus organizations.
In April 2005, the Greek Alliance Council of UNC approved DSI for admission into the council. Despite initial difficulties and misunderstandings, the founding fathers were able to demonstrate the strength of Delta Sigma Iota in order to gain approval.
Since then, the fraternity has worked hard to establish themselves on campus by through participation in philanthropic events such as Dance Marathon and Relay For Life and by brothers' involvement in various campus organizations.