Report: Shodhan Prasad
Sharjah, Mar 26: Sugandhraj Bekal has been elected president of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah, one of the premier associations for Kannadigas in the UAE, for the year 2016 – 2017.
The elections was held during the recent annual general meeting of the Association.
Sugandhraj Bekal
The new working committee of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah for 2016-2017 is as follows:
President - Sugandharaj Bekal
Vice-presidents - M E Muloor and Basanth Bekal
General secretary - Abdul Razak
Joint general secretary - B M Dinesh Acharya, Nityanand Bhandari,
Treasurer - Shashikant Kanangi
Joint treasurers - Anand Bailoor and Yadav Kotian
Entertainment secretary - Vishwanath Shetty
Joint entertainment secretary - Sandeep Rao
Sports secretary - Rajesh Kutthar
Joint sports secretary - Jeevan Kukian
Public relations officers - Ananth Raman and Mooli Mane
Advisory panel: Ganesh Rai, Noel D'Almeida, Sathish Poojary, Shantaram Achar, Prabhakar, Ambalthere, Satheesh Venkataramana, Praveen Kumar Shetty (Mayura Awardee), and Harish Sherigar (Mayura Awardee).
Patron: Mark Dennis D'Souza
The annual general meeting for the year 2016 began with a welcome speech by Ananth Raman, outgoing general secretary, followed by a speech by outgoing president, Satheesh Venkataramana, who thanked all the members of the 2015 working committee for extending their support and cooperation in making 2015 a grand success. Venkataramana then extended his heartiest congratulations to the newly-elected working committee members for the year 2016.
The swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected working committee was conducted by the patron of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah, Mark Dennis D'Souza, ably assisted by advisor Prabhakar Ambalthere. All the newly-elected committee members assumed responsibility by taking oath to extend their selfless service towards this esteemed Sangha.