Media Release

Kuwait, Jan 16: Kuwait Kannada Koota (KKK) recently conducted its annual general body meeting which marked the end of the annual events of the cultural organization of Karnatakans in the city and initiated the beginning of activities for the coming year by presenting the activity report and financial reports for approval by the members.

The event also brought to mind the services of all the committees and members by presenting mementoes to them and to all the programme directors who directed the various cultural programmes during 'Rajyotsava', the statehood day.

Earlier, the programme was anchored by the family members of the executive committee by invoking the blessings of the Almighty which was rendered by Madhavi Kulkarani and Vasantha Ashok.

Dr Shashi Kiran Prabhu, the president of KKK welcomed the members and appreciated the contributions of the various committee and member volunteers during the year for making the year 2019 a memorable one through a variety of activities and making the task of the executive committee much easy.

The sports and cultural competitions held during the year saw Nethravati emerging as the winner while Sharavathi was the runner up. Sports committee convener Girish Shenoy presented the report on sports activities during the year. 'Marala Mallige', the events’ magazine of KKK Was released, following the briefing by the Marala Mallige Committee convener, Suguna Mahesh.

The secretary of KKK, Ravi Kiran Presented a comprehensive report on the activities of KKK for the year 2019. Ramesh Naik, the treasurer, presented the financial report and obtained the approval of the members. The presentation was lively with clips of glimpses of the activities of KKK during 2019.

As per general practice, the election of the office-bearers of the executive committee for 2020 was conducted by Guru Raj Rao. Rajesh Vittal was elected unanimously as the president of the EC for 2020. Likewise, Sandip Chabba was elected as the vice-president, Praveen Kumar Shetty was elected as the secretary and Hey Shri Pradeep Rao as the treasurer of EC 2020. The president Rajesh Vittal thanked the members for electing him and his team to serve KKK during 2020. He requested and sought active and continued cooperation from all the members to successfully carry out the activities of KKK during 2020.

Vasuki Nuggehalli and Prashant Shetty gave a brief account of the activities of the newly formed Kuwait Kannada Koota Welfare Association in India and the constitution of new-look strategic committees of KKK, respectively.

The main attraction of the evening was the musical bonanza by 'KANFUSION', the team from Bengaluru, India. Prabhu Achar welcomed the team led by Vishwesh Bhat supported by his wife and a veena exponent, Ashwini Bhat their very talented daughter, Arabhi Bhat. The vice-president also welcomed the keyboard exponent, Sarvotham Raman Kamath and Rhythms expert, Sushruth Kanathur. It was a grand and enthralling presentation of music by the troupe with a fantastic mix of filmi, folk, patriotic and medley forms making the audience dance and clap all the way. The EC 2019 presented 'KANFUSION' with mementoes as a mark of remembrance of their visit and entertainment.

The evening at the auditorium of the Indian Community School, Khaitan echoed with music and concluded with the vote of thanks by Ravikiran and a sumptuous dinner.