By Rons Bantwal
Daijiworld Media Network—Mumbai (RD/CN)

Mumbai, Apr 24: Bhaskar Sarapady was unanimously re-elected president of Kannadigara Balaga–Charkop, Kandivali (West), in the annual general body meeting held recently.

Speaking on the occasion, Sarapady thanked each member for their support during his decade of selfless service to the Kannadigara Balaga – Charkop.  He requested the support of members in sustaining Kannada and its distinct culture in the metro.

Office-bearers are as follows:

Manjunath G Bannur (vice-president), M S Rao (honorary chief secretary), Gowri Paniyady (honorary chief treasurer), Raghunath N Shetty (joint secretary), and Sadashiv C Poojary (joint treasurer).

Jaya C Shetty, Vijay Karkera, Krishna T Amin, Ramesh Bangera, Raju T Poojary, Vijay D Poojary, Lata Vijaya Bangera, Shanta N Bhat, Vasanti U Salian, Nina Pankaj Shetty, Chandrashekar S Shetty, Gopal S Nayak, Ashok D Saraf, B I Sumatindranat, Padmavati B Shetty (executive committee members).

Former vice-resident Dr N G Bhat and chartered accountant Vinay Bhat (chief advisors).

Shanta N Bhat (president of women’s wing), Vijayalaxmi S Shetty (secretary), Lata Vijay Bangera (education sub-committee president), Ramesh P Bangera and Ashanath (secretaries), Veena Sarapady (youth wing president), Vikram Jaya Shetty and Roshani D Suvarna (secretary).

Nina Pankaj Shetty (children’s personality development committee president), Praveen Rathod and Jahnavi Jaya Shetty (secretaries), Jaya C Shetty (cultural committee president), Vijay D Poojary and Dasu K Suvarna (secretaries).

Harish K Chevar, Hosabettu Jaya Devadiga, Gopal Puthran, Yermal Harish Shetty, Paynar Ramesh Shetty and Manjunath G Bannur (development committee executive members), and lawyer Somanath B Amin (legal advisor).