Krishna S Poojary Elected President of Billava Sangha Kuwait
Kuwait: The 6th Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) of Billava Sangha Kuwait was held on 7th December 2018, at the Indian Community School, Salmiya (Amman Branch).
The event commenced with Guru Shloka followed by the lighting of the lamp by the President Raghu C Poojary and members of the Management & Advisory Committee.
President, Raghu C Poojary in his welcome speech appreciated all the committee members for working with unity towards the upliftment of the Community. Further, he felicitated all the Committee members with flowers.
General Secretary Gautham Suvarna presented the Annual Report mentioning the activities carried out in the Year 2018, while the Treasurer Sujeet Amin read out the financial report for the year 2018, both of which were approved by the members.
Prabhakar Bola spoke about the Scholarship Programme conducted during the Year 2018 & also conducted an Awareness Programme on carrying of Prohibitory Medicinal Drugs to Kuwait.
Rohith Sanil from the Advisory Committee delivered a Speech on Billava Sangha Formation and its member’s unity in participating in all the good cause carried out by the Sangha towards the Society. He briefed the members on the present status of construction of the Kuppe Panjurli Daivasthana. He also urged the members to participate in the seva for the planned upcoming Kola in Kanthabare-Budhabare kshetra back home in India.
During AGM, talent show “Billavas got Talent” (solo dance/fancy dress/singing) was held for the members of all age group to bring out the best talent in them in the following categories. The competition was fairly judged by the judges Mobina Siju, Vinish Visvambaram and Mahesh P Polali.
Prizes distributed for all the winners as below:
Age Group 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize Consolation Prize
0 to 4 Ronak Poojary Sangvi S Kotian
5 to 8 Tanush Nish K & Tejas Poojary, Mudhita, Atiksh Bangera
9 to 12 Shine Venugopal, Nikhilesh, Dhyan S Kumar, Saisha Salian
12 to 18 Krathi K Poojary
19 & Above Rakesh Poojary Mamtha V Poojary
Returning Officer, Mamtha Sandeep announced the new management committee members elected unanimously for the year of 2019 as follows:
President – Krishna S. Poojary
Vice President – Sushma Bangera
General Secretary – Raghav D. Poojary
Joint Secretary – Prashanth Poojary
Treasurer – Venu Gopal
Internal Auditor – Rashmi Raj
Cultural Secretary – Jayalaxmi Vishwas
Joint Cultural Sec. – Yashodha K. Bangera
Sports Secretary – Amarnath Suvarna
Joint Sports Sec. – Sujith Kotian
Welfare Officer – Prabhakar Bola
Joint Welfare – Sathish Kotian
P.R.O. – Gautham Suvarna
Joint PRO – Dayananda Amin
Media Secretary – Naveen V. Bangera
Joint Media Sec. – Ghanshyam Attavar
Raghu C Poojary, Rohith Sanil and Chitrek Bangera will be in the Advisory Committee for the year 2019.
Outgoing President Raghu C Poojary was felicitated with a shawl, platter of fruits and a memento for his contribution towards the association and in his speech, he congratulated the newly elected management Committee members and wished them all the success.
Newly elected President Krishna Poojary addressed the gathering and requested the full cooperation from all the Committee members in fulfilling his duties towards the Sangha.
The event was gracefully hosted by Sujith Kotian and capably captured by Sandeep Attavar.
The vote of thanks was delivered by the newly elected General Secretary Raghav Poojary.
The programme concluded with sumptuous dinner served by M/s Shreyas Restaurant.
BSK management Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank all the sponsors and BSK members for their contribution towards the success of all the functions & the events in the year 2018.
