Badaganadu Balaga, Mysore

It was held on Sunday the 5^th August at 10 a.m. at the Udupi Sri Krishna Mandira premises with our President Sri G.S.Subramanyam in the chair. As usual, the attendance at the start was thin but picked up towards the end! Invocation rendered by Smt. Rathnamma Hanumantha Rao was followed by the Vice-President Sri C.S.Krishnaswamy Rao welcoming all the Members and their families. 

The Assembly was informed about the 5 Members who had expired since the last AGM namely:

Sri C.S.Srinivasa Rao Retd. Bank Manager - Bangalore - 11.07.2006

Sri A.H.Narayan Retd. Bank Manager - Davangere - 11.07.2006

Smt. Lakshmi Krishna Murthy - Mysore - 20.05.2007

Smt. G.N.Leelavathy Social Worker - Mandya - 19.06.2007

Sri G.V.K.Rao Retd. Chief Secretary & Member, Planning Commission - Bangalore - 30.06.2007

A silent prayer was offered in memory of the departed souls and appropriate condolence messages recorded to be sent to the bereaved families.

Business matters were then taken up with the Annual Report of Activities being presented by the Secretary Sri N.R.Shankara Rao and the audited Financial Report tabled by the Treasurer Sri K.G.Bharathy. After seeking some clarifications on both the reports, provided by the Treasurer and the Vice-President Dr. Y.Narayana Rao, they were unanimously accepted by the General Body. Budgeted financial statement for 2007-2008 was then presented and was approved with some modifications.

Prof. M.A.Chandrasekhar, who had acted as the Election Officer for the election of Office-bearers for the period 2007-2009, reported on the number of nominations received, those withdrawn within the prescribed period, etc. and announced that since there were only 15 valid nominations for the15 posts, no voting was necessary and declared the following 15 candidates elected:

Sri G.S. Subramanyam - President

Sri C.S.Krishnaswamy Rao - Vice-President

Dr. Y. Narayana Rao - Vice-President

Sri T.S.Shashidhar - Secretary

Sri N.C.Krishna Murthy - Joint Secretary

Smt. Lakshmi Murali - Treasurer

Sri K.Jagannatha Rao - Member

Smt. Shailaja J.Rao - Member

Smt. Venkatalakshamma - Member

Sri K.Shivashankara Rao - Member

Sri K.Rama Murthy - Member

Sri B.N.Prabhakar - Member

Sri M.S.Seetharam - Member

Sri T.H.Shankaranarayana - Member

Sri K.G.Bharathy - Member

The new Executive Committee assumed charge and assured the Assembly that they would continue the good work done by the outgoing committee and strive even more to bring the Badaganadu Bhavana project to an early fruition.

While discussing other matters, donations to the Building Fund were offered by the following :

Smt. Nirmala Venugopal Rs. 2000

Sri N. Chandrashekhara Rs. 5001

Master Karthik (Awardee of a Student Grant from

the Balaga) & his Parents Rs. 1000

Smt. Nandini & Sri S.N.Krishna Rao Rs. 10000

Sri G.N.Nagaraj Rs. 5000

Sri C.N.Nagaraj Rs. 1000

On behalf of the Building Committee, Dr. Narayana Rao expressed appreciation of such spontaneous gestures and wished for more of them! Sri Prabhakar then detailed the plans of the proposed Badaganadu Bhavana building and sought the approval of the Assembly, which was promptly accorded also, thus reposing full confidence in the committee. Click here to see the updated plans and 3D views of the proposed building. It was also announced that the Bhoomi Puja at the site would be performed by our local MP Sri C.H.Vijayashankar on 26^th August at 8.30 a.m. and followed by Sathyanarayana Swamy Puja at 9.30 a.m. All Members were requested to attend both functions with their families and friends.

During the concluding deliberations, our new Member Sri Harishankar, announced that he would donate Rs. 2000 worth of books each year, in memory of his father Prof. Shankaranarayana Rao (of Sharada Vilas College fame!), to the Library to be established at the new Building. While thanking him for such a wonderful offer, grateful mention was also made by Dr. Narayana Rao of the prompt remittance of 20 USD by Sri Datta in USA in response to an appeal put up on our website seeking financial help for the Italy- Trip of our Nadige Shankar to participate in the Masters Olympics representing India.

After a brief Presidential Address by Sri Subramanyam and an even briefer Vote of Thanks by Dr. Narayana Rao, the AGM was declared closed and adjourned for a sumptuous and tasty lunch.