Onam Celebrations at Kozhikode

Yuvajana Vibhag, Kozhikode District celebrated the festival of flowers  - ONAM in a grand way. The function which is the first program of the newly formed committee was held on Saturday, 10^th September 2011 at Sri Kanchi Sankaracharya Clinic hall, Tali  and was inaugurated by Sri. T V Krishna Iyer (President, Kozhikode Kerala Brahmana Sabha). In accordance a Pookalam (Flower Carpet) competition was conducted which saw many  members from Various Upasabhas participate. The team representing Mankavu Upasabha comprising of Kum. Kavitha G, Kum. Ranjani Parameswaran and Kum. Sukanya Santhosh were declared the winners of the competition and the team representing Chalappuram  Upasabha comprising of Smt. Leela viswanathan, Smt. Radhika Parameswran, Kum. Sneha and Mast.  Krishna bagged the second position. There were few other competitions like Dhumcherades, Insta – Adapt and Anthakshari which saw every one irrespective of age participate. Smt. Geetha Balasubramaniam (Treasurer - Vanitha Vibhag) gave away the prizes for the winners and also to all participants.  The Yuvajana Vibhag team lead by Sri. Arunkumar (President), Sri. Rajesh P K( Vice President), Sri. Sooraj (Secretary), Kavitha G (Joint Secretary), Kavitha G Krishnan (Treasurer) other Yuvajana Vibhag members Sri. GaneshRaj, Sri. Goutham, Sri. Vivek N V and Kum. Sukanya Santhosh took the lead in organizing the function, State Committee Members Sri. Kiran C G, Sri. Ramkumar K B, Senior leaders Sri. Gopalakrishnan C S, Sri. Mahalingam, Sri. Sivanandan and Dr. Thyagarajan were also present on the occasion. The function was well attended and  the organisers were well appreciated for the initiative.

New Team for Kozhikode District elected at the General Body

The Annual General Body held on Sunday, 2011 August 28th at Sri Kanchi Sankaracharya Clinic Hall, Tali, Calicut - 2 unanimously elected a new team of Office Bearers for the year 2011 - 13. The meeting was presided over by Sri. Jayachandran M V (Dist. Vice President). Sri. K B Sivanandan (Dist. Secretary) presented the Annual Report and Annual Accounts for the year 2009 - 11 the same was passed unanimously.  The meeting unanimously elected the following office Bearers for the year 2011 - 13

The meeting unanimously resolved that the statements issued by the Opposition Leader Sri. V S Achuthanandan regarding the Maharaja of Trivandrum was very painful and people like Opposition leaders should not give these types of Loose Talks and Praying God to give Sri. Achuthanandan the blessings to avoid such statements in future.  Dr. A Thyagarajan, Sri. C S Gopalakrishnan and Smt. Brinda Hariharan (all State Committe Members) spoke on the occassion. The meeting also decided to attend the State Conference to be held at   Trivandrum as well as the Saamskarika Kalamela in large numbers. Sri. S H Balagovindan acted as the Presiding Officer for the Election process. Sri. T V Krishna Iyer in his acceptance speech, expressed  his thanks for electing him and also mentioned that will be utlising the expert opinions and advise of Sabha leaders like Sri. C S Gopalakrishnan, Dr.Thyagarajan and Sri. Balagovindan to develop the district further and seek the co-operation of all members to make Calicut as a model district to the state. Vanitha Vibhag Secretary Smt. Gomathy Lakshminarayanan and Yuvajana Vibhag Secretary Sri. Rajesh P K congratulated the new team of office bearers and assured all support and help from the respective wings.  Newly elected Secretary Sri. Harikumar P K proposed the vote of thanks.

YUVAJANA VIBHAG elects a new team for the year 2011 -13

The Yuvajana Vibhag also conducted their General Body at the same venue following the District General Body. Committee Member Sri. C G Kiran welcomed the gathering. The meeting was presided by Vice President Sri. Harikumar P K. Secretary  Sri. Rajesh P K presented the Annual Report and the Accounts for the year 2010 - 11 which were passed unanimously. A new team for Yuvajana Vibhag was also elected unanimously. The following Office Bearers took charge for the year 2011 - 13

Sri. Arunkumar A S in his acceptance speech mentioned that the Yuvajana Vibhag will keep up the momentum that it carried since its formation last november and also seeked the help and co-operation of other members in the process. State Committe Member Sri. C G Kiran spoke on the occassion. The meeting also decided that Kozhikode district will take part in the State Conference 2011 at Trivandrum and also to propose candidates for State Leadership of Yuvajana Vibhag. In this cause, the meeting unanimously passed the candidature of Sri. Kiran C G, Sri. Ramkumar K B and Sri. Arunkumar A S for the State positions. Members actively participated in the discussion on the Action plan for the year 2011 - 12 and various suggestions pertaining arose in the meeting. District President Sri. T V Krishna Iyer and Vanitha Vibhag Secretary Dr. Gomathy Lakshminarayanan congratulated the new team of youngsters and also assured all help, support and guidance in the activities of Yuvajana Vibhag. Newly elected Secretary Sri. Sooraj S proposed the vote of thanks and the meeting was adjourned after Shanthi Manthram.

Annual General Body Meeting on Sunday, 2011 August 28th

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – 2011

Kindly take notice that the next Annual General Body Meeting of Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Kozhikode  district will be held on Sunday, 2011 August 28^th at 10 am at Sree Kanchi Sankaracharya Free Clinic Hall, Puthiyapalam road, Tali East, Calicut – 673 002. Kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting and give us the benefit of your active participation.

_AGENDA

1. Prayer
2. Welcome address
3. Obituary Reference
4. Presidential Address
5. Passing of the Minutes of the Last Annual General Meeting
6. Matters arising out of the Minutes and Follow up Action
7. To consider and adopt the Annual Report of District for the year 2009 - 11
8. To consider and adopt the Annual Accounts of District for the year 2009 - 11           
9. Election of Office Bearers for the year 2011 – 13
10. Appointment of Auditor for the year 2011 - 13
11. Discussion on contribution for State Building Fund and Vishukaineetam 2011
12. Resolutions if any
13. Any other matter with the permission of the Chair
14. Vote of Thanks
15. Shanthi Manthram

Yuvajana Vibhag Annual General Meeting will also take place in the same venue at 11.30 am.

Sivanandan K B

District Secretary

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Ramanattukara Upasabha elects Office Bearers for 2011 - 13

The Annual General Body of  Ramanattukara Upasabha held on Sunday, 7th August 2011 elected the following as Office Bearers for the term of 2011-13.

President: Sri. Venkideshwaran P V

Vice President:  Sri. Yogesh

Secretary: Sri. Sivanandan K B

Joint Secretary: Sri. Sreenivasan

Treasurer: Sri. Sivaramakrishnan

The Reports and the Accounts for the year 2009 - 2011 were presented and passed unanimously at the meeting. Other committee members were also elected for the term of 2011-2013. 
Congratulations to the newly elected Office Bearers and Committee. 

Saamskaarika Kalamela 2011 held at Kozhikode

To upkeep the traditon and to impart the Brahmin culture to the younger children, Saamskarika Kalamela 2011 - District Level Cultural competitions was held on Sunday, 17th July 2011 at Sree Kanchi Sankaracharya Free Clinic hall, Tali for children between the age group 7yrs to 15yrs. District President Sri. T S Venkitadri inaugarated this years competitions. Kolamidal, Manthrochaaranam and Slokam Chollal werer the items that the children took part in. Apart from this, Sudoku - a mathematical logical game was also conducted alongwith. This years competitions saw tight and neck to neck competition in the events conducted. Sri. T S Venkitadri and Sri. Veeraraghavan lead the judging panel and they also gave a feedback session for the participants on their performace in the competitions. District Secretary Sri. K B Sivanandan gave away the prizes for the winners as well as to all participants. Yuvajana Vibhag leaders Sri. Arunkumar A S and Sri. L G Ramgopal also took the lead in organising the events. Program Convenor Sri. C G Kiran welcomed the gathering while Yuvajana Vibhag committe member Kum. Kavitha G Krishnan delivered the vote of thanks. The selected winners will represent Kozhikode district at the State level Finals to be held later this year.