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6. Convention Treasurer
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Conference Treasurer	Harish Hiremath	harishhiremath@yahoo.com 301-360-9951	Responsible for financial management, establishing and maintaining cost control system, budget expenses verificaiton and coordinating final audit

Program Coordination and Integeration
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Program Coordinator	Nagashankar Chandrashekhar	nagashankar@hotmail.com 240-426-6603	Responsible for coordianting and integerating all stage programs, parallel sessions and forum meetings. Effectively manage, prioritize and handle multiple tasks to meet established deadlines.

Political Action Committee and Art of Living Committee
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Coordiantor Political Action Committee	Dr. Krishna Reddy
Coordiantor Art of Living	Shashi Dabir

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7. Finance Committee
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Coordinator	Harish Hiremath	harishhiremath@yahoo.com 301-360-9951	Maintaining Accounts, Disbursing cash and Preparing Final Accounts
Joint Coordinator	Basappa Doranal
Kaveri Treasurer	Savithri Chandra
AKKA Treasurer and India A/c Coordinator	K.M. Krishnamurthy
	Kavya Hiremath
	Ashwini Reddy
	Anita Guru
	Suma Bellary
	Aruna Basappa
	Murali Reddy

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8. Fundraising Committee (Corporate, Individual Sponsorships & Ads)
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Advisor	Barthy Setty		Raise funds as necessary for the conference
	Ravi Dankanikote
	Suresh Ramachandran
	Harish Hiremath
	Sanjay Rao
	Ben Chikkaswamy
	Ravi Harapanahalli
	Rajshekar D.
	Kaveri Krishnamurthy
	Pramod Banavar
Michigan	Amarnath Gowda
Michigan	Ramesh Gowda
India Fund Raising	M. Krishnamurthy
Souvenir Ads	Madesha Basavaraju
Baltimore	Narayana Swamy

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9. Facility Committee (Audio/Video & Engineering)
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Coordinator	Nagashankar Chandrashekar	nagashankar@hotmail.com	Identify facility and associated logistics. Write contracts and execute them.
A/V Advisor	Rajashekar D.(Advisor)
Audio/Visual	Sachidananda Babu
Audio/Visual	Rama Rao

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10. Public Relations , Website, & Publications Committee
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Public Relations			Interface with the external media (US and India). Interface with various Kannada Kootas in US and elsewhere and solicit their participation. Make sure that the external media is getting the right information about the work in progress. Maintain convention web site. Take care of stationeries, invitations and a other printing requirements required by various committees. Publish convention souvenir and other publications.
AKKA Spokesperson	Kudur Murali
AKKA Spokesperson	Vasanthi Gowda
AKKA Spokesperson	Ramesh Gowda	gowda@smgi.net 248-377-2727
Media Relations Committee
Coordinator	Srivatsa Joshi
National Coordination Committee
Coordinator	Ramachandra Rao	rrao660@yahoo.com 301-346-5472
	Madesha Basavaraju
	Venkat Redday
	Bharath N
	Anjaneya P.
	Gopi Boray
CVENT Committee
Coordinator	Shivashankar Bhat
	Neetha Ajjanna
	Rama Krishna Bhat
Web Committee
	Haridas T. Lahari
	Sanjay Rao
Detroit	Ramesh Gowda	gowda@smgi.net 248-377-2727
Resident Artist
	Haridas T. "Lahari"	Laharidas@gmail.com 571-271-9892
Souvenir and Publications Committee
Coordinator	Sanjeev Managoli
Detroit, MI	Srinivasa K. Bhat
Mysore, India	Shikaripura Harihareswara
	Mysore Nataraj
	Srivatsa Joshi
	Shashikala Chandrashekar
	K.L. Vasanth
	Ravi Harapanahalli
Florida	Renuka Ramappa
India	Prof. G. Ashwathanarayana
California	Janardhana Swamy

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11. Registration, Reception & Decorations Committee
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Registration Committee			Propose registration structure and signup registrations. Reception: Handle registration on the convention day along with souvenir/mementos distribution Decoration: Handle decoration of stage and non -stage areas like registration area, lobby, dinning area etc ...
Coordinator	Ravi Harapanahalli	301-438-0642 ravih@starpower.net
Joint-Coordinator	Jayashree Jagadeesh	301-208-8260 jagadeesh49@yahoo.com
	Kusuma Aralere
	Manjunatha Rao
	Raghunanandan
	Shashikala Kulkarni
	Shashi Dabir
	Anand Koodagi
	Pradeep Kulkarni
	Shankara Chakkere
	Sujaya Desai
	Padmini Vasanth
	Vinoda Kuncham
	Dr. Anuradha Reddy
	Gayathri Prabhakar
Detroit, MI	Shantharaj Kempaiah
Reception Committee
Coordinator	Rohini Suresh
Joint Coordinator	Gayathri Jagannath
	Anita Kulkarni
	Ganga Sudhakar
	Hema Srinivas
	Aruna Basappa
	Asha Kumar
	Chitra Rattehalli
	Geetha Prathap
	Jayashree Sreekantaiah
	Manasa G. Anand
	Manjaula Kuppalli
	Nalini Anjanappa
	Narmada Ravindra
	Nikila Simha
	Nutan Dodbele
	Padmini Rao
	Raju Murthy
	Radhika Prasad
	Sahana Joshi
	Sandhya Kulkarni
	Savithri Chandra
	Sheela Rao
	Sheela Ramaiah
	Sudha Prasanappa
	Suaja Desai
	Sukanya Venkatesh
	Uma Babu
	Uma Rajshekar
	Vijaya Krishna
	Anita Raghavendra
	Akhila Sudhish
	Soumya Nagashankar
Decorations Committee
Coordinator	Haridas T. "Lahari"	Laharidas@gmail.com 571-271-9892
	Jayram Kumar
North Carolina	Savitha Ravishankar
	Sukanya Venkatesh
	Gayathri Jagannath
	Sheela Ramaiah

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12. Hospitality Committee
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Coordinator	Srinagesh Shivaswamy	240-498-8151 ssrinagesh@hotmail.com	Handle boarding/lodging and travel arrangements for visiting artists, registrants, VIPs and volunteers. Arrange sight-seeing tours
	Sachidananda Babu
	Harish Kunjushetty
	Jagadish Gangahanumaiah
	Sucheta Managoli
	Kiran Thaggahalli
	Anitha Raghavendra
	Venkat Reddy
	Dwarkanath Srinivas
	Swamy Narayana
	Ananth Swamy
	Sudhish Parthasarathy
	Shalini Srinagesh
	Doranal Basappa
	Mary Davis
	Jayaram Ubrani
Hosting	Pavagada and Padmini Vasanth
Hosting	Usha Char
Hosting	Deepti Mukund
Hosting	Umesh Murthy
Hosting	Shanthi Tantry
Hosting	Anitha Kulkarni
Hosting	Seetharam Gowda
Hosting	Barathy Thyagaraj
Hosting	Umesh Patil

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13. Program Committee (Event Planning & Event Management)
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Coordinator	Shashikala Chandrashekar	301-515-8759 shashi_wkc@rediffmail.com	Define overall content of cultural programs and manage events on the convention day
	Naga Chandrashekar
Visa Coordinator	Anil Kumar P.S.	703-621-4455 anilps@yahoo.com
	Prof. H. Siddalingaiah
	Jayanthi Swamy
	Poornima Chitnis
	Venkata Reddy
	Sharmila Rama Murthy
	Vani Ramesh
	Jyoti Madesh
	Sucheta Managoli
Florida	Indira Sastry
California	Vallisha Shastry
	Shantala Dhamle
New York	Meena Shastry
Canada	Malavika
Chair AKKA Cultural Committee	Supriya Desai
Film Festival
Coordinator	Sudhish Parthasarathy
	Basavaraj S.M

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14. Cultural Committee
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Music (Sugama Sangeetha)			Fill in slots for each of the cultural panels with the deserving team/teams according to the guidelines (time, content) specified by the program committee
Coordinator	K.L. Vasanth	301-330-5973 kogile2004@hotmail.com
Joint Coordinator	Uma Suresh babu
	B.S. Thyagaraja
	Shobha Rao
	Vasu Murthy
Music (Classical)
Coordinator	Usha Char	301-570-3609 ushachar@verizon.net
	Shailaja Rau
Drama
Coordinator	Srikantaiah (Kanti)	srikant@dom.edu
Coordinator	Suma Muralidhar	301-530-5057 smuralid@comcast.net
	Gopinath Boray
	Harish Hiremath
	Mahesh Mahdevappa
	Ravi Harapanahalli
	Meena Rao
Chicago	Prakash Hemavathi
Detroit	Nagamani Viswanath
Yakshagana
	Shivashankar Bhat
	Shanthi Tantry
Dance
Coordinator	Deepti Mukund	deeptu@yahoo.com
Joint Coordinator	Vani Ramesh	bhavara@msn.com
	Shruthi Mukund
	Sheela Rajashekar
	Malavika Venkatasubbaiah
	Sharmila Murthy
	Ramesh Ragachar
	Rasha Ramaswamy
	Rekha Boaray
	Vanitha Kasimsetty
Literary
Coordinator	Mysore Nataraj
	Sanjeev Managoli
	Prof. G. Ashwathanarayana
	Meena Jois
Fashion Shows
Coordinator	Rohini Suresh
	Keerthi Swamy
Beauty Pagent/ Ms. Amerikannada
Coordinator	Radhika Prasad
Sponsor	Rani Ghai
	Meena Shastry
	Nutan Dodbele
	Nataraj Prasad
	Shashikala Chandrashekar
Kaveri Suvarna Sangama
Coordinator	Barthy Thyagaraj
Coordinator	Madesha Basavaraju
	Belagaum Shimoga Thyagaraj
	Sucheta Managoli
	Manasa G Anand
	Keerthi Swamy
	Sharmila Ramamurthy
Procession
Coordinator	Savitha Rao	kurchi123@yahoo.coma 301-515-8759
Joint Coordinator	Swarup Gowda	gowdasr@gmail.com
	Belgaum Shimoga Thyagaraj
	Haridas Lahari
	Geetha Rangachar
	Meena Jois
	Prathima Simha
	Sharmila Murthy
	Padmini Dixit
	Maya Harapanahalli
	Nagaraj Reddi
	Veena Shammannaa
	Vinuta Bhat
	Harsha
	Anasuya Swamy
	Jaisri Jairam
	Gayathri Jagannath
	Rohini Suresh
	Shashikala Kulkarni
	Rajeshwari Galagali
	Raj Galagali
	Shashikala Chandrashekar
	Vijaya Dabir
	Suchetha Managoli
	Lakshmi Ashok
	Shashirekha Iyengar
	Haridas Lahari
	Veena Rao
	Udaya Tantri
	Narmada Ravindra
	Akhila Sudhish
	Roopa Rao
	Sheela Somashekar
	Venugopal Iyengar
	Ravi Prakash Dixit
	Prakash Bhadriah
	Nalini Anjanappa
	Manjunath Rao
	Krishna Reddy
	Ramesh Rao
	Ramu Murthy
	Ramani Ramachandran

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15. Food Committee
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Coordinator	Vijayeendra	rviji@hotmail.com	Overall food in charge - preparation, distribution and cleanup.
	Kaveri Krishnamurthy
	Arun Kumar
	Jai Kumar Madhava
	Prabhu Shankar Gowda
	Girish Rao Basantha Rao
	Raghavendra Jayaram
	Narendra Kumar
	Anantha Krishana Swamy
	Gururaja Rao, Vellore
	Rama Rao
	Shobha Rama Rao
	Ananth Swamy
	Prakash Hosadurga
	Ananth Badri

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17. Vendors & Exhibitors Committee
Title	Name	Contact Details	Roles & Responsibilities
Coordinator	Madhu Murthy	(301) 765 334, madhumurthy1@gmail.com	Book as many vendors/exhibitors and handle travel arrangements for those coming from India. Coordinate with hospitality committee for the vendors' travel/boarding/lodging