Qatar: Tulu Koota Qatar, members hailing from coastal Karnataka State recently held their Annual General Body meeting and elected Mr. Seetharam Shetty as the president for the year 2012-2014

The New Management Committee for the year 2012 - 2014 was officially announced which reads as follows:

Mr. Seetharam Shetty - President
Mr. Asmath Ali – Vice President
Mr. Sudhir Kotian – Gen. Secretary
Mr. Prakash Rao – Joint Secretary
Mrs. Padmashree Shetty – Cultural Secretary
Mr. Sudhir Kumar – Sports Secretary
Mr. Vivian D’souza – Treasurer
Mr. Yashpal Puthran – Membership Coordinator
Mrs. Supriya Bhat – Ladies & Children Coordinator

The newly elected President Mr. Seetharam Shetty introduced all the newly elected committee members to the gathered audience and appealed to all the members for their continued support and co-operation. Former president Ravi Shetty lauded the services of the outgoing committee members and in particular thanked Ramchandra Shetty for his dedication and hard work during his tenure. He assured the members that the new team will give priority towards charity activities along with other socio-cultural activities.

The event came to an end with Mr. Seetharam Shetty, the outgoing treasurer proposing the vote of thanks. Our outgoing cultural secretary Mrs. Archana Shetty compered the entire event.

The forum also elected several sub –committees, including special needs exclusively to handle noble and charitable activities.

The special need committee co-ordinator Mr. M. Iqbal Manna meantime has appealed all the fellow members of tulu community at Qatar to join for the annual blood donation campaign which is scheduled on 19th October 2012 , Friday, at HMC from 8AM upto 11AM.