Kaup, 09 Nov: The retired teacher and veteran journalist B Pundalika Marate elected as president of Kaup taluk Kannada Sahitya Parishat (Ka Sa Pa). It was announced in the presence of Udupi district Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Neelavara Surendra Adiga, Udupi taluk president Vasanti Shettya and district office bearers.
B Pundalika Marate
Vidyadar Puranik Kallya, Vidya Ammannaya Koppalangady (honorary secretaries)
Satya Sai Prasad Bantakal (treasurer)
Mumtaz Begam Belapu (woman representative)
Sudakshine Kunjarugiri (SC representative)
Yellur Ganesh Rao, Shivanand Kamath Shirva, Krishna Kumar Rao Mattu, Prajna Marpally Majoor, Harish Katpady Yenagudde, Dendoor Dayanand K Shetty, Alwyn Danti Pernal and Kasturi Ramachandra Padubidri (Committee members)
K L Kundantaya Kunjoor, Professor Y Bhaskar Shetty Shirva, Catherine Rodrigues Katpady, Harish Kumar Hejamady, Manjunat Acharya Paniyoor and Padmanabha Nayak Moodubelle were present.