VSNA Officers & Executives

VSNA is an organization with more than 2000 members in US and Canada and has 18 local chapters throughout. 

Central VSNA Officers

President	Dr.Nagabhushana Malakkla
Secretary	Shiva Maganahalli
Treasurer	Latha Mallikarjuna

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BOD Members

Kishore Channabasaviah

Kusuma Aralere

Prabhu Patil

Sundaresh Siddiah

Suri Suresh

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BOR Members

Vijay Kotrappa

Honappa Jayakumar

Jayshree Jagadish

Jayaswamy (Chicago)

Dilip (Atlanta)

Laxmi Hiremath

G. Shankar (India)

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Local VSNA Chapter Officers

Alabama	President	Shivashankar Tumkur
California - Central	President	Arun Kumar
	Secretary	Sudha Nagabhushan
	Treasurer	Venu Gopal
California - North	President	Anuradha Burji
	Vice President	Shanta Vajragiri
	Secretary	Deepak Bevinamara
	Treasurer	Harsha Hanji
	Food Secretary	Kalpana Rajendra & Suma Moogi
	Entertainment Secretary	Shilpashree Hanji & Manu Hiremath
	Youth Committee	Dhruva Byakod & Karan Kurbur
	WebMaster	Provin Dhawan
California - South	President	Savitha Mandi
	Vice President	Shivanand Bellad
	Secretary	Manu Swamy
	Treasurer	Dada Patil
Florida	President	Aakash Rudraprasad
	Vice President	Suresh Belthur
	President	Prakash Doddamane
Georgia	President	Mamatha Dilip
	Vice President	Sudhir Mysore
	Secretary	Srinivas Reddy
	Treasurer	Sanjay Melinamane
Illonois - Chicago	President	Channu Kambalyal
	Vice President	Danashree Suresh
	Secretary/ Treasurer	Nandish Dhananjaya
Maryland	President	Dr. Jagadeesh G.
	Vice President	Dornal Basappa
	Secretary	Shashidhar Nagenalli
	Treasurer	Kavitha Mattikalli
Michigan - Detroit	President	Mahesh Patil
	Vice President	Aravind Tigadi
	Secretary	Anand Neralagi
	Treasurer	Shyla Beltur
New England	President	Shivakumar P
	Vice President	Yashwanth Gaddi
	Secreatary	Suma Vijayashankar
	Treasurer	Sunitha Kankure
New York	President	Mallesh Mariswamy
	Vice President	Shivaraj Bhujange
	Secretary	Satish Murthy
	Treasurer	Rathna Bale
North Carolina	President	Yogeesh Vinayaka
Ohio	President	Vaishali Hattarki
	Secretary	Amit Vagarali
	Treasurer	Anu Ravish
Pittsburg - Pennsylvania	President	Dr. Mahesh Mallikarjuna
Texas	President	Neela Kumar
	Vice President	Sachin Biradar
	Secretary	Rajesh Vrushab
	Treasurer	Sushma Hiremath
Toronto - Canada	President	Jagadish Mandi
	Vice President	Girija Mahant
	Secretary	Parvati Malemath
	Treasurer	Rajivee Rugi
DC & Virginia	President	Girija Angadi
	Vice President	Suresh Kori
	Secretary	Rajashree Galagali
	Treasurer	Andanappa Kori
	Members	Shantala Patil & Shiva Prasad
West Virginia	President	Dr. Devaraj

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VSNA Convention 2010 - Toronto, Canada

Chair Person	Yuvaraj Patil
Vice Chair Person	Vijay Aivalli

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For blog updates, contact Shiva Maganahalli

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2010 BOD Meeting Dates

Dear BOD,
   Please mark your calendar for our 2010 BOD meetings.  You will also be notified again before each meeting through group emails.

Day	Date	Time
Sunday	Jan. 10, 2010	8am PST/ 11am EST
Sunday	Mar. 14, 2010	8am PST/ 11am EST
Saturday	Jul. 03, 2010	6am PST/ 9am EST
Sunday	Oct. 10, 2010	8am PST/ 11am EST
Sunday	Dec. 05, 2010	8am PST/ 11am EST

Inti,
Shiva

Karnataka Flood Donation from VSNA

Dear VSNA Members,

On an auspicious day of "Shivadeepotasava" - December 1, 2009 Dr.Jagadeesh presented the check to JSS Mahaswamiji in Mysore on behalf of VSNA. The check amount was $16,831 (Sixteen thousand eight hundred thirtyone dollars) and VSNA likes to thank all those who donated for the cause.

VSNA will continue to accept any donations to this cause and sincerely urges every member to be a part of this. Please send your checks to VSNA treasurer - Latha Mallikarjan and complete (100%) donations will go toward helping the flood victims through JSS.

Dr. Jagadeesh noted that "Mahaswamiji upon receiving the check informed us about the developments that are taking place in the flood-affected areas and assured us the amount will be put into use in construction of houses for the flood victims".  The presentation of donation was well received by local news organizations including new papers like "Mysore Mitra", "Prajavani", "Andholana", etc.

Sharanu,
Shiva

Two BOD positions open

Sharanu,
Currently VSNA has two BOD positions open and any eligible VSNA member can send their nominations to Dr.S.Munavalli or contact their local chapter president for more information.
Regards,
Shiva

Karnataka Flood Funds - Nov. Update

Sharanu,
   

    Ref: BOD meeting Nov.18.2009 – Karnataka Flood Victims Fund Raising

Many of you and chapters have taken important steps in raising funds or working with other entities to help Karnataka flood victims.  From the time Shiva Maganahalli' s email communique on Karnataka flood victim's help, few things have happened and we are trying to move ahead as quickly as possible to send the financial help needed.

Maryland chapter has pledged or raised more than $13K and expressed strong interest in using JSS, Mysore Mutt's auspice.  Furthermore, JSS Suttur Swamiji Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji and VSNA president Sundresh Siddiah communicated on ways of working out the disbursement of these funds to the victims.  Though there are other NGOs that currently helping in Karnataka, the missions of VSNA and JSS align well and JSS was one of the organization that got involved in the relief from the beginning. A JSS video related to their effort can be seen here.

Though in the BOD meeting it was agreed to short list a NGO and then proceed, with the above developments and to expedite the help to flood victims, executive body now asks BOD to approve of sending the funds to JSS at the earliest.  In fact one of the BOD member is possibly heading to India and hand over the check to Swamiji.  In the next two days, if you have any concern on this you can reply to this email (vsna_officers@ yahoogroups. com) with details. Otherwise, this overrides the earlier BOD decision.

Any chapter or member who is interested in donating through VSNA, please make a check payable to VSNA and send it to:
Latha Mallikarjuna
214 Leaside Drive
Monroeville, PA 15146

Make your check payable to "VSNA" with note “Karnataka Flood Victims Fund” and a donation receipt will be sent to each donor.

Also, for any VSNA family or member that makes $2000 (two thousand dollars) their family name will be inscribed on the house built using that donation.

Local chapters should continue to make all efforts in raising the funds through VSNA in their coming functions/meetings and a presentation can be downloaded from Yahoo group under folder “Karnataka Flood Victims” to present to local members.

Regards,
VSNA Executive Committee 

Inti,

Shiva M.

Life Time Achievements Award to Dr.Mahadevappa

Dear All,
VSNA is proud of the the achievements and award recently conferred to Dr.Mahadevappa. He is the father of two of long time members of VSNA, North California Chapter.  His daughter Mamatha Shekar and son Rajendra Mahadevappa live in the bay area and have been active in VSNA activities.

CONGRATULATIONS DR. Mahadevappa on your multiple awards!
Central VSNA

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The Agriculture Leadership Awards Committee has conferred upon Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa the Life Time Achievements Award for 2009 for your strong contributions through research, education, extension, HRD and new project initiatives, spanning over four decades, which greatly helped the cause of agriculture in India and positively impacted the lives of millions of farmers.

Agriculture Leadership Awards were started in 2008 to recognize the leadership roles played by individuals and institutions, which are positively impacting the lives of farmers and rural masses. The Awards were introduced in the areas of Policy, Research, Farming, Industry, Development and State Leaderships. Two new areas; Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility Awards have been added this year.

Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa was awarded this honor on 4 Sep., 2009 at 7.30 pm at Taj Palace, New Delhi.

In 2008, Dr. RS Paroda, Dr. KL Chadha and Dr. V Kurien were conferred upon the Life Time Achievements Awards.

Citation: Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa, an accomplished plant breeder, geneticist and seed scientist of international repute, has also proved himself as an able administrator by heading Agricultural University, Dharwad and ASRB, GOI. He has made significant contributions to green revolution in India particularly to rice improvement - his varieties adding laudably to state and national exchequer. Known as "Father of Hybrid Rice" in India, he was responsible for developing first hybrid that paved the way to intensify hybrid research in India. A scientist par excellence, his research in IRRI, Philippines on frontier areas like Rice-Ratoon Cropping Pattern, developing varieties for adverse soils opened up untilled areas to cropping. He elevated UAS, Dharwad to bag ICAR's Outstanding Institution Award-2000. His Eco-friendly Parthenium Weed Management Technology is widely adopted.

He is associated and has brought radical changes in national institutes such as ICAR, CSIR, DBT, Commodity Boards, etc. Presently, as Director of JSS Rural Development Foundation, Karnataka, he is implementing high-value rural-development projects focusing on livelihood generation to BPL farmers and rural drop-outs. His recently completed "Seed Village" project impacted 21 districts of Karnataka enhancing the income of more than 5000 farmers and obviating their dependence on spurious and costly seeds.

He has authored twenty books in English/Kannada which have transmitted technology knowledge to the scientific/farming communities. The recent innovative book with 45 poems is considered effective in reaching even the illiterates.

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HAPPY DEEPAVALI

VSNA Wishes You and Your Family a Happy Deepavali!

Sharanu,
Central VSNA