PAST OFFICE BEARERS

2003 - 2004

Executive:

Mrs. Shubha Kumar - President/Chair Person
Dr. Siddalingeswara Orekondy - Vice President
Dr. Rohitas Batta - Secretary
Mr. Amrindra Singh Flora - Joint Secretary
Mr. KrishnaMurthy Toopran - Treasurer

The Governing Council was represented by the following member associations:

• Australian Hindi Indian Association Inc - Shubha Kumar, Sukhdev Jaswal
  
• Gujarati Samaj of NSW - Arjun Mehta, Navin Khandhar
  
• Hindi Samaj - Dr. Prabhat Sinha, Dr. S. Bhatia
  
• India Sport Club - Raj Natrajan, Amrindra Flora
  
• Kannada Sangha - Dr. Siddalingeswara Orekondy, Dr. Anantha Prakash
  
• Sydney Tamil Sangham - Ram Ramamurthy, Raji Swaminathan
  
• Technocrats' Association of Australia Inc - Dr. Rohitas Batta, Dr. Narsimha Reddy
  
• Telugu Association Inc - Sreenadh, Krisna Murthy Tooparan

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2002 - 2003 (Elected at the seventh AGM held on 18/5/2002)

Executive:
Dr Navin Khandhar - Chairperson
Mr Ram Ramamurthy - Secretary
Mr Arjun Mehta - Joint Secretary

Mr Balasubrahmanyam Varanasi - Treasurer

The Governing Council was represented by the following member organisations:

• Australian Punjabi Association - Dr. B. Chug, Mr. Gurmeet Tuli
  
• Gujarati Association of NSW - Mr. Arjun Mehta, Mr. Tushar Bhatt
  
• Sydney Kannada Sangha - Mrs. Hema Setty, Mrs. Anu Ramesh
  
• Hindi Samaj - Dr. S. Bhatia, Dr. S. Chaturvedi
  
• Malayalee Association of Sydney - Mrs. Francina Hart, Mrs. Jaya Nair
  
• Marathi Association - Mr. Sharad Pathak, Mr. Shree Shirodkar
  
• Sydney Tamil Manaram - Mr. Mufhy Gnanamurthy
  
• Sydney Tamil Sangam - Mr. Ram Ramamurthy, Mrs. Raji Swaminathan.
  
• Telugu Association - Dr. H. Rao, Mr. John Lingutla
  

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2001 - 2002 (Elected at the sixth AGM held on 17/3/2001 and 2/6/2001)

Executive:
Mrs. Raji Swaminathan (Sydney Tamil Sangam):      Chairperson
Dr. Baljit Chugh (Punjabi Assoc.):                            Secretary

Governing Council: Two members from each member association.

Public Officer: Mr. Subba Rao Varigonda

The current Governing Council is represented by the following member organisations:

• Australian Punjabi Association - Dr. B. Chug, Mr. Gurmeet Tuli
  
• Gujarati Association of NSW - Mr. Arjun Mehta, Mr. Tushar Bhatt
  
• Sydney Kannada Sangha - Mrs. Hema Setty, Mrs. Anu Ramesh
  
• Hindi Samaj - Dr. S. Bhatia, Dr. S. Chaturvedi
  
• Malayalee Association of Sydney - Mrs. Francina Hart, Mrs. Jaya Nair
  
• Marathi Association - Mr. Sharad Pathak, Mr. Shree Shirodkar
  
• Sydney Tamil Manaram - Mr. Mufhy Gnanamurthy
  
• Sydney Tamil Sangam - Mr. Ram Ramamurthy, Mrs. Raji Swaminathan.
  
• Telugu Association - Dr. H. Rao, Mr. John Lingutla
  

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PAST OFFICE BEARERS

2000 - 2001 (Elected at the fifth AGM held on 5/3/2000)

Executive:
Dr. Satpal Bhatia (Hindi Samaj) : Chairman
Mr. Vish Vishwanathan (Sydney Tamil Manram):Secretary
Mr. Varghese Mathew:Treasurer

Working Committee:
Replaced by Governing Council with representations by two members from each member association (by constitution amendment).

Public Officer: Mr. Subba Rao Varigonda

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PAST OFFICE BEARERS
1999 - 2000 (Elected at the fourth AGM held on 4/2/1999)

Executive:
Mr. Vish Vishwanathan (Sydney Tamil Manram) :Chairman
Mr. Raj Natarajan (Kannada Sangha): Vice Chairman
Dr. N. Vijay Kumar (Sydney Tamil Sangam):Secretary
Mrs. Usha Mathew (Malayalee Assoc.):Treasurer

Working Committee:
Mrs. Sudha Ramdev (AHIA)
Mr. Vikram Limaye (Marathi Assoc.)
Mr. Thakur Purswani (Sindhi Assoc.)

Public Officer: Mr. Vish Vishwanathan (Sydney Tamil Manram)

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PAST OFFICE BEARERS
1998- 1999 (Elected at the third AGM held on 26/1/1998)

Executive:
Mrs. Sumathi Advani (Sindhi Assoc.) : Chairman
Mr. Raj Natarajan (Kannada Sangha) : Vice Chairman
Mr. Vish Vishwanathan (Sydney Tamil Manaram) : Secretary
Mr. Tushar Bhatt(Gujarathi Samaj) : Treasurer

Working Committee:
Mrs. Harkiran Chugh (Punjabi Assoc.)
Mr. Vishwanath Pawar (Marathi Assoc.)

Public Officer: Mrs. Sumathi Advani (Sindhi Assoc.)

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PAST OFFICE BEARERS
1997-1998 (Elected at the second AGM held on 1/12/1996)

Executive:
Dr. B. Chug (Punjabi Assoc) : Chairman
Dr. P. Nallathamby (Sydney Tamil Manaram) : Vice Chairman
Dr.(Mrs.) Harthita Bhatt : Secretary
Mr. Ashok Gore (Marathi Assoc.) : Treasurer

Working Committee:
Mr. Shivashankar (Kannada Sangha)
Dr. Hemachandra Rao (Telugu Assoc.)
Dr. S. P. Bhatia (Hindi Samaj)
Mr. Harold D'Souza (Goan Assoc.)
Mr. Devenra Kumar (AHIA)

Public Officer: Mr. Subba Rao Varigonda

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PAST OFFICE BEARERS
1996 - 1997 ( Elected at the first AGM held on 10/3/1996)

Executive:
Mr. Subba Rao Varigonda (Telugu Assoc.) : Chairman
Dr. B. Chug (Punjabi Assoc) : Vice Chairman
Mr. Ashok Gore (Marathi Assoc.) : Secretary
Mr. Sami Gounder (Sydney Tamil Manram) : Treasurer

Working Committee:
Mr. Shivashankar (Kannada Sangha)
Mr. Himanshu ( Gujarathi Samaj))
Dr. S. P. Bhatia (Hindi Samaj)

Public Officer: Mr. Subba Rao Varigonda

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PAST OFFICE BEARERS
1995 - 1996 (The interim committee was elected by the Governing Council on 3rd March 1995 to hold office until the first AGM)

Executive:
Mr. Subba Rao Varigonda (Telugu Assoc.) :Interim Chairman
Mr. Devender Jain (AHIA) : Interim Vice Chairman
Dr. B. Chug (Punjabi Assoc) : Interim Secretary
Mrs. Sumati Advani (Sindhi Assoc.) : Treasurer

Working Committee:
Mr. Mahesh Babu (Kannada Sangha)
Mr. Thiru Shekhar ( Sydney Tamil Manram)
Dr. Prabhat Sinha (Hindi Samaj)

Public Officer: Mr. Subba Rao Varigonda (Telugu Assoc.)

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