Dear All, We are pleased to announce the results of the elections conducted for electing the office bearers of the Karnataka State Library Association (KALA) for the 2 years term, 2010-2012. The election was conducted on October 29, 2010 by The Chief Election Officer, Mrs. S.Chinnappa and coordinated by Mr. Ananda T.Byrappa, the General Secretary of the Association. Following are the elected members for the various positions of the Executive Committee of the Association and the Office Bearers. President: Mr. P.Y. Rajendra Kumar Vice Presidents: Dr. M.Krinshanmurthy Mr. Ragavendra R General Secretary: Mr. H Rajendra Babu Joint Secretaries: Dr. K.R. Mulla Mr.H.E.Sreenivas Treasurer: Dr. Rattihalli We congratulate the elected office bearers. General body & KALA National Symposium updates will be uploaded soon @ http://www.kalaonline.com We would like to thank you for all your support and cooperation for making KALA a truly vibrant organization. Following are some of the important initiatives of KALA in last 2 years. * Added 260 plus new members * Created a web-presence for KALA with an update bi-lingual website (http://www.kalaonline.com) * Organized periodic lectures, talks and brainstorming sessions with 2 major national events: o National Seminar on 'Content Management' o National Symposium on "Next Generation Libraries: Opportunities & Challenges" * Celebration of National Library week in 2008 & 2009 across Karnataka * Revival of KALA for making it more vibrant! Thank you, Prof. I.K. Ravichandra Rao Mr. Ananda Byrappa Dr Francis Jayakanth Mrs. Usha Mukunda Mr Basavaiah Mr Rajendra Babu -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.