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Conference Quick Links AKKA WKC 2008 Home AKKA WKC 2008 Committees Program Schedule Conference Committees 1 Finance 2 Fund Mobilization 3 Food & Beverages 4 Business Forum 5 Light & Sound 6 Convention Infrastructure 7 Souvenir 8 Program 9 Hospitality 10 Decoration 11 Registration 12 Vendor Booths 13 Reception 14 MC Pool 15 Music 16 Drama 17 Dance 18 Fashion Show 19 Comedy/Talent/Special 20 Literary 21 Meravanige 22 AKKA Idol 23 Spiritual & Philosophy 24 CME 25 KK Coordination 26 Women's Forum 27 Singles Meet 28 Karnataka History 29 Volunteer Pool 30 Website 31 Charitable Fund 32 Advisory Council 33 Publicity 34 Youth 35 Awards 36 Alumni Coordinators 37 Karnataka Coordinators AKKA WKC-2008 Conference Committees Last Updated: August 28, 2008 For not listed e-mail and phone numbers, please send an e-mail with your phone number to wkc2008@akkaonline.org or contact the respective Committee Chair AKKA World Kannada Conference - 2008 Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Conveners Vasanthi Gowda vgowda2@comcast.net 630 963-0923(H) 630 915-6070(C) Assures to conduct the conference along the lines of AKKA objectives and AKK-VKK MOU Meet convention committees on a regular basis and provide directions and resources Work with the AKKA President to resolve any issues or conflicts before, during and after the conference Communicate with the AKKA Executive Committee (EC) and Board of Directors (BOD) on a regular basis with the progress of the convention activities. Submit final audited accounts to AKKA BOD and VKK GB. Mokshagundam Jayaram mjayaram@gmail.com 630 690-6162(H) 630 640-2671(C) Shivamurthy Keelara keelara@gmail.com 847 658-8967(H) 847 571-6063(C) Secretary Vijaya Bhat pediaam@aol.com 630 986-5427 Jt. Secretary Renu Nagaraj hemavathi@aol.com 630 455-1972 Treasurer Kajekar Ramachandra kripamaya@mail.com 847 438-3550 Jt. Treasurer Shrishail Virupannavar shri_virup@yahoo.com 630 527-1271 Go to top 1. Finance Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Samanth Laxman Lsamanth@yahoo.com 630 355-2429 Liaison with Fund raising committee to appraise of the projected budget Gap Preparation and publishing of Financial Statements to Conference Committee and AKKA President. Management reports to include Actual, projected Fixed and projected flexible range Periodically prepare Cash flow statements that include future cash flows by chronological buckets. Include Flexible range statements to match with Financial statements Communicate with the individual Committee chairs the drill –down portions of the income statement and cash flows when it is critical. Provide Budget Consulting services to various Committee chairs as needed. Including review of Budget submissions of all Committees prior to presentation to Conference Committee Provide Risk Identification and Mitigation services to Conveners and AKKA President (see the separate committee at Baltimore Develop Flexible Budgets for “major” expenditure and Income categories, Identify red flag deadline markers for implementing expansion or contraction of individual Major expense items. Provide the services equivalent of Internal Audit for the benefit of Conference Committee. (benefits the coordination of the work of external auditors) Provide expert specialist services to Registration Committee and Hospitality committee to convert their activities to proper accounting transactions. Ascertain that agreement clauses in Hotel contracts were executed and settled fairly and equitably. Co-Chair Surendra Phadnis rsphadnis@msn.com Member(Ex Officio) Kajekar Ramachandra kripamaya@mail.com 847 438-3550 Member(Ex Officio) Shrishail Virupannavar shri_virup@yahoo.com 630 527-1271 Member Deepak Bangalore 847 344-6002 Member Shreenidhi Bharadwaj 630 842-5502 Member Harish Hiremath 301 524-5101 Member Narayana Kamath 847 549-9648 Member Godavari Patil   Member Bhima Rao 815 230-2901 Member Jay Telagi 815 341-6440 Go to top 2. Fund Mobilization Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Devangi Sreekanth dmsreekanthmd@gmail.com 708 481-1775 Discuss with Conveners and Finance Committee Budgeted Resource requirements. Develop a plan of action for fund mobilization. Categorize donation levels and what each donor is entitled to. Send Appeal mailers thru publicity committee to prospective donors. Contact prospective donors by mail, telephone and personal contacts. Arrange for raffle of major items such as Cass, jewelry, etc. and conduct the raffle. Coordinate with Registration, Hospitality, Souvenir and Reception groups to make sure all donors receive the promised recognition, accommodation, etc. Regional coordinators are responsible for fund raising activities in their respective regions Co-Chair Shekar Sastry shekri@hotmail.com 615 377-8888 Co-Chair Jayanthi Mittur jayanthi_mittur@yahoo.com 630 497-8872 Member Amarnath Gowda amarnath@gowda.com 248 682-4872 Member Kudur Murali kudurmurali@yahoo.com 248-855-0043 Member Raghu Nayak   Member Dr. H.N. Vishwamithra sviswam573@aol.com 956 618-2636 Go to top 3. Food & Beverages Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Lakshmi Narayana dlnarayanamd@yahoo.com 708 798-5449 Prior to Conference: Develop food budget Select menu for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Get quotes from at least 2 different chefs for the selected menu Select chefs Arranging pre-conference sample taste with the actual preparation of the menu selected Coordinate with the Hotel Kitchen staff to meet chef’s requirements Identify and follow of any regulatory compliance requirements with the hotel and the state government. During Conference: Recruit volunteers for help during food serving Escort tables in an orderly fashion to the buffet area Make sure all food items are available during serving Co-Chair Shiva Shankar sshankar@sbcglobal.net 630 416-9432 Co-Chair Veda Agadi dr.veda.agadi@gmail.com 630 794-0746 Co-Chair Girish Ramamurthy gramamurthy@hotmail.com 630 336-3371 Advisor Vijayeendra Rao rviji@hotmail.com Member Raji Bapu   Member Ganesh   Member Nataraj Hoskote   Member Lakshmi Keshavamurthy   Member Lakshmi Krishna   Member Sridevi Krishnakumar   Member Uma Prabhakar   Member C. G. Rammohan   Member Sridevi Rangaraj   Member Malathi Shivini   Member Parmesh Shivini   Member Danashree Suresh   Volunteer Narayanamma Venkatesaih   Go to top 4. Business Forum Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Forum Director Soumitri Swamy sswamy@lisletech.com 630 681-8912 Develop a theme for the business forum Publish a directory of “Who’s who“ of all Kannadigas in business arena with their brief profile for the business publication Solicit ads for the business publication Arrange full-day business Forum on Friday Facilitate for business interaction between businesses in USA and India to meet the decision makers. Forum Director Mohan Gowda gowda_mohan@hotmail.com 630 718-1599 Member Dayashanker Adapa daya@ikonss.com 248 471-6861 Member Laxman Agadi lakshmanagadi@yahoo.com 630 794-0746 Member B.J. Arun bj.arun@californiadigital.com 510 440-8585/510 289-2786 Member Ravi Dankanikote dankanir@hotmail.com 703 855-6232 Member Amaranath Gowda amarnath@gowda.com 248 682-4872 Member Prabhudev Gowda (India advisor) prabhudevg@gmail.com Member Govind Lakshman glakshman@aol.com 630 655-3811 Member Raghu Naik 630 986-1240 Member Suresh Ramachandra rama_suresh2003@yahoo.com 301 762-4394/240 381-1480 Member Ramesh Rao rameshrao@aol.com 630 983-1859 Member Sriram Udupa ram.udupa@gmail.com 847 530-0435(cell) Go to top 5. Light & Sound Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair A.V. Satish masundaru@netzero.net 847 229-8017 Coordinate with the Program committee and the MC committee to identify the A/V & Lighting equipments required Develop budget for the A/V and Lighting equipments Coordinate with the A/V vendor to procure the needed equipments Set up A/V & Lighting equipments Arrange still & video photography Member Purushotham Acharya   Member Mahesh Kumar   Member Bhima Rao   Member T.A. Sridhara   Go to top 6. Convention Infrastructure Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Mohan Rao kannadiga07@gmail.com 630 852-6708(Home) 630 930-9119(Mobile) Coordinate with the Program committee in developing requirements for the stage size Design & Display AKKA WKC 2008 Banners through the facility Work with the Venue vendors to set up the stage Coordinate with A/V and lighting committee to set up the stage ambience Co-Chair T.A. Sridhar drsathya@comcast.net 708 478-5194(Home) 708 574-4287(Mobile) Member Purushottam Achar   Member Anantha Krishna anantha.tech@gmail.com 240 784-0003 Member Harish Rao harishmrao@yahoo.com 847 358-0527 Go to top 7. Souvenir Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Managing Editors Kulle Gowda hkgowda@comcast.net 630 963-0923 Develop budget for printing and shipping Souvenir Develop a theme for the Souvenir publication Design cover graphics for the Souvenir Solicit articles, poems, etc for the Souvenir Coordinate with the Fund Mobilization Committee in seeking ads Identify Printer & shipping issues to print them on-time Work with the Program Committee in developing the “Program Book” Arrange a photo session for committees group pictures to be printed in Souvenir Coordinate with out of state committee members to obtain their pictures to be included in the Souvenir Ravi Topgi ravitopgi@hotmail.com 847 359-7184 Editorial Kulle Gowda hkgowda@comcast.net 630 963-0923 Ravi Topgi ravitopgi@hotmail.com 847 359-7184 Dinesh Kadamuddi dineshkadamuddi@sbcglobal.net 630 851-7190 M.S.N. Swamy nswamy60107@yahoo.com 630 289-4292 Rama Chandra 847 458-7058 Advertisements Vasanthi Gowda (IL) vgowda2@comcast.net 630 963-0923 Mokshagundam Jayaram (IL) mjayaram@gmail.com 630 690-6161 Shivamurthy Keelara (IL) keelara@gmail.com 847 658-8967 Ben Kantharaj (NJ) bkantha@gmail.com 732 398-0177 Sreeranjini Raja (FL) sreeranjini.raja@yahoo.com 561 746-5436 Shekar Sastry (TN) shekri@hotmail.com 615 377-8888 Ravi Shankar (CA) ravishankar_b@yahoo.com 650 996-7180 Go to top 8. Program Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Program Director Usha Kolpe usha.kolpe@gmail.com 630 737-0883 Develop Program registration form, rules, guidelines, and deadlines for submitting programs Contact AKKA Charter Member Kootas soliciting programs. Select well-balanced programs for the conference representing kids, adults, dance, drama, music, etc. Set program duration, schedule, and sequence for each program Create final program schedule chart to be printed in the "Program Book” Inform program participants about their performance day & time slot Get requirements of the selected programs for any special resources required such as lighting, background scene, music, etc. Obtain needed materials (CDs, Cassette Tapes, DVD’s, etc) from the program participants - Edit, Compile & Burn CDs Coordinate with MC committee for introduction, announcements, and any special resources required for the programs Develop Audio/video requirements for the programs Coordinate with Audio/Video Committee in meeting A/V (microphones, background lighting, etc.) requirements Select background music during procession, lunch, dinner, breaks, etc. Manage time during program execution Prepare a list of all the participants and work with Recognition & Awards committee in procuring the awards & certificates for the program participants Program must include a AKKA EC/BOD/Trustees/General Body meetings in parallel session halls and at least 30 minutes for AKKA in the main auditorium. Select DJ and music for dance - Compile & Burn CDs Program Director Tribhuvana Murthy tanmayi_99@yahoo.com 630 851-7190 Member Ravindra Attavane   Member Sudha Bhoopalam   Member Anitha Dasappa   Member Anil Deshpande   Member Asha Gurudatt   Member Kiran Kemmannu   Member Anitha Kiran   Member Jayashree Kumar   Member Srivani Kope   Member Basavaraju Nanjundappa   Member Aparna Pai   Member Deepak Patil   Member Anitha Rajendra   Member Nagabhushan Rao   Member Shankar Rao   Go to top 9. Hospitality Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Ravi Harsoor eobsjeff@gmail.com 630 229-5701(Cell) Setting up Information / first aid kits at the venue and provide information on closest hospital and ER facilities. Provide information on road/freeway constructions, provide alternative route to the venue In case of natural disaster, work with Registration Committee to handle communications aspects Provide assistance in checking into the rooms, parking information, etc. Provide information about sight seeing places and nearby attractions. If necessary, arrange transportation services from the Airports to the Hotels and venue . Must do it for high level Dignitaries Accommodation and transportation arrangements for the dignitaries and guests - may have to reserve rooms or suites for the dignitaries under AKKA name. Work with Registration Committee to generate a list of Sponsors (free room for Gold & Platinum sponsors) Allocate rooms (reserved under AKKA) for sponsors. Make a flyer (to be distributed at the time of check-in) with relevant & critical information the guests need to have to make their visit comfortable. Co-Chair Channu Kambalyal channuk@yahoo.com 847 546-2381 Member Deepak Ariga aparnapai@hotmail.com 708 323-5478 Member Anil Deshpande anilrd@yahoo.com 847 303-5651 Member Nandish Dhananjaya ndhananj@hotmail.com 630 456-0485(Cell) Member Kempe Gowda kempe.gowda@yahoo.com 503 470-0857 Member Nandish Dhananjaya ndhananj@hotmail.com 630 456-0485(Cell) Member Deepak Kalgudi deepak_k@inbox.com Member Koratagere Suresh ks_suresha@yahoo.com 630 375-0293 Member Ganesh Nayak nayakan@gmail.com 630 414-8203 Member Deepak Patil deepakpatil@yahoo.com 630 854-2727 (Cell) Member Murugesh Patil mspatil@yahoo.com 309 258 4070 Member Avadhoot Saraf avadhootsaraf@gmail.com 312 714-8813 Member Madan Shebani Madanshebani@aol.com 815 404-3473 Go to top 10. Decoration Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Sridevi Rangaraj sridevi@rangaraj.com 708 748-4180 Develop a theme for Decoration. Decorate the main hall, Parallel session halls, Reception area, dining hall, etc. in consultation with the Stage and Infrastructure committee. Decorate the Main Stage Assist Convention center personnel for Advertising the Conference on their Advertisement display Boards. Assist Karnataka History committee in their presentation of the display. Co-Chair Sheela Jayaram   Member Abhimanyu Moolamala   Member Chandrika Tilawalli   Member Jayashree Suresh   Member Laksmi Narayan   Member Lalitha Chandrashekar   Member Malini Lakshman   Member Revathi Rao   Member Roopa Phadnis   Member Sheela Swamy   Member Shyamala Bhagawan   Member Vani Rao   Member Vijaya Kothavale   Member T.A. Sridhar   Go to top 11. Registration Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Narendra Lingegowda narendral@yahoo.com 847 226-5910(Cell) Prior to Conference: Coordinate with Conference Committee to establish registration fees for adult, children, late registration fee, cancellation fee, etc. Develop registration form including option to subscribe AKKA membership, CME enrollment Coordinate with Website committee to set up online registration Mail formal invitation to the registrants Send e-mail reminder to all the registrants before the conference with helpful information. Maintain database of the registrants by mail, fax, and online. Coordinate with Publicity Committee in sending formal and e-mail invitation to the registrants Develop FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) pertaining to registrations, cancellations, etc. to be published on the web Prepare Name Badges for the Registrants, Volunteers and Committee members Prepare registration Packages containing Name badge, Souvenir, goodies, etc. Develop a theme for the Registration committee members (common dress – same color saree, kurtha, etc.) Mail all conference materials including registration forms, program forms, etc. On the day of the Conference: Coordinate with Stage & Décor Committee to decorate the Registration Booths Check in the Registrants and distribute the registration Packages Direct them to Hospitality area for further information. After the Conference: Send thank you e-mail to all the registrants after the conference. Provide Conference Committee the final tally of number of Registrants and amounts collected. Coordinator/Co-Chair Sowmini Ramesh 630 483-7172 Coordinator/Co-Chair Leela Singh leela.singh@gmail.com Member Bhaanumathi Basavaraj bhanu_basavaraj@hotmail.com 630 762-9733 Member Satish Chandra schandra@roosevelt.edu 630 497-9240 Member Jyothi Donty   Member Rani Haval ranihaval@gmail.com 937 829-0273 Member Jayanth Lakavalli jayanth_lak@yahoo.com Member Archana M.   Member Ratna Patil   Member Sushma Ramakrishna urpalshu@yahoo.com Member Preethi Ravindra preethiravindra@yahoo.com Member Meenakshi Virupannavar   Member Avinash Vishwanath Avinash.vishwanath@gmail.com 973 964-6150 Member-Onsite Brunda Kamath brundakamath@hotmail.com 847 549-9648 Member-Onsite Geetha Patil patilgeetha@yahoo.com 940 594-5645 Member-Onsite Karthik Ramprasad   Member-Onsite Shilpa Ramprasad shilparamprasad@yahoo.com 847 549-6538 Member-Onsite Hema Sullia sullia_hemalatha@yahoo.com 847 219-6591 Member-Onsite Rama Thimmapaya ramadevi@ameritech.net 847 735-0518 Volunteer Narayanamma Venkatesaiah 847 352-8166 Volunteer Vishalakshi Swamy 630 289-4292 Volunteer Madhava Rao, FL mrao74@worldnet.att.net 352 728-8674(H) 630 484-0841(C) Go to top 12. Vendor Booths Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Shankar Hegde raohegde@comcast.net 630 904-1980 Book as many vendors/exhibitors both from USA and India and handle travel arrangements for those coming from India. Work out booth rental prices Work with Infrastructure committee to design the booth layout Coordinate with hospitality committee for the vendors' travel/boarding/lodging in US. Coordinate with food and registration committee for the vendors' passes Co-Chair Anil Adkoli adkoli@yahoo.com 630 836-1266 Co-Chair K. B. Prasad prasadkb@gmail.com 630 904-8679 Advisor Sanjay Rao sanjaysr@gmail.com 703 793-9072 703 869-1461 Member Sudhir Adkoli sradkoli@yahoo.com 630 307-0059 Member Mahesh Boopalam mbhoopalam@comcast.net 630 655-3283 Member Ashok Kollur mytroy03@yahoo.com 630 346 9176 Go to top 13. Reception Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Jayanthi Mittur jayanthi_mittur@yahoo.com 630 497-8872 Make arrangements at the entrance of the Conference to greet all visitors. Provide them directions for the Conference areas by way of print outs, TV Monitor display, Audio system, signs, etc. Prepare a list of VIPs and see that they are received and taken to the right places at the Conference hall. Keep track of changes in the programs and venues and update attendees so that upto the minute details are provided. Assist handicapped visitors to reach their destination comfortably. Provide wheel chairs as necessary. Co-Chair Lakshmi Krishna Lakshmi.krishna@zurichna.com 630 893-9626 Members Aparna Adkoli   Anitha Agarwal   Geetha Bhat   Kalpana Gowda   Kempe Gowda   Prema Gowda   Rama Gowda   Asha Gurudath   Mala Hegde   Vasanth Kalale   Jaya Kumar   Pramila Mukand   Meena Muni   Renu Nagaraj   Shubha Narendra   Kalyani Prasad   Uma Prasannamurthy   Kalpana Rajanna   Asha Rao   Triveni Shreenivasa Rao   Dani Shankar   Satya Sridhar   Madhu Sulladmath, TX   Rama Thimmapaya   Volunteers(Adults) Madhu Anand   Nanda Chandra   Malini Lakshmana   Asha Mittur   Shiva Prabhu   Veena Prabhu   Shari Raghuram   Manjula Rammohan   Rammohan   Asha Satish   Malathi Shivni   Vijaya SubbaRao   Malathi UdayKumar   Volunteers(Youth) Shika Bhat   Megana Gowda   Sahadev Gowda   Satya Hegde   Krishna Hegde   Amar Krishna   Ashwini Krishnakumar   Ajay Lakshmana   Archana Lakshmana   Bhavya Mittur   Vaishak Mittur   Pallavi Mukand   Ashwin Muni   Naveen Muni   Suchi Nagaraj   Amitha Prasad   Arun Prasad   Surabhi Rao   Suvrath Rao   Rajani Sridhar   Sheela Shankar   Anitha Shankar   Anusha Sulladmath   Naveen Vence   Go to top 14. MC Pool Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Ramesh Rangasham rramesh@prodigy.net 630 483-7172 Coordinate with the Program committee and A/V committee to arrange required microphones (wired & wireless) Coordinate with the Program Committee in developing the script for announcement for each program Develop MCs schedule with equal participation of MCs. Coordinate with the program committee in managing the time during program execution. Develop standard dialogues for program transitions. All MC scripts must be typed to avoid impromptu speeches by the MCs. Co-Chair Lakshman Mittur lmittur@gmail.com Member Anupama Mangalavedhe   Go to top 15. Music Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Shari Raghuram shariraghu@yahoo.com 847 955-1709 Schedule the number of programs in consultation with the Program committee both for main hall and parallel sessions. Develop criteria for selection of music groups Select music teams from different Kannada Kutas based on your committee criteria for selection. Classical music, Sugama Sangeetha and film music to be included in the programs. Work with Program committee to fill up the designated slots. Strictly adhere to the timings agreed upon and get the music groups ready on time during the Conference for on time performance. Assist Conveners and Program Committee in selecting artists from Karnataka and schedule their programs. Co-Chair Saraswathi Ranganathan   Co-Chair Dr. Nagabhushan Rao drnagrao@yahoo.com 630 892-3681 Member Mukund Akkoor   Member Chetan Gorladku   Member Asha Rao   Member Manjula Rao   Member Megha Sarathi   Member Nagamani Vidyasagar   Go to top 16. Drama Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Srinivasa Rao shreeni@sbcglobal.net 630-837-1730 Schedule the number of dramas in consultation with the Program committee both for main hall and parallel sessions. Develop criteria for selection of drama and skit troupes. Select drama teams from different Kannada Kutas based on your committee criteria for selection. Assist Conveners and Program committee in selecting drama troupes from Karnataka and schedule their programs. Work with Program committee to fill up the designated slots. Strictly adhere to the timings agreed upon and get the drama and skit troupes ready on time during the Conference for on time performance. Co-Chair Rama Rao ramakb@hotmail.com Co-Chair Mysore Shivaram chamundi@sbcglobal.net Member Dinesh Kadamuddi dineshkadamuddi@sbcglobal.net 630 851-7190 Member Sridevi Mattu   Member Lakshman Mittur lmittur@gmail.com Member Sheela Shankar   Member Thriveni Shreenivasa Rao   Go to top 17. Dance Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Bhagya Nagesh bhagyan@yahoo.com 630 357-9293 Schedule the number of dances in consultation with the Program committee both for main hall and parallel sessions. Develop criteria for selection of dances, ballets, yakshagana, etc. Select teams from different Kannada Kutas based on your committee criteria for selection. Assist Conveners and Program committee in selecting dance/ballet troupes from Karnataka and schedule their programs. Work with Program committee to fill up the designated slots. Strictly adhere to the timings agreed upon and get the dance/ballet teams ready on time during the Conference for on time performance. Co-Chair Dinesh Kadamuddi dineshkadamuddi@sbcglobal.net 630 851-7190 Member Aparna Adkoli adkolia@yahoo.com 630 307-0059 Go to top 18. Fashion Show Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Usha Swamy usha.n.swamy@gmail.com 630 325-9574 Develop fashion show theme and segments (youth, western, Indian, etc) Choreograph the Fashion show Work with Registration committee to seek the participants for Fashion show Solicit sponsorships from Indian Boutiques to provide dress for the fashion show participants Select appropriate music for the various fashion show segments Co-Chair Malini Laxman 630 655-3811 Member Veena Shivamurthy 847 658-8967 Go to top 19. Comedy/Talent/Special Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Gurudutt Ramamurthy Gurudutt@sbcglobal.net 630 837-4999 Schedule the number of comedy/talent/special shows in consultation with the Program committee both for main hall and parallel sessions. Develop criteria for selection of this special skills group. Include comedy shows, harate, magic shows, painting, gymnastics, etc. Select these teams from different Kannada Kutas based on your committee criteria for selection. Assist Conveners and Program committee in selecting such troupes from Karnataka and schedule their programs. Work with Program committee to fill up the designated slots. Strictly adhere to the timings agreed upon and get the troupes ready on time during the Conference for on time performance. Co-Chair Lakshman Mittur lmittur@gmail.com Co-Chair Dr. Nagbushan Rao drnagrao@yahoo.com Member Chetan Anantaraman   Member Prakash Madadakere prakm@yahoo.com Member Satish Nagar   Member Satish Patil   Member Manjula Prasanna prasha@comcast.net Member Jayashree P   Member Girish M Rao girishmrao@hotmail.com Member Rama Rao ramakb@hotmail.com Member Sunil sunil2rao@yahoo.com Go to top 20. Literary Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Nalini Maiya nmaiya@hotmail.com 630 968-0203 Schedule the number of literary activities in consultation with the Program committee both for main hall and parallel sessions. Develop criteria for selection of Authors, Poets, seminars, etc. Select and invite eminent people both from Karnataka and USA. Include authors, poets, etc. from different Kannada Kutas based on your committee criteria for selection. Work with Conveners and Program committee in selecting eminent people in these fields from Karnataka and schedule their programs. Work with Program committee to fill up the designated slots. Strictly adhere to the timings agreed upon and get the people ready on time during the Conference for on time performance. Co-Chair Prakash Hemavathi   Member Ramanujam Prasad   Member Triveni Shreenivasa Rao   Go to top 21. Meravanige Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Manjula RamMohan rammohan_manjula@yahoo.com 630 968-3545 Develop a theme for the meravanige Contact all Kannada Kutas and assign them their dress code/theme for participation. Coordinate with Kannada Kuta participants at the Conference. Select the Meravanige Route. Conduct the Meravanige. Arrange for audio/video/ etc. Co-Chair Jayshree Kumar Lsamanth@yahoo.com 630 355-2429 Co-Chair Rupa Acharya rpa_acharya@yahoo.com 630 983-8607 Member Mr. & Mrs. Asha Ranganath   Member Bhagya Nagesh   Member Bharati Ramana pramana@comcast.net 630 887-1171 Member C.G.Rammohan   Member Jaya Kumar   Member Jayanthi Lakshman   Member Leelavathi Huliyar   Member Lata Doshetty   Member Mani Rao   Member Malini Lakshman   Member Meena Muni   Member Mr. & Mrs.Menaka Setty   Member Mohan Rao   Member Muralidhara Rao   Member Mythra Nagaraju   Member Pramila Mukund   Member Prema Gowda pgowda20@yahoo.com 630 369-2473 Member Purushotam Acharya   Member Rajini Mady   Member Rama Rao (Suma) ramachicago@yahoo.com 630 985-8677 Member Ramaa Rao mysorerama@yahoo.com 630 852-6708 Member Ramalingappa Mukunda   Member Renu Nagaraj   Member Samanth Laxman   Member Satya Sridhar   Member Suresh Huliyar   Member Mr. & Mrs.Sudha Kota   Member Swarna Devisetty   Member T.A.Sridhar   Volunteer Dr.Amar Jyothi Peruri   Volunteer Bhagya Nagesh bhagyan@yahoo.com 630 357-9293 Volunteer Jayanthi Lakshman   Volunteer Renu Nagaraj   Volunteer Swarna Devisetty   Volunteer Vijaya Subbarao 847 949-0962 Go to top 22. AKKA Idol Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Shashinath Chandrahasegowda indushashi@hotmail.com 347 495-5016(C) 563 650-2340(C) 309 797-5602(H) Schedule the number of required competitions in parallel session rooms in consultation with the Program committee. Follow up the Registration well in advance of the Conference. Schedule and conduct on site registration for various competitions. Develop criteria for selection of the winners. Appoint judges for all competition. Interact with all Kannada Kutas to encourage participation of artists. Determine the prices /certificate to be awarded and procure the same. Work with Program committee to fill up the designated slots. Strictly adhere to the timings agreed upon and get the competitors ready on time during the Conference for on time performance. Arrange to have the performance of the first price winners on the main stage in consultation with the Program committee. Co-Chair Chitra Rao chitrarao24@hotmail.com 630 497-8659(H) 630 696-7627(C) Co-Chair Saraswathi Ranganathan ilovmuziq@gmail.com 312 330-0339(H) Member Asha Rao asha123@yahoo.com 224 578-1213(C) Member Jaishree Prasad jaishriprasad@yahoo.com 847 439-2306 Member Raksha Sunkum rsunkum@hotmail.com 408 813-7567 Member Shubha Seetharam shubha_seetharam@yahoo.com 847 875-0467(C) Member Swetha Rao swetharao2@yahoo.com 847 695-4363 Member Veena Shivanna veena_india@hotmail.com 847 658-8967 Go to top 23. Spiritual & Philosophy Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Rohini Udupa rsudupa@comcast.net 847 934-3980 Arrange practical Yoga demonstration and training seminars Invite prominent spiritual leaders for lectures. Arrange appropriate prayers at the beginning and end of Conference. Work with Karnataka History Committee to represent Spiritual & Philosophers of Karnataka in the Display. Co-Chair Naga Moolky   Member Ganesh Balaji   Member Anil Deshpande anilrd@yahoo.com 847 303-5651 Member Shanker Jayaram   Member Krishnamurthy Jois kmurthy5@aim.com 703 356-8529 Member Sathya Sridhara   Member Prabhakar B. Thippagowda   Go to top 24. CME Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Sudha Rao, MD sudharao1@comcast.net 630 782-2161 Identify topics for the CME program Line up speakers for CME sessions Interface with pharmaceuticals to sponsor CME activity. Coordinate with Publicity committee to get the list of Kannadiga Physicians for communicating CME activities Publish a brochure describing CME program Co-Chair Indu Vence, MD ivence88@yahoo.com 847 842-8916 Member Ambika Babu, MD aamblee@hotmail.com Member Anil Gopinath, MD bganil64@hotmail.com Member Pradeep Kadambi, MD pkadambi@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu Member Sarode Pundaleeka, MD dhyma@aol.com Member Murali Rao, MD muralirao@comcast.net Member Dharmapuri Vidyasagar, MD DSagar@uic.edu Go to top 25. KK Coordination Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Conveners Vasanthi Gowda vgowda2@comcast.net 630 963-0923(H) 630 915-6070(C) Contact all Kannada Kutas to encourage them to participate in the Conference Provide information regarding the conference committees requested. Resolve any issues between the various Conference programs related committees and Kannada Kuta perspective participants. Provide feedback to Conveners regarding Kannada Kutas concerns or comments. Make sure Kannada Kuta Presidents are present at the time of introduction at the Conference. Mokshagundam Jayaram mjayaram@gmail.com 630 690-6162(H) 630 640-2671(C) Shivamurthy Keelara keelara@gmail.com 847 658-8967(H) 847 571-6063(C) Go to top 26. Women's Forum Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Forum Director Asha Murthy marolisilks@comcast.net 630 325-3757 Develop a theme for the Women’s forum Publish a directory “Who’s who“of all Kannadigas in business / Cultural/ NGO arena with their brief profile for publication. Arrange full-day or half day Women’s Forum on Friday/Saturday/Sunday in consultation with the program committee. Work with conveners to invite eminent Women from Karnataka for these Forums. Co-Director Dr. Leela Rao raohegde@gmail.com 630 904-1980 Member Dr. Nirmala Bhoopalam devata@comcast.net 630 368-0727 Member Rajni Mouli sarva75@yahoo.com 847 295-9167 Member Veena Mysore vmysore@hotmail.com 630 886-7605 Member Mythra Nagaraju rajnagaraju@yahoo.com 630 325-0125 Member Uma Navale navale@excite.com 630 778-1558 Member Shobha Rajanahalli Rajan4@aol.com/Fourraj@aol.com 630 655-0855 Member Chandrika Tilwalli ctilwalli@yahoo.com 630 655-4062 Go to top 27. Singles Meet Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Shubha Seetharam shubha_seetharam@yahoo.com 847 875-0467 This is a service provided to the Conference attendees so that they can meet people who are interested in matrimonial information. Co-Chair Swetha Rao swetha2rao@yahoo.com 847 697-4363 Member Asha Rao asha123@yahoo.com 224 578-1213 Member Bhavana Harish 513 226-3920 Member Raksha Sunkum rsunkum@hotmail.com 408 813-7567 Go to top 28. Karnataka History Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Prakash Hemavathi phemavathi@yahoo.com 630 983-0702 Collect information about History of Karnataka for the past several centuries Design displays to depict temples, paintings, architecture, Science, engineering, religious, famous personalities, etc in different time period. Work with Infrastructure group to design the Display area. Prepare audio/visual representations, posters, etc. Include demonstration of different crafts such as pottery, wood carving, painting, etc. as a part of the Display. Co-Chair Suma Pyati   Member Manjunath Kunigal   Member Arun Murthy   Member Triveni Srinivasa Rao   Member Sridevi Sudhakar   Member Ramesh Teeka RTeeka@futaba.com 847 529-3415 Go to top 29. Volunteer Pool Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Kempe Gowda kempe.gowda@yahoo.com 503 470 0857 Get volunteer requirements from various committees Recruit volunteers Communicate and coordinate with volunteers during: Registration process Accommodation Food serving Transportation Information on local attraction / site seeing activities Compile things & places in Chicago suitable for youth to go Co-Chair Hriday Keni hrke ni@gmail.combr> Co-Chair Ragavendra Murthy murthymandya@gmail.com Member Anil Kumar anilkumarsp7@gmail.com Member Chandan chandansrs@gmail.com Member Gangadhar gchickar@gmail.com Member Gurushant gurushant@gmail.com Member Madhusudhan B L madhu.baraguru@gmail.com Member Satish Salian sathish.salian@gmail.com Member Suprakash Ramesh suprakashbr@gmail.com Member Venugopal Shetty venugopala.shetty@gmail.com Go to top 30. Website Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair Basavaraj Bettaygowda bettaygowda@yahoo.com 630 762-9733 Develop web graphics Coordinate with the Publicity committee in posting conference related materials on akkaonline.org website on a regular basis Set up online registration process Coordinate with the Registration committee consolidating e-mails of the registrants Coordinate with the Publicity committee in sending e-mal reminders to AKKA community on a regular basis regarding the progress of the conference Post pictures from the conference on the web Co-Chair Ramesh Gowda gowda@smgi.net 248 377-2727 Member K. B. Prasad prasadkb@gmail.com 630 904-8679 Member Satish Patil satishpatil@hotmail.com 630 226-6929 Member Prashanth Dayanand prash4902@yahoo.com 443 824-3061 Go to top 31. Charitable Fund Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Chair M. Venkatesh venks9@hotmail.com 847 531-8967 Identify Charitable Fund Requirements Contact other NGOs in Karnataka and USA. Arrange a Seminar at the Conference with eminent speakers and philanthropists. Raise funds for a targeted cause such as Aids, Education, etc. Work with AKKA Charitable Foundation for fund raising efforts. Advertise in Souvenir to solicit donations. Conduct raffle/Auction, etc as a part of fund raising efforts. Take Youth group help as and when necessary for raffle/auction. Co-Chair Vinesh Ambekar vinesh_a@hotmail.com 847 704-2692 Co-Chair Satish Gopinath satishgi@hotmail.com 847 962-6847 Go to top 32. Advisory Council Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities       Assist Conveners in an Advisory role form the Past experiences to guide the Conference. Work to resolve interpretation of MOU. Go to top 33. Publicity Title Name Contact Details Roles & Responsibilities Conveners Vasanthi Gowda vgowda2@comcast.net 630 963-0923(H)