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Western Australia Kannada Sangha (WAKS) started on Saturday, 22 Aug 2009, is the only registered Kannada association in Western Australia (WA). Our mission is to strengthen the Kannada community of WA by providing a forum to pursue literary, cultural, educational and community development activities. It is a voluntary organization primarily run by donations and memberships from interested members of the general public. WAKS has a long way in achieving its objectives and in expanding its activities to new horizons. To bring a sense of festivity into otherwise routine lifestyle, WAKS organises several events throughout the year. These events set a stage for Kannada people to meet others of their own community and network.
Members get an opportunity to involve themselves and their children in various WAKS activities and expose their children to the rich culture and traditions of Karnataka. The involvement of every Kannadiga of WA in WAKS’s mainstream activities would only enhance and enrich Kannada’s culture and the community’s strength.
Names left to right: Girish Asundi, K Jayanth, H L Prasanna Kumara, S Girish, B A Arunkumar
Please CLICK ON THE ABOVE PHOTO for information about our founders.
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Term |
Office Bearers |
Executive Committee Members |
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2023 - 2025 |
President : Rajeev Chandrashekar Vice-President : Ramesh Srinivasaiah Secretary : Devaraj Gowda Organising Secretary : Shankar Alepadi Treasurer : Prasanna Kumara |
Anale Sreeram Guru Prasad Gupta Mahesh Mudradi Natraj Kalale Raghavendra Patil Shashikiran Ramanjaneya Shekhara Gowda Suresh Siddagangaiah |
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2021 – 2023 |
President : Girish Asundi Vice-President : Navin Kiran Nonabur Secretary : Prashanth Venkatachala Organising Secretary : Rajeev Chandrashekar Treasurer : Archana Nagaraju |
Devaraj Gowda Girish C S Kalpa Srinivas Prasanna Kumara Dr. Praveen Kallimath Rahul Aradhya Ramesh Srinivasaiah Shankar Alepadi |
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2019 – 2021 |
President : Arunkumar Appaji Gowda Vice-President : Priya Dev Secretary : Kiran Setty Organising Secretary : Devaraj Gowda Treasurer : Sucharita Ravi Immediate Past President : Srikanth Kolli |
Girish Asundi Sandeep Shivarudraiah Arjun Prahlada Rao Rahul Aradhya Prashanth Venkatachala Navin Kiran Nonabur Rajeev Chandrashekar Suresh Siddagangaiah Dr. Praveen Kallimath Archana Nagaraju |
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2017 – 2019 |
President : Srikanth Kolli Vice-President : Prasanna Kumara Secretary : Ashwin Murthy Organising Secretary : Kiran Setty Treasurer : Sreeram Viswanathan |
Dr. Prasad Aruna Sindhigatta Amith Prahlad Dr. Jagadish Jamboti Zakir Khan Priya Dev Swaroop Kumar Sucharitha Ravi Devaraj Gowda Arunkumar Appaji Gowda Sandeep Shivarudraiah |
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2015 – 2017 |
President : Satyajith Suvarna Vice-President : Prasanna Kumara Secretary : Roopa Rao Organising Secretary : Ganesh Kurudady Treasurer : Ramesh B K |
Harshala Mohan Dr Vasanth Govindappa Srikanth Kolli Kiran Shetty Ashwin Murthy Amith Prahalad Swaroop Kumar Priya Dev |
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2013 – 2015 |
President : Satyajith Suvarna Vice-President : Jayanth Keshavamurthy Secretary : Roopa Rao Organising Secretary : Chetan Rao Jagtap Treasurer : Harshala Mohan |
Prasanna Kumara Zakhir Ahmed Khan Shashidhara Shivammanavara Vinutha Sushanth Rajesh Basappa Dr Vasanth Govindappa |
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2011 – 2013 |
President : Prasanna Kumara Vice-President : Satyajith Suvarna Secretary : Jayanth Keshavamurthy Organising Secretary : Lohith Shankar Treasurer : Harshala Mohan |
Chetan Rao Girish C S Roopa Rao Manjunath Maligachar Sandeep B S Vinay Kumar R Vinutha Sushanth Srinath M R |
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2009 – 2011 |
President : Prasanna Kumara Vice-President : Girish Asundi Secretary : Arun Kumar B A Organising Secretary : Girish C S Treasurer : Jayanth Keshavamurthy |
Chetan Rao Kiran Shetty Harshala Mohan Rupa Rao Manjunath Sandeep Shivarudraiah Satyajith Suvarna Vinutha Sushanth |