Thursday, December 2, 2010

New office bearers for Gramajana Samooham, Ernakulam

The elections to the Managing Committee of the Gramajana Samooham, Ernakulam for the period of 2010 – 2013 was held in November 2010. Adv. A. K. Seshadri and T. K. Narayanaswami were elected as President and Secretary respectively. The other office bearers are as follows: R. Ananthakrishnan (Vice President), P. K. Ramachandran (Joint Secretary) and M. Jayashankar (Treasurer). Managing Committee Members: K. A. Narayana Swami, T. P. Sivaramakrishnan, R. Bharathan, R. Ramakrishnan, T. R. Ganeshan, R. Hariharan, S. Subramoniam, R. Veeramony, A. Subramanian, R. Mahadevan, T. K. Ramakrishnan, T. S. Sankaranarayan and R. Ananthanarayanan.

Adv.A.K.Seshadri (President), R.Ananthakrishnan (Vice-President), T.K.Narayanaswami (Secretary), P.K.Ramachandran (Joint Secretary), M.Jayashankar (Treasurer)
Adv. A. K. Seshadri is very closely associated with the activities of Kerala Brahmana Sabha and he was in the chair of State President from 1987 to 1992. He has associated with All India Brahmins Federation too. He was Secretary and Vice President of the Ernakulam Gramajana Samooham and for last 3 years he is continuing his glorious service as President of Gramajana Samooham.

Adv. A. K. Seshadri is son of Late. Adv. A. S. Krishna Iyer. He took his degree from Maharaja's College and graduated in Law from Government Law College, Ernakulam. He started his practice with father who was then a pioneer in legal profession. Later at the age of 30, Adv. Seshadri was elected as Muncipal Counsellor of Ernakulam Municipality and elected as Chairman at the age of 32. He is the 1st Mayor of Cochin Corporation and was in the office for long 7 years. He has associated with many organisations in his public life like Kerala Football Association (President), Ernakulam Kshethra Kshema Samithy (President), Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan (Director Board Member), GCDA (Director Board Member), Hanuman Kovil Trust (Secretary), Sankara Santhi Nilayam at Kalady, Kerala Cricket Association etc. Presently he is President of Ernakulam Peachi Amman Kovil Trust and Ernakulam Murugan Kovil; and Secretary of Kala Bhavan, Ernakulam.

The newly elected Secretary, T. K. Narayanaswami was one among those to initiate Brahmins Youth Front under the Kerala Brahmana Sabha and later elected as President General of Yuva Brahma Parishad. He served as Secretary of Kerala Brahmana Sabha, Ernakulam City Unit in the year 1982 and as District Secretary for 3 years from 1990. From 2001 to 2005, he was President of Ernkaulam City Unit. He led the team for 'Brahmanda Garjanam' – a movement coordinated by All Kerala Brahmin Federation held at New Delhi. He held the post of Joint Secretary (Head Quarters) of Kerala Brahmana Sabha for 2 years.

T. K. Narayanaswami stepped into community service by the strong influence of his father T. R. Krishna Iyer (Ramakrishna Institute) who was Vice President of Ernakulam Gramajana Samooham for 18 years. He did his graduation from St. Albert’s College, Ernakulam and presently running a Typewriting & Computer Institute and a Business communication centre at Ernakulam.

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