Mangalore, 03 Oct, 2014: Akhila Bharata Tulu Okkoota and Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy jointly convened a meeting at the auditorium of Sahyadri Engineering College, Adyar, here on Thursday October 2 to form reception Committee in order to organize Vishwa Tulu Parba at the same College campus, here from December 12 to December 14. The meeting was chaired by Okkoota president U Dharmapal Devadiga.
The Okkoota honorary president Damodara Nisarga, Vishwa Tulu Parba Committee chief convener Navaneet Shetty Kadri, Okkoota secretary Nitte Sasidhar Shetty, Committee convener A C Bhandary, Adyar gram panchayat president Laxmi, vice president Sudhakar Acharya, Adyarguttu Mahabala Shetty, Jayalaxmi S Hegde Baidavuguttu, Sahyadri College principal Professor U M Bhooshi, administrator Lata, Jayaram Sheka, Divakar Naik, Madhav Naik, Pradeep Kumar Shetty, Ratnakar Amin, Janardhan Arkula were present.
Reception Committee office bearers
Tulu Okkoota former president Adyarguttu Mahabala Shetty (honorary president), Ikala Harish Shetty (president), Adyar Divakar Naik (executive president), Jayalaxmi S Hegde, Professor U M Bhooshi, Ratnakar Amin, Surendra Kambli Adyarguttu, Janardhan Arkula, Laxmi, Ratnakar Amin, Dayanand Adyar, Jayasheela Adyantaya (executive Committee members), Adyar Purushottam K (chief secretary), Gururaj Shetty, Srilata, Sudhakar Acharya, Lancy Sequeira, Prasanna Kumar, Shaikabba, Jayanti and Satish Shetty (secretaries).