Mysore/Mysuru:  The installation ceremony of the new team of Builders’ Association of India (BAI), Mysore Centre, for the year 2024-25, was  held at Mysore Builders Charitable Trust (MBCT) Auditorium  on Akkamahadevi Road in Vishweshwaranagara here on Apr. 12.

K. Viswanathan, National President of BAI (2024-25), who was the chief guest, administered the oath of office and installed the incoming Chairman A.S. Yoganarasimha and his team. Swami Japanandaji of Sri Ramkrishna Sevashrama, Pavagada, was the chief guest and Srinivasa Reddy, State Chairman, Karnataka BAI, was the guest of honour.

In his address, A.S. Yoganarasimha emphasised the need to address the burning issues related to construction industry. He announced this year’s theme as ‘Elite-Engage-Enable’ – “Together we can Achieve More” and it was released by Installing Officer Viswanathan.

The new office-bearers and Executive Committee for the year 2024-25 are as follows:

Chairman: A.S. Yoganarasimha; Vice-Chairman: K.S. Balaji; Hon. Secretary: K.R. Prabhakara Rao; Hon. Joint Secretary: M.D. Praveen Pal; Hon. Treasurer: K.M. Raghunath;  Imm Past Chairman: Nagaraj V. Bairy; Chairman Elect (2025-26): V. Srinath;  Advisors : N.S. Murallidhara and M. Rathnaraj.

General Council Members: N.S. Murallidhara,  K. Sriram and M.C. Mallikarjun; Co-opted: Nagaraj V. Bairy.                                                            

Executive Committee Members: G. Ashok, M.D. Chandrashekar, C.U. Divakar, C.D. Krishna, N. Lokesh, Mahabaleshwara Bairy,  P. Puttaswamy, K.  Sathish Mohan, S.  Shashiraj, D.  Srihari, C.S.  Srikanth,  S.H. Srinivas, Uday S. Kumar, S. Umesh and Venkatesh Prasad.

Co-opted Executive Committee Members:  J. Bapuji, K. Ravi, S.K. Shreyams Kumar,  Mahendra Reddy, Ananth Nagaraj and  B. Jagadish.

World Environment Month Celebrations Committee (WEMCC): Chairman – V. Srinath; Hon. Secretary – S. Shashiraj  and Advisor U.M. Gurushanthappa.

MyRealty – 2024: Chairman – K.N. Ravishankar; Vice-Chairman – K.C. Nandakumar; Hon. Secretary – Ashwin R. Pallegar; Hon. Treasurer – K.S. Prakash and Advisors – A.V. Sridhar and B.S. Dinesh.

BuildTech – 2024: Chairman – V.  Mohan Kumar;  Chairman-Elect – B.S. Chandrashekar Bharadwaj; Vice-Chairman – H.S. Deepak; Hon. Secretary – K.L. Gururaj; Hon. Treasurer –  Bhargav V. Shinde; Advisors  S. Prakash and M.S. Ramprasad.

MyBuild-2024: Chairman – K.T. Govindaraju;  Vice-Chairman – R. Ramesh Rao; Hon. Secretary – S.L Dinesh;  Hon. Treasurer – T.S. Gurudatta and Advisors K. Sriram  and N. Subramanya.

Mysore Shilpi Editorial Team: M.V. Vinod Kumar and Manjula Revani Prasad.

Shilpi Coordinators: S.H. Srinivas; K.C. Nandakumar, M.  Prashanth,  Bhargav V. Shinde, M.S. Balaji and  Sampath.

Membership Committee: S. Mahadevaswamy.

Construction Workers Welfare Committee (CWWC): S. Vasudevan, C.  Vishwanath, H. Ashwath Narayana, B. Shivakumar, D. Ashwatha and G.V. Balu.

Grievance Redressal and Opportunities (GROP): K.U. Ganapathi, N.S. Anand, B.H.  Revani Prasad, Santhosh Mirle, R.  Ravi and N.M.  Manjunath.

Cultural Committee: V. Gurudatt, B.  Rajesh Darira and Vijaya Ashwin R. Pallegar.

Overseas Tour Coordinators: A. Dinesh and Mohan N. Kunte.

Media & Public Relations Committee: L.  Arun Pandit and H.B.  Ravi Rathnakar.

The outgoing Hon. Treasurer C.S. Srikanth handed over the accounts of the year 2023-24 to the incoming Hon. Treasurer K.M. Raghunath.

On this occasion, Calendar of Events, Monthly Bulletin Mysore Shilpi, World Environment Month and MyRealty 24 Brochures were released.

K.R. Prabhakara Rao, Hon. Secretary (2024-25) proposed the vote of thanks. L. Arun Pandit compered the programme.