Maddikere Gopal takes charge as the District President of the Parishat in the presence of Nadoja Dr. Mahesh Joshi, President, Central Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Bengaluru and H. Channappa, Assistant Director, Kannada & Culture Department, Dr. RaGow, retd. Professor, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS), presides, Dr. Y.D. Rajanna, Immediate Past President of the District Kannada Sahitya Parishat, special invitee, Prof. Maleyuru Guruswamy, thinker and retd. Professor, Mysuru, chief guest and Dr. Latha Rajashekar, well-known poetess, Mysuru, chief guests, M. Chandrashekar, former President, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Mysuru, delivers keynote address, District Sahitya Bhavan, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, 6 pm.