Madikeri: Air Vice Marshal P.J. Walia, Senior Officer-in-Charge – Administration, Training Command, Indian Air Force, Bengaluru and Chairman, Local Board of Administration, Sainik School, Kodagu, chaired the 22nd meeting of the Local Board of Administration of Sainik School in Kodagu on July 9. 

He also inaugurated Kuvempu Multipurpose Hall and Public Information LED Display Board (8ft x12ft., a one of its kind in the region). A cultural event ‘Vandana Prayer Dance’ was presented by Day Scholar Cadets. On the occasion, the Chairman and Col. G. Kannan, Principal, Sainik School, Kodagu, exchanged mementoes. The Chairman and all members also planted a sapling each in the school campus after their meeting. 

Gp. Capt. R.R. Lall, Command Education Officer, Bengaluru, the representative of District Commissioner, Kodagu, Madikeri, Sqn. Ldr. R.K. Dey, School Administrative Officer, Prof. Y. Sreekanth, Principal, Regional Institute of Education, Mysuru, Prof. R. Shivappa, Registrar, University of Mysore, Vijay Kumar Swarnkar, Executive Engineer, CPWD, Mysuru Central Division and Prakash Krishnabhatta Joshi, Parent Member were present in the Local Board of Administration Meeting. 

Col. G. Kannan, Principal and Member-Secretary, briefed all the training and administrative aspects of the school and the progress made in the past nine months. The members deliberated and arrived at various policy decisions for future development of the school.