New Delhi: New office bearers of New Delhi’s premier cultural and religious institution ‘Sree Neelachala Seva Sangha (SNSS)’ have been elected.
The Sangha, an organisation of Odias residing in Delhi, has been engaged in managing the affairs of Lord Jagannath Temple in Hauz khas of national capital since 1967.
Nine office bearers and 16 executive committee members have been elected for a period of three years and they will hold office till 2025. While all the office bearers have been elected unopposed, keen contest was witnessed among aspirants for executive members posts.
Ravindra Nath Pradhan got elected as Secretary of Sree Neelachala Seva Sangha for a fourth consecutive term. He has been holding this coveted position of the temple management since 2012. Bighneswar Rout has been re-elected as President.
Three elected Vice–Presidents are Gajendra Prasad Samanta, Khirod Chandra Patra and Rama Chandra Das. Three New Joint Secretaries are Abhaya Kumar Pradhan, Ashok Kumar Pradhan and Dilip Kumar Swain. Pankaj Mohanty got re–elected as Treasurer, a Sangha release said.
The Sixteen Newly elected executive committee members of SNSS are Ajay Pradhan, Abhiram Sutar, Ashok Kumar Pradhan, Sukant Kumar Sahoo, Amulya Kumar Ojha, Ranka Nidhi Sahoo, Nisidha Kumar Das, Bijay Kumar Sahoo, Kishore Chandra Samal, Jitendra Kumar Mohapatra, Sumitra Jena, Suraj Nayak, Dibakar Khuntia, Ashok Kumar Nayak, Dilip Kumar Rout and Pradeep Swain.
Leading Advocate of the Supreme Court of India and International legal Adviser of World Odisha Society Abani Kumar Sahu oversaw the smooth conduction of the poll and declared the election result.