Narahari Rao is Federation of Film Societies of India prez

NEW DELHI: Well-known film society enthusiast H N Narahari Rao has been elected President of the Federation of Film Societies of India while R Mani is the General Secretary and Siddharth Pillai is the Treasurer in the Central Office.

The election was held recently for the years 2010-12 and the Central Office has shifted to Bangalore.

Renowned award-winning author Gautam Kaul, and film society activists Dilip Bapat, Premendra Mazumdar and V T Subramanian are the Vice-Presidents for the Northern, Western and Southern regions. The Kerala Sub-Region has V K Joseph as the Vice-President.

The Regional Secretaries are Northern Region – Ashok Chakraborty; Western Region – Subhash Desai; Eastern Region – Sankar Pal; and Southern Region – Bh. S S Prakash Reddy.

The Secretaries are Northern Region – Anil Jain; Western Region – Viren Chitrev; Eastern Region – Bijan Sen Sarma; and Southern Region – Varala Anand.