పరస్పరం బురద జల్లుకోవడమనే ఎన్నికల సరళికి విరుద్ధంగా అందరినీ కలుపుకుపోతూ, ఆశావహ దృక్పథంతో ముందడుగు వేయడమే తమ విజయ రహస్యమని, అదే ఆలోచనతో ఈసారి జరిగే తానా ఎన్నికల్లో తమ ప్యానెల్ విజయం సాధిస్తుందని 2021 తానా ఎన్నికల్లో అధ్యక్ష అభ్యర్థిగా బరిలో ఉన్న డా.కొడాలి నరేన్ అన్నారు. శనివారం సాయంత్రం కొలంబస్‌లో స్థానిక ప్రవాసులతో ఆయన తన ప్యానెల్‌తో కలిసి సమావేశమయ్యారు. ఈ సందర్భంగా ఆయన మాట్లాడుతూ ఎన్నికల సంస్కరణల ఆవశ్యకత ప్రస్తుత సమయంలో చాలా ముఖ్యమని, నాయకుడి ఆదర్శాలు భావాలను ఆకళింపు చేసుకునే జట్టు దొరకడం వారితో కలిసి పనిచేయడం చాలా ఆనందంగా ఉందని అన్నారు. సమస్యలు ఎదురైనప్పుడు దాన్ని పరిష్కరించే మార్గాలపై ప్రజాస్వామ్య పద్ధతిలో చర్చ జరగాలని తద్వారా సంస్థకు దీర్ఘకాలిక ప్రయోజనాలు ఉంటాయని నరేన్ అన్నారు. తనకు తన ప్యానెల్‌కు అవకాశం కల్పిస్తే ఇలాంటి మార్గదర్శకాలకు పెద్దపీట వేసి, సంస్థ కోసం కష్టపడె వారిని గౌరవించే (Inclusiveness) సాంప్రదాయానికి నాంది పలుకుదామని అన్నారు. ఈ కార్యక్రమంలో నరేన్ ప్యానెల్ నుండి పంత్ర సునీల్, రాజా సూరపనేని, విజయ్ గుడిసేవ, ప్రభల జగదీష్, పొట్లూరి రవి, మందలపు రవి తదితరులు పాల్గొన్నారు. ఈ కార్యక్రమానికి 250 మందికి పైగా ప్రవాసులు హాజరయ్యారు.
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OHIO WELCOMES TANA ELECTION PANEL – DR. NAREN KODALI AND HIS TEAM
March 12th-14th
Jagadish Prabhala (Event host and Columbus Ohio Resident contesting for TANA Treasurer), welcomed the team, along with the core team – Balaji Kodali, Sanga Srinivas, Murali Putti, Manne Nageswara Rao, Venu Talasila, Ganesh Vatyam, Pradeep Chandanam, Sush Uputuri, Jagan Chalasani and Krishna Kancharla. The host team mentioned that the success of the event clearly signifies, Columbus is loyal to TANA and has decided to stand with the right team. Braving the Covid pandemic, an unprecedented support of more than 242 people at the event followed by a Q&A session of ” Open talk with Dr.Naren Kodali” gave the election panel great momentum and reaffirmed their confidence.
The panel that visited Columbus OH are-Dr. Naren Kodali, Ravi Potluri, Vijay Gudiseva, Ravi Mandalapu, Raja Surapaneni, Jagadish Prabhala, Sunil Pantra.
Here was the agenda of the gathering:
• 6PM-7PM: Snacks and Social Hour, Local Performances
• 7PM-7:30PM: Dr. Naren Kodali and team introduction and speeches
• 7:30PM-8:00PM: Question and Answer Session
• 8:00PM-8:15PM: Senator Neeraj Antani Felicitation
• 8:15PM-8:30PM: Closing Speeches
• 8:30PM-9:30PM: Dinner and Social hour with Dr. Kodali and team.
Program Coordinators:
• The Program was anchored by Ganesh Vatyam and Jagadish Prabhala.
• Murali Putti, Venu Talasila, Balaji Kodali greeted and coordinated the overall program structure and gave guidance for the execution.
• The event Q&A was drafted and coordinated by Manne Nageswara Rao, Venu Talasila and more than 15 critical questions have been answered by the Dr. Naren Kodali and the panel.
• The vote of thanks was by given Sanga Srinivas, Pradeep Chandanam and they thanked the panel and the guests for joining the event.
The event guest statistics are as follows:
• APCO- Andhra People of Central Ohio and its Presidents-Sridhar Varma (2020), Sush Uputuri (2021) and its founders Venu, Murali, Sanga and team.
• TACO-The event was attended by 14 Presidents from local TACO-Telugu Association of Central Ohio. They are-Ganesh Vatyam, Tejo Vatti, Jagadish Prabhala, Prakash Peram, Vamsi Kora, Sanga Srinivas, Suresh Pudota, Anju Vallabhaneni, Ashok Kamineni, Venkat Pathipati, Manne Nageswara Rao, Srikanth Munagala, Jagan Chalasani, Pradeep Chandanam.
• FIA-Federation of Indian Associations-Ramakrishna Kasarla (Chairman) and Rajnikanth Kate (President).
• CTA-Columbus Telangana Association- Vamsi Namala (2021), and Ramesh Madhu
• IT Serve OHIO chapter-Ashok Ellendula and Anju Vallabhaneni.
• Geetanjali- Bharat Jataprolu, Ram Revur, Ganesh Vatyam, Ravi Kuruganti, Naresh Vadrevu, Keerthi.
• CWCC- Columbus Women Committee-Srishanti Pasumarthi, and the founder Babu Maganti.
• Several representatives from NATA, NATS, APTA, and Columbus Cricket teams also extended support.
• Many other local leaders such as Chanti Kollipara, Hanuman Kanuparthi, Uday Reddy, Krishna Kancharla, Venkat Kosaraju, Prasad Penchala, Krishna Boppa, Ranjit Yengoti, Venu Battula, Polina Srinivas, Naresh Vadrevu, Ravi Vanguri, Bapaiah Koneru, Benarji Koneru, Naveen lingamaneni, Ram Revur, Manohar Naidu, Srikanth Paruchuri, Satya Yerramsetty, Raja Bommana, Vikram Prabhala, Latha Revur, Ram Gudimetla, Ravi Kuruganti, Phani Donepudi, Hari Yalamanchili, Ashok Kasarla, TP Reddy, Appala Sharma, Satya Yerramsetty, Naresh Induri, Anita Yenigalla, Ravi Navuluri and many more lovely people around 150 + apart from all the mentioned have attended. Folks from Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, and other cities have also attended and extended support.
• We also had Dr. Naren Kodali Panel supporters From Detroit and other cities who joined: Jogeswar Rao Peddiboyina, Kiran Duggirala, Sivaram Yarlagadda, Sudhakar Velaga, Ram Jakhampudi, Satya Surapaneni, Pradeep Gourineni, Anil Veerapaneni, Chandra Malavathu, Ganesh
The event also had a Felicitation session for US OH Senator “Neeraj Antani” who is well known to TANA
• He was felicitated for his victory in US Elections by TANA contestants. Neeraj has previously met Dr. Naren Kodali at 2019 TANA conference. He mentioned how loyal and hardworking they are for this organization. He also mentioned that TANA is vibrant in Columbus and Telugu people are successfully organizing great events. He wished Dr. Naren Kodali Panel good luck for the upcoming TANA elections. He said this is a winning team as he has seen Dr. Naren work hard and has credibility, truth with a complete trust from people.
The team also had several gatherings for Breakfast, Lunch and Tea sessions
The organizers convey thanks for:
• Food and snacks- Mirchi and Dawaat Bistro
• Interview Videos- Vizual Ads
• Photography by Venu Pasumarthi
• Media outreach- Facebook, Namaste Andhra, TN live, TV5, Evite, Sakalam TV, Youtube and others.
• Travel and logistics- Jagadish, Sanga, Venu, Murali, Jagan, Pradeep, Krishna, Hanuman.
• Banners by Staples.
The event has been a grand mega success. All the TANA lifetime members who came to the event, their questions and queries have been addressed by the Q&A.
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