Madan Gowda is the new IFWJ Secretary General

Dear Friends,

In exercise of my powers under Rule 22 (d) of the IFWJ Constitution, and after nationwide and deep consultations with the members of the Working Committee and with state unit office bearers and senior members of the National Council since 22/12/2015, I have replaced Mr.Parmanand Pandey as Secretary General with senior colleague Com.H.B.Madan Gowda of Karnataka.

The 30th plenary session at Benguluru on 2nd-5th March 2016 will elect the new Working Committee and the IFWJ President will nominate the new Secretary General. I have requested Com. Madan Gowda to hold the charge of Secretary General till the plenary session. Com. Madan is also the organizer of the IFWJ plenary session to be held at Bengaluru.

Com. Madan Gowda is not new to you. He was the Vice President of the IFWJ and currently the Secretary (foreign relations) of the IFWJ. An arts graduate of Karnataka University, 49-year-old Madan Gowda is presently Editor-in-Chief of the Kannada daily Janamitra. He can speak Hindi, English, Telugu, Tulu and Tamil. His mother tongue is Kannada. He led an important high level delegation to Sri Lanka recently and was a member of the IFWJ delegation to Mauritius. He was the President of Kannada Sahitya Parishad. He published his short collection of poems and short stories in 2002-3. He attended world media seminars in Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong, Malayasia, Phillipines and Sri Lanka.

His email: [email protected]
Mobile: +91 9880199099

We all wish Madan Gowda all success in leading us in the IFWJ

Yours Comradely
(K Vikram Rao)
President-IFWJ