Mangalore: Stany Alvares will be continuing as the President of Mandd Sobhann, a premiere Konkani cultural organisation of the region. He was re-elected president for the second succesive term at the annual general meeting of Mandd Sobhann held earlier this week. Stany has been associated with Mandd Sobhann for over two decades.

Naveen Lobo has been elected Vice president, while Irene Rebello, Lawrence D’Souza. Arun Raj Rodrigues hav been elected as Secretary, Joint Secretary and Co-ordinator respectively. Eric Ozario will continue as Gurkar while Rony Arun and Vernon D’Souza will be the Treasurer and PRO respectively.

Others on board are : Louis J Pinto, Lawrence Pinto, Kingsly Nazareth, Rony Crasta, Kishore Fernandes, Victor Mathias, Alfred Bennis, Sheldon Crasta, and Muralidhar Kamat.  Ex-officio committee members are Roy Castelino, (Pirjent), Ronald Mendonca (chairman, governing board, Kalaangann), and Fr Ramesh Naik Bandodkar (chief patron).