Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Harshvardhan Bhagwat Karad was unanimously elected president of the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Public Shiv Jayanti Festival Committee at a meeting held on Wednesday at a hall near Kranti Chowk.
The executive body for this year’s festival was announced in the presence of founder president Vishal Virale and office-bearers Ganesh Dhage, Raju Waghmare, Harshal Aghav, Piyush Bhunge, Mahesh Jadhav, Ismail Khan, Vaibhav Gadekar and Irfan Patel. Dhirendra Singh was appointed vice-president, Prashant Joshi working president, Milind Pote welcome committee head, Dr Shoaib Hashmi and M.K. Deshmukh mentors, Sachin Misal secretary and Madan Deshmukh joint secretary. Dr Ujjwala Dahiphale and Manjusha Shukla were named in charge of the traditional ‘Shivba’s cradle’ programme.