Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Newly Elected Office Bearers of Karnataka Philatelic Society

The 40th Annual General Body Meeting of the Karnataka Philatelic Society, Bengaluru was held on 16th August 2015.


The following are the newly elected office bearers.

President: Mr. K. Chaitanya Dev   Vice President: Mr. Mani M Krishnan
General Secretary:  Mr. Nikhilesh Melkote  Treasurer : Mr. Bharat Kumar
Governing Council Members:  Ms. N. Sridevi , Mr. Manish Jain, Mr. Suresh R





















Left to Right (Sitting - New office-Bearers) : Mr. Suresh.R , Mr. Bharat Kumar, Mr. Nikhilesh Melkote, Ms. Sridevi, Mr. Chaitanya Dev, Mr. Mani Krishnan, Mr. Manish Jain
Left to Right (Standing -outgoing office Bearers) Mr. Jagannath Mani, Mr. Kannan , Mr. S.S Swamy , Mr. Mahesh Jambulingam

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Birds of the Himalayas - Picture Postcards


The Himalayas, is a mountain range which separates the Great Indian Plains from the Tibetan Plateau. This range is home to nine of the ten highest peaks on the Earth, including the highest,Mount Everest. The abrupt rise of the Himalayan Mountains from less than 500 meters to more than 8,000 meters in a few hundred kilometers has resulted in a huge diversity of flora and fauna. Nearly 1000 birds have been recorded in the Himalayas of which 15 species are fully endemic.


India Post North Karnataka Region (Dharwad) has released a set of 49 Picture postcards  on the theme Birds of the Himalayas, celebrating the International Bio diversity decade 2011-2020.




Sunday, March 15, 2015

Picture Postcards on Aero India 2015 and International Women's Day



Karnataka Postal Circle issued 2 sets of picture postcards on the occasion of Aero India 2015 and International Women's Day at Bengaluru. The set contains 10 postcards each.