Past Presidents

Here is a list of Past Presidents of the Indian Cultural Society (ICS)

of Urbana-Champaign

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1. Narayan Rao (1982-1983)

2. Girdhari Lal Tikku*(1983-1984)

3. Govindjee (1984-1985)

4. Braj Kachru (1985-1986)

5. Nani Bhowmik (1986-1987)

6. Zarina Hock (1987-1988)

7. Shiv Kapoor (1988-1989)

8. M.A. Pai (1989-1990)

9. Narendra Ahuja (1990-1991)

10. Subhash Bhagwat (1991-1992)

11. Pratap Vanka (1992-1993)

12. Aparajita Majumda (1993-1994)

13. Uddata Palekar (1994-1995)

14. Uday Reddy (1995-1996)

15. Jaya Kumar (1996-1997)

16. Manisha Bhagwat (1997-1998)

17. Chitra Ramanathan (1998-1999)

18. Vidya Tripathy (1999-2000)

19. Shalini Manchanda (2000-2001)

20. Rajiv Doogar (2001-2002)

21. Lakshmana Bachalli (2002—2003)

22. Atula Paranjpe (2003—2004)

23. Jaya Kumar (2005-2006) - Jaya Kumar continued as President for many years until she moved out of town; it was run by ad hoc committees for several years

24. Kirankumar Topudurti (2014 - 2022)