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BORI elects its 25 council members
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Posted online: Saturday , June 07, 2008 at 12:45:52
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Pune, June 6 The 25 members of the regulating council of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) were elected on Friday. The members of the council will now choose an honorary secretary on July 6 to head BORI for the next three years.
Shripad Bhat, Shailaja Bapat, A B Marathe, V L Manjul, S S Bhaulkar, Leela Arjunwadkar, Saroja Bhate, Malhar Kulkarni, M G Dhadphale, Deepak Tilak, G u Thite, P G Lalye, Bhupal Patwardhan, Maitreyee Deshpande, Rucha Mulay, S D joshi, Sadanand More, Shobana Gokhale, Kalyani Namjoshi, Leena Mehendale, Vasant Gadgil, R m Bhalerao, Shyam Satpute, Arun Barve, G T Panse are the new elected R C members.
The counting of votes went on till late this evening. Out of the 487 votes cast, only 328 were rendered valid. The next step is for the post of the honorary secretaryship, for which the two contestants are Saroja Bhate and M G Dhadphale.
M G Dhadphale, the incumbent secretary, has kept alive BORI in the public consciousness. He has claimed to be responsible for pulling through the Union Budget grant of over Rs 7.5 crore for the institute but there have been constant reports of friction between him and ex- secretaries and council members.
Over 48 candidates filed applications for the 25 RC seats till April 15. The ballot papers were distributed on April 25 to over 1,500 life members, who alone can vote for the council.
The last date for the sending in the votes for the members was on June 5. The counting process was conducted on Friday and the results were declared around 9.30 pm.
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