Dhulipala Narendra, Nagewara Rao Muppalla were guests.
By The American Bazaar staff
WASHINGTON, DC: The Telugu Association of North America (TANA), the largest and oldest Telugu association in the country, raised a record $1.6 million for the 20th TANA conference to be held next year, at the kick-off and fundraiser held in Farmington, Detroit, on October 25th.
The fundraiser – for the conference to be held from July 2-4, 2015 in Detroit – was held under the leadership of the Conference Convener Gangadhar Nadella and President Mohan Nannapaneni. It drew more than 600 people.
The fundraiser kicked off with traditional lighting of lamp by Padmaja Gadde and was followed by various cultural programs. TANA President Mohan Nannapaneni, TANA Executive Vice-President Dr. Chowdary Jampala, Board Chairman Dr. Naren Kodali, TANA Foundation Chairman Jayasekhar Talluri, ex-President Jayaram Komati, Foundation Secretary Sreenivasa Rao Gogineni, Treasurers Madhu Tata, Sagar Malisetty, and TANA leaders Dr. Hema Prasad Yedla, Subba Rao Kolla, Anjaih Chowdary Lavu, Yugandhar Yadlapati, Niranjan Srungavarapu, Harish Koya, Srinivas Jarugula, Purna Veerapaneni, Vasudeva Reddy Chinna. Hema Kanuru, Jogeswarara Rao Peddiboyina, Ravi Potluri, Goutham Gurram, Rajesh Adusumilli, Rao Yalamanchili and many others attending the event were introduced by TANA Secretary Satish Vemana.
Dhulipala Narendra, a senior legislator and CPI Party leader Nagewara Rao Muppalla were guests at the meet.
Prominent TANA members Krishna Prasad Katragadda and Vara Prasad Potluri donated $100,000 each in support of the forthcoming conference. Durga Prasad Gadde donated $51,116; NT. Chowdary donated $50,000; Srinivasan Gonuguntla, Naveen Yerneni and Vinod Kukunoor donated $25,000 each in support of the conference. Altogether, TANA leaders, who came from all parts of the country, donated $470.000.