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CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17 APRIL 1984
AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 16 APR 2016
AS AMENDED ON 08 APR 2017 as amended on 13 Apr 2019 as amended on 23 Apr 2022
Charitable objects
3.1 TO PROMOTE, FACILITATE, ORGANISE, AND PARTICIPATE IN CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF KANNADIGAS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND/OR IN INDIA. REVITALISE AND REVIVE INDIAN TRADITIONS INCLUDING, AND IN PARTICULAR, THE TRADITIONS OF KARNATAKA AMONG ITS MEMBERS, THE FUTURE GENERATION AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN INDIAN CULTURE.
3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF KANNADA LANGUAGE, KANNADA LITERATURE, KARNATAKA’S ART, CULTURE, TRADITION, MUSIC, SPORT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND INDIA. THIS WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY ORGANISING SUITABLE EVENTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF UK AND/OR THROUGH OUR PUBLICATIONS. WHERE NECESSARY SPECIALIST TALENT FROM UK OR ABROAD SHALL BE INVITED TO PERFORM/TALK IN THOSE EVENTS.
3.3 FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN INDIA AND IN PARTICULAR IN KARNATAKA BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.
3.4 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER IN THE FORM OF MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE) FOR PERSONS, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS AND/OR COUNTRIES AFFECTED.
3.5 TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:
(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE.
(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.
Area of benefit
The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.
