About Us

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	Who we are		Brief History		Present Executive Committee
Bengali Association of New South Wales is a non-profit charitable and cultural organisation registered under the NSW Charitable Collections Act 1934. The Association's main objective is to promote Bengali language, literature, music, history and culture in the wider multicultural society of NSW. From the very inception, the Association has enjoyed absolute loyalty and patronage of most of the Bengali settlers in metropolitan Sydney and country NSW. Regular sporting, cultural and religious functions are organised by the Association. Charity work of the Association in Australia and abroad is highly commendable; however, limited resources always restricted the Management Committee from doing more in this area. The Association is managed by a Management Committee consisting of the President, Secretary, Treasurer and six members elected annually. Regular functions held include Durga Pooja, Vijoya, Saraswati Pooja, Annual Sporting Carnival, Bengali New Year's Day, Rabindra Jayonti and Annual Dinner and Drama.
The Bengali Association of New South Wales was established in 1974 with only twelve member families. The founding members convened a meeting which was held at the now defunct India Tea Centre premises in the city. According to the resolution of that meeting the Association was registered. The Lotus logo with twelve petals was created as a symbol of twelve existing families who initially became members.     Past Committees   Year President Secretary Treasurer 1974-75 Mr. A. Bose M/s. P. Deb / R.N. Banerjee Mr. R. N. Mukherjee 1975-76 Mr. A. Bose Mr. P. Deb Mr. R. N. Mukherjee 1976-77 Dr. A. Roy Mr. D. N. Roy Mr. R. N. Mukherjee 1977-78 Mr. S.Pahari Mr. D. N. Roy Mr. N. Saha Choudhury 1978-79 Dr. N.G. Kundu Mr. D. N. Roy Mr. N. Saha Choudhury 1979-80 Dr. N.G. Kundu Mr. R. N. Mukherjee Mr. M. Gupta 1980-81 Dr. A. Sengupta Dr. D. K. Hor Mr. N. Saha Choudhury 1981-82 Dr. S. Chakraborty Mr. A. Bose Mr. S. Bhattacharjee 1982-83 Dr. S. Chakraborty Mr. N. Saha Choudhury Mr. M. Gupta 1983-84 Dr. S. K. Dutta Mr. Nikhil R. Das Mr. S. Mookerjee 1984-85 Dr. S. K. Dutta Mr. Nikhil R. Das Mr. S. Mookerjee 1985-86 Mr. D. N. Roy Mr. A. K. Sarkar Mr. P. Mukherjee 1986-87 Mr. D. N. Roy Mr. A. K. Sarkar Dr. P. Chanda 1987-88 Dr. R.Shome Mr. S. Dattaray Mr. B. Bhattacharjee 1988-89 Dr. P. K. Pal Mr. M. Gupta Mr. S. K. Banerjee 1989-90 Mr. R. N. Mukherjee Mrs. P. Roy Mr. R. K. Datta 1990-91 Mr. P. Deb Mrs. R. Dutta Mr. J. Pal 1991-92 Mr. A. Roy Mr. J. Pal Mr. T. K. BasuRoy 1992-93 Mr. A. K. Sarkar Dr. S. Majumdar Mr. J. Pal 1993-94 Mrs. P. Roy Mr. G. Ganguli Mr. A. Mukherjee 1994-95 Dr. S.Majumdar Dr. S. Maitra Mr. U. Mitra 1995-96 Mr. Nikhil R. Das Mr. R. K. Datta Mr. R. Dutta 1996-97 Mr. Nikhil R. Das Mr. R. K. Datta Mr. A. Lodh 1997-98 Mr. D. Mukherjee Mr. R. Das Mr. D. Hor 1998-99 Mr. S. Thakur Mr. C. RoyChaudhury Mr. M. Barat 1999-00 Mrs. Esha Roy Mr. Ranjan Banerji Mr. Pradip Ray 2000-01 Mr. Nikhil R. Das Mr. Sandip Hor Mr. Pradip Ray 2001-02 Mr. Rajkumar Datta Mr. Manab Barat Mr. Samiran Lodh 2002-03 Mr. Benu Kar Mr. C. RoyChaudhury Mrs. Ruby Goswami 2003-04 Dr. Dipak Hor Mr. Gautam Gangopadhya Mr. Ratul Dutta 2004-05 Mr. Naren Saha Chowdhury Mr. Sovon Thakur Mr. Ratul Dutta 2005-06 Mr. Naren Saha Chowdhury Mr. Sovon Thakur Mr. Amal Pramanik/ Mr. Manab Barat 2006-07 Mr. Debaprasad Bhakta Mr. Priyabrata Hazra Mr. Asim Das 2007-08 Dr. Ashit Mohan Maitra/ Mr. Raj Kumar Datta Mr. Sandipan Ganguli/ Mr. Sameeran Lodh Mr. Basab Roy NOTE: The above list may be inaccurate for the 1970's. Rectification will be made as soon as correct details are available.
Acting President: Mr. Raj Kumar Datta     Acting Secretary: Mr. Sameeran Lodh   Treasurer: Mr. Basab Roy   Members: Mrs. Ajanta Lodh   Mrs. Madhuparna Sen   Mr. Partha Mukherjee   Mr. Arup Dutta   Mr. Indraneel Banerjee