Installation of office-bearers of Mangaluru taluk unit of Dakshina Kannada Sahitya Parishat and the first programme at SDM Law College hall will be inaugurated by DK Deputy Commissioner Dr Rajendra K V on March 25.
Akhila Bharata Prashikshana Pramukh Samskrutha Bharati H R Vishwas will deliver a talk on literature and society, said Mangaluru taluk Sahitya Parishat president Dr S Manjunath Revanker on Wednesday.
He told reporters at Patrika Bhavan that Dakshina Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Dr M P Shrinath will also be present.
The programme will be followed by a light music programme by Pavithra Mayya and classical dances by Natyanjali Kala Academy.
Revankar said the association’s year-long activities, including an ambitious drive to increase the membership upto 1 lakh, will be announced at the programme.
Presently, 850 people from Mangaluru taluk have enrolled as life members, he said.
Parishat’s honorary secretary Dr Muralee Mohan Choontharu said a majority of the present members are elderly people.
“The membership drive hopes to attract youth and particularly students,” he said.