SKK holds election, Jandial re-elected president

Jun 23, 2025

JAMMU: The triennial election of the J&K Samaj Kalyan Kendra (SKK) was held here today.

The elections were held at the 42nd AGM of the SKK during which K B Jandial was re-elected as its president and J K Vaid was elected as general secretary for the next three years.

This is Jandial's 4th term as president and Vaid's 7th term as general secretary.

Brig (Dr) Rakesh Khajuria was unanimously elected as the vice president while H N Raina and M N Sharma were re-elected as secretary and treasurer respectively.

The election was conducted by the election commissioner/ returning officer B B Magotra.

At the AGM, two very senior office bearers Vijay Bhagotra, senior vice president and M L Sharma have retired from their positions due to health conditions. They were honoured with mementos, recalling their laudable contributions for the NGO and the divyang.

The AGM approved the release of a three percent installment of DA to its staff from 1st April 2025.

Earlier, the Secretary H N Raina welcomed the members to the 42nd AGM and apprised the functioning of the society & School and J K Vaid gave a detailed account of the growth of this institution.

The president, Jandial listed out the activities of the year and said that for the first time, a contingent of 38 deaf & dumb students participated in this year's Republic Day state level function where they through sign language presented the national Anthem synchronizing their actions with the tune played by a police band before the LG Manoj Sinha.

Expressing gratitude to the Chairman of the SMVDSB, Manoj Sinha, Dr Ashok Bhan, member of the Board and the CEO Anshul Garg for their financial support to overcome SKK's fiscal distress and hoped that patronage to the Divyang would continue in future as well.

M D Sharma presented the audited accounts of the year 2024-25.