A Non-Profit Organization. Tax ID: 05-0536510

The Temple was registered as a non-profit corporation in the state of Florida on October 23, 2002.
The temple is also classified as an Exempt organization under IRS code 501(c)(3).
All contributions to the Temple are
tax deductible.

















102 TRUSTEES
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HINDU TEMPLE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
Revised Bylaws
                  Board of Trustees 2012

Chairperson Usha Jain  (2012-2013) (2010-2012)
C.R. Natarajan (2012-2014)
Madhav Pally (2012-2014)
Girish Patel (2012-2014)
Thakor Patel (2012-2014)
Prakash Varshney (2011-2013)
DevaCaanthan(2010-2012)
Lakshmi Krishnan (2010-2012)
Sandeep Walha (2010-2012)
Sarada Penukonda (2010-2012)
Vyoma Nair (permanent member)
51        Nair        B. K.
52        Nair        Vasanta
53        Nair        Shankaran
54        Nair        Vyoma
55        Nandigam        Bala
56        Nandigam        Usha
57        Nandur        Kumar
58        Nandur        Mallika
59        Nandur        Vivek
60        Narayanan        Mohan
61        Narayanan        Sudha
62        Natarajan        C. R.
63        Natarajan        Sumathi
64        Pai        Suresh
65        Pally        Madhav
66        Pally        Genet
67        Patel         Aasish
68        Patel         Thakor
69        Patel         Bhanu
70        Patel        Bhupendra
71        Patel        Deodutt
72        Patel        Girish
73        Patel        Harish
74        Patel        Rakesh
75        Penukonda        Arun
76        Penukonda        Sarada
77        Penukonda        Aneesh
78        Rajendra        Nagaraj
79        Rajendra        Latha
80        Raju        Srinivas
81        Ramachandran        Rajaram
82        Ramachandran        Jegatha
83        Rana        Vanraj
84        Rao        Mukunda
85        Rathod        Mohan
86        Sambandam        Odaiappan
87        Sehgal        Suri
88        Sehgal        Edda
89        Shanmugam        C. G.
90        Sharma        Dinesh
91        Sharma        Sunita
92        Shetty        Sumeet
93        Sundaresan        Renga
94        Sundaresan        Janavi
95        Swami        Sanmukh
96        Uttamchandani        Vijay
97        Varshney        Prakash
98        Varshney        Raj
99        Varshney        Rajiv
100        Varshney        Dipti
1        Abantika Piyush Shah Foundation
2        Agarwal        Aditi
3        Amarnani        Narayan
4        Amarnani         Gayatri
5        Bakthavatsala        Vardhini
6        Bhat        Chandrahas
7        Bhavnani        Vinod
8        Bushan        Rathna
9        Bushan         Lakshmi
10        Bushan        Archana
11        Bushan        Anjali
12        Caanthan        K. Deva
13        Caanthan        Thanum
14        Caanthan        Renuka
15        Caanthan        Ambika
16        Chalasani        Purna
17        Chandok        Manoj
18        Chandok         Era
19        Chandrahasa        T. R.
20        Chavakula        Suresh
21        Dash        Ira
22        Ganatra        Vijay
23        Halasyamani        Paramasiva
24        Halasyamani        Latha
25        Jain        Usha
26        Jalaram        Mandal
27        Kini        Mukund
28        Kini        Vidya
29        Krishnan        Ramaiah
30        Krishnan        Lakshmi
31        Krishnan        Nithya
32        Krishnan        Arvind
33        Kshetrapal        Subhash
34        Kshetrapal        Seema
35        Kshetrapal        Anisha
36        Kshetrapal        Akshay
37        Lalla        Sunil
38        Lalla        Bharti
39        Lalla        Sneha
40        Lalla        Mamtu
41        Madhumati        Raju
42        Mahajan        Mamta
43        Maheshwari        Arun
44        Maheshwari         Vijayalakshmi
45        Maheshwari        Amit
46        Malkani        Sunil
47        Muppala        Murali
48        Muppala        Supriya
49        Muppala        Vishnu
50        Muppavarappu        Swaroop
101        Walha        Sandeep
102        Walha        Santokh
Executive Committee 2012-2013

President: Rakesh Patel
President Elect: Rajen Patel
Secretary: Rajesh Patel
Treasurer: Vaishali Mehta
Directors:
Building Committee: Dharmesh Patel
Fund Raising Committee: Ravi Devaguptapu
Religious Committee: Vittal Prabhu
Decisions Made During the First Board of Trustees
Meeting  January, 25, 2012


1.The engineering fees of $5,856.43 be paid to Bean, Whitaker, Lutz
and Kareh Engineers & Surveyors for the preliminary parking plan
preparation; payment for actual construction cost-estimate (that was
calculated  to be $285,440 for 262 parking spaces, all utilities, and
footpaths) prepared by the aforementioned engineering company is
awaited and shall be paid later.
2.The Building Sub-committee shall investigate the possibility of
completing the parking plan project in two phases.
3.Active membership drive shall start with the India Festival on
February 4, 2012. Also, a goal to recruit a minimum of 20 members
at the Temple Stall was set.  
4.Dollar-a-day donors – A goal to get at least 10 people to sign up
for this program at the India Festival.
5.An active Fund-raising Drive by the Executive Committee  is
scheduled during the First Anniversary Temple Celebrations in
June, 2012.
6.The EC Fund-raising Sub-committee Chair to contact the people
for collection from their outstanding pledges of $169,000.
7.Yagnasala Construction: The EC President and Building Sub-
committee Chair  to investigate a cost-effective and safe option for
the Yagnashala. They will get information from the previous Building
Sub-committee Chair regarding options previously explored.
8.Mold in the Storage Container: The EC President and the
Construction Sub-committee chair to investigate options and take
necessary action.
9.A Volunteer-roster from the EC and Board Members: A weekly set
of members, by rotation and one-at-a-time, shall volunteer to be at
the Temple between 6 to 8:30pm, and then another such weekly set
will continue. Those members who are unable to come to do so
may contact the EC President. The roster will be at the Temple. The
volunteers shall seek membership and provide receipt at the time
of collecting money.
10.Discussion on Tile-flooring was tabled but not discussed as the
previous Board of Trustees chair, its donor, neither attended nor
replied to the current counterpart's e-mail regarding this subject.
11.Temporary Dining Area on the North side of the Temple: The EC
President and the Building Sub-committee chair shall investigate
about such a proposal that it is county-approved and get back to the
Board.
Pranaam
Lakshmi Krishnan, Secretary

Jai Ganesha                                                                                    
Usha Jain, Chair
Board of
Trustees