NEW DELHI: Well-known film society enthusiast H N Narahari Rao has been elected President of the Federation of Film Societies of India while R Mani is the General Secretary and Siddharth Pillai is the Treasurer in the Central Office.

The election was held recently for the years 2010-12 and the Central Office has shifted to Bangalore.

Renowned award-winning author Gautam Kaul, and film society activists Dilip Bapat, Premendra Mazumdar and V T Subramanian are the Vice-Presidents for the Northern, Western and Southern regions. The Kerala Sub-Region has V K Joseph as the Vice-President.

The Regional Secretaries are Northern Region - Ashok Chakraborty; Western Region - Subhash Desai; Eastern Region - Sankar Pal; and Southern Region - Bh. S S Prakash Reddy.

The Secretaries are Northern Region - Anil Jain; Western Region - Viren Chitrev; Eastern Region - Bijan Sen Sarma; and Southern Region - Varala Anand.