Utsav Committee Members 2023-24
Welcome Committee
If you are new to the Greater Sacramento Region, Utsav would like to welcome you in to our community, provide you with helpful resources for your new move and answer any questions you might have while settling in to your new place. Do not hesitate to get in touch with this wonderful group of people and revive your Bengali connection with friends, food and festivities.
Committee Members:
Sangita Biswas (Lead)
Mitra Choudri (Lead) - Folsom
Rashmi Nandi – Natomas
Sanchita Dey (Soma) - Elk Grove
Sharmila Mallick - Roseville/Rocklin
Sharmilamallick@gmail.com
Supriya Mukherjee – Davis
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Cultural Committee
Utsav organizes several major events throughout the year. The cultural committee is responsible for organization and coordination of cultural programs during such events. All our cultural programs enjoy strong participation from both adult members and our children. These programs include traditional music, dance, drama, recitation, artwork, etc.
Subhra Gima (Lead)
Alodipa Dutta
Ananya Nandi
Joydeep Ray
Mala P. Mullins
Pubasha Das
Rajat Chakravarty
Rajat Saha
Sharmila Mukherjee
Soma Tapadar
Sunanda Bandyopadhyay
Subhadra Sengupta Ghosh
Snehungsu Guha
Trina Ghosh
Udayan Chanda
Food Committee
Utsav organizes several major annual events throughout the year. The food committee is responsible for organization and coordination of food we offer to members and non-members during such events. In the past few years, our food committee has taken a mammoth undertaking by cooking the food in-house and providing authentic and mouth-watering Bengali food to our members.
Mainak Banga (Lead)
Anima kumar (Lead)
Rashmi Nandi (Food distribution lead)
Arun Chowdhury
Anirban Bhattacharyya
Barun Bandyopadhyay
Deb Biswas
Koushik Das
Prodosh Chakraborty
Shubhankar Mukherjee
Shomeek Paul
Shyamal Roy
Soumen Dey
Sudip Sarkar
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Literary Committee
Utsav publishes a high-quality annual magazine, Chowrongee, every year during Durga Puja. This publication includes articles, poems, and artwork by our members from all age groups. The literary committee is responsible for content, editing, and publishing of Chowrongee.
Mainak Banga (Editor-in-Chief)
Anupam Mitra
Ayantika Bhattacharya
Biswanath Mukherjee
Debrup Ghosh
Manas Ray
Rajat Saha
Rashmi Nandi
Somen Nandi
Tanima Bhadra
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Youth Literary Committee:
Esha Banerjee (Junior Editor in Chief)
Anaya Bhattacharyya (Junior Editor)
Abhirup Mukherjee (Junior Editor)
Aratrika Paul (Junior Editor)
Siddhartha Dey (Junior Editor)
Renee Som Kiran (Junior Editor)
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Puja Committee
Utsav organizes several major events throughout the year. Of them, the most prominent ones are the two events – Durga Puja and Saraswati Puja. The Puja committee is responsible for organization and coordination of all puja related affairs during these two events that include setup, prasad, bhog, and all puja procedures.
Mitra Choudri (Lead)
Santana Das (Lead)
Anima Kumar
Rupa Chowdhury
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Youth Committee
The goal of Utsav is to get our youth involved in various charitable and cultural activities and impart on them the lesson of giving. This committee was formed to do just that. The youth committee is responsible for philanthropic endeavors within the Sacramento region under the guidance of some very experienced Utsav leaders. Our youth group has recently volunteered at Holiday Toy Drive, Sankara Eye Foundation, Walk4Literacy, KVIE, St. John’s Shelter, Walk for Multiple Sclerosis, COVID-17 Relief project (e.g. Project Breathe, Concert from Bollywood etc.) and Vedanta Society of Sacramento.
Utsav Youth Committee Members:
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Sangita Biswas (Lead)
Rupa Chowdhury (Lead)
Manjula Dey (Lead)
Snigdha Banerjee (Lead)
Trina Ghosh
Monika Paul
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Utsav Youth Member Participants:
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Abhirup Mukherjee
Anaya Bhattacharyya
Ashna Nayak
Ayan Banerjee
Aratrika Paul
Aradhana Paul
Ayush Ghosh
Avi Sarkar
Dipannita Barman
Esha Banerjee
Evani Paul
Mahika A. Chowdhury
Rishan Dey
Renee Som Kiran
Shriya Banerjee
Siddhartha (Sid) Dey
Siddharth (Neil) Ray
Suhaan Devavarapu
Sarthak Dutta
Sanjoli Ray
Veer Arjun Joshi
Registration Committee
Registration committee looks after all the membership and non-member admission during all the events.
Prodosh Chakraborty (Lead)
Adi Choudri (Lead)
Sangita Biswas (Lead)
Subhra Gima
Shankha Sen
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