Former All India Organising Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Shri Dattatreya Hosabale has taken charge as Sah-Baudhik Pramukh.
He will function from Mumbai. He was given a warm send off at the ABVP’snational convention held at Ahmedabad recently.
Born on December 1, 1955 in Shimoga district of Karnataka, Shri Hosabale is Post Graduate in English literature. He became a Sangh Swayamsevak in 1968 and joined the ABVP in 1972.
Later he became full-time organiser of ABVP in 1978 and starting from Bangalore Nagar Sampark Pramukh in 1972 he held different responsibilities in the largest student organisation in the country. He played an active role in setting up the Youth Development Centre in Guwahati.
He also played an active role in making the ABVP work effective in Andaman Nicobar Islands and North-Eastern states of the country. Shri Hosabale had actively participated in the J. P. movement of 1974 and was jailed under MISA from December 1975 to February 1977.
He has visited Nepal, Russia, England, France and the United States of America. Multi linguist Shri Hosabale has good command over Kannada, Hindi, English, Tamil and Sanskrit. He was also founder editor of the popular Kannada monthly Aseema. (FOC)
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