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
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)
Udayan Chanda
Mala P. Mullins
Sunanda Bandyopadhyay
Rajat Chakravarty
Torsa Ghosal
Anindita Pal
Joydeep Ray
Ananya Nandi
Tania Bhattacharjee
Sharmila Mukherjee
Shashwati Roy
Trina Ghosh
Alodipa Datta
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.
Anima Kumar (Lead)
Barun Bandopadhyay
Joy Mukherjee
Koushik Das
Lily Sarkar
Prodosh Chakraborty
Rashmi Nandi
Sanjib Nayak
Shomeek Paul
Shyamal Roy
Somnath Ganguly
Subir Sarkar
Sudip Sarkar
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)
Anupam Mitra
Biswanath Mukherjee
Manas Ray
Rajat Saha
Rashmi Nandi
Somen Nandi
Tanima Bhadra
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.
Anima Kumar (Lead)
Manomita Patro
Mitra Choudri
Paramita Bhattacharya
Rupa Chowdhury
Santana Das
Seema Chanda
Soma Nayak
Subhra Chakraborty
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.
Committee Members:
Manjula Dey
Poulami Chatterjee
Rupa Chowdhury (Lead)
Sangita Biswas (Lead)
Snigdha Banerjee
Youth member participants:
Ashna Nayak
Dayita Biswas
Ena Nayak
Esha Banerjee
Ronit Mukherjee
Sayak Dutta
Sharod Nandi
Siddharth Ray
Siddhartha Dey
Sudhit Ganguly
Suhaan Devavarapu
Veer Arjun Joshi
Registration Committee
Registration committee looks after all the membership and non-member admission during all the events.
Somen Nandi (Lead)
Adi Choudri
Debrup Ghosh
Prodosh Chakraborty
Sharod Nandi
Subhra Gima
