CHERTHALA: Vellappally Natesan has been elected as the secretary of SN Trust for the ninth consecutive time. This an unprecedented achievement in the trust's history. Dr MN Soman is the chairman.

The election was held at SN College auditorium in Cherthala. Thushar Vellappally and Dr G Jayadevan were unanimously elected as the assistant secretary and treasurer respectively.

Executive Committee members: Aji SRM, Mohan Shankar, N Rajendran, K Padmakumar, M Somarajan, KR Gopinath, PM Raveendran, Santhosh Arayakkandi, Melamcode Sudhakaran.

Vellappally Natesan was first elected as the secretary of SN Trust in December 1996. In all the elections that followed every three years, he was elected to the position without contest. He also became the SNDP Yogam general secretary in 1997. This is the fourth term as the trust chairman for Dr MN Soman. He is also the president of SNDP Yogam. Yogam vice president Thushar Vellappally has been elected as the assistant secretary for the fourth time and seventh time for Dr G Jayadevan as the treasurer.

The election was conducted by following the COVID protocols and directives of district collector.