Election

BJANA Election Result: Year 2024-25

Attached is the Election Result and Team 2024-25 Detail

BIHAR ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA (bjana.org)

BJANA Election Announcement: Year 2024-25

As per the BJANA By-laws, the election of members of the Association’s Executive Committee for the period Jan 2024 – Dec 2025 will be held for “a team” that will consist of the positions listed in the table below. The voters will nominate a team of nine candidates (see the Nomination Form attached) consisting of the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Joint Secretary, Treasurer, and four Executive Members. The election will be held among the nominated teams.

Position	No. of Positions
President	One
Vice President	One
Secretary	One
Joint Secretary	One
Treasurer	One
Executive Members*	Four

*The four Executive Committee Members may be required to fill in positions of Cultural Secretary, Fund Raiser, Public Relations, or any other duties assigned by the President/Vice President.

After the election, the elected Executive Committee, at their discretion, may expand the team by adding up to 12 additional committee members. This addition would be made by invitation only from the members of the BJANA community.

Please note that nominations must be filed for a team. Individual nominations will not be accepted.

SCHEDULE:
Election Notification to all BJANA members	Sep 26th, 2023
Mailing of nomination papers by the EC to BJANA members	Sep 29th, 2023
Last date for registration as BJANA member	Oct 11th, 2023
Team E-Nomination Filing with Bio-Data & Vision statement	Oct 27th, 2023
Last date for withdrawal of nominations by candidates	Oct 31st, 2023
E-Mailing of e-ballot and Vision statement by EC to BJANA members	Nov 2nd, 2023
Last date of receipt of e-ballots from BJANA members	Nov 12th, 2023
Announcement of election results by EC	Nov 30th, 2023 (or earlier)

The ballot papers will be sent via email. Please make sure that your email addresses are on BJANA records. Please go to the www.bjana.org website to register or to update your email address before the registration due date of Oct 11th, 2023. All members registered on or before the registration due date will be eligible to vote. Family members can vote independently provided they are registered separately.

ELIGIBILITY:

Members of BJANA interested in contesting the election for any position in the team are eligible to participate. The Presidential or Vice-Presidential candidates must send nominations for the team members to election@bjana.org on or before the nomination filing due date. For any questions or concerns, candidates may contact the Election Committee office via email at election@bjana.org or by regular mail at the address mentioned below. Also, the candidates may call members of the Election Committee if they have any questions.

Election Committee Member	Phone Number	Email Address
Dr. Anil Kumar	(908) 463 5625 (cell)	election@bjana.org
Mr. Ranjit Sinha	(732) 718 0982 (cell)	election@bjana.org
Mr. Rakesh Kumar	(917) 584-6536 (cell)	election@bjana.org