Board of Trustees

GNHT Board of Trustees (BOT) Composition and Rights

The GNHT Board of Trustees (BOT) shall consist of community members who contribute $10,000 or more toward the purchase, construction, or renovation of the temple property. BOT membership is permanent and may be transferred only to immediate family members.

The BOT member family is entitled to a maximum of two votes, provided the family’s total contribution exceeds $50,000.

An elected officer of another organization may serve on the GNHT BOT if their organization contributes $25,000 or more to GNHT. If the organization donates over $100,000, up to two elected officers from that organization may serve as BOT members.

Rights and Duties of the Board of Trustees (BOT):

  • BOT members shall be regarded as lifetime members of GNHT and are exempt from paying annual membership dues.
  • All BOT meetings shall be open to the public; however, community members may only speak when invited by the BOT Chairperson.
  • The BOT shall approve all major one-time expenditures exceeding $5,000 proposed by the Board of Directors (BOD) for temple operations or improvements.

GNHT's Esteemed BOT Members (as of Jan 2026)

  • Abhilash and Sravani Akinapelli
  • Ashok Gurnani
  • Atigadda N Reddy
  • Balakrupa and Shyam
  • Brij Bhusan & Madhu Sudan Middha
  • Chira and Anitha Pagidi
  • Davinder and Sushma Chawla
  • Jayarama Mudda and Jyotsna Sarma
  • Jyoti Patil (IANN President)
  • Karthikram Raghuram and Seema Rao
  • Kavitha Gupta
  • Lalitha & Sai
  • Laxmi and Sonali Dash
  • Leela Tenneti
  • Mahaveer and Kala Mehta
  • Manoj and Sheela Mohanty
  • Mariammal & Manivasagan Kasiviswanathan
  • Namit and Akanksha Chawla
  • Puneet Dutt Kalia
  • Ragini and Raj Kallu
  • Rajesh Rangasamy and Nithya Mohan
  • Ramesh and Sangeetha Segu
  • Sandhya & Satish Mummalaneni
  • Santhosh Ambika and Parvathy Nair
  • Sarita and Chaitanya Gupta
  • Sashi Sharma
  • Shamik Sengupta and Sirisha
  • Sharmila Bagchi
  • Sridevi and Ram Challapalli
  • Srinivas and Laxmi Bokka
  • Sujatha Pitani
  • Sumodh and Meenakshi Kalathi
  • Suresh & Christina Raman
  • Tuhin and Kavitha Verma
  • V.K. and Lakshmy Raman
  • Vishwanath Krishnan and Nishu Varma
  • Vivek and Ritu Bhatia
  • Yesh and Jyotsna Purkar

Information from the Board of Trustees

GHNT BOT Chair/Co-Chair Letter (Click Here to View)