<p>Former minister B L Shankar was on Wednesday unanimously elected the president of the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat (CKP).<br /> </p>.<p>His term is three years. This is the second time he is becoming the president. A total of 14 other office bearers for various positions were also unanimously elected.<br /><br />The CKP, the premier art teaching institute with an art gallery, was under an administrator’s regime for the last four years as elections were not held.<br /><br />Shankar said his priority would be to restore the prestige of the Parishat by developing it on the lines of Shantiniketan in Kolkata.<br /><br />“The government has sanctioned three acres of land in Rajarajeshwari Nagar to construct a building for the college of fine arts, which is now housed in the Parishat premises. A lot depends on the availability of funds,” he said.<br /><br />Once the CKP campus on Kumara Krupa Road becomes independent of the college, more <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/topics/art-exhibition-bangalore-city">art-related activities </a>can be conducted there, he said. The CKP Trust is headed by former union minister S M Krishna.</p>
<p>Former minister B L Shankar was on Wednesday unanimously elected the president of the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat (CKP).<br /> </p>.<p>His term is three years. This is the second time he is becoming the president. A total of 14 other office bearers for various positions were also unanimously elected.<br /><br />The CKP, the premier art teaching institute with an art gallery, was under an administrator’s regime for the last four years as elections were not held.<br /><br />Shankar said his priority would be to restore the prestige of the Parishat by developing it on the lines of Shantiniketan in Kolkata.<br /><br />“The government has sanctioned three acres of land in Rajarajeshwari Nagar to construct a building for the college of fine arts, which is now housed in the Parishat premises. A lot depends on the availability of funds,” he said.<br /><br />Once the CKP campus on Kumara Krupa Road becomes independent of the college, more <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/topics/art-exhibition-bangalore-city">art-related activities </a>can be conducted there, he said. The CKP Trust is headed by former union minister S M Krishna.</p>