Former DH, PV Editor Shanth Kumar to run for KSCA president's post

Bengaluru: Former Deccan Herald and Prajavani Editor K N Shanth Kumar will contest for the president's post in the Karnataka State Cricket Association elections scheduled to be held on November 30.

He will probably be pitted against former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad, who is heavily tipped to run for the presidency, from the rival panel.

The remaining members of both the panels are yet to be announced.

Currently a Director of The Printers (Mysore) Pvt Limited -- which publishes Deccan Herald, Prajavani besides Kannada magazines Sudha and Mayura -- he has been the immediate past president of the Press Trust of India.

Shanth Kumar, who has covered eight Olympics as a photo journalist, has been involved in sports administration for over three decades.

A former president of the Karnataka Olympic Association, he oversees the Nettakallappa Sports Foundation, which his late father KN Nettakallappa founded.

A former Board member of the Indian Golf Union, Shanth Kumar represented India as a non-playing captain at the 2002 Asian Games in golf competitions.