B.P. Shashidhar has been elected as the President of Karnataka Small Scale Industries Assocation (Kassia) at the 63rd annual general body meeting for 2013-14. Chidananda M. Rajamane has been elected as the Vice-President.

Following are the other office-bearers elected: A. Padmanabha (General Secretary), R. Hanumanthe Gowda (Joint Secretary-I), Basavaraj S. Javali (Joint Secretary-II), R. Raju (Treasurer) and A. Vijayendranath (Immd Past President).