Well known music director and lyricist Hamsalekha will be presiding over the 13th Vishwa Kannada Samskruthi Sammelana to be held in Australia on March 11th and 12th 2017.

On Wednesday, Kannada Development Authority president Prof S G Siddaramaiah, Vishwa Kannada Samskruthi Sammelana president P Manjunath Sagar, social worker D Ramareddy, Australia United Kannada Sangha's Suresh Gowda, Maldives Kannada Sangha Secretary M Basavaraj, singer Go Na Swamy and others invited Hamsalekha to preside over the Vishwa Kannada Samskruthi Sammelana.