About PGAWAB
Built by PG owners, for PG owners.
A community platform that brings PG owners and hostel operators together, supports responsible operations and promotes safety across Bengaluru. Many problems one operator cannot solve alone can be taken up together — through representation, clear communication and working with the departments and civic bodies that regulate PGs.
- Registered, 27 May
- 2024Registered, 27 May
- Zones across Bengaluru
- 5Zones across Bengaluru
- Local clusters
- 23Local clusters
- States in the federation talks
- 5States in the federation talks
Registered society
On the Government of Karnataka’s register since 27 May 2024.
- Registration No.
- DRB3/SOR/130/2024-2025
- Registered on
- 27 May 2024
- Under
- Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960
- Issued by
- District Registrar of Societies, Zone 3, Bangalore Urban District
- Registered office
- #794, 7th Main, BEML Layout, 6th Stage, Thubarahalli, Varthur, Bengaluru 560066
What the bye-laws commit it to
Non-profit
Income is used only for the association’s objects and is never distributed among members.
MOA; bye-law 8(a)
One PG, one vote
Each hostel or PG has one vote, cast by secret ballot.
Bye-law 6
Elected committee
The management committee is elected at the annual general meeting for a two-year term.
Bye-law 15
Open accounts
An audited financial statement is published by 30 September each year, and any member may inspect it and the account books.
Bye-law 36(h), (i)
Our origin
A few friends, and a ₹4 lakh start.
The association began with a small group of friends who wanted to support the PG community. Among them were ex-servicemen and former military personnel, alongside local friends who shared an interest in community service.
It ran at first on its members’ own contributions. The founders then approached local business people, friends and PG owners for support, and raised about ₹4 lakh — the corpus the association was established on.
That start set its working principle: collective effort, shared responsibility and a willingness to work together.
How it is organised
23 clusters, five zones, one committee.
Areas with the most PGs and hostels were grouped into local clusters, each with its own leaders, so a concern in one street reaches the committee and an update from the committee reaches every street. The central office is in the Whitefield–Kundalahalli area.
Find your zone on the mapCore committee
President
Y. Bhaskar Reddy
Vice President
Rajesh Reddy
General Secretary
G. Peddi Reddy
Joint Secretary
B. Mallikarjuna
Treasurer
B. Narasimha Reddy
Zone presidents
North zone
Jayaram Reddy
East zone
Vemireddy Venugopal Reddy
West zone
Arunakumara D. T.
South zone
D. P. Reddy
Central zone
Mallikarjuna Reddy
23
clusters, each reporting to its zone
The founding committee
Nineteen PG owners signed it into being.
The PG owners who signed the memorandum of association, as filed with the registration in 2024. Today’s office bearers are listed above.
Bhaskar Reddy Yettapu
Konda Raveendra Reddy
Gajulapalli Peddi Reddy
Bellam Mallikarjuna
Busireddy Narasimha Reddy
Boyilla Narasimha Reddy
Eggonu Venkata Subbaiah
Vemireddy Venugopal Reddy
C. Siva Subramanyam
Kalluri Narasimha Reddy
Komireddy Naresh Reddy
Batti Sri Charan Reddy
K. Venkat Reddy
Veeramreddy Subba Reddy
Nune Ramaiah
Samineni Venkata Rao
Basireddy Prathap Reddy
Ramachandra Reddy Damireddy
Beeram Narasimha Reddy
What we have taken up
Common problems, raised together.
GST
Took GST concerns for PGs through legal channels — the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu High Courts, and then the Supreme Court — seeking an exemption for the PG community.
Kaveri water charges
When BWSSB raised Kaveri water charges steeply, the core committee met its Board of Directors. The association reports the increase was cut by about 60%.
Trade licences
Represented PG operators to the authorities on new trade-licence guidelines for PGs and hostels, and filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court.
FSSAI and food safety
Ran food-safety awareness programmes across Bengaluru and worked with FSSAI to help operators obtain their licences.
LPG and fire safety
Awareness drives on safe LPG handling and storage — cylinders outside the building wherever the rules allow — and fire extinguishers at affordable prices through local manufacturers, with service support.
LPG supply in the West Asia crisis
Coordinated with the Civil Supplies Minister, the Food Commissioner, FSSAI and IOCL’s state coordinator. The association reports about 2,000 cylinders reached PG operators in need.
Insurance with IOCL
An MOU-based arrangement with IOCL for insurance support on LPG incidents, discounted safety equipment and cylinders, and 24/7 service support.
Local issues
Water, rental agreements, civic obligations and logistics — raised by operators and taken forward through the right channels.
Outcomes and figures are as reported by the association.
Beyond Bengaluru
Towards an all‑India PG federation.
The core team has begun work towards a federation of PG communities across five states, so that operators beyond Bengaluru can coordinate and be represented together.
First formation discussion: Hyderabad, 27 February 2025.
- Karnataka
- Tamil Nadu
- Maharashtra
- Telangana
- Madhya Pradesh
What we believe
A PG is not only a business. People live, study and work there, and they and their families trust the operator. That makes safety, hygiene, compliance and communication part of the job.
Our vision
A connected, responsible and safety-conscious PG community in Bengaluru — and a stronger, coordinated one across India.
- Unity
- Common problems are stronger when addressed together.
- Responsibility
- To residents, to staff and to the wider community.
- Safety
- Prevention, preparedness and awareness, every day.
- Communication
- Timely, reliable information helps everyone respond.
- Community support
- A platform to raise common concerns and get coordinated help.