The RSS is thè umbrella organisation of all its affiliate bodies. Its executive is headed by general secretary of the Sangh and has three joint general secretaries and about a dozen senior pracharaks who are in charge of various organisations and activities.

The joint general secretaries, K.S. Sudershan, Madan Das and Suresh Rao Ketkar - the last two in their fifties -coordinate with various Sangh parivar organisations on a more regular basis ...

Sudershan, a Kannadiga ... holds an M.Tech degree in engineering and has emerged as the formidable ideologue of the Sangh. he is in charge of the central and northern states. Madan Das ... is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He is in charge of the north-east and eastern states. Suresh Rao Ketkar who holds a masters degree in science is in charge of the southern and western states ...                                             (Source: The Indian Express, 27 March, 1998)