AMPS organises ‘Brain Hunt-World Quiz’ at Jubail

[email protected] (Shameer Ahmed Kudroli)
December 13, 2013
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Jubail, Dec 13: The Association of Malayalee Professionals in Saudi Arabia (AMPS) organised its annual flagship event ‘Brain Hunt-World Quiz’ for students of the International Schools in Saudi Arabia on Friday, November 29, 2013 at a Beach Camp in Jubail.

More than 300 Grade 8 to 12 students from International Indian School-Dammam, International Indian School-Jubail, Al-Khozama International Indian School-Dammam and Al-Yasmeen International School-Riyadh participated in the annual contest called the Brain Hunt World Quiz.

“AMPS have always embarked upon programs that help to kindle creative thinking and reading, with a view to equip students with vital skills required to take on the intense competition at awaits them in future” said Suresh Kumar Kalathil, the President of AMPS..

The AMPS ‘World Quiz Competition’, an annual event that AMPS has been conducting since its inception in 2004, is one of the most sort after events by the student community, parents and Quiz enthusiasts in the Eastern Province. AMPS which consists of members who are all top Indian professionals working at leading multinational companies and Saudi corporations — have won accolades for the event’s emphasis on knowledge enhancement.

The Quizmaster of the popular show was P.G.R. Nair, who is a highly respected Quizmaster among the expatriate community in Jubail. He is a distinguished Toastmaster and staff process engineer at SAFCO. “His reputation as Quiz Master has now transcended the boundaries of Saudi Arabia. He is now being requested by the Indian Community in Oman to conduct a Quiz in Muscat”, said Kalathil with a lot of pride.

“I think Mr.Nair surpassed all known Quizmasters,” said Jubail school Principal Syed Hameed. “The technical excellence and the quality of the Quiz that AMPS brings out year after year continues to amaze me”, he said. The audience acknowledged the efforts of PGR Nair with a round of standing ovation!!

The quiz comprised eight rounds and was a good mix of all things under the universe such as sports, science, current affairs, history and literature. The unanswered questions were passed on to the audience with attractive spot prizes for correct answers.

The “Face the Fire” rapid fire round, adeptly conducted by the Assistant Quizmaster Krishna Kumar Raghupathy, created ripples and excitement among the audience and the participating teams alike. The audience were watching in awe and admiration the swinging fortunes of the teams which changed with each right or wrong answer, in the “Rapid Fire Round”

It was a clean sweep by the International Indian School, Jubail. All the three Winning Teams represented IISJ.

Some of the captivating questions figured in the quiz are: Which city in Saudi Arabia is named after a large Persian drum played in religious ceremonies and stored in Mosques? (Dammam). In November, DELL users complained that its Latitude 6430u business laptop emitted a foul smell which was later found originated from the manufacturing process. What was the smell that the DELL customers complained ? (Cat's Urine). Which car is named after a fast running antelope seen in African Countries? (Impala) . Name the world’s “first decentralized digital currency” launched in 2009 by a mysterious person known only by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto? (Bitcoin)

The following were the Winners of the AMPS World Quiz – Brainhunt 2013

WINNING TEAM:

MUSAIB ALI MIRZA

SUSHIL VANKA

AAZIM KHAN

RUNNER UP:

PRIYANKA YADAV

AMRITA MOHANTY

NANDINI SINGH

IInd Runner Up:

RAHUL AGRAWAL

MILIND SHETH

HAIDER ALI

Earlier in the day, about 85 teams took part in the preliminary written round conducted by Luqman Ummer, during which he posed 40 objective questions to short-list eight finalists.

Mr. Sultan Al-Khurraissi, Director of Royal Commission, Jubail inaugurated the event and addressed the gathering. He praised the organizers for their commitment, innovation and passion to conduct educational events such as the Quiz. He also appreciated the efforts of AMPS for bring out such impactful and educationally stimulating programs.

A highly structured stage set-up and state-of-the-art Quiz Devices were arranged by Krishna Das, V.C. Nair, Safare Mohammed, Seju Davis, Syam Sivashankar, Sudheer Prabhakaran and their team.

Mr. Muralikrishnan, was the Event Manager and Main Coordinator for this educational extravaganza.

A unique quiz template designed by Kamaruddin with an attractive brain-hunt logo looked riveting on the screen. Registration Coordinator Satheesan K.R., Oommen Thomas Sivadas, and their team managed the registration of more than 300 students and community members.

Reena Sudheer presented a Homage to the memory of the Musical legend Manna Dey, who had recently passed away.

Bindu Rajendran anchored the event with panache and professional finnesse. The secretary, Sivasankar Syam, proposed a vote of thanks.

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Media Release
July 6,2020

The Chairman of Intellectual Council Jeddah, Syed Nasir Khurshid, called for a Zoom meeting on 2nd July, 2020 to celebrate the oath taking ceremony of the D K Shiva Kumar who took over as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Mr Khurshid opened the meeting with a very enthusiastic and sincere note of congratulations to newly appointed president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, Mr. D.K.Shivakumar.

The chief speaker for the evening was Saleem Khaleefa, vice Chairman of the Council, he said, for more than 4 decades, he is monitoring the politics of the Karnataka state very closely and also monitoring the role of crises management DK Shiva Kumar in the last 2 years, whether it is Rajya Sabha election of Mr. Ahmed Patel or managing the MLAs of Madhya Pradesh. He said, he is one of the best leaders of the party and the best leaders use “their brain, their heart, their soul and their guts.” And his leadership is fit in the size of all these characters. Growth is a very powerful word and fundamentally, party growth is the responsibility of the President and he can take a holistic approach to close the gap between and among the party cadres. 

Every effort is to be made to preserve the sense of unity within the party. We need to unite party base while appealing to voters. He should identify on ground challenges and find the mechanism to address them. He further pointed out that a President’s chief responsibility is to bring all the party leaders and office bearers on the same page with a Mission to bring back the congress party into power in the next assembly election. His smart strategies, road map, mechanism, booth management, better connected with the party workers, taking everyone along with him, will be a direction for the presidents of the party in other states to take party into power.

He pronounced his leadership is totally remarkable and has a track record of his very sensible leadership and he also known for his collaborative and crises management leadership style. Engr. Nasir suggested that his first task is to address the formidable challenges faced by the party and bring the Congress members together, on a very single aspect how to win the election. The party backbone and strength is gross-root workers who can play a significant role to take the party in a very strong and popular position in public. He emphasized that unity is the main strategy and ingredient to win the election, because a party divided will hurt, cannot win the election. Planning is everything and a good planning goes a long way, helping to win the election.  

All the members of the Council expressed their views and everyone is very much hopeful that he is the right person to lead the party from top.He has commanded immense respect from party workers, office bearers, all communities, groups, including opposition parties. He is a very experienced, have immense experience and hard-work leader and he is a strategist and knows the art how to motivate the party workers and unite all in a single rope.

Engr. Amjad Ali said, we are very much confident that he will re-structure from bottom to top, panchyat, taluka and district committees will be re-structured and will induct caliber and talented leaders who can understand and realize their responsibilities and accountability as head of the party at their levels with only one point how to win the coming election with thumping majority.

One of key members of the Council, Sajid Shaikh expressed joyfully that every single member of the party have confidence on the leadership of Mr. D.K Shiva Kumar and his appointment to the top position says a lot of nice things about him.  He has shown his great leadership and expert in crises management on many occasion.  The party in Karnataka is in good hands and I am sure he will sort-out all the difference between and among the party leaders and cadres, which has hurt the party in the last election and will bring all on the same page. Congress party and its workers are lucky to have such a passionate and hardworking president who is ready to work day in and day out to bring party in power in 2023 assembly election.

Prominent members of the Council, Engr. Azher Parvaiz, Engr. Abdul Wahid, Hazrat Qadri, Engr. Abdul Ameed, Saleem Khan, and Rafiuddin Kharadi commented, we looking forward his dynamic and result oriented leadership in organizing and re-shaping the party in the state, he will hold all congressmen together with a noble purpose, motivate every party worker to work with dedication so that congress can come back to power with absolute majority and he can count on our absolute support in booth management as well  suggest a few points to be included in the manifestos, running a high  successful voltage campaign highlighting the failure of the BJP government at the Center and at the state, between and among in the NRIs community across the Gulf Countries, including Europe and America. Council will do the value-based politics and will present the image of the Congress party, as the rational political party, with secular and inclusive, where people of all religions, caste, race and gender, feel wanted in the party, as its main ideology.

Syed Nasir Khurshid thanked entire team for attending the meeting he expressed his gratitude towards Vice Chairman of the council Saleem Khaleefa for speaking as chief speaker and giving updates, he said, team members are excited to meet in person with Mr. D.K. Shiva Kumar, when members visit India during their vacation.

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May 30,2020

Dammam: Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka chapter organized a "Live along with COVID-19" webinar on 29 May 2020 in association with HealthCare Polyclinic, Dammam.

The webinar at Zoom App. featured over 150+ resident Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia's eastern and neighboring provinces.

Dr. Shailendranath made a presentation on the program and gave useful information. Indian Social Forum Dammam, Karnataka Chapter President Sharif Joktake delivered the keynote address. General Secretary Irshad Jokatte stalled the program.

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May 12,2020

Manama: Kannada Sangha Bahrain President Mr. Pradeep Shetty and Vice President of Bahrain's prestigious KHK HEROES Foundation Mohammed Mansoor on Monday, May 11, met The Second Secretary (Consular & CW) of the Embassy of India, Bahrain Mr. P. K. Chowdhury in the Indian Embassy. 

The situation, problems and relief of Indians and Kannadigas residing in Bahrain during the COVID 19 Pandemic was discussed in detail. The distribution of food (dry ration) kits, as well as those seeking repatriation, was also discussed in the meeting.

When asked about the repatriation of distressed Kannadigas, the Second Secretary said that though the number of Kannadigas who wish to return home is not much compared to the rest of the states, still Embassy is compiling all the information and will do the needful soon. 

Mr. Shetty and Mr. Mansoor told the Second Secretary that those who are in problem can contact them and they are ready to do their best.

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