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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March 15,2020

Markaz Al Madeena Association, Eastern province, conducted JALS-E-UCHILA get together program at Dammam, Saudi Arabia on March 5,2020 on account of celebrating 28 years of social service dedicated by the organization.

The event chairman Noushad Uchil inaugurated the function. The organization president presided the program and delivered talk about the intention of the organization. Hashim Uchil has intorduced the social and academic contribution of the organization of past 28 years. Jamal Uchil welcomed the gathering and Ismail G.I. host the program.

Games, Quiz and prize distribution to the winners and senior social workers was the special attraction of the event. The planning committee of the event includes Iqbal, Farooq, Shahul Hameed, Ramza, Nabeel, Afthar, Ashraf and Shafi.

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January 28,2020

Riyadh, Jan 28: The celebration of the 71st Republic Day was held on January 26th by the Central Committee of the Indian Social Forum Riyadh at the Ramada Hotel Auditorium in Riyadh. People from different Indian states and different religious backgrounds were present during the event.

The program was inaugurated with the unity song, Saleem Moulavi– Regional committee member India Fraternity Forum/Riyadh inaugurated the program.

Social Forum Central Committee president Janab Harris Mangaluru chaired the program and welcomed the guests. In his presidential speech he described and uncovered stories of freedom struggle and participants of Indian Muslims for the freedom fight. He urged everyone to fight against unconstitutional Citizenship Amendment Bill which passed by Centre government. He said that the We will continue its agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the NRC and would not relent unless the Union government withdrew the Act.

Indian Social Forum Karnataka State Committee member Janab Mohammed Naveed delivered the Republic Day message. He said India was formed based on concept of ‘unity in diversity’ and it becomes every Indians’ responsibility to safeguard it. He expressed concern over CAA, NRC and NPR. Across India, students at other universities are against the Citizenship Amendment Act passed by Centre government.  The law offers amnesty to undocumented migrants from three neighboring Muslim-majority countries but only if they are non-Muslim. Critics say that by excluding Muslims, the law establishes a religious test for Indian citizenship, in violation of the secularism enshrined in India's constitution. The Indians, irrespective of caste, creed, religion and region have firmly resolved to oppose the draconian laws and fascist moves to debar the poor. Constitution granted to every person and citizen of India who are not ready to put them on a test of ideology of RSS and programs of BJP to implement the Brahmanist mind-set. He said that the police atrocities against CAA/NRC/NPR protesters had increased only in BJP-ruled States and  there were several loose ends in the police story about the incidents leading to the firing.

Eng Shahul Hameed – Coordinator of Tamil Nadu Islamic Federation, Dr. Jahangeer Ahmed - Assistant professor/King Saud university, Mohammed Rafi – Gen Secretary of India Fraternity Forum Regional Committee, Mr. Abdul jaleel– Vice President of Indian Islahi Center, Mr. Basha –Member of IFT Executive Council , Mr. Ajmal Hussain – Member of Pravasi Forum central Committee, Younus Wallan – President Humanity Forum Riyadh. All delivered the message on the eve.

Basheer Karandur, General Secretary of Social Forum Central Committee, welcomed the gathering and Social Forum Riyadh Tamilnadu State Committee President Jabir presented the vote of thanks. Abdul Basheer was master of ceremony.

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February 7,2020

Global Toastmasters Club conducted Youth Leadership Program (GTC YLP– 2020), which  culminated with an extraordinary show at the Grand Finale in Puli Restaurant, Jubail, Saudi Arabia on Friday, January 31, 2020.

Toastmaster Mohammed Abul Khasim, who hails from Karnataka, Gulbarga was the Chief Coordinator for this Youth leadership program YLP, In this 10 weeks intensively focused program, the young future Leaders in the age group 13 to 15 were given quality coaching on Public Speaking, Listening, Writing, Evaluating and Life Skills, under the able guidance of Chief Coordinator.

The keynote speaker at the event was well-known veteran distinguish Toastmaster Dr R J George who motivated everyone to speak the language of love, removing all boundaries and barriers and invest on spending quality time together.

The performances of Youth Leaders were extraordinary and flawless and it was witness by top prominent figures of Jubail toastmaster fraternity likes of DTM Jamil Akhter,TM Nasiruddin Ansari, DTM Oomen Thomas, MTM Sair Oomen, DTM Hareesh, TM Amitab Serna, DTM Kotesh, MTM Shanti Rekha, DTM Suresh Kumar, TM Imtiyaz Khan, TM Asif Ali khan, MTM Farha Naved,TM Naved Hussain, Madam Sheeba, Dr Saleem Khan,TM Ashik Nazeer and TM Suhail Rais Khan. GTC YLP team thanks the Guest of Honor Mr. Abdul Majeed the Managing Director of Universal Inspection Company for sparing the valuable time as one of the sponsor of the event.

The Chief Guest at the Finale was Toastmasters District 79 Club Growth Director DTM Rami Jawad, laud the efforts of GTC for community service and urged all students to take full advantage of such chances as they present life changing opportunities, Division Direct ‘L” DTM Sadagopan address the audience and District PQD DTM Madhusha Grace the occasion. 

During the span of 10 weeks, more than 40 senior member of Jubail Toastmasters fraternity contributed to the success of this program as one to one mentors, Workshop Presenters and Assistant Coordinators. DTM Uzma Siddiqui, DTM Aziz Ahmed Siddiqui, DTM Safare Mohammed, DTM N V Arasu and DTM Jeyasankar and DTM Asif Ali Siddiqui, led the team of Toastmasters as overall Program Advisors, MTM Samina Mazher was chief judge for the event.

The grand finale saw four absorbing contests in Table Topics, Evaluation Speech, International Speech and Debate conducted by YL Ayesha Safare, YL Sai Pranav, YL Mohammed Saad and YL Fawaz Kannan respectively and YL Jaweriya conducted the banner parade.
Maliaka Maryam won the first prize in International Speech, while the second and third were earned by Mohammed Saad and Mohammed Umair. The Table topic contest was won by Ahmed Khan, where Jayveer Prajapati and Fawaz Kannan stood second and third respectively.

Sreena Nanda Kumar won evaluation Speech Contest, while Mohammed Sufyan and Sai Pranav stood second and third respectively. In Debate contest the team speaking against the topic represented by Hasib Javid, Muzaffer Shaik and Nabil Bin Tasnim stood first and runner team was represented by Sarah Nasir, Fathima Badruddin and Shanum Rabia . Hasib Javid was declared the best debate speaker.

The first term President Sarah Nasir and second term President Mohammed Ahmed Khan started the program with their presidential addresses after the Surah recitation by Nabil BinTasnim. YL Jumana Jaffer & YL Arman Raiq Siraj hosted the finale as Master of ceremonies. Immedate past Youth leaders and assistance Coordinators and workshop presenters Jaweriya Mariyam and Ayesha Safare conducted the award ceremony, while DTM Safare Mohammed handled contest operations.

Global Toastmasters President DTM Khalid Siddiqui and YLP Chief Coordinator TM Mohammed Abul Khasim thanked all Youth Leaders, Parents Sponsors and Toastmasters for their contribution in making the program successful. 

Past President of Global TMC, past Area63 Governor and first ever Joint Division E & L conference chairman Mangalorean DTM Shameer Ahmed Kudroli congratulated the Chief Coordinator Mohammed Abul Khasim for the effort and dedication to make the event a grand success and his journey to accomplish the DTM title soon.

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