Mohammed Sharief Sultan elected president of JF Dammam

June 8, 2016

Al-Khobar: The Dammam unit of Jam’iyyatul Falah conducted its 28th annual general body meeting at Classic Restaurant at Al-Khobar. The master of the ceremony Suneer Ahmed opened the meeting with Islamic greetings and invited the chief guest Mr. Abdul Waris (Chairman of IISD Managing Committee) and other distinguished guests (JFCC Vice-President Shabih Kazi, Ex-President of JF Jubail Unit Salim Shaikh, ExCom Member of Jubail Unit Mohammad Althaf, Dr. Zaheer Baig (Scientist at KFUPM), including President, Treasurer and Secretary of Dammam Unit on the dais.

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The meeting commenced with the recitation of Holy Quran by Mohammad Ishaq, who shed light on the importance of Charity in Islam and emphasized the audience to come forward and help the needy in the community for its betterment and gain rewards from Allah (SWT). Javed Sayed welcomed all the members and guests in his welcome speech.

In his presidential speech, Mohamed Wahid thanked the committee for giving him the opportunity to lead JF Dammam Unit for the term 2015-2016. With all the good wishes and support from the Committee, was able to justify the role as President for given term. He expressed his appreciation and also thanked all the committee members for their enormous support which had strengthened Dammam Unit to lead in the direction of prosperity.

The annual report for the term 2015-2016 was read by the General Secretary Sajid Hussain. First he briefed about Jam’iyyatul Falah to the audience, which literally represents an association meant for the welfare of less privileged brothers & sisters of the society, which came into existence in 1988. The first and foremost priority of Jam’iyyatul Falah is given to EDUCATION, spreading literacy and all round development of the less privileged families in the community. JF also provides scholarships under different schemes for the needy students in twin districts. JF frequently organize the Medical camps, awareness of healthcare, health camps, eye camps and special medical check-up (including ladies by lady doctors) in Mangalore & Udupi. JF also provides Dialysis medical treatment for poor Kidney patients. JF also provide free education in their PU College at Derlakatte for poor girls’ student.

Treasurer Abdul Rashid presented the annual financial reports of Dammam Unit for the Year 2015-2016. This mainly highlighted the financial support given to various programs and activities conducted in Mangalore.

The certificates of appreciation and mementos were awarded to the members appreciating for their enormous support rendered to JF Dammam Unit during the term 2015-2016.

1. Outstanding Attendance Performance was awarded to 9 members for their regular attendance during the term 2015-2016 (Imtiaz Ahmed, Rashid Vital, Shaikh Amin, Nazim Ahmed, Mahmood Saad, Sharief Sultan, Rashid Vardara, Mohamed Irfan and Arif Shaikh)

2. Most Promising Member of the Year was awarded to Shaikh Nizamuddin.

3. Very Special Honor was awarded to Mohammad Sharief Saad.

4. Best Supportive Family Team was awarded to Imtiaz Ahmed, Rashid Vardara, Rashid Vital, Amin Shaikh.

5. President’s Choice Award was awarded to Sadiq Ahmed.

6. Outstanding Support to Dammam Unit awarded to Ahmed Abbas.

7. Committee Member of the Year was awarded to Sajid Hussain.

8. Committed Member of the Year was awarded to Mahmood Saad and Mohamed Shareef Hassan.

9. Special Appreciation to Official Caterer was awarded to Bhatkal House.

10. Best Support to Dammam Unit was awarded to Javed Sayed, Adnan Karkala and Mohamed Siraj.

Newly elected NRCC Ameer Mansour Ali Ahmed, Ex-President of Dammam Unit was felicitated for his contribution extended to Dammam unit in particular and for the organization in general.

Junaid Shaikh dissolved the present committee and the Election Officers from JF Jubail Unit (Salim Shaikh and Mohammad Altaf) took the dais to conduct the Election. The New Committee of 50 members was formed for the Term 2016-2017. The Office Bearers were unanimously elected by the managing committee.

The Office Bearers for the Term 2016-2017
1) Mohammed Sharief Sultan : President
2) Mohammed Sharif Saad : Vice President
3) Sheikh Nizamuddin : Vice President
4) Munthazir Ahmed Mushtaq : General Secretary
5) Mohammed Junaid Shaikh : Joint Secretary
6) Abdul Rasheed Vardara : Treasurer
7) Suneer Ahmed : Joint Treasurer
8) Sadiq Ahmed : Organizing Secretary
9) Ismail G. Ibrahim : Event Coordinator-1
10) Rafiq Nariyar : Event Coordinator-2
11) Mohammad Siraj : Sports Coordinator-1
12) Javed Sayed : Sports Coordinator-2
13) Ahmed Abbas : Advisor
14) Abdul Munaf U.S. : Advisor
15) Mahmood Saad Monu : Advisor
16) Shahul Hameed : NRCC Representative-1
17) Mohamed Wahid : NRCC Representative-2
18) Ahmed Hussain : NRCC Representative-3
19) Imtiaz Ahmed : Auditor

The newly elected President, Mohammed Sharief Sultan addressed the new committee and thanked all the members for showing confidence in him to serve the Unit during the term 2016-2017. Taking into consideration the support from the new and the outgoing committee, he assured to exhibit his role as President with better productivity with the ‘Vision of Success and Achievement’.

The senior-most member of Jam’iyyatul Falah Shahul Hameed took the opportunity to encourage the New Committee to work with commitment, devotion, hard-work and determination. Jam’iyyatul Falah is growing day by day and new members should join hands to build a better community back home, he said.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Munthazir Ahmed and on behalf of JF Dammam Unit; he expressed the gratitude to all the members and guests for their kind presence and congratulated the New Committee for their success in accomplishing all the future assignments of Jam’iyyatul Falah.

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Congratulations to newly elected President & all office bearers
Wish you all the best for your excellent Educational & social services
My Almighty Allah accept will accept all ur good deeds here and hereafter

Congratulations to newly elected President & all office bearers
Wish u all the best for ur excellent social & Educational services

Nice 2 see some of my old friends. And also see the face of a talented and energetic guy (ashraf) with the committee.

Congratulations to all outstanding performers and most Promising member of the year Sheik Nizamuddin, All the best for the new office bearers. May Almighty Allah accept all your good deeds and shower his blessings. Mohammad Amin

All the best

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Ramesh Chennitthala inaugurates campaign for 20th ‘Learn the Qur'an’ conference

P A Hameed Padubidri

February 24,2020

Riyadh, Feb 24: Indian Islahi Center, Riyadh (IICR) kicked off the propagation campaign of "Learn the Quran" national conference, which is slated to be held on March 27, 2020 at Nofa Istiraha, Exit 18, Riyadh, Kingdom Saudi Arabia. It's IICR's 20th successful program.

Kerala Legislative Assembly's opposition leader & Congress leader, Ramesh Chennitthala inaugurated the campaign that was held at Voco Hotel in Riyadh, capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ramesh was on two days visit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The objective of the campaign is to instil the keenness & to keep creating the continuous awareness amongst the community on Quran. It also enables to recite the Quran with Tajweed (science of reading the Quran) & correct form.

Aboobakker Edthanatukkara (President of IICR), Abdul Qayyum Bustani, Kunhi Kumbala, Abdullah Vallanchira, Adv. Abdul Jaleel, Naushad Ali Kozhikode, Mujeeb Ali Thodigappulam, Muhammad Kutty Kadannamanna, Fasal Rahman City Flower, Mujeeb Irumbuzhi, Jaleel Alappuzha, Arafat & others were present on the occasion.

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Yogesh Prabhu K is the new president of India Social & Cultural Centre

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March 2,2020

Abu Dhabi: Yogish Prabhu K is the newly elected president of Abu Dhabi’s prestigious India Social & Cultural Centre (ISC) and he will serve for the period 2020-2021. ISC’s annual general body meeting and Election for 2020 were held on Thursday, February 27 and the election results of the election were announced during the early hours of Friday, February 28th morning.

In the keenly contested election, Yogish Prabhu emerged victorious. Humble origin and hailing from a small town of Karkala from Udupi district of Karnataka state has never deterred him from setting challenging goals. He belongs to a well-known Gouda Saraswat Brahmin family of K.V.Prabhu Coconut oil mill in Karkala. He is the eldest son of Late Rtn. Krishna Prabhu and Rtn. Bharati Prabhu. His father and grandfather were freedom fighters who left a profound impression on him and their ideology “serving people is like worshiping God” (Jana seveye Janardhana seve) inspired and guided his life ever since. Prabhu has been a privilege member of ISC since 2003 and has been actively involved in ISC activities throughout. His relationship with ISC spans over 2 decades during which he has immensely contributed in many ways to ISC and the Indian community at large. A banker by profession, Yogish Prabhu is currently working as Vice President, Group Finance & Treasury, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB).

With some new initiatives in his mind, Prabhu wants to creatively improve the quality of ISC’s services, its humanitarian impact as well as the diversity of its membership. His intentions are always to help everyone irrespective of caste, creed, religion, language or status. As a new elected President of ISC, Prabhu’s main objective is to strategically plan and implement his vision through his ABC 5 Year Plan i.e.,

A- Accountability & Transparency,

B- Build a Sound Financial Plan and

C- Compassion & Affection for the needy

so that ISC is recognized not just in UAE, but worldwide as a mascot of the great Indian community.

Prabhu thinks “as individuals, we can do only so much but with the support of Elected ISC Committee members and all the ISC members together, there is no limit to what we can achieve, and in the process, we can truly transform the ISC”. He proudly says, “I have a strong treasury management experience in ISC as well as in the bank which we need now more than ever”.

With his dynamic leadership, sheer dedication and ambition, ISC will definitely be scaling new heights of glory and prestige in Abu Dhabi and beyond. His humble nature, leadership qualities coupled with his rich administrative experience will surely help boost ISC’s popularity and meet its challenging goals and can serve people in a better way and contribute to the Indian community at large.

Yogish Prabhu has been married for 28years. His wife Chethana Prabhu Kasaragod too has been equally active in ISC and continuously supporting and participating in various sports, entertainment and literary committees throughout these years. She became ISC Women’s Forum Convener in 2016-2017. Their daughter, Aarti Prabhu is an IT Engineer from NITK Suratkal, working in Bangalore. Son, Ajith Prabhu finished his Masters in Mechanical Engineering and Management in Industrial Design in Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK and at present doing his internship there. Both Aarti and Ajith are alumni of Abu Dhabi Indian School and both have represented National level CBSE Badminton meet. Also, Aarti was a Gold medalist in the school for scoring 100 in Mathematics in SSLC.

Following are few of his contributions and achievements:

• Hon. Asst. Treasurer of ISC for consecutive years from 2005 till 2007

• Hon. Treasurer of ISC in 2011.

• Member of Finance Committee of ISC new infrastructure and premises from approval till completion.

• In 2016, initiated the participation of ISC members as officials for International Yoga Day organized by Indian Embassy

• In 2017, initiated the participation of children as officials to help the organizers so that children could learn their social responsibility and become good citizens.

• In 2012, initiated ladies throw ball tournament in ISC and now it is extended to men too.

• Member of IPEF since its inception in 2014. Also served as its Governing board member in the same year.

• Founder member of ‘UAE GSB group’ since its formation in 2004

• Committee member of ‘Gandhi Sahitya Vedi’ Abu Dhabi

• Treasurer of Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha

• Head of Finance and member of other committees of ‘World Tulu Convention’ held in Dubai - 2018

Election was held for other Posts too. The other office bearers elected to the present committee are:

Vice-President: George Varghese.

General Secretary: Jojo J Ambooken

Asst.Gen.Secretary: C. George Varghese

Treasurer: Shijil Kumar N K

Entertainment Secretary: Jayapradeep K P

Literary Secretary: Elias Padavetty

Sports Secretary: Freddi J. Fernandes

Secretary Southern Region: Raja Srinivasa Rao Aita

Auditor: G.N.Sasikumar

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Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah repatriates 177 stranded Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia

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July 30,2020

Jeddah: The first chartered flight for repatriation passengers from Jeddah to Bengaluru organized by Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah – Saudi Arabia was successfully landed at Bengaluru airport by 01.00 am on 19th July 2020.

Spice Jet (SG9884) departed from King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah by 05.00 pm local time with 177 stranded passengers which includes 12 Pregnant Woman, 3 infants, 44 Short term visa holders, 3 medical emergency patients and 115 migrate workers and labours from various districts of Karnataka state.

Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah, a registered charitable organization under Government of Karnataka & Indian Consulate Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, helping the Kannadigas overseas & in Karnataka State as well, has initiated major role for helping stranded Kannadigas to travel back to home. During Pandemic hundreds of stranded Kannadigas were approached to the forum and requested to arrange special chartered flight to Bengaluru from Jeddah.

Initiating from collecting the data of passengers, the forum’s special panel including its President Mr. Mohammed Mansoor, Secretary Mr. Peter Mascarenes, Vice Presidents Mr. Nasir Khurshid, Dr.Ashfaque Maniyar, Chief Coordinator Mr. Shaikh Saoud, Cultural Secretaries Mr. Arifulla Shariff and Mr. Rajesh Suvarna, Treasurer Mr. Habib Rahman and Press Secretary Mr. Baig, the forum’s members have worked very hard to conclude this task very successful.

The forum provided food packets as refreshment, complementary PPE kitsto each passenger as precaution against the spread of any infections while travelling and also guided all passengers by supporting them in Awdha portal (Saudi Passport Department) and Seva Sindhu portal registration of Government of Karnataka.

The official travel partner ITL Travel Management Company has rendered remarkable service to the passengers not only in ticketing but also supported with top priority in confirming the aircraft from SPICE JET and availed good service from ground staff at Jeddah Airport.

All passengers have reached safely to their homes after completing the 7 days institutional quarantine at Bengaluru. 100% passengers had NEGETIVE report on Covid-19 test made on arrival as well as after institutional quarantine.

In the press release published from the President, Mr. Mohammed Mansoor has expressed his prodigious gratitude to the Ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia H. E. Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Deputy Consul General of India - Jeddah Mr. Y Saber and Chief Minister of Karnataka State Shri B. S. Yediyurappafor providing necessary approvals and NOC for the chartered flight operation. He also conveyed his boundless appreciationto Shri B. Y. Raghavendra, Member of Parliament Shimoga District (Karnataka) for his swift support extended to the forum and as well to Dr. Aarathi Krishna, Ex-Deputy Chairperson – NRI Forum of Karnataka – Government of Karnataka for her significant guidance and support on completing this mission.

The forum has thanked all the officers in King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah and Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru for the facilities provided to the passengers. The Forum has thanked all passengers travelled for their calmness and also thanked to all other members of the forum, Staff of ITL Travels and SPICE JET for their tremendous support extended throughout the mission accomplishment.