Dammam: DKSC’s ‘Mulaqat’ brings expat families from coastal Karnataka under one roof

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April 16, 2016

Dammam: Dakshina Karnataka Sunni Centre (DKSC), the gulf based organization which runs the Markaz Tha’aleemul Ihsan at Mulur in Udupi district organized a get-together recently in Dammam.

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DKSC annual ‘ Mulaqath’ is an event for Mangalorean as well as south Karnataka families and youth in the gulf nation to refresh their community bonds. Like every year, this year too large number of Mangaloreans gathered at Al-Zana Istirah in Dammam to show solidarity with the huge educational efforts which includes the newly envisaged women’s college and its hostel building, shariah college etc. carried out by DKSC. More than 1500 – 1800 people gathered with families and made a remarkable witness in this occasion.

DKSC which was formed by a few youth in 1995 in Al- Khobar, Saudi Arabia has now well organized committees at unit level, zonal level and national levels totally managed by central committee spread across the gulf countries. Markaz Tha’aleemul Ihsaan, the educational Institution dreamt by DKSC in 1995 has now grown in to an educational complex of repute with varied Institutions such as English Medium school, shelter for orphans, destitute, Quraan memorization center, residential religious Dawaa college, and as well as general educational facility, nursery education and residential madrasa education under its fold. Thanks to well qualified staff as well as efficient management team, the Markaz with 1400 student force is emerging a sought after educational destination in and around Mulur.

The recently planned Muslim Women’s college and the hostel facility is a feather in cap for Markaz Tha’aleemul Ihsan run under the able leadership of Syed Attakoya Thangal Kumbol. While addressing the audience at the ‘Mulaqat’ the working president of DKSC Mr. Abdul Hameed Aramex outlined the need for separate institutions for girls’ education in our community and the effort by DKSC to have such an Institution at its campus in Mulur as well as at Kemmara in Puttur. He sought the cooperation of everyone in DKSC’s initiation in women’s education.

This year’s gathering is made a remarkable event under the chairmanship of Janab Hatim kuloor. Janab Ashraf Madaka took the lead successfully in organizing the volunteers in different sections as a team leader. Janab Abdul Azeez Athoor, general secretary and Janab Abdul Gafoor Sajipa, treasurer of this event with the support and coordination of other dedicated members has made this gathering a successful occasion. It is also marked the beginning of 20th Anniversary celebration with the concept of many social welfare schemes like 20 poor families mass marriage, distribution of sewing machines, construction of wells in different required areas. DKSC will culminate in a grand function planned in the month of December 2016.

The duff program Taiba by the children of Jubail Madrasa Students under the leadership of ustad Abdul Razzak Faizi was the center of attraction.

The stage program began with the recitation of Quran by Janab Ashraf Naunda and Dua by Usman Saadi Nelyadi. Janab Ismail Kinnya welcomed the gathering

Children in large numbers enjoyed this colorful evening program, with different types of competition and games organized under the leadership of Engineer Abdul Rahman Panaje, Ismail Katipalla, Abdul Hameed Kolnad, Haneef Mudigere, Sameer and their support team.

Specially for ladies, girls and children, it was a day of festival with sumptuous food, plenty of snacks, ice cream etc. Different types of games and competitions were conducted at the ladies’ section under the leadership of Mrs. Hasan Bava Kuppepadav. Mrs. Kamarudeen, Mrs. Rafiq K.H, Mrs. Zabeer, Mrs. Farooq Karnire, Mrs. Abdul Rahman Panaje, Mrs. Rasheed, Mrs. NS Abdulla, Mrs. Basheer Kaikamba

Janab Abdul Hameed Machar, Janab Anwar Hussain Goodinabali, gen. Secretary of Central Committee, Janab Mohammad Hasan Mooduthota, Treasurer of Central Committee, Janab Aboobakker Padubidri, Janab Mohammad Monu Dompa from DKSC Tabuk Unit, present on the stage as guests of the occasion.

Dammam Zonal president Janab Sulaiman Soorinje expressed his gratitude while extending vote of thanks for the dedication and hard work of the members. He asked everyone to join hands with DKSC by becoming a member of DKSC.

Tug of war, Kabaddi were the main games for adults and every one enjoyed the food, snacks, ice cream, soft drinks, and sweets.

An entertainment quiz competition was conducted by Mr. Kamarudeen Goodinabali. Teams from BAMA (Bajpe Area minority Association) Al-Haramain Soorinje, Jubail friends, Khobar Friends. Kannangar Friends participated in the event. Al-Haramain of Janab Rafiq K. H, Sulaiman Soorinje won the first place and Bama – Janab Seyyed Bawa & team were runner-up. . Janab Faroq Kanyana ably assisted the Quiz master in conducting the quiz smoothly.

The program was compared by Janab Zainuddin Mukve, Janab Ismail Katipalla, Janab Iqbal Mallur and Engineer Abdul Rahman Panaje.

Janab Umar Haji Mukve, Janab Sheikh Balkunje, Janab Ismail Kinnay, Janab Mohammad Ali Uppinangady, Janab NS Abdulla, Janab Anwar Hussain Goodinabali are on the welcome team.

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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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Media Release
February 4,2020

On the occasion of 71st Republic Day of India, Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF), Karnataka State organized a blood donation camp in Doha Qatar, in association with Hamad Medical Corporation on 31st January 2020, Friday.

At first, QISF Karnataka State Vice President, Ziaul Huq welcomed the guests, dignitaries and blood donors.

The Blood Donation Camp was inaugurated by ICC President Mr. Manikantan A P who was the Chief guest. In his inaugural speech, he emphasized that, Service to humanity is service to God. By donating the blood, not only we save the lives, but we get blessings also. He also said that punctuality is the key factor in these type of events and should be incorporated by all of us.

QISF Central Committee President, Sayeed Komachi highlighted the necessity and importance of donating the blood and assured QISF a socio cultural organization will always be ready for this noble cause.

Dr. Vishwantha Kini, a well known Radiologist in HMC motivated the donors.

The camp was started at    7.00 A M and ended at 5.30 PM in which 146 people donated the blood out of 185 people registered.

SKMWA President Abdul Majeed and Dr. Haroon from Asian Medical Centre, who were also the Guests in the programme praised the initiative and efforts of QISF. 

QISF Central Committee Vice President Salam Kunnamal, General Secretary Basheer Ahmed, Northern States President Fasiuddin, QISF State and Branch Committee members Lathif Madikeri, Zakariya Pandeshwar, Saleem Bangadi, Mujeebulla Khan, Nayeem Belapu, Ibrahim UB, Toufeeq, Anwar Angargundy, Rizwan Kalladka, Asif Bannur, Imtiyaz Karnad, Jaleel Kalladka, Haneef Montepadav, Rafiq Uppinangady and other members were present during the programme.

The program was presided and concluded by QISF Karnataka State President Nazeer Pasha.

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Fasi
 - 
Thursday, 6 Feb 2020

Great job, this will save many lives. Hats off to QISF for this wonderful event on the occasion of Rebulic Day celebration. 

Zameer
 - 
Wednesday, 5 Feb 2020

Well done qisf...again u did a great work by collecting blood to serve humanity...qosf is a second word for humanity!!

Hassan
 - 
Wednesday, 5 Feb 2020

 

Masha Allah. Good Job done by QISF

 

 

 

 

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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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