Dammam: ‘JF Coastal Festival 2016’ brings together NRI families

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April 24, 2016

Dammam: The evening weather with stormy wind, rain and drizzling couldn’t change the mood and temperament of Jam’iyyatul Falah’s members and kept the preparation in full swing for “JF Coastal Festival 2016”. It was a radiant and enjoyable social event organized by JF-Dammam Unit, the pioneer in organizing the Family Get Together in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia since 1995.

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“JF Coastal Festival 2016” the twentieth annual event of JF Dammam Unit, which was recently held at Orchid Istirah in Dammam 91 Area under the theme “Our Community is Better Together”. The gathering of 1650 participants with expatriate families mainly from the coastal belt of Karnataka joined together with their relatives and friends. The evening was filled with fun and frolic, Quran recitation competition for children, Quiz competition for adult and games for children and adult with many more prizes and gifts on raffle was announced.

As promised, the event had given a wonderful opportunity to bring together the spirit of Mangalore to create an environment of Festival. Men, women and children had joined the festival of joy and excitement together with their friends and relatives to discover the amazing native atmosphere of Mangalore. The event commenced with Quran recitation by Ibrahim Khader and immediately followed the welcome speech by President Mohamed Wahid. The event was planned, organized and executed under the supervision of event Chairman Nizamuddin Shaikh.

The entire evening was filled with various funs and exciting games like Musical Chair, Sack Race and spot games for boys & men was well organized by sports team. The games for children made them excited to play the different games and attractive prizes were presented to all the winners.

The Kiosk from different FMCG companies such as INDOMINE, AL-KABEER, NADA JUICE, RANI JUICE, SWITZ CAKES, MAZAYA FOOD and ORLANDA MILK had offered lip-smacking food and beverages which attracted and pulled the crowd with their appetizing aroma to taste the sample of their new products. The most attractive Kiosk of the evening was the DANDY Ice Cream, which served different types of flavors and kept the crowd on their toes specially children. The traditional Indian sweet ‘Jalibee’ has engrossed the crowd. The sumptuous dinner with varieties of Indian cuisine was served to delight all the guests throughout the evening.

At the women’s section, children were cherished and enjoyed the fun with different types of games. The women’s organizing committee had skillfully managed the program and brilliantly implemented the games for adult & children and successfully accomplished the task provided to each volunteers. All the winners were presented with attractive prizes. The attractive coupons from JOYALUKKAS & MALABAR GOLD took away the anxious crowd to try their luck to win the lucky draw offered by JOYALUKKAS.

The crowd gazed the felicitation ceremony offered to Shaikh Abdul Gafoor, one of the senior member of Jam’iyyatul Falah and Ex-President of JF-Jubail Unit during the event. Few senior members of JF-Dammam Unit had offered the Shawl as a token of appreciation for his humble & modest contribution to JF.

The mega event of “JF Coastal Festival 2016” was exclusively sponsored by NADA (Al-Othman Agri. Production and Processing Co.), Pan Gulf, Saleh & Abdulaziz Abahsain Co., Expertise Contracting Co., Real Tech Ind., Arabian Expert, Azmeel Group, MEXX Global, AYD Lighting and many others.

The magnificent evening had witnessed the success of the event and displayed the hard-work of the event’s working committee. In the early hours of dawn, thrilled spectators made a reluctant exit from the venue, thoroughly lost in the magical spell cast on them during an unforgettable night. Shahul Hameed proposed vote of thanks immediately after announcing the Winner of Super Mega Prizes.

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May 20,2020

Dubai, May 20: Dubai-based Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club’s humanitarian services in charge Naseer Karaje team have appreciated the efforts of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Mangaluru Airport director, NGOs of Mangaluru, and MLA for extending a royal welcome to second batch of repatriates from Dubai that landed at Mangaluru Airport on May 18.

There was so much of confusions when 1st batch of repatriation flight landed in Mangaluru airport on 12th May due to lack of proper arrangements and co ordination.

This time due to proper arrangements and special supervision by the DC everything was driven smoothly. It has given a confidence to all the Manglurean expats of Dubai in returning to their native places, the KSCC said.

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June 4,2020

Dr Soofi Anwar, Director Academics of University of Stirling RAK, UAE Campus, has achieved the prestigious professional recognition of Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) UK. He has achieved this milestone through the Stirling Framework for Evidencing Learning and Teaching Enhancement (SFELTE), the Continuing Professional Development Framework (CPD) for learning and teaching at University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. 

He was recognized for this achievement on recently concluded virtual Learning & Teaching Conference-2020 organized by University of Stirling Campus in UK.  He has secured his Ph.D. in Management from University of Azteca, Mexico.

Dr. Soofi Anwar has over 20 years of experience in teaching and academic leadership at higher education level and has worked in leading universities in UAE, Bahrain and India. He was conferred the prestigious Middle East Education Leadership Award, as the Best Professor in Management-2018 in recognition of his academic excellence, exemplary leadership in higher education. Prior to his current role, he has worked on leadership position in Birla Institute of Technology Offshore Campus RAK.

He has completed his MBA from Dept. of Business Administration, Mangalore University in 1999 and his B. Com degree from Canara College Mangaluru.

He has published numerous research papers in management and in the area of teaching and learning in higher education in reputed academic journals and international conferences proceedings. He is a member of editorial board of two leading management journals and engaged in reviewing faculty research publications in the area of management and marketing. 

He is a son of Haji Abdul Khadar Kodijal and Mrs. Mariyamma from Konaje, Mangaluru.

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August 6,2020

Dubai, Aug 6: Non-resident Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist Dewakara Alva passed away on Thursday August 6. He was 63.

Alva, who hailed from Mangaluru, was the director of Federal Insurance Brokers LLC, Dubai and was residing in Dubai for around four decades. He was reportedly suffering from health problems for last few months. 

He was a patron of Tulu and Kannada language and culture in United Arab Emirates. He was a member of various NRI organizations including UAE Tulu Koota and UAE Bunts

Alva is survived by wife Saritha, daughter Powshali, and son Manal.

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