Dubai: Karnataka NRI Forum holds meeting on govt’s NRK card

By Shodhan Prasad | photos by Floyd Kiran
April 16, 2018

Dubai, Apr 16: Karnataka NRI Forum UAE President Praveen Kumar Shetty called the first meeting on 14th April, 2018 evening at Fortune Plaza Hotel, Al Ghusais Dubai with the representatives of various communities of Karnataka residing in the UAE. The meet was to brief the registration process of NRK Card for the people of Karnataka which will be issued by the Government of Karnataka and also to know the facilities available with the card.

KNRI Forum UAE a governmental body for Kannadigas in UAE, last year in April was inaugurated in Dubai at the Indian Consulate Auditorium and was inaugurated by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramayya. Businessman Praveen Kumar Shetty was elected as the first President of this body. Under his leadership this meeting was held and with him were General Secretary Prabhakar Ambalthere, Vice President’s Ganesh Rai and M.E. Moolur on the dais.

Based on the Press Release made by the Consulate General of India Dubai, Indian Community Welfare Fund Committee Member N. Mohan briefed on the facilities available at the Indian Consulate for all Indians in respect of any issues or grievances faced by our Citizens.

President Praveen Shetty gave detailed information on the KNRI Forum UAE body registration process with Karnataka NRI Forum, permission process, registration for members and later providing the NRK Card for the members in the meet.

General Secretary Prabhakar Ambalthere later shared the information on the facilities which are available in the NRK Card.  These are the facilities attached to the NRK Card:

1)      Life Insurance for KNRIs

2)      Prioritized swift facility available in any of Governmental offices in the District where the card holder belongs to.

3)      Loan facility and reasonably reduced interest rates in the State Government recognized banks

4)      Around Rupees 2 Lakhs grant for those Family back home, whose KNRI Members, in case meets with an tragic accident or faces unforeseen accidental death, during their annual vacation in their home city.

5)      Governmental support for those KNRI’s who opt to start any new business in Karnataka State

6)      Support from Government for those KNRI’s who return from overseas after job loss.  Facility in training and re-locating home will be provided by the government.

7)      Special discount in State Hospitals will be provided for the NRK Card holders

8)      Tax Free facility for those KNRI’s who do or conduct Social Service back home

9)      Special pricings for KNRI’s who opt to stay in Hotels near Tourist places

Later Joint Secretary Deepak Somashekar explained on the online registration process for NRK Card and briefed that only those persons who fall into the below criteria can register:

1)      Minimum 6 months stay in UAE required in the Visa validity

2)      Passport size photo in digital file should be uploaded

3)      Only Digital Indian Passport with home address should be uploaded

Once the above is done and registration process is completed, one will receive an email confirmation on the registration completion.  Later in a few days’ time one will receive the details of the NRK card delivery.

Followed was question and answer session and few questions raised was answered appropriately.

Vice Presidents of KNRI Forum UAE, Harish Sherigar, Dr. Kaup Mohammed, Treasurer Sadan Das, Joint Secretary Noel Almeida and other Committee Members were present during the meeting.  Leaders of various Kannadiga Associations in UAE present have promised that they will request all their members to get registered with the Forum.

KNRI Forum UAE, Vice President B.K. Ganesh Rai conducted the meeting and shared some of the important information’s one need to know.

Dinner was served at the end and Joint Secretary M.E. Moolur rendered the vote of thanks.

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Tavargeri Moha…
 - 
Wednesday, 6 May 2020

Myself is zaheer,, my passport number s1637441,my u. A. E number +971585708303 and my Indian number is 9739567262, I am came from visiting visa, I wanna to come back to india very urgently bcuz of my wife is pregnant,,, and she I'll have delivery on may15.no one take care her,  she is alone so please kindly process to come back india 

Riyaz .s.a
 - 
Wednesday, 2 May 2018

I want nri card. Please help me sir.

abdullah
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018

 sir

 

    how to registerr for nrk card.  for login  asking user name and password  user name  ok but password from where

 

Javed ali
 - 
Friday, 20 Apr 2018

Sir how to do the card. can you help me ?

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Media Release
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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April 4,2020
Udupi, Apr 4: District Commissioner Jagadeesh has warned that the vehicles of people who break lockdown norms will be seized.
 
Addressing the media, he said, “People who want to buy essential items are allowed come out of the house between 1100 hrs and 1900 hrs, but we have noticed that some are unnecessarily coming out and blocking the roads. If this continues, vehicles of such people will be seized.”
 
No new COVID-19 positive cases were reported since Friday Udupi district.

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Press Release
January 8,2020

Puttur, Jan 8: NCC Officer and two NCC Cadets of St Philomena College Puttur have been selected to participate in prestigious Republic Day Parade on January 26, 2020 in New Delhi.

NCC Officer, Lt. Johnson David Sequeira, Assistant Professor of Bachelor of Social Work has been selected as Contingent Officer of Karnataka and Goa Directorate to train the cadets in New Delhi.

Senior Under Officer Chethan P of first year BCA has been selected to Flag Area and Prime Minister’s Rally.

Junior Under Officer Mahalasa Pai of first year BCom has been selected to participate in cultural event which will be presented on the occasion of VIP’s visit.

These two meritorious cadets of the NCC wing of the College underwent a four months’ rigorous training at various places of Karnataka.

The Correspondent of the College Rev. Fr Alfred J Pinto, Principal Prof. Leo Noronha and Campus Director Rev. Dr Antony Prakash Monteiro expressed their happiness and compliments for the tremendous achievement of the NCC Officer and the cadets.

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