Jeddah: Roshan Rodrigues re-elected president of KNRI Forum

June 7, 2016

Jeddah: The 8th Annual general body meeting of the Karnataka Non Resident Indian Forum was held at The Village Restaurant Karnataka in Jeddah on the 27th of May 2016.

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The president Roshan Rodrigues in his welcome address reiterated the vision, mission and objectives of the forum and the achievements in the last two years.

Syed Haseebuddin, treasurer of the forum, made a presentation on the finances of the forum for the last accounting year. He also informed the members of the renewal of the certificate by the Government of the State of Karnataka.

Aijaz Ahmed, General Secretary of the forum, made a presentation of the activities undertaken in the last year (2015-16). Highlights of the activities being money collected for the flood victims of Chennai, Karnataka Nobel Trophy cricket tournament organized jointly with Jamiath ul Falah, celebration of the State annual day and other activities in the service of the community.

Two members of the committee, Ilyas Momin and Shaikh Soud conducted the election to elect the new executive committee. Roshan Rodrigues was elected president unanimously for a record third term.

The newly nominated team is as follows: Roshan Rodriguez – president, Habib Rahaman – vice President, Mukarram Khan – Vice President , Yashwanth Amin – General Secretary, Syed Haseebuddin – Treasurer, Manzour Ahmed – Joint Treasurer, Mohammed Saheb – Joint Secretary, Nasir J Shahsaheb – Meeting Coordinator, Sabu Chandran – Sports Secretary, Shaikh Saoud – Sport Secretary, Mohammed Saif – Cultural Secretary, Mohammed Kaleem – Cultural Secretary, Syed Shakeel Ahmed – Joint Cultural Secretary, Mohammed Salem Khaleefa – Press Secretary, Peter Mascarenhas - Membership Coordinator, Dadapeer Hayath – IT Coordinator

Executive Committee Members : Sayed Nasir Khursheed, Krish Jangal, Niaz Ahmed, Aijaz Ahmed, Mohammed Mansoor, Arif Shimoga, Mohammed Ilyas Momin, Dr. Ashfaque Maniyar, Faizee Razak Sheikh.

Five new life members were elected as Executive Committee Members and they are Dr. Firoz Mulla, Mohboob Ali Khan, Suresh Babu, Syed Kowsain Pasha, Altaf Almelker.

Roshan expressed his happiness and gratitude to all the members and said, you have unanimously elected me for the third term, in doing so, you have reposed your faith in me. It is the faith and trust which you have put on me, now I have to put my full energy and dedication and will fight to achieve one of the crucial tasks of the forum which is close to my heart to get permission for our NRI students to appear in the CET examination and get benefited.
Newly elected General Secretary of the forum Yashwanth Amin delivered vote of thanks in which he expressed deep sense of appreciation towards all the members for attending this event and making it successful.

Niaz Ahmed compered the program which ended with the rendition of the national anthem.

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Congratulations Roshan and Entire Team . We are proud of you. We wish you All The Best.

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ISF urges Indian govt to address the woes of Indian expats in Saudi Arabia

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April 16,2020

Dammam: President of Indian Social Forum, Eastern Province Mr.Wasim Rabbani urged immediate intervention of Indian government to help Non Residential Indians who are in trouble due to corona pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

He said in a press rease that expatriate Indians are in concern as number of corona infected people and deaths are increasing in danger level.

Hea said, "the Saudi health minister's statement a few days ago indicates that the situation in Saudi needs to be taken more seriously with precautionary methods. There are concerns among expatriates because the number of people infected with the coronavirus and the number of deaths reported in various provinces are increasing at an alarming rate."

"Saudi Government and Health Ministry are taking excellent precautionary measures, however, in the coming days expect to see the number of cases to increase in Saudi Arabia. The Indian government needs to take diplomatic and immediate intervention to ensure the treatment of Indian expatriates considering the number of effected people increasing", He said.

He also urged that the Embassy and the Government of India should ensure qaurantiane faculty for Indian expatriates and arrange special low cost flights to bring back expatriates who would like to return home country.

" Government of India and Indian embassy need to intervene immediately to ensure that the quarantine system is in place for Indian expatriates as the facilities in the rooms where the residents are staying together are very limited. There should also be a mechanism to organize low-cost flight services for expatriates who are ready to go home. The government system should also be able to accommodate the expatriates in special quarantine areas in hometown as soon they arrive in India", he urged.

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Al Khobar: Indian Social Forum distributes food kits for expat labors

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April 7,2020

Dammam: Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka chapter distributed Food Kits for Indian expatriates labors who were in trouble due to Corona lockdown on April 6, 2020 at a labor camp here in Al Khobar.

The labors, most of them are from the staes of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh And Uttar Pradesh, were in trouble without food.

Recieving the information leaders of Indian Social Forum immediately visited the camp to take survey.

Indian Social Forum with the help of donors distributed food kits. Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka Chapter president Mr.Mohammed Shareef Jokatte expressed gratitude for donors for their contribution.

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Really appreciated. Working for this cause during this critical situation is really great job.

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KSCC launches humanitarian services amid covid-19 lockdown

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May 14,2020

Dubai: A non-profitable social organization, KSCC is delivering a great service to the community during this pandemic situation.

Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club is a civil organization registered under Community Development Authority (CDA) involved in implementing various UAE government initiatives, blood donation drives, health campaigns, sport events, charity works, awareness programs and much more.

KSCC is currently actively liaising with Dubai government authorities in discharging the needs and requirements of the people in these challenging covid-19 pandemic times. It is also involved the activities such as logistics, coordinating stores, mobilizing isolation centers, equipping quarantine facilities and volunteering services.

During these testing times, KSCC is also facilitating the Guidance to the general public, follow-up up to 122 covid positive cases, counselling the affected, assisting the references and providing the ever-necessary emotional support by setting up a team of 24 reserved persons for call center helplines.

As per the request from DHA (Dubai Health Authority) KSCC has successfully organized the blood donation drive and donated upto 141 units of blood with the help of KSCC members & supporters.

Apart from above, KSCC is also engaged in serving needy by distributing the food provisional kit (Yestahloon) from the very 1st day of lockdown till day by their special task force team under guidelines of CDA, and also taking into consideration the month of Ramadan, team is successfully distributing Iftar food & provision kit with the help of donors.

In the 1st Phase, KSCC covered 2421 beneficiaries by providing 440 provisional food kits, 435 food pack and 529 Iftar kits.

As per the CDA guidelines, club is also engaged in following up the health condition of senior citizens living in UAE.

KSCC special team is also engaged in clearing documentation and formalities related to dead body repatriation until its final procedures and handing over to relatives with help of UAE governments authorities. Total 5 dead bodies are repatriated in their 1st phase of service.

KSCC is also having a center controlled special task team to assist all above activities during the covid-19 pandemic to continue the services to general public.

KSCC thanks all Government authorities, Members in different task team, supporters and Sponsors company MAERSK, MALABAR GOLD & DIAMOND and TAMIL ENTREPRENEUR for their support and also request extend their support to consolidate the above demanding service and deliver our best possible assistance not only because it is the month of Ramadan, but also our responsibility to reach out to the poor and needy, during this fight against Covid-19.