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Mohammed Saifuddin Sami re-elected President of KNRI Forum-Jeddah

Media Release
July 8, 2018

Jeddah: The 11th annual general body meeting of the Karnataka Non Resident Indian (KNRI) Forum, Jeddah was held at The Village Restaurant, Jeddah on the 29th of June 2018.

Dr Firoz Mullah officially announced the start of AGBM and introduced himself to the audience as host of the event and briefed about the KNRI forum, introduced the guests and entertained the audience with his fluent Kannada language.

Program started with the welcome speech by Mohammed Kaleem Cultural Secretary of the forum, he officially welcomed all the executive committee members, life & regular members, sponsors and guests to the meeting & explained basic objectives of the forum while welcoming.

General Secretary Yashwanth Amin highlighted Annual Report of the forum through 3D animated power point presentation which was featured with Aims, Objectives, Mission, Vision and the Achievements for the year 2017-2018. 

He presented detailed information in each category, like education, medical, Swachh Bharat (toilets projects) back home. He was excited to inform about the opening of new Bank Account and getting the Forums Pan Card of forum from the government of India, he also said that KNRI has initiated and registered the KNRIs to get the NRK cards with the help of NRI Forum Karnataka who have issued the NRK cards soft copies.  During the presentation video clips of last year’s events were shown specially the memorable Kannada Rajyotsava day 2018 celebrated last year in the month of November and it was applauded by the whole members in the hall.

Mr. Aijaz Ahmed Treasurer presented the financial report through power point presentation and highlighted the receipts & payments, Income & Expenditures details for the year 2017-18 as of March 2018.  He also informed about the renewal of the Forum’s certificate as per the State Government of Karnataka Society Act.

Outgoing President Mohammed Saifuddin Sami in his speech, thanked all the executive members for tremendous support, he briefed the activities of the KNRI Forum and explained about the great achievements in his tenure, he requested members to introduce more Kannadigas to the forum and strengthen it. He thanked Life members, Sponsors and regular members for their generous support for the forum and he also thanked the KNRI team in India including Vasu Manchegowda, Syed Shakeel and Harsha for their continuous support extended in Forum’s official works back home, President extended his special thanks with standing ovation to the outgoing General Secretary Yashwanth Amin for his dedicated services to the forum all the time.

Ex-President Krish Jangal was felicitated during the event for his services towards the forum and was presented with memento as a token of appreciation, Krish Jangal said in his farewell speech as he is transferred to Riyadh and leaving Jeddah shortly, it was a pleasant journey being connected with KNRI Forum since its inception.  He wished new committee to take the forum in higher level under the new president ship.

Dignitaries and sponsors were presented with flower bouquets as a token of appreciation.

Jalal Baig officially delivered the vote of thanks, he thanked outgoing President, distinguished Guests, valued Sponsors, Life members, and he expressed deep sense of appreciation towards the outgoing executive committee for their hard work, he also thanked the presentation team headed by Mohamed Arifulla Shariff for his professional & deck perfect presentation.

New office bearers for 2018-2019

As a second part of the event Shaikh Saoud and Dr. Ashfaque Maniyar conducted the election to elect the new executive committee, explained the bye laws & election procedure. They inducted four new members to the executive committee and two as standby members  from different parts of Karnataka namely Movin Rego, Mohammed Faizal, Shadab Desai, Asif Roshan,  Lukhman Ali Khan &  Shaikh javed.

Mohammed Saifuddin Sami elected unanimously for the second term as President. The new team under him is, vice Presidents Dadapeer Hayath & Mohammed Arifullah Shariff, Peter Mascarenhas General Secretary, Jalal Baig as Joint Secretary, Aijaz Ahmed as Treasurer, Nazeer Ahmed as Joint  Treasurer, Altaf Almelker as Meeting Coordinator, Asif Momin as Sports Secretary, Asif Roshan as Joint Sport Secretary, Mohammed Kaleem as Cultural Secretary, Rajesh Suvarna as Joint Cultural Secretary, Mahboob Ali Khan as Press Secretary, Dr. Firoz Mulla, Faizee Razak and Mohammed Faisal  as  Membership drive Coordinators, Suresh Babu – IT Coordinator.

Executive Committee Members elected were, Yashwanth Amin, Mohammed Mansour, Syed Kowsain Pasha, Syed Nasir Khursheed, Mohammed Saleem Khalifa, Mohammed Ilyas Momin, Ashfaque Maniyar, Shaikh Saoud, Mukarram Khan, Mohammed Saheb, Habeeb Rahaman,  Manzour Ahmed, Movin Rego,  Shadab Desai, Mohammed Faizal & Asif Roshan.

Mr. Mohammed Saifuddin Sami expressed his happiness and gratitude in his speech after elected as President, he thanked all the members for showing confidence in him once again and he will continue to put all his efforts with the dedicated support from the new team to take the KNRI Forum, Jeddah to further higher levels.

The newly elected General Secretary Peter Mascarenhas while speaking thanked all the executive committee for giving chance to work as Gen Secretary, he said he will do his best to support the team as a Gen secretary.

Syed Nasir Khursheed the outgoing Vice President congratulated the President & the new team.

Dadapeer Hayat & Mohammed Arifulla Shariff thanked all members for electing them as Vice Presidents, while speaking Dada Peer said our team has enough talent and they are passionate towards social works.

Newly inducted Executive members expressed their happiness to be part of KNRI family, they said for the past 1-2 years they were watching the community activities of the Forum which inspired them to join the forum to extend their support for the benefit of the community through KNRI and they said we feel overwhelmed due to warm welcome from the senior members of the Forum.

As a part of entertainment segment Mohammed Kaleem, Altaf Almelkar and Mohammed Saifuddin Sami sung all-time favorite Kannada patriotic songs, melodious Kannada and Hindi Songs. Program concluded with delicious dinner served by The Village Restaurant followed by photos session.

Mukkaram Khan delivered the vote of thanks in which he expressed deep sense of appreciation towards all the members for attending this event and making it successful and thanked everyone separately, also thanked those who helped the forum directly or indirectly.

Comments

Well Wisher, Riyadh
 - 
Monday, 9 Jul 2018

Dear Sir,

A serious attention is needed to fix the website. People are not able register online.

http://www.nriforumkarnataka.org/registration2/register_new_2.0.php

 

It shows name of states/regions while selecting the country. I had earlier sent an email to key contacts mentioned in the website, but unfortunately mail was returned.

Very funny part is Saudi Arabia's name is not listed & many spelling mistakes, very unprofessional website. I think it was created by those who does not know anything about the world.
 

A serious attention is required NRI officials from Saudi Arabia

shaikhsaoud
 - 
Sunday, 8 Jul 2018

Congratulations KNRI FORUM JEDDAH..

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June 25,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 24: Dr K Sudhakar on Wednesday held a video conference with senior officials to review the preparedness for conducting of SSLC examinations safely which is beginning from Thursday.

"8,48,203 students will appear for the SSLC examination starting tomorrow in 2,879 centres across the state. All the guidelines issues by state government must be followed strictly" Sudhakar said in the meeting.

"It is the collective responsibility of officials of all departments to ensure that every student is safe, from the time he or she leaves home for the exam centre and returns home after the exams. The vehicles used to ferry students, where public transport is not available, must be sanitised properly. The surroundings near exam centres, exam halls, toilets must be sanitised properly. Social distancing must be maintained in the exam hall and mask must be provided to all students," he said.

The minister also said that since the students have been asked to arrive at exam centre at 7:30 in the morning, a small biscuit packet must be provided to each student so that they don't feel hungry during the exam and till they return home after the exam.

"Thermal scanning of every student should be done before allowing inside the exam hall. In case there is fever those students must be made to write exam in separate room. Separate exam halls must be arranged for students in quarantine areas and if it's not feasible they must be allowed to write exam in September. District administrations must disseminate information about precautionary measures taken to build confidence among parents," the minister said.

Sudhakar instructed the officials to work in coordination with the Education Department and other departments.

Stating that there are 458 containment zones in Bengaluru, the minister asked the officials to be extra cautious in these areas and make arrangements to ensure health department staff can take students to the nearest health center if anybody is found ill during the exam.

Education Minister Suresh Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary Javed Akhtar, Education Secretary, Secretary of Medical Education Department, BBMP officials, Health Experts and others were present.

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January 12,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 12: Karnataka’s ranking in Niti Aayog’s sustainable development goals (SDG) index rose by one place to No. 6 in 2019, compared to the year before.

Of the 17 SDGs that are used to compute the overall index, Karnataka topped in two – ‘climate action’ and ‘life on water’. The former is a measure of how well a state integrates climate action into policies and strategies and promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change planning and management. The latter focuses on preventing marine pollution, ending illegal and destructive fishing practices, and sustainably managing and protecting marine and coastal ecosystems.

It also did well in ‘decent work and economic growth’ and ‘peace, justice and strong institutions’. But it fared poorly, slipping 16 places – from No. 5 in 2018 to No. 21 in 2019 – in ‘industry, innovation and infrastructure’. Rankings in ‘quality education’ and ‘zero hunger’ have also fallen. While in education it is now ranked 7, a drop of three places, in ‘zero hunger’, it has dropped to No. 17 from 13. SDG is a United Nations initiative. Niti Aayog has customised it for India, and 36 states and union territories are ranked. The organisation admits there is an issue of data availability in India, indicating the numbers may not exactly reflect the ground situation.

In ‘industry, innovation and infrastructure, Karnataka scored just 40 out of a target of 100. The country average was 65. It failed to achieve targets in all the four parameters for the category, except in the number of mobile connections, where it has 100 connections per 100 population. The biggest dip was in manufacturing industry jobs and in providing allweather roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana to targeted habitats. Niti Ayog has given a score of 0 for the latter. Speaking on the dismal performance in the ‘industry and infrastructure’ category, state planning commission vice-chairman BJ Puttaswamy said he was yet to look into this parameter. “I have asked the departments concerned to meet me by Monday,” he said.

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January 2,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 2: The Congress leadership in Delhi is expected to start the process of selecting a new party chief for Karnataka next week. There are strong indications the race has narrowed to DK Shivakumar and MB Patil.

Party insiders said the leadership almost finalised Shivakumar’s name as the president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), but the decision was put on hold after requests by some senior members.

“It’s not that we are against Shivakumar. We think the party should have a Lingayat at the helm since community strongman and chief minister BS Yediyurappa is at the fag end of his long political career. There’s an opportunity here for a Congressman to occupy that space,” said a senior Congress politician, who didn’t want to be named.

That’s where the candidacy of Patil, a Lingayat, scores high.

The party, however, doesn’t want to compromise on quality and wants an efficient KPCC president who can unite two rival factions within the party, one led by Siddaramaiah and another by former union minister KH Muniyappa.

The need to pick a new state president arose after Dinesh Gundurao resigned from the post last month, taking moral responsibility for Congress’s poor showing in the byelections. Siddaramaiah also stood down as Congress party legislature leader.

The insiders said the new KPCC chief could be announced after January 16. The party might also appoint two working presidents and a new legislature party leader, who will automatically become the opposition’s voice in the assembly.

For the latter position, the name of senior Dalit politician and former deputy chief minister G Parameshwara is doing the rounds. But the party, the sources said, could still ask Siddaramaiah to reconsider his decision and stay on.

Many Congress members had raised questions over his stewardship after the bypoll disappointment. They said on his watch, the party had also fared badly in the assembly and Lok Sabha elections, demanding that he be held accountable.

Siddaramaiah is expected to visit Delhi next week to discuss the leadership issue with party boss Sonia Gandhi. Some other senior Congress members, including BK Hariprasad, are also likely to meet her.

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