UAE Ganiga Samaja celebrates 6th annual day

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July 11, 2012

Dubai, July 11: UAE Ganiga Samaja organised its 6th Annual conference on July 6 at Dubai Grand Hotel Apartments, Bur Dubai, Dubai.

Ramachandra Ganiga Kuthpady, Vice President of Ganiga Samaja, Mumbai who was on a private visit to Dubai was the Chief Guest of the function.

K J Ganiga presided over the function, former General Manager of SyndicateBank. Along with Ramachandra Kuthpady and K.J.Ganiga, Satheesha Venkaramana, Suresha Ganiga, Arun Ganiga and Dayananda Rao were on the dais. The conference was attended by more than 90 Ganiga Samaja members which was a great success as it was held on a short notice.

The conference was initiated by Prayer to invoke God’s blessings by Mamatha Girish followed by lighting of lamp by Ramachandra Ganiga Kuthpady. Raghavendra Ganiga welcomed the President, Chief Guest, other dignitaries on the dais and all other members warmly. Vasudeva Ganiga introduced and congratulated the Chief Guest Ramachandra Ganiga Kuthpady who was recently awarded ‘ Best Social worker’ along with 10 others by M/S. JAYAKRISHNA PARISARA VEDIKE’, Mumbai. The award was handed over by Mr.Manohar Joshi, Ex Chief Minister of Maharashtra on behalf of the Vedike. The president of the function and other dignitaries on the dais were introduced by M/s. Mamatha Girish, Raghavendra Ganiga and Vasudeva Ganiga respectively. Mr. K.J.Ganiga in his presidential address requested all the community members to unite so that the Samaja can do some constructive work for the benefit of all the members.

The Senior members of Ganiga Samaja UAE Satheesha Venkatramana, Suresh Ganiga, Dayananda Rao and Janardhana Shetty were honored by the Chief Guest by giving flower bouquet on behalf of Samaja. This was followed by honoring of recently wed couples as was the tradition of the Samaja. Lokesh couple, Srinivasa couple, Bharath couple, Prasanna couple, Sachin couple, Sureshkrishna couple and Vivek couple were honoured.

The Chief Guest Ramachandra Ganiga Kuthpady along with his wife Suguna were honoured by the President of the conference K.J.Ganiga. In his address, Mr Kuthpady called upon all the members to strengthen the Samaja to do more social services for the benefit of our community at large. He also recalled how difficult it was to rejuvenate their Ganiga Samaja in Mumbai. In spite of all odds and non-cooperation by some community members they were successful in strengthening the Samaja which now owns its own office the market value of which is more than a crore now. He also thanked the organizers for inviting him as Chief Guest of this function enabling him to meet all the members in one platform as otherwise it was not possible.

Speaking on the occasion the dynamic businessman Satheesha Venkaramana requested again for the active participation of all the members and keep in touch with each other. He had nominated Harish Shetty, Vasudeva Ganiga, Prasannakumar, Raghavendra Ganiga, Ganesh Ganiga, Sacin, Sureshkrishna, Ritesh, Mahesh and Bipin as a subcommittee on behalf of the Samaja for co coordinating all future activities of the Samaja and keep active liaison with all the members on a regular basis. Satheesha had further stated that if we keep proper liaison with each and everybody the Samaja can come to the help of any member who will be in distress on any occasion. Further, it will also help members for alliance of their children as it is being done by other communities.

He further told that Blood Donation Camp by our Samaja is kept to be held on 6th August, 2012 at Lathif Hospital, Dubai. He called upon all the members to come in large numbers donate blood on the occasion, so that, it will be duly recognized by the local Government authorities which will facilitate the Samaja in getting a Certificate from them. Any future Blood requirement for any emergencies by our Samaja members will be considered by the authorities. Dayanananda Rao speaking on the occasion wished that we should help the cause of Education of our Community children back home in India, which will go a long way in improving the economic conditions of poor community members.

Cultural programme was followed after the speeches. Miss.Isha Kuthpady, daughter of Rajesh Kuthpady Mumbai recited the Shlokas by heart which was appreciated by all. This was followed by brilliant Dance performances by talented Miss. Niriksha, Miss.Manya Sathesha and Miss.Tanya Satheesha which were enjoyed and appreciated by the members.

Satheesha Venkatramana proposed vote of thanks. Satheesha Venkaramana (Chilly Willy) Vasudeva Ganiga, Prasanna Ganiga, Raghavendra Ganiga and others were present.

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R NAGARAJASETTY
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Friday, 14 Sep 2018

very nice to see the photos indicating good gathering and requested to post any event of recent years

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July 6,2020

Doha: Selvam aged 46 son of Subramanian hailing from Panakulam Village, Alangudi, Pudukkottai District in Tamilnadu province who worked as a technician, died in Qatar on April 24.

Due to challenging situation prevailing in both India & Qatar for body repatriation services, especially in Covid-19 atmosphere, Family is unable to progress further for past 2 months. At his stage Family of the deceased met Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), Pudukkottai office bearers and requested to intervene and help out, and also agreed to bury the body in Qatar itself.

Hence, SDPI delegates communicated with well-known Indian Expatriate welfare Organization - Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF). QISF General Secretary Basheer Ahamed, Secretary Abdullatheef Madikeri and team collected the required documents from the family of the deceased and managed to clear all the necessary formalities from the police department, Health Department, Embassy of India and Hamad Medical Corporation within a short period of time and arranged for a peaceful burial of Mr. Selvam in Dukhan cemetery.

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May 2,2020

Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club (KSCC) organized Blood Donation Camp at Latifa Hospital, Oud Mehta Dubai on April 23rd, 2020 in association with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and with support from Community Development Authority (CDA) Government of Dubai.

Blood Donation Drive started in the morning at 7:30 am to 6:00 pm. Around 48 people participated in this drive and donated blood to support the Dubai Blood Bank.

A potential shortage of blood for transfusions has been occurred due to a significant reduction in voluntary blood donations during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The current pandemic, health services are now running with shortages of blood availability. To support the DHA Blood Bank KSCC taken initiative to ensure that blood donations continued and are safe for both the donor and the recipient.

After taking safety precaution and safe distance during the blood donation donors feeling happy and honored to participate and donate blood at this pandemic situation. Club Manager Mr. Mohammad Shafi was also present during this event.

KSCC appreciated all the blood donors and be grateful to Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Community Development Authority (CDA), and Government of Dubai for their association for this event. They also thanked the volunteers and supporters.

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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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