Saleem Shaikh elected president of JF Jubail unit

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June 22, 2013

Jubail, Jun 22: The 10th general body meeting of Jam’iyyatul Falah, Jubail unit, was held recently Cook Xon Restaurant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Saleem Shaikh from Udupi was elected unanimously as the president of JF-Jubail unit for the term 2013-2014.

Fayaz Ahmed U opened the meeting with Islamic greeting and invited the guests Mohammed Ishaq, Mansour Ali Ahmed, President JF Dammam unit, Mohammed Farook, outgoing President of Jubail unit, Ibrahim Khaleel, General Secretary, Shaikh Mohammed, Treasurer and Raffi to the dias. In his welcome address Ahmed briefed the activities of Jam’Iyyatul Falah.

Mohammed Farook, in his presidential message thanked the committee for giving him the opportunity to lead JF Jubail Unit for two terms successfully.

Briefing about Jam’iyyatul Falah, he said that the first and foremost priority of Jam’iyyatul Falah is given to education, spreading literacy and all round development of the less privileged families in the community.

He gave the latest status of Green View Higher Primary school and High schools. More than a thousand students have availed hostel facility run by JF. The hostel has been renovated which contains 29 rooms fully occupied by students. Considering the demand from the students for hostel accommodation new hostel rooms construction on community development hall is on JF hands and already completed first floor which fully occupied by students. The second floor construction work is in progress now. JF installed five dialysis machines in Father Muller Hospital and one unit in Lombard Hospital, Udupi which was donated by wholehearted donors and hundreds of Kidney patients availed the facility of Dialysis just by paying the medicines cost, he said.

He briefed JF role in educating Muslim children, providing medical assistance to needy people and conducting social awareness programs. He also stressed the point that by the wholehearted support of donors, well-wishers and hard work of dedicated members JF achieved the peak of success and celebrating silver jubilee this year.

The annual report for the past year was presented by the general secretary Ibrahim Khaleel. He pointed out the various activities of Jubail unit for last one year and requested the members to continue their dedicated service and hard work for the betterment of JF in particular and community in general.

The finance report was read out by treasurer Shaikh Mohammed Raffi. He gave the complete picture of funds collection, remittances done to help JF projects in twin districts and balance cash on hand.

At the same time JF Jubail unit felicitated JF senior member and well wisher Saleem NCMS for his wholehearted support to JF on all activities. On behalf of Jubail unit President Br. Mohammed Farook awarded the Memento to Saleem NCMS.

In the guest's address from Mansour Ali Ahmed, Dammam unit president, Shahul Hameed, former Ameer, NRCC, Junaid, General Secretary requested the attendees to support JF.

Mansour Ali urged youths to take the challenge and Shahul Hameed stated that the educating Muslim children and helping needy people is not a favour we are doing but it was our responsibility.

Youth Icon Junaid explained how he got motivation to join JF and serve as General Secretary of Dammam unit is just by watching JF activities back home. Mohammed Rafeeq, Mangalore addressed the attendees and appreciated Farook’s efforts and Jubail unit’s performance for last two years.

Siddiq in his address requested to join hands with JF which running its activities since long period in South Canara and Udupi.

President dissolved the committee and election officers Mansour Ali Ahmed and Shahul Hameed facilitated smooth election process and the following members were elected as the new office bearers for the year 2013-2014:

Saleem Shaikh, Udupi - President

Saleem NCMS and Br. Haneef Shirva - Vice President

Zeeshan Ali - Gen. Secretary

Shaikh Mohammed Raffi - Treasurer

Farvez Alam - Joint Secretary

Shaikh Affan - Organizing Secretary

Ibrahim Khaleel - Joint Treasurer

Mohammed Althaf – PRO/Coordinator

Zheyad Darbe– Event and Sports Coordinator

Fayaz Ahmed U- Auditor

Anwar Goodinabali - Auditor

Mohammed Rafeeq, Mangalore-Advisor

K.P.Ibrahim - Advisor

Mohammed Farook-NRCC Rep.

Samad Kolnad - NRCC Rep.

In addition to 16 office bearers 19 executive committee members have been appointed and the meeting resumed.

Newly appointed president Saleem Shaikh in his address requested all JF-brothers to work together for the benefit of community. He said that he would try his level best to lead the unit with the help of all the members’ support.

The meeting started with recitation of Quran by Mohammed Ishaq. He explained the importance of social services and requested selfless service from all to uplift the needy people in our community.

The meeting concluded with vote of thanks by president Saleem Shaikh and Du’a by Mohammed Rafeeq Mangalore.

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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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Media Release
February 27,2020

Riyadh: Cricket Lovers are all geared up for the newly launched franchise based tournament - Kingdom Premier League (KPL) 2020 under the banner of Mangaluru Cricket Association (MCA) Riyadh.

SAQCO –SAAD AL QAHTANI CONTRACTING is the Mega Sponsor for the event and PARAMOUNT is the CO Sponsor.

The 6-team tournament is being played at MCA Grounds on Exit 18 in Riyadh beginning from 14 Feb and shall end on 20 March.

The Opening ceremony took place on AL-Mas Restaurant in Riyadh. The trophy launching as well as Jersey launching took place at the same event. Guests from various companies including SAQCO were present.

All teams will play at least one league Match against every other team. Top 4 teams in the table will qualify to play for the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator. The Winner of Qualifier 1 will be heading towards the final and the 2nd finalist will be the winner Qualifier 2 (Played between loser of Qualifier 1 and Winner of Eliminator). The Finals will be played on 20th March.

Below 6 Team names with their franchise owners and respective icon players.

BANCAA WARRIORS – RANJITH (TEAM WARRIORS RIYADH) – RAJESH AND SHAFI

YAQOOB FIGHTERS – SHAHID & YAQOOB (YAQOOB CC) – SAMEER KARNAD AND MOHSIN

GROUND STAR PHOENIX – RIZWAN & SIDDIK – AYAZ & SALEEM SHIRUR

PARAMOUNT HEROES – NASIR GM – SARFARAZ AK & MUSTAFA HASAN

AL-AMAL AFRAH PANTHERS – SHAHIM & AHNAF – DAWOOD KODI & ANIS

NAJD CHALLENGERS – AFROZ NAKWA – SHADAB KARNAD & SULTHAN

Each Team gets to pick 2 icon players of their choice on a mutual understanding whereas the remaining 13 players for each squad to be picked randomly based on their rankings and ratings in bidding style from 3 categories – A, B & C. The Franchise Ownership amount stands at Sr 2,000 for Each Team. The Winner of the Tournament gets a Cash Reward of Sr 5,000. The Runner Up Gets a Cash Reward of 3,000. Many Attractive Individual prizes will be handed over at the end of the event such as below

Winners squad 16 players - Gifts

Highest Run Getter – Orange Cap – Special Gift

Highest Wicket Taker – Purple Cap – Special Gift

Player of the Series – Special Gift

Hat-trick Wicket taker – Special Gift

KPL Kamal Catch – Special Gift

Best Wicket Keeper – Special Gift

Best over in KPL – Special Gift

Fastest 50 in KPL – Special Gift

Fair Play Award – Special Gift

Performer of the Week (Every Week) – Special Gift

Century – Special Gift

Maiden Over – Special Gift

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April 19,2020

Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) Chaiman Dr Sam Pitroda held video conference with senior IOC office bearers across Middle Eastern countries on 14th April 2020 to review the impact of COVID-19 pandemic among Indians residing in the region. Almost all speakers appreciated the efforts initiated and  implemented by  respective governments to contain spread of the deadly virus as well as measures taken towards welfare of the people affected by the lockdown. 

IOC Presidents, Mohammed Mansour - Bahrain, Abdullah Manjeri - Saudi Arabia, Dr J Ratan kunar - Oman and Girish kumar - Qatar, highlighted the quality treatment of patients and finacial aid provided by governments and other authorities. Bahrain IOC president Mansour , also  apprised about the 'Food for Needy' drive in Association with KHK Heroes foundation, initiated by HH Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa and quality treatments as well as financial aid to local and expat residents.

Anura Mathai, IOC  Global Event Coordinator, spoke about certain problems of Indians in the UAE. IOC Middle East Convener, Mansoor Palloor, emphasised and requested IOC Chairman to urge Indian government to arrange immediate repatriation of indians stranded in Gulf countries. AICC Secretary, Himanshu Vyas, IOC Secretary Dr Arathi Krishna, Dr Arshi Malik (Abha), Mohiuddin Sirajudeen (Jeddah), Advocate Joseph Palathara (Dammam) Prasad Kodru, Jayati Maitra Ziyad Ahmed (Qatar) and Khursheed Alam (Gen Secretary- Bahrain) also apprised the participants about various issues relevant to the pandemic and suggested further initiatives to be undertaken. 

Dr Sam Pitroda briefed about sustained and consolidated efforts by all IOC members  during this unprecedented situation facing the world and assured that he would convey IOC  concerns to the government and try his best to ensure all possible help is made available to all needy Indians.

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