Rajesh Kumar re-elected president of KWAR

Riyadh: Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) conducted its eighth annual general body meeting on June 11 at Al FakhraIsthrah in Riyadh. Even though most parents were busy with their ward’s examinations, a good number of people took part in the meeting.

Rajesh Kumar, president, KWAR, in his key note speech stressed the need for unity within the association and thanked all the office bearers, executive members, members and well-wishers who supported him during his tenure.

Nazeer Ahmed, general secretary, KWAR, briefed the audience about the programmes, achievements and charity works carried out by the association during the period 2014-2015.

Shashidhar Haridas, treasurer, KWAR, briefed the financial statements, which reflected all the positive financial aspect of KWAR as a successful organization.

The outgoing president dissolved all the committees and sub-committees. A specially appointed election committee represented by Ramesh Shetty, former president of KWAR and Jagadish Shetty, president, BARSA, conducted the election in a very transparent way.

As expected, president Rajesh Kumar, vice-president Santosh Shetty, treasurer Shashidhar Haridas and joint treasurer Alfred Menezes were re-elected to their posts for the next term.

Programme host Mahesh Hegde thanked both the election officers for successfully carrying out the election procedures and ensuring unity among KWAR members.

In the beginning Mahesh Hegde, one of the active members of KWAR delivered welcome address. Vice-president Santhosh Shetty formally proposed vote of thanks. The meeting concluded with the recitation of national anthem.

The new committee had its first opportunity to help the family of David Monteiro, an expatriate worker, who died in a road accident recently. Monteiro, had landed in Saudi Arabia just a year ago and he was working an electrician in a wedding hall in Buraidah. He is survived by his wife and paralyses-stricken mother. KWAR decided to give Rs 25,000 as an immediate assistance to his family back in Mangaluru and promised to raise more funds in the coming days.

Office Bearers of KWAR for 2015-16: Rajesh Kumar – President; Santhosh Shetty – Vice-President; Nelson D’Souza – Gen. Secretary; Mohammed Nauman – Jt. Secretary; Shashidar Haridas – Treasurer; Alfred Menezes – Jt. Treasurer; Mahesh Hegde – Auditor; P.M. Bhasker – Cultural Secretary; YahirajMalpe – Jt. Cultural Secretary; Deepak Shetty – Jt. Cultural Secretary; JayakarPoojary – Sports Secretary; Bhasker Salian –Jt. Sports Secretary; Prasanna Rao – PRO; Victor Menezes – PRO; Sathish Amin – Coordinator; Ramesh Shetty – Advisor.

Executive Committee Members: G.K. Shaik, Abdul Gafoor, Suresh Suvarna, Rajesh Rao, Nazeer Ahmed, JagannathKotian, Umesh Shetty, Muzaffer Ali, Prashanth Shetty, Dlip Kumar, Rafi Ali, Varun Shetty, Salman Noor, AbdulazizKarkala, Iqbal Thanzeemi, Kumar Shivaligappa, SrikanthHejmady, Chethan Kaiwar, Anup Shetty, Ashwath Rai, Suhas Kamath, and Jagadish Salian

KWAR is a non-profit voluntary organization formed with broad objective of doing far-reaching social and community services respecting the human values without any barrier and prejudice, with great regards to the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to cherish the democratic values of India and rich culture of Karnataka. Established in the year 2008 for the purpose of uniting all Karavali people living in Riyadh, it has done tremendous work in the fields of community welfare and charity and won many accolades within a short period from its inception.