Riyadh: Karavali Bulls win Karavali Kabaddi championship-2018

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January 27, 2018

Riyadh: Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh Saudi Arabia conducted tis maiden national level Kabaddi championship at Riyadh on January 19 at H.F.Stadium, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

KWAR president Santhosh Shetty welcomed the guests and sponsors as well as all the Kabaddi enthusiasts gathered in the stadium. Generous contributions from KWARs well-wishers’ Universal Spare parts Abdul Latif, Taj Restaurant’s Kevin Nazareth, Hi Chef restaurants Shameer Rahiman, Sallap Shetty Udupi, Bhaskar K C. Jagadish Shetty, Prasanna Rao, Yathiraj Malpe, Nelson Dsouza, Mahesh Hegde, Rajesh Kumar, Hamid Nazir, Usman Gulvadi, Irfan Abubaker, Ramesh Shetty, Iqbal Tanzeem, Prakash Shetty, Hussain Shaafi, Dilip Kumar, G.K. Sheik, Santhosh Shetty Ardi, were able to make this Championship A DREAM COME TRUE. All the Sponsors were felicitated with flower bouquet. Vice president Muzaffar Ali, General Secretary Nelson Dsouza, Treasurer Mahesh Hegde, Former President Rajesh Kumar, Former President of MASA Dammam Narendra Shetty & Gopal Shetty were at the dais.

A total number of 9 teams Participated in this Premium event, who came from as far as Jeddah, Jubail, Alhasa and Dammam. The following teams participated in the championship: 1. Karavali Bulls 2. Sultan Attackers 3. Karavali Super Riders 4. Jubail Friends 5. Bhatkal Community Jeddah 6. Classic Friends Puttur 7. Universal Riyadh Indians 8. ISF AlHasa 9. Arab Traders.

The tourney began at 4 p.m., after the event was inaugurated by Abu Abdullah, the owner of H.F. Sports Stadium along with our Major sponsors and after the players were given oath of spirit of sportsmanship by KWARS former President Rajesh Kumar. The game was wide open and it was a surprise treat for the huge numbers of Kabaddi loving spectators gathered in the stadium, irrespective of a Chilly Fridayevening. After the League Matches among the 9 teams with 3 groups, 6 teams were qualified and divided in to 2 groups and 2 each from these groups were qualified to play semifinals of the mega Kabaddi championship. Karavali Bulls, Bhatkal Community Jeddah, ISF Alhasa and Classic Friends Puttur Qualified and reached the semi-finals, with mesmerizing Kabaddi play which enthralled the Huge crowd who were at their toes. It was a history day for Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh, the organization with a “Unity is Our Strength” slogan stepping in to their 10th Glorious Years in service of needy Indians.

The first semi-final payed between Bhatkal community Jeddah and Classic Friends Puttur saw some wonderful see-saw battle between both the teams but All-round play by Bhatkal Community Team won the place in first ever FINALS of Karavali Kabaddi Championship 2018. The second Semifinal played between the Multi-Talented Karavali Bulls and ISF Alhasa team. ISF Alhasa fought valiantly to surrender to the much stronger Karavali bulls who reached the Finals to play for championship match against Bhatkal Community Jeddah.

The final match was a match between two top Kabaddi teams of Saudi Arabia. As expected the huge crowd did not miss the thrilling entertainment these two top teams provided to the gathered who were there to watch the final at the wee hours of midnight defying a cold and breezy weather to cheer up their respective teams. After a few early hiccups, Star studded Karavali Bulls Lead by captain cool Suraj Shetty deservingly won the championship-2018 with final score of 27-10. The crowd and supporters of Karavali Bulls were ecstatic and the history was created in this first ever national level Kabaddi championship, well organized by Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The scorers were Murali, Jaykar Poojary and Ashwat Rai did a commendable job. Abbas Mani, Dilip Kumar, Bhaskar Salian and Siraj ably supported Chief Referee Mr. Sandip Shetty to conduct all the matches in a free and fair manner.

This championship wouldn’t have been successful without the special efforts from Our executive members, and KWAR members specially Rajesh Kumar Prasanna Rao Mahesh Hegde, Irfan Abubaker, Nelson Dsouza, Anoop Shetty Subhash Shetty, Jagannath Kotian, Gopinath, Bhaskar Salian , Murali, Suraj Shetty, Umesh Shetty, Arjun Murthy, Sudhir Shetty Salman Nour, Yathiraj Malpe, Hussain Shafi, Varun Shetty, Sunil Hegde, Bhaskar P. M. Shrikant Hejamadi, Nazeer Ahmad, G.k.Sheikh, Iqbal Tanzeem, Jayakar Poojary, Ashwath Rai, Dilip Kumar and Nitin Rai Kukkuvalli.

KARAVALI BULLS were represented by Captain Suraj Shetty. Arjun Murthy, Mohd Fakruddin, Sudhir Shetty, Rashid Badsha, Mohd Farooq, Varun Shetty, Mohd Razak, Raja and Manager Prasanna Rao. Kabaddi Fans are reminded that KARAVALI BULLS were the Reigning CHAMPIONS of KABADDI Tournament conducted by NRI Sports Federation at Jeddah in March last year.

The following were the winners of Kabaddi Championship 2018:

1. The Champions : KARAVALI BULLS RIYADH

2. Runners Up : BHATKAL COMMUNITY JEDDAH

3. Best Disciplined Team : JUBAIL FRIENDS

4. Best Rider : MOHD.FAKRUDDIN, KARAVALI BULLS

5. Best Catcher : RASHID BADSHA, KARAVALI BULLS

6. Man of the Tournament: MOHD. HAMAD SIDDIQA, BHATKAL COMMUNITY JEDDAH

All the winners were presented with Medals and Champions and Runners up were Presented with Trophies and Cash prizes. Referee Sandeep Shetty who came specially from Dammam to supervise the Kabaddi matches was felicitated by KWAR President Santhosh Shetty. Mr. Santhosh Shetty Thanked all Executive committee members, members of KWAR, Sponsors, and all guests as well as All the Kabaddi Fans gathered in the stadium. He specially thanked national Kabaddi player Sukesh Hegde who sent his best wishes to KWAR management for the success of Kabaddi championship. KWAR President urged everyone to join hands with KWAR cause. event ended with a recitation of the National Anthem.

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Mangalurean Dr Soofi Anwar achieves professional recognition of Senior Fellow of HEA, UK

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June 4,2020

Dr Soofi Anwar, Director Academics of University of Stirling RAK, UAE Campus, has achieved the prestigious professional recognition of Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) UK. He has achieved this milestone through the Stirling Framework for Evidencing Learning and Teaching Enhancement (SFELTE), the Continuing Professional Development Framework (CPD) for learning and teaching at University of Stirling, Scotland, UK.

He was recognized for this achievement on recently concluded virtual Learning & Teaching Conference-2020 organized by University of Stirling Campus in UK. He has secured his Ph.D. in Management from University of Azteca, Mexico.

Dr. Soofi Anwar has over 20 years of experience in teaching and academic leadership at higher education level and has worked in leading universities in UAE, Bahrain and India. He was conferred the prestigious Middle East Education Leadership Award, as the Best Professor in Management-2018 in recognition of his academic excellence, exemplary leadership in higher education. Prior to his current role, he has worked on leadership position in Birla Institute of Technology Offshore Campus RAK.

He has completed his MBA from Dept. of Business Administration, Mangalore University in 1999 and his B. Com degree from Canara College Mangaluru.

He has published numerous research papers in management and in the area of teaching and learning in higher education in reputed academic journals and international conferences proceedings. He is a member of editorial board of two leading management journals and engaged in reviewing faculty research publications in the area of management and marketing.

He is a son of Haji Abdul Khadar Kodijal and Mrs. Mariyamma from Konaje, Mangaluru.

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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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Global Toastmasters Club - Jubail hosts Youth Leadership Program

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February 7,2020

Global Toastmasters Club conducted Youth Leadership Program (GTC YLP– 2020), which culminated with an extraordinary show at the Grand Finale in Puli Restaurant, Jubail, Saudi Arabia on Friday, January 31, 2020.

Toastmaster Mohammed Abul Khasim, who hails from Karnataka, Gulbarga was the Chief Coordinator for this Youth leadership program YLP, In this 10 weeks intensively focused program, the young future Leaders in the age group 13 to 15 were given quality coaching on Public Speaking, Listening, Writing, Evaluating and Life Skills, under the able guidance of Chief Coordinator.

The keynote speaker at the event was well-known veteran distinguish Toastmaster Dr R J George who motivated everyone to speak the language of love, removing all boundaries and barriers and invest on spending quality time together.

The performances of Youth Leaders were extraordinary and flawless and it was witness by top prominent figures of Jubail toastmaster fraternity likes of DTM Jamil Akhter,TM Nasiruddin Ansari, DTM Oomen Thomas, MTM Sair Oomen, DTM Hareesh, TM Amitab Serna, DTM Kotesh, MTM Shanti Rekha, DTM Suresh Kumar, TM Imtiyaz Khan, TM Asif Ali khan, MTM Farha Naved,TM Naved Hussain, Madam Sheeba, Dr Saleem Khan,TM Ashik Nazeer and TM Suhail Rais Khan. GTC YLP team thanks the Guest of Honor Mr. Abdul Majeed the Managing Director of Universal Inspection Company for sparing the valuable time as one of the sponsor of the event.

The Chief Guest at the Finale was Toastmasters District 79 Club Growth Director DTM Rami Jawad, laud the efforts of GTC for community service and urged all students to take full advantage of such chances as they present life changing opportunities, Division Direct ‘L” DTM Sadagopan address the audience and District PQD DTM Madhusha Grace the occasion.

During the span of 10 weeks, more than 40 senior member of Jubail Toastmasters fraternity contributed to the success of this program as one to one mentors, Workshop Presenters and Assistant Coordinators. DTM Uzma Siddiqui, DTM Aziz Ahmed Siddiqui, DTM Safare Mohammed, DTM N V Arasu and DTM Jeyasankar and DTM Asif Ali Siddiqui, led the team of Toastmasters as overall Program Advisors, MTM Samina Mazher was chief judge for the event.

The grand finale saw four absorbing contests in Table Topics, Evaluation Speech, International Speech and Debate conducted by YL Ayesha Safare, YL Sai Pranav, YL Mohammed Saad and YL Fawaz Kannan respectively and YL Jaweriya conducted the banner parade.
Maliaka Maryam won the first prize in International Speech, while the second and third were earned by Mohammed Saad and Mohammed Umair. The Table topic contest was won by Ahmed Khan, where Jayveer Prajapati and Fawaz Kannan stood second and third respectively.

Sreena Nanda Kumar won evaluation Speech Contest, while Mohammed Sufyan and Sai Pranav stood second and third respectively. In Debate contest the team speaking against the topic represented by Hasib Javid, Muzaffer Shaik and Nabil Bin Tasnim stood first and runner team was represented by Sarah Nasir, Fathima Badruddin and Shanum Rabia . Hasib Javid was declared the best debate speaker.

The first term President Sarah Nasir and second term President Mohammed Ahmed Khan started the program with their presidential addresses after the Surah recitation by Nabil BinTasnim. YL Jumana Jaffer & YL Arman Raiq Siraj hosted the finale as Master of ceremonies. Immedate past Youth leaders and assistance Coordinators and workshop presenters Jaweriya Mariyam and Ayesha Safare conducted the award ceremony, while DTM Safare Mohammed handled contest operations.

Global Toastmasters President DTM Khalid Siddiqui and YLP Chief Coordinator TM Mohammed Abul Khasim thanked all Youth Leaders, Parents Sponsors and Toastmasters for their contribution in making the program successful.

Past President of Global TMC, past Area63 Governor and first ever Joint Division E & L conference chairman Mangalorean DTM Shameer Ahmed Kudroli congratulated the Chief Coordinator Mohammed Abul Khasim for the effort and dedication to make the event a grand success and his journey to accomplish the DTM title soon.