KaDaM holds grand 5th anniversary in Dubai

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October 31, 2015

Dubai: Kundapura Devadiga Mitra (KaDaM) members arrived in large numbers and participated in the 5th anniversary celebrations, creating a record full house in banquet hall of Sheraton Deira on 23rd October 2015 to witness the grand cultural event along with the guests who arrived from India.

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The program kick started sharp at 10.00 am, when 25 members Ladies Team of KaDaM led by Vishala Dinesh Devadiga welcomed the guest from India at the hotel lobby, holding traditional Kalasa along with south Indian style instrumental music. Guests includes famous south Indian film actress  Vinaya Prasad, Suvarna 24X7 well known Investigation reporter from Devadiga community Vijayalaxmi Shibarooru, Business man from Mumbai Suresh Padukone, Jyothi Prakash Atre and Ravi Bhat leading them into the auditorium.

The guests were led into the auditorium where Devadiga community God, Ekanatheshwari Devi Temple beautiful miniature structure, well designed and conceptualized by KaDaM Creative mind member Ravi Devadiga was displayed near the stage.  Suresh Padukone lit the lamp, performed pooja for Devi and seeked divine blessings for the program.

Later they proceeded for the inauguration of the programme with KaDaM Members Dinesh Devadiga Couple, Mutha Devadiga, Guests Vinaya Prasad, Vijaya Laxmi Sibarooru, Suresh Padukone lit the traditional lamp at main stage to kick start the cultural program while Yuvaraj Devadiga of KaDaM sang a devotional song. It was amazing to see that for the first time the entire Ball room was already filled with the audience during the start of the programme.

Nithyananda Beskoor welcomed the members, sponsors and the media to the function by promising an exciting day filled with loads of entertainment, fun and frolic.

Devadiga Star VJ Vineeth who was all the way flown from Mangalore to host the programme took over the stage by storm along with his co-host Vidya Shivkumar.  Both of them who acted in movies gave charm to the stage and ably hosted the entire programme with the co-ordination of Yuvaraj Devadiga throughout.  Variety of songs, dances and spot games were part of the daylong event.

Social Awareness

A small beautiful touching video presentation of “KaDaM” team was shown to the audience showcasing the success of the team work, how each human being depended on others throughout their living from child to old age.   It also showed what that in every walk of the one’s life, we are indebted to the society we live with and that we should realize to the fact that we need to do something to the society as well.  The presentation created an awareness that It is time to pay back to society through selflessly helping in whatever way you can do to uplift your brethrens around you.

KaDaM's ongoing Community Social Responsibility:

To mark in history, “KaDaM” in a few years of its existence, was proud to announce that a whopping amount of around Rs.20 Lakhs has been collected as KaDaM Education Fund from valuable sponsors’ and is safe in a bank as fixed deposit. With the interest of this fixed deposit and other contribution from KaDaM Members every year around Rs.2 Lakhs worth of Scholarship and Rs. 1 Lakh worth of Books is being distributed to the needy people.  Also every now and then based on the timely request KaDaM members are contributing to pay for the medical expenses to the hospitalized needy patients at the hour of emergency. The Monthly Contribution of the Members helped to create Medical Fund to necessitate unexpected emergency medical expenditure. KaDaM Team conducts Blood Donation in Latifa Hospital Dubai every year as a Community Social Responsibility and supporting its social cause.  KaDaM also organizes a day long Picnic to its members every year to keep them plugged together.

Cultural Programme

Members and Guest artistes showcased a spellbound performance which included various soulful melodies sung by singers Ramachandra Devadiga, Rajendra Devadiga, Shiva Kumar, Shahid Sahabas, Kumari Adhira Shiva Kumar, Veena Sujith Shetty & Divya Kumble led by KaDaM's own well known film playback singer Pramod Kumar who mesmerized the audience.

Dance performance by KaDaM Members well co-ordinated and choreographed by KaDaM Team members Satish Devadiga and some Well-wishers of KaDaM put the audience on their toes with their class performance.

The highlights were the dance performances by KaDaM Ladies Team comprising of Kiran Beskoor, Vishalakshi Dinesh, Prathima Narayan, Sunitha Manoj, Asha Shridhar, Shruthi Ravi, Kavya Devadiga & Revathi Pramod.  Individual performances by Mounika Ashok Kumar, Anusha Raju Devadiga, Dhanya Dinesh & Prerana Pramod were spell bound.  Lively dance by Elegant Group comprising of Manohar Devadiga, Vishwanath Devadiga, Santosh Devadiga, Pradeep Devadiga & Satish Devadiga who also choreographed most of the dances.

Deepa Nrithya was by Shashirekha Shrikant who got a overwhelming applause from the audience and later Chief Guest B R Shetty complemented her with a flower bouquet appreciating the act.  Other dances included Classical dance by Lakshmi Jayachandran, Tamil/Western Medley by Abhinand Ayush, Atul Jomon, Abhay & Sanjay Satish, Hindi Medley by Samyak Suresh, Samarth Suresh, Vijay, Vinay & Nithyashree, Kannada filmi dance by Bhavya, Celesta, Keertana, Krishnapriya, Priyasha & Shwetha were all part of Symphony Dance Institute, Sharjah.

Mixed Hindi/Tulu dance performance by Priyansh, Hitharth, Ayush, Vamshi, Jayanth, Harshit, Samyuktha, Simran, Riya, Himanshi, Jennika, Krisha, Kyathi, Ishitha & Kushi was superb and they were all part of Brain Box Institute associated with Dance Connect Studio.

Additionally there were thundering performance by a group called "Jazz Rockers" who lead by Rhea Anil, the second runner up of Jhalak Dhiklaa Jaa Middle East T.V. Dance Competition with Anandita Sharma, Anjali Nair, Celeste Fernandes, Erin Maria, Nishita Kamal, Keerthana Shivakumar, Esha Vinod, Rhidima Shivakumar & Tanushree Warrier This was followed by Bhavik & Shashank of the same TV competition and who won the first runner up.

Another Filmy duo was Tulu Film Actress Prajna & Prajwal who gave a mix masala Bollywood dance  was loudly applauded.

Yuvaraj K Devadiga awarded with “Best Team Player of the Year 2015” for his best all round performance in organizing the event while Satish Devadiga was honoured with “KaDaM Best Choreographer of the year 2015”.  They were supported by Pramod Devadiga.

Overall it was a total professional entertainment throughout the day including some spot games in between keeping the audience live till the end of the day.

Sadaka Prashasti 2015

Every year KaDaM Team honours Community Members with “Devadiga Sadaka Prashasti” Award for those who have excelled in social field or any other areas of success.  This year 'Devadiga Sadaka Prashasti' was conferred on Raju Devadiga as recognition to his achievements and contributions in Kundapura with his noble social work & also conferred to the brave Devadiga, Vijayalaxmi Shibarooru for her fight against crime through journalism and reporting/highlighting the issues and scams which created awareness amongst people and forced the government to take proper timely action punishing those criminals.

The formal stage programme was graced by well known personality Padmashree Dr. B. R. Shetty of NMC Group of Co's, Raj Shetty CEO of Ramee Group of Hotels, Praveen Kumar Shetty  CEO of Fortune Group of Hotels, Satish Venkataramana CEO of Chilly Willy company, Business man from Mumbai Suresh Padukone, Naveen Suvarna CEO of Makhani Group of Hotels, South Indian actress Vinaya Prasad, Shodhan Prasad, Producer of Nirel & Dhand Tulu Films, Sarvotham Shetty, President of Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha, Anand Devadiga, Member Devadiga Sangha Dubai, Dinesh Devadiga, President of KaDaM/MD of Elegant Group of Companies and founder member of KaDaM, Seena Devadiga who were seated on the stage and felicitated with flower bouquet and mementos.

'Devadiga Sadaka Prashasti' recipient Raju Devadiga was honoured with shawl by Dr. B R Shetty, Mysore Peta by Raj Shetty, Garland by Venkataramana Ganiga,  Flower bouquet by Vinaya Prasad, Fruits by Vijayalaxmi Shibaroor while the 'Prashasti Patra' was read out through a small video presentation before handing over by Praveen Shetty. After receiving the Sadaka Prashasti overwhelmed Raju Devadiga thanked the organizers of the event and shared his views with the gatherings. He accepted the honor with his wife Ambika Devadiga.

Later another prominent personality from Devadiga community Vijayalaxmi Shibaroor was presented with 'Devadiga Sadaka Prashasthi'  with the honours with shawl by Praveen Kumar Shetty, Garland by Vinaya Prasad, Bouquet by Dr. B. R Shetty, Fruits by Naveen Suvarna.  Prashasti Patra was read out through small video presentation before handing over by Seena Devadiga.  After receiving the Sadaka Prasasti, Vijayalaxmi Shibaroor thanked the organizers and spoke with encouraging words especially to the females to be strong, during the event.

Followed by Chief Guest of the event Padmashree Dr. B R Shetty who was honored with Shawl by KaDaM President, Dinesh Devadiga, Garland by Suresh Padukone, Bouquet by Vijayalaxmi Shibaroor, Fruits by Vinaya Prasad and moment by Sudhakar Devadiga of KaDaM.  Dr. B R Shetty expressed happiness and asked volunteers to contribute in nation building back home and uplifting the society with involving in various similar social programmes.

Also honoured were Raj Shetty from Ramee Group of Hotels, Praveen Kumar Shetty from Fortune Group of Hotels, Business man, Suresh Padukone, Actress Vinaya Prasad,  who were presented with the Shawl, Bouquet, Fruits and Flowers by guest in the stage and KaDaM  Members. All spoke during the occasion.

Karunakara Shetty of Ruchi Caterers, Kevin Lewis & Pradeep Nair of Oxford Office Equipment, well known Artiste/Ex-President of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah, Ganesh Rai along with other sponsors were honoured during the function.

The formal stage programme was ably compeered by MC Asha Sridhar Devadiga & Santosh Devadiga in their own imitable style.

Winners of the games and raffle draw were honoured at the end of the event.

Needless to say the entire programme was a grand success with the able leadership of KaDaM's dynamic President Dinesh Devadiga who lead his team all these years with the sole aim of selfless contribution to the community, inspiring the youngsters all the way to build up social values.

Organisers thanked all the Sponsors, Participants, Guest of various organizations, Well-wishers and  its Members who made the event a grand success both for planning and executing this event in an organized professional manner.  Rhythm Events presented the event with Elegant Group of Companies as the main sponsor while Vakwadi Praveen Kumar Shetty, Fortune Group of Hotels were the Hospitality sponsors.

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January 28,2020

Riyadh, Jan 28: The celebration of the 71st Republic Day was held on January 26th by the Central Committee of the Indian Social Forum Riyadh at the Ramada Hotel Auditorium in Riyadh. People from different Indian states and different religious backgrounds were present during the event.

The program was inaugurated with the unity song, Saleem Moulavi– Regional committee member India Fraternity Forum/Riyadh inaugurated the program.

Social Forum Central Committee president Janab Harris Mangaluru chaired the program and welcomed the guests. In his presidential speech he described and uncovered stories of freedom struggle and participants of Indian Muslims for the freedom fight. He urged everyone to fight against unconstitutional Citizenship Amendment Bill which passed by Centre government. He said that the We will continue its agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the NRC and would not relent unless the Union government withdrew the Act.

Indian Social Forum Karnataka State Committee member Janab Mohammed Naveed delivered the Republic Day message. He said India was formed based on concept of ‘unity in diversity’ and it becomes every Indians’ responsibility to safeguard it. He expressed concern over CAA, NRC and NPR. Across India, students at other universities are against the Citizenship Amendment Act passed by Centre government.  The law offers amnesty to undocumented migrants from three neighboring Muslim-majority countries but only if they are non-Muslim. Critics say that by excluding Muslims, the law establishes a religious test for Indian citizenship, in violation of the secularism enshrined in India's constitution. The Indians, irrespective of caste, creed, religion and region have firmly resolved to oppose the draconian laws and fascist moves to debar the poor. Constitution granted to every person and citizen of India who are not ready to put them on a test of ideology of RSS and programs of BJP to implement the Brahmanist mind-set. He said that the police atrocities against CAA/NRC/NPR protesters had increased only in BJP-ruled States and  there were several loose ends in the police story about the incidents leading to the firing.

Eng Shahul Hameed – Coordinator of Tamil Nadu Islamic Federation, Dr. Jahangeer Ahmed - Assistant professor/King Saud university, Mohammed Rafi – Gen Secretary of India Fraternity Forum Regional Committee, Mr. Abdul jaleel– Vice President of Indian Islahi Center, Mr. Basha –Member of IFT Executive Council , Mr. Ajmal Hussain – Member of Pravasi Forum central Committee, Younus Wallan – President Humanity Forum Riyadh. All delivered the message on the eve.

Basheer Karandur, General Secretary of Social Forum Central Committee, welcomed the gathering and Social Forum Riyadh Tamilnadu State Committee President Jabir presented the vote of thanks. Abdul Basheer was master of ceremony.

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Media Release
July 6,2020

The Chairman of Intellectual Council Jeddah, Syed Nasir Khurshid, called for a Zoom meeting on 2nd July, 2020 to celebrate the oath taking ceremony of the D K Shiva Kumar who took over as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Mr Khurshid opened the meeting with a very enthusiastic and sincere note of congratulations to newly appointed president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, Mr. D.K.Shivakumar.

The chief speaker for the evening was Saleem Khaleefa, vice Chairman of the Council, he said, for more than 4 decades, he is monitoring the politics of the Karnataka state very closely and also monitoring the role of crises management DK Shiva Kumar in the last 2 years, whether it is Rajya Sabha election of Mr. Ahmed Patel or managing the MLAs of Madhya Pradesh. He said, he is one of the best leaders of the party and the best leaders use “their brain, their heart, their soul and their guts.” And his leadership is fit in the size of all these characters. Growth is a very powerful word and fundamentally, party growth is the responsibility of the President and he can take a holistic approach to close the gap between and among the party cadres. 

Every effort is to be made to preserve the sense of unity within the party. We need to unite party base while appealing to voters. He should identify on ground challenges and find the mechanism to address them. He further pointed out that a President’s chief responsibility is to bring all the party leaders and office bearers on the same page with a Mission to bring back the congress party into power in the next assembly election. His smart strategies, road map, mechanism, booth management, better connected with the party workers, taking everyone along with him, will be a direction for the presidents of the party in other states to take party into power.

He pronounced his leadership is totally remarkable and has a track record of his very sensible leadership and he also known for his collaborative and crises management leadership style. Engr. Nasir suggested that his first task is to address the formidable challenges faced by the party and bring the Congress members together, on a very single aspect how to win the election. The party backbone and strength is gross-root workers who can play a significant role to take the party in a very strong and popular position in public. He emphasized that unity is the main strategy and ingredient to win the election, because a party divided will hurt, cannot win the election. Planning is everything and a good planning goes a long way, helping to win the election.  

All the members of the Council expressed their views and everyone is very much hopeful that he is the right person to lead the party from top.He has commanded immense respect from party workers, office bearers, all communities, groups, including opposition parties. He is a very experienced, have immense experience and hard-work leader and he is a strategist and knows the art how to motivate the party workers and unite all in a single rope.

Engr. Amjad Ali said, we are very much confident that he will re-structure from bottom to top, panchyat, taluka and district committees will be re-structured and will induct caliber and talented leaders who can understand and realize their responsibilities and accountability as head of the party at their levels with only one point how to win the coming election with thumping majority.

One of key members of the Council, Sajid Shaikh expressed joyfully that every single member of the party have confidence on the leadership of Mr. D.K Shiva Kumar and his appointment to the top position says a lot of nice things about him.  He has shown his great leadership and expert in crises management on many occasion.  The party in Karnataka is in good hands and I am sure he will sort-out all the difference between and among the party leaders and cadres, which has hurt the party in the last election and will bring all on the same page. Congress party and its workers are lucky to have such a passionate and hardworking president who is ready to work day in and day out to bring party in power in 2023 assembly election.

Prominent members of the Council, Engr. Azher Parvaiz, Engr. Abdul Wahid, Hazrat Qadri, Engr. Abdul Ameed, Saleem Khan, and Rafiuddin Kharadi commented, we looking forward his dynamic and result oriented leadership in organizing and re-shaping the party in the state, he will hold all congressmen together with a noble purpose, motivate every party worker to work with dedication so that congress can come back to power with absolute majority and he can count on our absolute support in booth management as well  suggest a few points to be included in the manifestos, running a high  successful voltage campaign highlighting the failure of the BJP government at the Center and at the state, between and among in the NRIs community across the Gulf Countries, including Europe and America. Council will do the value-based politics and will present the image of the Congress party, as the rational political party, with secular and inclusive, where people of all religions, caste, race and gender, feel wanted in the party, as its main ideology.

Syed Nasir Khurshid thanked entire team for attending the meeting he expressed his gratitude towards Vice Chairman of the council Saleem Khaleefa for speaking as chief speaker and giving updates, he said, team members are excited to meet in person with Mr. D.K. Shiva Kumar, when members visit India during their vacation.

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Media Release
May 14,2020

Dubai: A non-profitable social organization, KSCC is delivering a great service to the community during this pandemic situation.

Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club is a civil organization registered under Community Development Authority (CDA) involved in implementing various UAE government initiatives, blood donation drives, health campaigns, sport events, charity works, awareness programs and much more.

KSCC is currently actively liaising with Dubai government authorities in discharging the needs and requirements of the people in these challenging covid-19 pandemic times. It is also involved the activities such as logistics, coordinating stores, mobilizing isolation centers, equipping quarantine facilities and volunteering services.

During these testing times, KSCC is also facilitating the Guidance to the general public, follow-up up to 122 covid positive cases, counselling the affected, assisting the references and providing the ever-necessary emotional support by setting up a team of 24 reserved persons for call center helplines.

As per the request from DHA (Dubai Health Authority) KSCC has successfully organized the blood donation drive and donated upto 141 units of blood with the help of KSCC members & supporters.

Apart from above, KSCC is also engaged in serving needy by distributing the food provisional kit (Yestahloon) from the very 1st day of lockdown till day by their special task force team under guidelines of CDA, and also taking into consideration the month of Ramadan, team is successfully distributing Iftar food & provision kit with the help of donors.

In the 1st Phase, KSCC covered 2421 beneficiaries by providing 440 provisional food kits, 435 food pack and 529 Iftar kits.

As per the CDA guidelines, club is also engaged in following up the health condition of senior citizens living in UAE.

KSCC special team is also engaged in clearing documentation and formalities related to dead body repatriation until its final procedures and handing over to relatives with help of UAE governments authorities. Total 5 dead bodies are repatriated in their 1st phase of service.

KSCC is also having a center controlled special task team to assist all above activities during the covid-19 pandemic to continue the services to general public.

KSCC thanks all Government authorities, Members in different task team, supporters and Sponsors company MAERSK, MALABAR GOLD & DIAMOND and TAMIL ENTREPRENEUR for their support and also request extend their support to consolidate the above demanding service and deliver our best possible assistance not only because it is the month of Ramadan, but also our responsibility to reach out to the poor and needy, during this fight against Covid-19.

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