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Qatar: ATS celebrates annual day

[email protected] (Moyhammed Iqbal Katipalla)
April 9, 2012
Doha, April 9: It was yet another evening of fun, entertainment and recognition for the employees of Advanced Technical Services, Doha Qatar who shared the stage with their employer in showcasing their hidden talents on the occasion of their 5th annual day celebration today 6th April 2012 held at Al Gazal Club here, having a total strength of over 450, majority of them hailing from Tulu Nadu, the employees presented various stage shows at the jam packed auditorium.

The event with a difference, rarely seen in Gulf was enthusiastically participated by all the employees who mingled freely with their employer Mr Ravi Shetty, regardless of their status.

Mr. Ravi Shetty fondly known as Ravianna, the Managing Director of Advanced Technical Services hails from Donienjaguthu family in Mangalore. He was born and brought up at Moodambail in Bantwal. He completed his BE in Mechanical Engineering and MBA and chose to work in Gulf. He joined MECON a major EPC contractors in Qatar and later started his own company in Qatar - "Advanced Technical Services" in 2006. He is also the President of Bunts Qatar, past president of Tulu Koota Qatar and an active member of several Indian Organizations in Qatar.

The annual celebration began at 4.45pm with a welcome note by Mr. Preethesh Amin, followed by lighting of lamp by Mrs. Jyothi Ravi Shetty, Mrs. Chandrakala Shetty, Mrs. Nirmala Subramanian, Mrs. Shrinidhi Vijaya Rai, Mrs. Aruna Manoj Shetty, Mrs, Bincy Antony & Mrs. Poojitha S Hegde, followed by Musical Orchestra by Mr. Ravindra Prabhu and Reshma who presented few Golden great hits of Mohd. Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Lata and many more new hits from Hindi, Kannada, Tulu, Telugu, Tamil and Malyalam. Mr. Vismay Vinayak presented Mimicry.

A welcome skit was then staged, highlighting the oneness and ultimate goal of destination and success. A Nepali dance and Hindi Skit, Kaun Banega Roadpathi also entertained the crowd.

The Managing Director of ATS Mr. Ravi Shetty addressed the gathering and gave a key note on the success of his company and appreciated his staff members for their dedication and support.

The entertainment continued with Mad Ads –Umba Lollypop, tulu skit Mangalore central and fusion dance.

Felicitations were done for the best employee's award and to the visiting artists Mr. Preetham, Mrs. Reshma, Mr. Ravindra Prabhu, Mr. Vinayak, Mr. Pramod , Mr. Mahesh Gowda and Mrs. Padmashree Shetty.

The full entertainment gala concluded with vote of thanks by Mr. Subramaniam followed by delicious lunch to all the guests.

The entire programme was compered by Mr. Preetham who had come all the way from India.

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Agencies
August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week. 

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Media Release
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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Media Release
April 16,2020

Dammam: President of Indian Social Forum, Eastern Province Mr.Wasim Rabbani urged immediate intervention of Indian government to help Non Residential Indians who are in trouble due to corona pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

He said in a press rease that expatriate Indians are in concern  as number of corona infected people and  deaths are increasing in danger level.

Hea said, "the Saudi health minister's statement a few days ago indicates that the situation in Saudi needs to be taken more seriously with precautionary methods. There are concerns among expatriates because the number of people infected with the coronavirus and the number of deaths reported in various provinces are increasing at an alarming rate."

"Saudi Government and Health Ministry are taking excellent precautionary measures, however, in the coming days expect to see the number of cases to increase in Saudi Arabia. The Indian government needs to take diplomatic and immediate intervention to ensure the treatment of Indian expatriates considering the number of effected people increasing", He said.

He also urged that the Embassy and the Government of India should ensure qaurantiane faculty for Indian expatriates and arrange special low cost flights to bring back expatriates who would like to return home country.

" Government of India and Indian embassy need to intervene immediately to ensure that the quarantine system is in place for Indian expatriates as the facilities in the rooms where the residents are staying together are very limited. There should also be a mechanism to organize low-cost flight services for expatriates who are ready to go home. The government system should also be able to accommodate the expatriates in special quarantine areas in hometown as soon they arrive in India", he urged.

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