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Karnataka Sangha Sharjah to honour three Mangaloreans with Mayura Awards

[email protected] (Ramesh S Bhandari)
May 6, 2012
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Sharjah, May 6: Karnataka Sangha Sharjah (KSS) one of premier Kannada Association working under the auspicious of the Indian Association Sharjah, is gearing up with all preparations for Decennial Celebration which will be held on 18th May, 2012 at Holiday International Hotel, Sharjah.

Every year Karnataka Sangha Sharjah identifies the well-deserved Kannadiga in UAE who have excelled in their respective field and felicitates them with "Mayura Award" during their annual celebration. This year specially since it is a Decennial Celebration, they have come up with a well thought to identify three personalities instead of one and fortunately the selection went to representatives of three religion i.e., Walter Nandalike, Harish Sherigar & M.E. Moolur who really need no introduction as they are well known in their own field. These three great personalities will be honoured with Mayura Award during the annual celebration which will be witnessed by leaders and dignitaries from various religious faiths specially flown from India along with local guests to witness the mega event.

HARISH SHERIGAR - Entrepreneur

Harish Sherigar was born on 11th September 1966 to Appu Sherigar Karkala and Rajivi Sherigar in Mangalore, India. His parents always believed their son was destined to be an entrepreneur as they had cited his leadership qualities at a very tender age.

Born and brought up in Mangalore, he was a brilliant student and an all rounder. He won the prestigious awards at college level itself and was the president of student council in the year 1988. Since his childhood he was blessed with a melodious voice. He graduated with honours in Commerce from Gokarnanatheshwara College and did his diploma in computer applications at NIIT, Mangalore. He was always known for his melodies voice since college days.

After obtaining his degree Sherigar migrated to Muscat and worked for a reputed building material company as sales manager from 1991-1996 and gained abundant knowledge and experience in the field of building materials. At the early stages of his career itself he was a perfect combination of 'talent, perseverance, self belief, a never-give-up-attitude and of course, a bit of luck' and thus was lauded by the company management as one of the dedicated employee of the organization.

His journey towards perfection later on took him to Dubai where he joined a new company under the same designation as earlier and soon earned the confidence of the organization.

With his innovative, sharp business acumen, focused vision, professionalism and experienced vocation in the same meadow he started his own business in the year 1999 named M/s. ACME Building Material Trading LLC, a well known market listed comprehensive company in Dubai. He has been instrumental in taking this organization to its present level of growth in an amazing short span of time. Most of his employees are from Mangalore/Dakshina Kannada. He also owns a real Estate firm named Harsha Residency in his home town. Apart from all this he has a special bond with his old family business named Avinash Mosaic Tiles, in Kulshekar. He is married to Sharmila Sherigar and blessed with two children Akshatha and Anshul.

Sherigar is an active philanthropist funding numerous humanitarian projects and charities as well as being personally involved in them though he prefers to keep this aspect out of the lime light.

His larger than life persona continues to win hearts all over Dubai by organizing a charity show called Dhoom Dhamaka 2011 for the benefit of Saanidiya School for special needs & Mangala Education Trust for children with special needs. His contribution towards charity is not restricted to any one region or community.

He is always ready to extend his support to all kinds of cultural programs organized in UAE by our people from Karnataka. Recently he has elected as a President of Devadiga Sangha Dubai, his leadership is mainly focusing for Education to poor children in Karnataka.

M.E. MOOLUR - Social Service

Mohammed Ebrahim Moolur was born on 5th of July, 1953 in a place called Moolur in Uchila in one of the famous district of Udupi in Karnataka. Well known for his social service from long he is being fondly called as M.E. Moolur.

He is actively involved in Social and Cultural fields from the College days as was always Students Leader and in Cultural Activities. He has written and directed few Kannada and Tulu Dramas and wrote many Tulu and Kannada Lyrics during High School and College days. Interestingly a collection of Kannada and Tulu Lyrics were published while was mere a high school student. He is Vice President of Bearys Cultural Forum since its inception. He is also a Unit President of Al Ehsan English Academy School-DKSC , Mangalore and Chairman of Moolur Al Ehsan Women’s College Building Committee. He is also one of the Director, Vartha Bharati Kannada Daily News Paper, Mangalore. Further he is a Coordinator of Markaz Huda Women’s College, Puttur. and an active member of Tulu Social Organization called NAMA TULUVER UAE

He is being conferred with various awards few of them to name are prestigious “STAR OF THE BEARYS-2012” AWARD from Bearys Cultural Forum, UAE in view of his exemplary service towards the development of the society, “GADINADA DHWANI PRATHISHTHANA AWARD" for Social Service and Cultural Awareness and many more honors and awards in recognition of dedicated and selfless social services

Though living in Dubai since 33 years he is currently engaged in Optical & Pharmaceutical business from the last 18 years. In the course of his stay in UAE he has helped so many fellow countrymen to come to UAE by providing them Visa and helping them to securing employments.

Karnataka Sangha Sharjah announced that they will be honoring all the three great personalities during their Decennial Celebration due to be held on 18th May, 2012 at Holiday International Hotel, Sharjah and have requested all Kannadigas all over UAE to come, witness and make this event a memorable one.

WALTER NANDALIKE - Media Personality

Walter D'Souza who born on Jan 23, 1973 to the parents Sebastian Dsouza and Lilly Dsouza of Nandalike village of Belman Parish, Karkala Taluk, though has his degree in commerce had no knowledge in computers until he started daijiworld (then daijidubai.com) website in 2001.


He started Daijiworld Weekly, a print magazine under the company Daijiworld Publications Pvt Ltd in Feb 2009.


Walter, who married to Wilma, has two kids 14-year-old Cema and 10-year-old Samantha. Walter is a resident of Dubai and lives in Dubai along with his family.

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Media Release
March 2,2020

Kuwait: State of Karnataka is enriched with Daasa culture, which had contributed immensely to its literature, culture, art & philosophy. Daasa tradition in Karnataka was part of the Bhakti movement which flourished from around 15th century and it extended considerable spiritual influence over the masses. Kuwait Kannada Koota, a socio-cultural association for the people of Karnataka in Kuwait, organized its annual Daasotsava on 14th February 2020 in remembrance of these saints, thereby displaying the rich cultural heritage of the state. 

The program started with a warm welcome address by Mrs. Spoorthy Kamath, convener of cultural committee. Divine invocation prayer by Mrs. Vasantha Ashok and Mrs. Sandhya Arun set the trend for the event. This was followed by lighting of the traditional lamp by the 2020 executive committee, comprising of President Mr. Rajesh Vittal, Vice President Mr. Sandeep Chabba, General Secretary Mr. Praveen Kumar Shetty and Treasurer Mr. Pradeep Rao. President, while welcoming the gathering, spoke about the importance of Daasas in Kannada literature & history and briefed about the series of upcoming programs. Cultural programs started with fancy dress competition by Koota children comprising of all age group starting from infants to elder kids. This program stole the show as the efforts & time invested by children and their parents were clearly visible. 

2019 executive committee was felicitated by the current committee for wonderfully managing Koota affairs & programs. This was followed by the release of Koota magazine “Marala Mallige", comprising of informative articles, drawings, poems etc., entirely contributed by the association members. Event’s main attraction “Vrindavana Leelavarana", a colorful dance drama spectacularly portrayed by 54 Koota children, was very well appreciated & received by the attendees. Association children who successfully completed 10th and 12th were felicitated as a token of encouragement. Executive committee gave away prizes to Kids who excelled in the stage competitions held earlier. Audience was treated to a divine and melodious Bhajan program conducted astutely by the ladies & men. Koota women performed Bhajan Kolata, along with ladies bhajan, in a well-coordinated manner. Vote of thanks was proposed by the secretary of Koota, thanking those who contributed for the success of the event. Another attraction was a quiz competition “Rasa Prashne", conducted efficiently between the programs, by Mr. Mahesh Shiramgond. 

The whole event was planned and executed astutely by the cultural committee under the leadership of Convener, Mrs. Spoorthy Kamath. Public Relations Committee, led by Mrs. Suparna Dambal, welcomed the members in a vibrant & colorful way, showcasing a beautifully erected divine mantap. The event was sponsored by Unimoni, LIC HFL, VSPL, Geetherb, Kotak Life Insurance, Joy Alukkas, Lulu Hypermarket & Total Environment. The program ended with a sumptuous satvik lunch, sponsored by the senior Koota member, Mr. Ramachandran Seetharaman.

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Media Release
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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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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