SDM alumni catch up one another in Dubai

March 9, 2013

Dubai, Mar 9: Sri Dharmasthala College of Engineering Alumni Chapter in the Middle East held its first celebrated their 1st alumni meet at Baracuda Resort in Umm Al Qwain recently.

About 50 alumni caught up with each other at the resort keeping aside their commitments and schedules. Some even travelled from Oman and Qatar to meet the friends whom they had not seen for years.

Former professor of SDM Suresh Radder who was present at the programme was honoured for his unedifying spirit and the support he extended to the alumni when they were students.

The whole event was packed with activities which included introduction of all SDM alumni members, Q&A session by Sudhindra Aithal, dance by professional troupe and sharing of thoughts by eminent members such as Ravi Shetty, Velugula Madhusudhan, Yashwant Pai and Sham Kamath. Satish Kumar Bantwal conducted the final vote of thanks.

The overnight stay ended with a morning breakfast, followed by a cricket match within the SDM alumni members.

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ISF, Humanity Forum help cardiac patient from DK to fly back from Saudi Arabia amid lockdown

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May 22,2020

Mangaluru, May 22: An elderly cardiac patient from Dakshina Kannada, who was stranded in Saudi Arabia due to covid-19 lock-down, has finally reached his homeland thanks to the timely intervention by Humanity Forum Jubail and Indian Social Forum.

The elderly man hailing from Kadaba area of Dakshina Kannada was admitted to a hospital in Madinah. However, his condition continued to worsen due to lack of proper treatment. The efforts by his family members to bring him back home had not yielded results.

Meanwhile, one of the relatives of the patient, Ansari Suratkal, who happens to be a DKSC activist, brought the issue to the notice of the Karnataka unit of the Indian Social Forum in Dammam. ISF contacted Humanity Forum president Zakariya Jokatte, who helped the patient to speak directly union minister D V Sadananda Gowda in a video conference organised by coastaldigest.com.

Humanity Forum also persuaded the Indian Embassy to allow the stranded cardiac patient to fly back to India through Dammam-Bengaluru repatriation flight on May 20.

However, it was not easy for the patient to travel from Madinah to Dammam International Airport due to lock-down and curfew. ISF not only obtained travel permission for him but also arranged vehicle. Jeddah and Riyadh units of ISF helped in obtaining permission letter in their respective places in spite of travel ban imposed by the police. Madinah unit of ISF arranged vehicle for transportation. Zakariya Jokatte bore the air ticket and other expenses of the patient.

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