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Community leaders, NGOs prepare roadmap to help Kokan flood victims

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Konkan /Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA :

Launch of centralized call center and formation of teams for rehabilitation for the flood victims

A meeting of community leaders and  representative of various  NGOs held in Haj House in Mumbai to support the flood victims of the Konkan region mainly Chiplun, Khed and Mahad. Notably, Mumbai has not geographical connection but also a spiritual connection with Konkan region, so the Mumbaikars’ heartbeat is a bit faster on the tragic situation of Konkan region.

Konkan flooded region is not only concerned in Mumbai and Maharashtra but also abroad countries for the relief work due to the flood damage, so the organizers made it very clear at the beginning of the meeting that the local NGOs and social workers of Mahad, Khed, and Chiplun and their associations have been working hard from day one to bring back the flood-affected areas. This meeting is aimed to make better communication and coordination between the ongoing work in the affected areas, for fruitful results, so that whatever is done on the ground with the help of Mumbaikars can be fruitful.

Among the issues came under discussion over which consensus was made:

A call center will be established through which all the working people and social organizations will be contacted to further organize the relief work in the Konkan region. wherein Information on the affected areas will also be collected in this call center. The Call center will also provide database assistance to relief and rehabilitation workers. This call center will work in collaboration with all national and social organizations. It will not be affected by any particular organization or specific party. There will be a joint liaison platform for all organizations and government agencies for Konkan relief work. To ensure this call center as soon as possible, all the participants expressed their support and a plan of action was drawn up for its immediate establishment.

The Call Center team is decided as follows:

1) Rafid Shehab 2) Dr. Danish Lambe 3) Samiullah Khan 4) Yusuf Sheikh 5) Sufyan Gigani 6) Khalil Memon 7) Mufti Habib

During the discussion in the meeting, there were concerns over efforts to ensure the reconstruction of flood-damaged Kokni families by all possible means of rehabilitation, and a team was set up to prepare a report on the damaged houses and shops, which is very important.

Survey and panchnama team, who will start working with the following personalities: 1) Kazim Malik. 2) Ejaz Pendlikar 3) Abdul Haseeb Bhatkar 4) Mubashir Jamadar 5) Shakir Sheikh 6) Yasin Dalvi 7) Arif Malaji

For the next legal action of relief, a permanent team was selected to represent the government and non-government affairs of permanent relief and rehabilitation work.

The Legal team is as follows: 1) Saleem Alware 2) Amin Solkar 3) Shadab Kate 4) Farid Sheikh Peace Committee 5) Mushtaq Dalvi 6) Dr. Danish Lambe 7) Faqir Muhammad Thakur.

In addition, another very important and useful thing is the establishment of the Federation of Konkani NGOs, which will liaise with the presidents and secretaries of all All jamaats and organizations working in Konkan. And will work with them to move things forward.

The Relief team following dignitaries from Mumbai are currently the only ones to be named for this federation, with room for further expansion: 1) Prof. Sirajuddin Chogle, 2) Mufti Mohammad Ashfaq Qazi Jamia Masjid Mumbai 3) Mufti Abdul Ahad Falahi, Patharwali Masjid, Mohammad Ali Road, 4) Abdul Aziz Mahate 5) Shoaib Khatib Chairman Jamia Masjid Bombay 6) Dr. Wasim Phophlonkar 7) Imran Alvi 8 (Mufti Yahya Moin 9) Mufti Tahir Chauhan 10) Amin Solkar. 11) Abdul Haseeb Bhatkar

All of these people were already working hard and selflessly for the welfare of Konkan. Now all the work is being streamlined and the scope of work is being expanded to streamline government agencies. In which it is established that at the local level Chiplun, Mahad, and Khed as well as at the party level, found social and religious organizations such as, Leaders of Anjuman-e-Dardmandan, Tablighi Jamaat, Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, and local units of Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamiat Ahle Hadith, Jamiat Ahl-e-Sunnat and Jamaat will continue to be included in them.

It will also liaise with committees and local Kokan officials and representatives of the federation who are already working there, e.g. Rafiq Purkar, Khalid Parkar, Yasin Dalvi, Maulana Sadiq Mastri Chiplun, Mufti Anwar Khan Sargroh Ratnagiri, Qazi Hussain Mahamkar Shrivardhan Mufti Umar Dhamskar Pimpli, Maulana Abdul Salam Jalal Raigarh And with other responsible gentlemen whose names are difficult to cover in this report, the work will be organized with their liaison.

Similarly, associations of different professions will be formed in the context of this federation which will make the public welfare affairs in Kokan stable and useful.

Muhammad Ali Patankar, Amin Solkar, Farid Sheikh, Shoaib Khatib, Mufti Abdul Ahad Falahi, Mufti Habib Patel, Mufti Tahir Chauhan, Abdul Aziz Mahat, Nayyar Shaaban, Kazim Malik, Abdul Haseeb Bhatkar, Mushtaq Dalvi, Dr. Wasim Phophlonkar, Dr. Sirajuddin Chogle, Dr. Danish Lambe, and other social leaders discussed valuable advice and useful suggestions and put them into practice.

The meeting began with the recitation of the Holy Quran, Mufti Yahya Moin presented the agenda, and the organizer of the meeting, Mufti Muhammad Ashfaq Qazi, concluded the proceedings of the meeting with great care and goodwill.

It is hoped that these arrangements will further benefit the victims of the Kokan Flood, whose shops have been damaged or their livelihoods have been ruined in any way. This is the teaching of Islam and the need for humanity to stand up for society. May Allah Almighty look at this gathering of Hajj House, reward the organizers, and accept the religious and human feelings of the participants. And ensure the things that are planned and enrich us all with the wealth of sincerity.

source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home> Featured / by Samiullah Khan / August 07th, 2021

ADP Mumtaz Of Udupi Appointed District Judge, Becomes First Muslim Woman Magistrate In Karnataka

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Mulki (Mangaluru Taluk),KARNATAKA :

Udupi’s Assistant Director of Prosecution (ADP) Mumtaz has been appointed as the district judge, making her the first Muslim woman in Karnataka to become a district magistrate.

Mumtaz secured the first rank in the judicial exams held in Feb-March earlier this year. She is among the 12 among people who got selected to become district judges.

Mumtaz completed her LLB degree from SDM Law College in Mangaluru before moving to Mysuru for master’s degree.

Mamtaz was selected as the assistant public prosecutor in the JMFC court of Bhatkal in 2010. Later, she was shifted to Udupi JMFC. In 2018, Mamtaz got promoted as ADP to the district SP office of Udupi.

source: http://www.thecognate.com / The Cognate / Home> News / by Shaik Zakeer Hussain / August 06th, 2021

Karkala: Village girl Naseera Bhanu becomes judge

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Nallur Village, Bajagoli (Karkala Taluk -Udupi District), KARNATAKA :

Karkala: Village girl Naseera Bhanu becomes judge - Daijiworld.com

Karkala: 

Naseera Banu, who was born in a poor Muslim family in Bajegoli near here has written the examination for the post of judge and is waiting for the appointment order. 

Naseera’s father Aliabba owns a driving school and her mother Nabisa is a housewife. Naseera is the first lady, who will become a judge in their family. Naseera studied in the Kannada medium school of her village. But she realized that it is necessary to be proficient in English language, if she wanted to achieve her goal. Now she has reached the destination. Her parents also have supported her whole-heartedly. 

Naseera’s achievement has made her parents proud. Her father Aliabba says, “We, who have spent the whole life with difficulties, were dreaming that our children should achieve something in their life. My daughter Naseera has realized my dream.” 

The other two daughters of Aliabba and Nabisa are married. Their son is working in Qatar. Naseera completed her PUC in Bajegoli. Later she completed her LLB in 2010 from Vaikunta Baliga Law College in Udupi. 

After completion of LLB, she was getting law training with advocate Vijendra Kumar in Karkala. At present she has been working as an assistant with advocate G Muralidhar Bhat where she began in 2015. 

“I was involved in games and studies like any other child. But I always had an eye on my goal.” she says. 

Naseera had faced her last round of interview on June 13 for the position of judge.

sourc: http://www.daijiworld.com / DaijiWorld.com / Home> Top Stories / by Daijiworld Media Network – Karkala (MS) / July 12th, 2019

‘Who is AR Rahman?’ Maybe these wondrous achievements by the maestro composer will tell…

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Chennai, TAMIL NADU :

It is Henry Ford who said, “Anyone who stops learning is old — whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” While it isn’t a crime not to know who AR Rahman is, one must also know icons who fill each cell of your body with pride are hard to come by. A true legend of his craft, it is never late to know a thing or two about the gifted man who has made every Indian proud. Here are 10 facts that could help a complete stranger to know the giant AR Rahman is, and why he is a true emotion that bonds the entire country.
Winner of six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Filmfare Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards South, AR Rahman is fondly called “the Mozart of Madras.”(Photo | AP)
In 2012, AR Rahman revealed that he was invited for a dinner at the White House by the family of the President of the United States. (Photo | AP)
Considering his professional experience ARR was given the scholarship to study at Oxford’s Trinity College, where he received a degree in Western classical music. (Photo | PTI)
AR Rahman is the first Asian to win two Oscars in the same year. (File Photo)
In 2013, a street in Markham, Ontario, Canada, was named after him to honour his contributions to the world of music. (Photo | Twitter)
In 2000, a French TV commercial for Volvic starring football icon Zinedine Zidane used a piece of theme music composed by ARR for the movie ‘Bombay’. (File Photo)
In 2011, GQ (formerly called Gentlemen’s Quarterly), an American international monthly men’s magazine, elected him Legend of the Year. (File Photo)
In 2003, ARR-composed ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’ from ‘Dil Se’ was voted 9th in “The World’s Top Ten” songs of all time by BBC World Service. (Photo | PTI)
ARR composed Airtel’s signature tune, which had over 150 million downloads by 2019 – the most in the world in the mobile music genre.(Photo|Facebook.com/arrahman, BTOS PRoductions)
In 2009, Rahman’s soundtrack for ‘Lagaan’ was ranked No. 45 on Amazon.com’s “The 100 Greatest World Music Albums of All Time” list. (Photo | Youtube screengrab)11 / 13
‘Roja’, ARR’s debut soundtrack, was listed in TIME’s “10 Best Soundtracks” of all time by film critic Richard Corliss in 2005. (File Photo)
‘Heroes get remembered, but legends never die!’: Max Holloway (File Photo)

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Galleries> Entertainment / July 22nd, 2021

Rickshaw puller’s son in J-K cracks prestigious IES exam

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Nageenpora Kund (Kulgam District), JAMMU & KASHMIR :

Tanveer Ahmed Khan (Photo | Twitter)

My journey has been very tough. However, every success story has a struggle behind it. I too had to struggle as we were financially weak, says Tanveer.

Srinagar : 

Tanveer Ahmed Khan, son of a rickshaw puller and farmer, has secured second rank in the prestigious Indian Economic Services (IES) examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). 

“My journey has been very tough,” Tanveer said. “However, every success story has a struggle behind it. I too had to struggle as we were financially weak. It was my positive side that made me want to change our poor condition by studying and making it count.”

Tanveer’s father hails from remote Nageenpora Kund in South Kashmir’s Kulgam’s district. He also works as a seasonal rickshaw puller in Amritsar, Punjab, during the winter months to earn extra money to provide quality education for his son.

He has done his schooling in government schools and got his BA from Government Degree College Anantnag in 2016. He secured third rank in the entrance test for a post-graduate course in economics at University of Kashmir.

“I worked very hard and my family fully supported me. The support from my parents, uncles and teachers has brought me to this point,” said Tanveer. Tanveer secured Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) during his last year of post-graduate programme and says the fellowship helped him a lot. He went to Institute of Development Studies, Kolkatta, for Masters in Philosophy (M.Phil) in Development Studies, which was awarded to him in April. Tanveer is in the Open Category.

Tanveer’s father said he is proud his son did not waste the parental toil and effort. “I am very happy that mine and my son’s hard work has paid off,” he added.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Nation / by Fayaz Wani, Express News Service /August 02nd, 2021

Adv Mehmood Pracha Awarded At 2021 Safai Mazdoor Divas

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NEW DELHI :

Adv Mehmood Pracha. Photo: Ghazala Ahmad/The Cognate

Prominent Lawyer Advocate Mehmood Pracha was honoured with the 2021 annual award at the ‘Safai Mazdoor Divas’ last week for his work in supporting the Safai Karamcharis’ demand for equal status in society.

The ‘Safai Mazdoor Divas’ is commemorated every year on 31st July which is observed in the memory of a Safai Karamchari ‘Bhoop Singh’ who was shot down by Delhi Police during the strike of Safai Karamcharis on 31st July in 1957. The day is also celebrated to highlight the contribution of Swachchta Karamcharis to society despite being extremely marginalized and deprived.

Advocate Mehmood Pracha in his address said, “I have received many awards on national and international platforms till now for various activities, but I consider this award as one of the most important awards of my life and career, as this has been given by the community, who made every individual of the country self-sufficient and talked about equal rights for all”.

“Manual scavengers who carry our filth with their bare hands are the first and foremost frontline workers of the society, before and after the pandemic, because they prevent us from getting ill to diseases”.

He asserted, “They should be given equal and even more status than the doctors and army of the countries, as doctors treat our diseases but these workers prevent us from getting these diseases. Army protects us on borders but these workers protect and save us within the country”.

“Privatization of the work done by manual scavengers should not be done, if the government wants to replace the manual work with machinery, the Dalit/Valmiki community should be given the contract of the machines and not the Savarnas, who already enjoy the privilege of being the upper caste and majority”, he further said.

The award was handed over to Adv Pracha by Rakesh Tikait, farmer leader and national spokesperson of Bhartiya Kisan Union. He extended his support to Swachchta Karamcharis for their struggle in getting equal and fair status in society.

He said, “The support we have received from the Dalit community is overwhelming, we are also ready to lend our possible support to the workers in their struggle”.

Along with Mehmood Pracha, the award for the year 2018-19 was given to Bharat Kesari Birju Pehelwan (Valmiki) and for 2019-20 to Professor Dr Kaushal Pawar of Delhi University.

The event was jointly organized by Dalit organizations which include, Rashtriya Dalit Bachao Andolan, Mission Save Constitution, Valmiki Chaupal, Safai Mukti Andolan, and Delhi Municipal Worker Sangh.

The event was joined by many eminent figures, including Dr OP Shukla, President Rashtriya Dalit Bachao Andolan, a retired bureaucrat of Valmiki caste, and Justice BG Kolse Patil and moderated by Harnam Singh, former Chairman of the Delhi Commission for Safai Karamcharis.

source: http://www.thecognate.com / The Cognate / Home> News / by Ghazala Ahmad / August 02nd, 2021

The mechanic’s daughter who topped CA exam

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Mumbra, MAHARASHTRA :

Zareen Khan scored 461 out of 700 marks and topped the Chartered Accountancy intermediate exam conducted by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in the results announced February 8, 2021. Photographs: Kind courtesy Zareen Khan

Until February 8, 2021, no one knew who Zareen Khan was, where she lived or what her dreams were.

All that changed a few hours after the results of the Chartered Accountancy intermediate results were announced online this year.

Zareen, the eldest among four siblings, who had appeared for the exam in November 2020 for the first time after pleading her case with her parents, had secured an All India Rank of 1 and topped the exam scoring 461 marks out of 700.

“It was my younger sister who encouraged me to appear for the exam once. Earlier, I’d taken a break for two years to work before I could complete my post-graduation. I knew this might be the first and maybe the last time I could become a CA. So I told my parents to give me one chance to prepare and appear for this one, Zareen, who thinks she is a “little old at 25 years” tells Rediff.com‘s Divya Nair in a late night conversation over the telephone.

When the results were announced, Zareen who didn’t even have the courage to check her marks online, had to further explain to her bewildered parents what her success in the exam meant.

“My parents had no idea what CA is or how difficult it is to crack the exam,” she says while talking about how the entire neighbourhood came together to congratulate her for her achievement.

What makes Zareen’s story so inspiring is the fact that she is the first post graduate in the family and perhaps one of the few highly educated young women in Mumbra, a township on the outskirts of Mumbai, where she grew up and currently lives with her family of six.

Zareen is congratulated by her family. She lives in Mumbra with her parents, a younger sister and two younger brothers.

Growing up, Zareen, an academically bright student, was often subjected to criticism from neighbours over pursuing higher education.

“I used to score over 85 per cent and even stood second through my graduation and post graduation. Yet people would often say ‘kya kar logi itna padhai karke? Aage jake shaadi hi to karna hai,’ she recalls.

“I am sure everyone knows now that I stay in a 300 square foot one room kitchen which is shared by my parents, a younger sister and two brothers,” she says while explaining that her educational journey wasn’t a cakewalk for her.

Zareen’s father works as an auto mechanic and all her siblings equally contribute towards running the home, she informs us.

Although Zareen was aware of her family’s financial and social standing, she firmly believed that the “place, conditions or challenges you are born with doesn’t define how your future will turn out to be.”

Studying for a competitive exam like Chartered Accountancy, where the overall pass percentage is less than 25%, requires more than just academic brilliance or good coaching, she agrees.

Zareen pursued online coaching through an institute in Faridabad which provided her study material and other resources.

“In the morning, the kids would be playing outside. My mother would be cooking at home; anyone would walk in to chat or for some work. So I would wait till evening to begin my studies,” she says.

“10 pm to 6 am was perfect for me. I started in November 2019 and studied minimum 10-12 hours in the months leading to the exam and up to 16 hours a month before the exam.”

Soon after the results were out, wishes started pouring in from all over. Their humble 300 sq ft home has been bustling with well wishers, including local politicians.

For Zareen, the biggest hurdle was fighting her fears. “Like everyone else, I feared failure. I know the best of people crumble under pressure. I had only one chance. I didn’t want to fail.”

Looking back, she feels that the lockdown was a blessing in disguise for students like her.

“When the exam kept delaying from May to November, I used all the time to revise over and over again. I think this constant link between studies and revision helped me prepare better and finish the exam on time. My aim was to attempt all the questions in 3 hours, which was possible. I must have barely left out 3-4 marks.”

Zareen’s new found fame may have turned her into a mini celebrity of sorts in Mumbra. But she is unperturbed by all the attention around her.

“I am happy that people want to support me. I feel more responsible now. I want to be a positive example for compulsory higher education among girls,” she tells us.

Zareen feels that this success is an eye opener for her to chase her dreams and support her family.

“I will not lie — I wasn’t too confident of my abilities, yet I could reach so far purely because of my consistent dedication. Also, my family supported me. I really hope my story gives more women the power to dream big and fulfill them too.”

Currently, Zareen spends her time applying for articleships and wants to focus on preparing for the CA final exam scheduled for November 2021.

“Agar aap me dedication aur vishwas hai, aap kuch bhi kar sakte hai. At least ab to koi nahi bolega itna padh likhke kya karoge?” she says.

“I am the first post graduate in my family. I want to be the first CA too.”

source: http://www.rediff.com / Rediff.com / Home> Getahead / by Divya Nair / February 19th, 2021

THE CAN OF CHARITY: A school in Ahmedabad has launched many initiatives for poor students

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Ahmedabad, GUJARAT :

FD High School’s novel way of charity. Photo : India Tomorrow.

Ahmedabad :

India has 413,670 flat-broke beggars, the most vulnerable and downtrodden section of society. However, human rights activists say the number is three times higher, with West Bengal ranking top with 81,224 panhandlers followed by 65,835 in Uttar Pradesh, 30,218 in Andhra Pradesh, 29,723 in Bihar, 28,695 in Madhya Pradesh and 25,853 in Rajasthan.

Even after some 60 years, the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959 has abysmally failed to eradicate begging in the country. The dirt-poor freeloaders in tattered clothes could be seen soliciting alms at bustling public places like bus terminals, railway stations, traffic signals, street markets and religious shrines. The penniless ragamuffins roaming the streets are branded as ‘pickpockets’, ‘trespassers’, anarchists’ as also ‘unhygienic elements’.

Though there are countless wandering mendicants without a rupee to their name, the workshy, good-for-nothing professional beggars earn anything between Rs 20,000 and a whopping Rs 40,000, and their tribe is increasing, especially after the Delhi High Court ruled in August, 2018 that begging was not a crime.  

Brainstorming for a long time on ways to stamp out this ‘source of public nuisance’, that is, begging, the high-brow principal of a prestigious school in Gujarat’s largest city, Ahmedabad, has hit upon a novel idea.

Kind-hearted students of the F D High School For Boys in Jamalpur locality no more let their hearts bleed for these knights of the roads and no more give alms to them. Instead, principal Zahid Mansuri has given them eye-catching donation boxes in the form of lightweight tin cans which they keep in their homes.

‘Can of Charity’

Students as well as their family members keep on dropping coins and currency notes in the colourful ‘can of charity’, called ‘sadqa no dabbo’ in Gujarati, for a couple of months or till the can is almost full after which the cash box is gifted to a poverty-stricken student, a widow, a sick or physically-challenged person, or to a cash-starved family.

“Instead of donating money to the poor strangers, we can hand over the cash-filled ‘cans of charity’ to the truly needy or family whose financial condition we know. Thus your hard-earned money goes to deserving people and changes their life for the better,” says Mansuri, a double post-graduate.

He has distributed some 300 cans to students, teachers, staff members and others all of whom liked the idea and those like physical training teacher A K Malek and retired bank officer M A H Kazi are demanding more dabbas.

While Malek says that it is better to avoid touching beggars while giving alms to them during corona times, Kazi feels that just giving Rs 2 to an unknown beggar does not serve any purpose.

Bleeding-heart teachers of the F D High School For Boys, part of the popular F D Education Society running 33 schools, colleges and technical institutes with 18,000 students on rolls, have dreamed up yet another way to silently lend a helping hand to underprivileged students without causing embarrassment to them.

‘Wall of Goodness’

Under an initiative called ‘Neki Ki Diwar’ (The Wall of Goodness), four or five wide-mouthed, tall transparent containers are kept at one place on the school premises, and generous students and teachers put new or used pencils, erasers, paintbrush, metal or plastic scales and even notebooks into them. Down-at-heel boys and girls or even those who have forgotten or lost these items can take their pick without asking permission from anyone. 

Well, Principal Mansuri and teachers, always ready to help students, realised that a good number of cash-starved students footed it to school from their distant homes, and enjoyed snacks from the money thus saved. Over several meetings to find a solution to this problem, the principal and teachers decided to get their old ramshackle bicycles repaired and donate them to the hard-up schoolers.

“Within a month, we collected 21 such rickety bicycles which after repairs looked spick and span. Not long ago, we donated these cycles to deserving and destitute students,” Mansuri told indiatomorrow.net. 

In sum, there are 35,000 schools in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat and one only hopes other schools will learn a lesson from F D High School For Boys.

source: http://www.indiatomorrow.net / India Tomorrow / Home> Education> Featured / by Mahesh Trivedi, India Tomorrow / April 02nd, 2021

UAE-Based Indian Businessman Yusuff Ali Appointed Vice-Chairman Of Abu Dhabi’s Top Govt Body

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KERALA / UAE :

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has appointed prominent Indian businessman M.A. Yusuff Ali as the vice-chairman of the apex government body for all businesses operating from the UAE’s capital city, making him the only person from India on the 29-member board.

Yusuff Ali is the chairman and managing director of UAE-based Lulu Group International, which runs a chain of businesses with an annual turnover of over 8.1 billion dollars.

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Mohamed bin Zayed has issued a resolution to form a new Board of Directors for Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, chaired by Abdullah Mohamed Al Mazrouei.

65-year-old Yusuff Ali was ranked the richest expat in the UAE by Forbes magazine 2019 and is the first Indian to receive permanent residency in Saudi Arabia. Ali also has a sizeable stake in Cochin International Airport Ltd. which runs and operates the Kochi airport.

Sheikh Mohammed issued a resolution to form a new Board of Directors for the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI), chaired by Abdullah Mohamed Al Mazrouei and Yusuff Ali as the Vice-chairman.

The ADCCI is the apex government body of all businesses established in Abu Dhabi. It will function as an effective bridge between the government and the business sector. Accordingly, every business establishment in Abu Dhabi has to be licensed by ADCCI.

Yusuff Ali described his appointment as “a very humbling and proud moment” in his life.

“My sincere gratitude to the visionary leadership of this great country and I will strive to do my best towards justifying the great responsibility entrusted upon me. Apart from working for the growth of Abu Dhabi economy & the larger business community, I will sincerely work towards further boosting the Indo-UAE trade relations,” he said.

Ali was recently honoured with the Abu Dhabi Award 2021, the highest civilian honour for his almost 5-decade long contributions in the fields of economic development and philanthropy.

source: http://www.thecognate.com / The Cognate / Home> News / by The Cognate News Desk / July 26th, 2021