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Darez Ahamed appointed as Special Officer for Chess Olympiad

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Manjeri, KERALA / Chennai, TAMIL NADU :

He will help organise the 44th International Chess Olympiad from July 28 to August 10

The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday appointed Darez Ahamed, Special Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, as Officer on Special Duty for conducting the 44 th International Chess Olympiad from July 28 to August 10.

As per rules, sanction is granted for creation of a temporary post of Officer on Special Duty, Chess Olympiad, in the Office of Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu in the Super Time Scale of IAS for a period of six months, a Government Order issued by Chief Secretary V. Irai Anbu said.

Dr. Ahamed, Mission Director, National Health Mission, Special Secretary to Government, Health and Family Welfare Department, will be placed in full additional charge for the post of Officer on Special Duty.

He will assist the Committee for Organising Chennai Olympiad (COCO) Society with respect to the Olympiad and undertake necessary activities in coordination with the Principal Secretary, Youth Welfare and Sports Development, and Member Secretary, Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.

Dr. Ahamed will also be ex-Officio member of the COCO Society and also Member Secretary of its Executive Sub Committee.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Tamil Nadu / by Special Correspondent / Chennai – April 09th, 2022

10-day book festival in Perambalur from January 31

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The 10-day annual book festival will commence at the municipal ground near the new bus stand here on January 31.

More than 50 publishing companies and equal number of book selling companies will participate in the expo, a brain child of Collector Darez Ahamed. The exhibition last year netted a sale of about Rs. 98 lakh while Rs. 38-lakh worth books were sold in 2011. This year it has been targeted to sell books worth Rs. 1.05 crore through the exhibition, sources said.

V. Irai Anbu, Director of Anna Institute of Management and Director General of Training, and M. Thirumalai, Vice Chancellor, Tamil University, Thanjavur, will be chief guests at the inaugural function on Tuesday evening. Noted writers, including Ponneelan, Sahitya Akademi awardee and president of the All India Progressive Writers Association, Su. Venkatesan, Sahitya Akademi awardee, S.Tamilselvam, Prof. G. Gnanasambandam, and Parveen Sulthana, Tamil scholars, and Thamira, film director, will participate in programmes at the venue on different days.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Tiruchirapalli / by Special Correspondent / Perambalaur – Decemeber 30th, 2013