Media Release
Dubai, Nov 26: Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) arranged a special felicitation function at the Suba Banquet Hall in the city. BCF felicitated Mohiuddin Bava, MLA, Government of Karnataka, Devi Prasad Shetty, district president of Union of Udupi District Gramma Panchayaths, Zafarullah Khan, chief advisor, BCF and managing director, Zain International Group of Hotels and K S Sheikkaba, founder general secretary, BCF.
Dr Kaup Mohamed welcomed all the guests. Dr B K Yusuf, president of BCF presided over the function. Dr Yusuf thanked Zafarullah Khan for his valuable support to BCF. He praised the magnanimity of Zafarullah Khan’s contribution in serving society. He thanked him for his pledge to continue with BCF. He explained about the forthcoming BCF World Kannadiga Convention, his plan and strategy to make it a most successful event and he expressed his hope that all the leaders and committee members of BCF will join hands to make the program a thundering success. He also thanked Devi Prasad Shetty and K S Sheikkaba for attending the program.
Zafarullah Khan was nominated as chairman of World Kannadiga Convention for Arts and Culture 2016 scheduled to be held in April 2016. Zafarullah Khan expressed his pride to be with BCF and in the course of social service, he promised his continuing support to BCF at all points of time. He also praised the leadership of BCF and the commitments of its committee members. He pledged his full support to the forthcoming BCF event namely World Kannadiga Convention for Arts and Culture 2016 and also stated that he will invite renowned personalities of the State of Karnataka to attend the function.
Mohiuddin Bava, MLA expressed his pleasure to be associated with BCF for the past several years. He promised to provide full support to BCF for cultural programs and scholarship activities.
Devi Prasad Shetty stated that he was highly delighted to attend the function and thanked BCF for its kind hospitality. He also stated that with the support of all the community members, he succeeded in making Belapu an ideal village and is planning to make further rural development by establishing colleges, professional training centres etc.
K S Sheikkaba thanked the BCF for honouring him. He elaborated on how few NRI Beary brothers in the UAE initiated the idea of forming an association and subsequently under the leadership of Dr Yusuf the BCF was founded. He expressed his pleasure in seeing that today BCF has grown substantially to become one of the most dynamic associations.
The felicitation function was attended by all the managing committee members including vice presidents, ladies wing members and several other guests. Industrialist Chandrahas and Anantaram were given a bouquet as a mark of respect. Similarly, Zafarullah Khan and Sheikkaba were given a bouquet as well. Niyaz Ahmed from Coastal Digest and Rafique Kolpe from VK news were also given a bouquet and were nominated as media coordinators for the forthcoming BCF event. Buffet dinner was hosted by the BCF. Abdul Lathif Mulky proposed the vote of thanks.