Media Release
Riyadh, Oct 26: A good number of people gathered to grace the occasion of KWAR's 9th annual general body meeting on Friday October 21 afternoon at Al Fakhra Istra in the city. The meeting began around 1.30 pm after a scrumptuous lunch served to all the invitees/members.
P M Bhaskar, the greatly talented key person of KWAR welcomed the guests and the president Rajesh Kumar, vice-president Santhosh Shetty, general secretary Nelson D'Souza and treasurer Shashidhar Haridas to the dais. Members of the outgoing committee shared their experience and each member shared their love for KWAR which was well appreciated by the huge gathering.
The outgoing KWAR president Rajesh Kumar in his keynote address stressed on the need for unity in KWAR and thanked all the office bearers, executive members, members and well-wishers who supported him during his reign as 7th and 8th president of KWAR. He further urged the committee members to utilize their spare time for the service of the association.
An illustrated presentation was delivered by KWAR’s general secretary Nelson D'Souza who briefed the audience about the KWAR programmes, achievements and charity works during the period 2015-2016 which was well understood by the gathered crowd.
Shashidhar Haridas who had a great stint as treasurer of KWAR gave a brief on financial statements, which reflected all the positive financial aspects of KWAR as a successful organization. The specialty of Shashdhar Haridas’s presentation was that he addressed the crowd in one of the purest forms of our native Kannada which was well appreciated by the gathered. Pervez Ali a keen, dedicated member and well-wisher of KWAR delivered a memorable speech in which he expressed his unconditional love for KWAR Organization and its motto and remembered the contributions made by the past presidents and urged the members to bring in young and new members to the KWAR fold. He stressed that KWAR is the only unique organization in KSA, which gels people of all religions under one umbrella. Further, in his speech he showered praises on the outgoing president’s dedication toward the success of KWAR and wished the new president Santhosh Shetty a great success in his future endeavors.
The core issue of the day began with the outgoing president dissolving all the committees and sub-committees. A specially appointed election committee represented by Jayaram Shetty (KANOO), Jagannath Shetty and Jagadish Alva (Carrier Saudi) were given the task of conducting the election procedure and electing the new president, vice president and all the other important portfolios of KWAR executive committee.
The election commissioners gave each member a chance to represent himself and the overwhelming enthusiasm shown by the members justified the elected member’s love for KWAR as well as upholding the unity of KWAR. Apparently, the election commissioners had the pleasure of announcing the unanimous election of president Santhosh Shetty, vice-president Muzaffar Ali, gen secretary Shashidhar Haridas, Joint Secretary Victor Manezes, treasurer Nelson D’Souza and joint treasurer Nazeer Ahmed, Ramesh Shetty and Rajesh Kumar were nominated as advisors as well as other office bearers of KWAR team 2016-2017. The unique background music played by host P M Bhaskar while announcing the names of each and every elected member made it a very entertaining and grand evening. Programme host P M Bhaskar thanked all the 3 election commissioners and presented them with flower bouquets as a mark of respect from KWAR.
The newly elected president Santosh Shetty was felicitated by the outgoing president Rajesh Kumar. Santhosh shetty, a well-known organizer and social worker promised to maintain the Unity of KWAR at any cost through his dedication and love for the organization. In his speech the newly elected president remembered and praised all the members who had contributed so far, especially the extraordinary efforts and contributions of Rajesh Kumar one of the founder members and main pillars in bringing
this organization to the present high. The outgoing president Rajesh Kumar was felicitated by all the members and the grand evening came to an end with the recitation of Jana Gana Mana, our revered National Anthem.
Office bearers for the year 2016-17:
President - Santhosh Shetty
Vice president - Muzaffer Ali
General secretary - Shashidhar Haridas
Joint secretary - Victor Menezes
Treasurer - Nelson D’Souza
Joint treasurer - Nazeer Ahmed
Internal auditor - Mahesh Hegde
Cultural secretaries – P M Bhasker, Jayakar Poojary, Ajit Kumar and Prasanna Rao
Sports secretaries – Iqbal Shirva, Anoop Shetty and Salman Noor
PRO – Yathiraj Malpe and Parvez Ali
Coordinators – Suresh Raj Suvarna, Subhash Shetty and Ashwath Rai
Media coordinator – Nithin Rai
Advisors – Ramesh Shetty and Rajesh Kumar
Executive Members: Mohammed Yunus, Hamid Nazir, Jagadish Belchada, Shrikant Amin, Prakash Amin, Irfan Aboobakar, Tejraj Shetty, Umesh Shetty, BhaskerSalian, Usman Gulwadi, JagannathKotian, Hussain Shafi, Varun Kumar and Dilip Kumar.