Muscat: MCCP Held Workshop on Entrepreneurship
Report by : Dolly Sequeira
Photographs : Dilip Correa
Daijiworld Media Network - Muscat
Mangalore, Feb 22: Mangalorean Catholic Centre of the Parish (MCCP – Sts. Peter and Paul Church - Ruwi) under the dynamic leadership of Clarence Donald Pinto took initiative to conduct a workshop on Entrepreneurship called EEE – Entrepreneurship : Essential Elements on Friday, 20th February 2009 at Sts. Peter and Paul Church Hall, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman. The workshop was organized with an intention to acquaint Mangaloreans to the nuances of business and to encourage them to venture into entrepreneurship. Mangalore has always been a broth of talented engineers, doctors, accountants and other professionals who are serving India and the world community. While Mangalore produces umpteen engineers and doctors, the workshop looked to inspire more Mangaloreans into considering business as a serious career option by relating some stories of entrepreneurial success.
The main presenter of this event was Ivan A. Fernandes, who is known as the “Bill Gates” of Mangalore. Ivan is the immediate past President of Kanara Entrepreneurs Ltd (KEL) – Dubai. KEL was setup in 2004 to promote entrepreneurship among individuals hailing from the Konkan region. Ivan was also the past President of The Indus Entrepreneur. Currently, Ivan is the Chairman and Managing Director of Ducont FZ LLC, a Dubai Internet City based organization and a leader in providing corporate mobility solutions to customers in the Middle East. In addition, he is a board member/advisor of Tricolour Investments, Ducont, Regent Technologies, KEL Holdings Ltd, Mangalore Internet City Pvt. Ltd., Al Ghurair University, Dubai, and St. Joseph’s Arts & Science College, Bangalore.
The other three presenters were, Daniel Fernandes, Managing Partner of Dafnia Electronics LLC, Dubai, Dafnia Com – Tech FZCO Jebel Ali, Today Electronics, Subai Suleyum Al Kiyumi Trading LLC, Muscat; Dorothy Fernandes, Director Planning and Strategy - they are the lead members of KEL Dubai; and Oswald Soares, he is the Lead member of KEL and is the Managing Director of Shelving Trading LLC. Dubai and Albert Rodrigues is the current President of KEL and Managing Director of Millennium Insurance Brokers Co. LLC, Dubai
The event was an educating session for all gathered there and the response from the participants was very encouraging. The event was conducted by versatile Nirmala Goveas, the prayer was led by Hilda Fernandes the profiles were ready by Dolly Sequeira and Samuel D Silva. The vote of thanks was conducted by Hazel Dias.