Doha: Tulu Koota Hosts Health Awareness Symposium
by Alexis Castelino - Doha
Daijiworld Media Network—Doha (CN)
Doha, Jun 27: Tulu Koota Qatar, a socio-cultural organization of members from coastal Karnataka, hosted a health awareness symposium on Friday June 25 at the club house, Layan Garden Villa Compound, Salwa Road.
The highlights of the symposium were the root causes of various diseases and precautionary measures to prevent them.
Dr Pravesh Jaguri a cardiologist, post graduate from GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, and Dr Abdul Rasheed, paediatrician and a medical entrepreneur, post graduate from Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, were the guest speakers of the evening.
Sarojini Shetty, mother of former president Ravi Shetty, was the chief guest at the event. President Ramchandra Shetty welcomed the gathering.
Tulu Koota felicitated meritorious students of the organization who had excelled in academics.
The students felicitated were Aishwarya Manjunath Shetty, daughter of Manjunath and Sudha Shetty, who scored A1 grade in all the subjects in the class 10 board exams, a student of MES Indian School; Akshatha Prabhu, daughter of Ramakrishna and Latha Prabhu, who scored A1 grade in all the subjects in the class 10 board exams, a student of DPS MIS Indian School; Anusha Sevgoor Kamath, daughter of Ullas Sevgoor Kamath and Usha U Kamath, who scored 92.20% in science, in class 12 board exams, a student of MES Indian School.
Dr Jaguri spoke on ‘Heart Attack, Risk Factors and Prevention’ while Dr Rasheed spoke on ‘Heat Stroke, Risk Factors and Prevention’. Both the sessions were followed by a 10-minute question and answer session.
Archana Shetty was the host of the evening and Della Rego proposed the vote of thanks.
A prominent member of the Karnataka expatriate community Milan Arun, head of ICC affiliated organizations and councilor services, Divakar Poojary, general secretary ICBF, Rehman Saab, vice-president KMCA, Ravi Shetty and Prakash Chandra Ajila, former presidents of Koota, were also present.
Tulu Koota Qatar also released a list of the new committee members which is as follows:
Executive Committee Members (EXCOM):
Ramchandra Shetty - President
Asmat Ali – Vice-President
Sandesh Anand - General Secretary
Seetharama Shetty - Treasurer
Archana N Shetty - Cultural Secretary
Kiran Anand - Sports Secretary
Della Rego - Joint Secretary
Vani P Rao - Ladies Co-ordinator
Advisory Council:
Divakar Poojary
Prakash Ajila
Ravi Shetty
Co-opted Members:
Keshava Moolya
Padmashree R Shetty
Dhananjay Rai
Sports Advice & Support:
Mohan Jeppinamogaru
Harish Poojary
Uday Shetty
For General Advice & Support:
Imran Manna
Akshatah Hegde
Yashpal Puthran
Sudhir Kumar
Special Invitees:
Chidanand Naik
Manjunath Shetty
Milan Arun
Veena Rao
Iqbal Manna
Mohammad Shameem
Vivian D’Souza
Abdulla Monu
Dineshchandra Shetty
Shridhar Nayak
Special Needs/Appeals:
Ravi Shetty
Iqbal Manna
Seetharam Shetty