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Daijiworld News Network - Dubai (GA)
Dubai, Feb 22: Billawas Dubai & NE not only a registered community organization for the Billawas in Dubai but also a leading organization whose aim, objective and motivation is always towards charity, had their Annual General Meeting at Fish Parade Restaurant, Bur Dubai on Friday February 20 to elect and renew their working committee to run its affairs for the next two years. It is learnt that Billawas Dubai & NE have distributed a record number of charity in monetary terms, that too just in the past four years and is one of the organizations to have a systematic management in all its affairs.
The outgoing president of Billawas Dubai in consultation with Advisory Board and Managing Committee members proposed new working committee members for the year 2009-2011 which was accepted with unanimous approval. This was really a smooth transition and demonstrated the strong unity among all the members of Billawas Dubai & NE.
Umesh Kuckian thanked the members for the support given to him and the committee during his tenure. He said that Billawas Dubai does not require a voting system and the leaders are chosen keeping in view their dedication and contribution to the Organization and community as a whole. However, complete approval of the Members on Board is a must requirement.
Mohan Attavar, one of the founding and active members of Billawas Organization in Dubai was unanimously selected as the next president. Mohan Attavar who was actively involved in Karnataka Sangha Dubai for more than a decade had also served as vice-president of Karnataka Sangha Dubai. He is the Managing director of Dubai-based MAS Technologies LLC, a leading software solution providing company in the region and also the chairman of Suraksha Hospital in Mangalore.
Praveen Kumar Attavar, another senior member since formation is selected as vice-president. Praveen Kumar, managing director of Perfect Shine & Prime Movers Group Company has been a strong support for Billawas Dubai in all their activities.
Madhav Poojary, a very active member is being selected as general secretary and Sudhakar Poojary another young and active member is being selected as joint secretary of Billawas Dubai & NE. Both were earlier serving as sports secretary and joint sports secretary respectively.
It was again a unanimous selection for treasurer's position and Vittal Poojary to continue with the post for the next two years. Vittal Poojary has done a tremendous job as treasurer all these years in managing funds in a very systematic manner and his role was commendable. Anand Bailoor, another senior member and former auditor is selected as joint treasurer. Prabhakar Suvarna another senior member and who was ex vice-president is being selected as auditor.
Purushottam Salian, a very active member is selected as sports secretary with Prakash Poojary, Prabhakar Poojary and Yogish Gujaran as joint sports secretaries.
Jaganath Bellare, another active member is being persuaded to continue as entertainment secretary with Deepak S P, Anil Kumar and Ganesh Kotian as joint entertainment secretaries in their team.
Ramnand Belapu is selected as cultural secretary and Satish Ullal, Jeevan Kuckian ,Yogish Salian as Joint cultural secretaries in their team. Vasanth Thumbe as PRO with Umanath Poojary, Raghu Jathan, Vaman Poojary, Devdas Suvarna and Premnath Kotian in their team.
Sujay Bendore, a dedicated media person and a senior member of Billawas Dubai is persuaded to handle media affairs of the organization. He is again unanimously selected and this time around he will have the support of Sreekanth Sanil to assist him.
Uday Kumar Kateel was again unanimously selected to continue as education secretary. He is being assisted by Nagaraj.
Rest of the previous members including new additions will serve in normal committee.
Ladies wing to have Shyamala Krishna Poojary, Chandrika Vaman Poojary, Smita Sujay, Sunitha K Poojary, Yogeetha Salian, Jayashree Sudhakar, Suvarna Satish, Rajini Kuckian, Soumya Vasanth, Deepa Jagannath, Amritha Prabhakar, Sreelatha Yogish, Kirthi Anil, Shubha Manoj, Divya & Smitha and they will assist in most of the above joint portfolios.
Advisory committee one of the decision makers along with managing committee to have Umesh Kuckian, Satish Poojary, Suresh Amin, Jeetendra Suvarna, Shodhan Prasad, Jayanand Kunder, Uday Kumar and Krishna Poojary in the portfolio.
Speaking to Media Billawas Dubai & NE new president Mohan Attavar said “Leading the Billawa Community in Dubai under Billawas Dubai & NE is a great honour and also a challenge in the present economic slowdown scenario. I accept this honor with humility and continue to uphold our objective of helping the needy”. He also said that sports and entertainment committee and other sub-committees will have lady joint secretaries. “We at Billawas Dubai do not believe in having a separate committee for ladies wing. We want our female members to work alongside main committee,” he said.