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Alfred D’Souza is new President of Sakath UAE

Alfred D’Souza is new President of Sakath UAE


Mangalore Today News Network

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Dubai 1Dubai, Feb 15: Thottam parishioners spread around UAE elected new office bearers recently. Alfred D’Souza, an entrepreneur and senior member of the organization, was elected as the president of the organization for the year 2010 - 2011


The annual general body meeting of the organization was held to elect the new committee members for year 2011.
 

Sakath’s outgoing president, William Rodrigues, thanked the members for their support during his stint as the organization’s president. General secretary, Precilla D’Souza, gave details about the functioning and achievements of Sakath during the last four years.  Treasurer, Frank Fernandes, gave a brief account of Sakath’s financial activities for year 2010-11.

 

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Mangalore: ‘Follow Culture, Righteousness’ – Swamiji at GSB Youth Convention Pics: Manju Neereshwallya Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP) Mangalore, Feb 14: Addressing the youth belonging to Gowda Saraswat Brahim (GSB) community at the GSB Youth Convention held in the city on Sunday February 13, junior swamiji of Kashi Mutt, Sri Samyameendra, advised the younger generation to follow the principles of righteousness and culture in their lives steadfastly. The convention, in which over 1,000 young members of the community participated, was organized by Lord Venkataramana Temple in Car Street here. “The young children should grow into the strong future pillars of the community. For this to happen, it is the duty of everyone to impart refinement, religious principles, customs and traditions of the community to them. The GSB community in general, comprises of people who are knowledgeable and intelligent. This is so because of the fact that our elders preached and practiced religion and culture. Of late, there has been a dearth of these things among the young generation and the elders alike. Conventions like this can effectively become a tool for guiding and awakening the youth towards the right direction,” the Swamiji felt in his benedictory address. He also recollected the services rendered by towering personalities from the community like Ammembal Subraya Pai, Dr T M A Pai and others, to the society. Dinesh Kamath of Akhil Bharat Samskara Bharati, urged the GSB community to conserve their rich traditions that are thousands of years old, and to preserve the recognition they have earned, of being intelligent people. Chempi Srikant Bhat felt that a section of the community suffers from problems because of lack of knowledge, not visiting temples and prayer centres including the Swamijis and seats of their religion regularly, not bowing before their parents, not performing the practices which are prescribed as per religion, and not growing spiritually. Sandhya Shenoy from Udupi spoke about life values. M N Pai and Mahesh Nayak dwelt on the subject of the art of communication and public speaking. Kumble Narasimha Prabhu, Jagannath Kamath, Narendra Nayak, J S Shenoy, A G Pai, and G G Mohanadas Prabhu participated in the session on career guidance. Managing trustee of the temple, C L Shenoy, welcomed. Pandit Narasimha Acharya delivered introductory address. Corporation Bank general manager, B R Bhat, Canara Chamber of Commerce and Industry president, G G Mohanadas Prabhu, Veera Venkatesha Charitable Trust secretary, T Ganapati Pai, Kumble Narasimha Prabhu, and several other dignitaries were present. Ganesh Prasad Mallya compered the programme.

 

The new committee members elected for 2011 are:

President:                     Alfred D’Souza
Vice-president:             Kelvin D’Souza
General secretary:        Melwin D’Souza
Joint secretary:             Precilla D’Souza
Treasurer:                     Frank Fernandes
Joint treasurer:              Ronald D’Souza
Event co-coordinator:   Terrance Furtado
Jt Event coordinator:    Ashwin D’Souza
Jt Event coordinator:    Elwin Lewis
Sports secretary:           Ravi Almeida
Jt Sports secretary:       Pascal Colaco
Jt Sports Secretary:       Ronald D’Almeida
Web developer:             Sunil D’Souza
Asst web developer:      Greta D’Souza (Sandesh section)
Asst web developer:      Reena Almeida (local news)
Liturgy:                         Nelson Vaz
PRO:                             Clifford D’Souza and  Agnel D’Souza.


Officers-in-charge:  Clarence Fernandes, Archibald Braganza, and Rohit Almeida.


The newly elected president, Alfred D’Souza, spoke about giving importance to the coming together of all the parishioners of Thottam for the growth of Sakath, and asked members to be more active and get voluntarily involved with all its activities. He especially wanted the new generation, which has new ideas and is fresh in its approach, to come forward to serve the organization. He assured all the parishioners that he is determined to make his tenure a memorable one.


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