Abu Dhabi: India Social and Cultural Centre celebrated it’s 48th Anniversary at the ISC main auditorium here on April 9.
The programme began with the oath taking ceremony of the newly elected office bearers for the year 2015-16. Ambassador of India to UAE T P Seetharam administered the oath to the following Office bearers.
Ramesh Panicker President, Dr Raja Balakirshna Vice President, M A SalamGeneral Secretary, Saji Kumar Assistant Secretary, T N Krishnan Treasurer,Dileep Assistant Treasurer, Joseph George Entertainment Secretary, RajeshSridharan Nair Assistant Entertainment Secretary, Godfrey P Antony Literature Secretary, C George Varghese Sports Secretary, Mohamed Yonus UsmanAssistant Sports Secretary, Suresh Kumar Auditor and Mohamed Sali Shafi Assistant Auditor.
ISC Gen Secretary Abul Salam welcomed the gathering. ISC President Ramesh Panickar delivered the presidential address.
T P Seetharam delivered an inspiring speech about India’s “Clean Ganga“ Project and requested people to contribute towards the project. As an initial contribution towards Clean Ganga Project, members of India Social and Cultural Centre collected Rs 1 lakh. Mangalorean Arthur D’Souza also contributed Rs 1Lakh towards the project.
Sudheer Shetty President of UAE Exchange and Dr Naveen Kumar Air India manager Abu Dhabi were felicitated on the occasion.
A farewell programme was organized for the old members on the occasion. There was a cultural programme. Vice President Dr Raja Balakrishna delivered the vote of thanks.
