The 8th Annual General Body Meeting of the Karnataka Non Resident Indian Forum was held at The Village restaurant here. Roshan Rodrigues, president, in his welcome address reiterated the vision, mission and objectives of the forum and the achievements in the last two years. Syed Haseebuddin, treasurer, made a presentation on the finances of the forum for the last accounting year. He also informed the members of the renewal of the certificate by the Karnataka government. Aijaz Ahmed, general secretary, made a presentation of the activities undertaken in 2015-16. Highlights of the activities being money collected for the flood victims of Chennai, Karnataka Nobel Trophy cricket tournament organized jointly with Jamiath ul Falah, celebration of the state's annual day and other activities in the service of the community. Two members of the committee, Ilyas Momin and Shaikh Soud conducted the election to elect the new executive committee. Roshan Rodrigues was elected president unanimously for a record third term. The new team: Roshan Rodriguez – president, Habib Rahaman – vice president, Mukarram Khan – vice president, Yashwanth Amin – general secretary, Syed Haseebuddin – treasurer, Manzour Ahmed – joint treasurer, Mohammed Saheb – joint secretary, Nasir J Shahsaheb – meeting coordinator, Sabu Chandran – sports secretary, Shaikh Saoud – sport secretary, Mohammed Saif – cultural secretary, Mohammed Kaleem – cultural secretary, Syed Shakeel Ahmed – joint cultural secretary, Mohammed Salem Khaleefa – press secretary, Peter Mascarenhas - membership coordinator, Dadapeer Hayath – IT coordinator Executive Committee Member : Sayed Nasir Khursheed, Krish Jangal, Niaz Ahmed, Aijaz Ahmed, Mohammed Mansoor, Arif Shimoga, Mohammed Ilyas Momin, Dr. Ashfaque Maniyar, Faizee Razak Sheikh. Five new life members were elected as Executive Committee Members and they are Dr. Firoz Mulla, Mohboob Ali Khan, Suresh Babu, Syed Kowsain Pasha, Altaf Almelker. Roshan expressed his gratitude to all the members and said, "You have unanimously elected me for the third term, in doing so, you have reposed your faith in me. Now I have to put my full energy and dedication to fulfill that faith and trust and will fight to achieve one of the crucial tasks of the forum which is close to my heart to get permission for our NRI students to appear in the CET examination." Newly elected General Secretary Yashwanth Amin delivered vote of thanks in which he expressed deep sense of appreciation towards all the members for attending this event and making it successful. Niaz Ahmed anchored the program, which ended with the rendition of the national anthem. — SG
