Members of Karnataka Sangha during the event
Doha: Karnataka Sangha Qatar (KSQ) celebrated the 160th birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshwarayya on September 15.
It has been a custom followed ever year. The programme started with a notable quote from Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshwarayya, “It is better to work and wear out, rather than rust and perish.”
Chief Guest for the programme was Engineer Munera Fahad Al Dosari, Chief strategy officer at Ooredoo Qatar.
Technical presentations were given by Ramesh, Senior Electrical engineer at QCHEM Mesaieed (seconded from Worley, Qatar), Hanumesh Siddegowda and Kumaraswamy.
Karnataka Sangha Qatar has been felicitating Engineers from Indian origin with the distinguished “Abhiyantarashri” award since its inception.
This year the Abhiyanatarashri award was conferred upon Indian expatriates for their contribution to the development of society and humanitarian services.
The first recipient was Hemachandran, Senior General Manager, Infrastructure, Galfar Al Misnad, originating from Andhra Pradesh and the second recipient was Mahesh Gowda, Vice-President ICBF, from Karnataka.
The felicitation ceremony was arranged at Kanjani Hall, Integrated Indian Community Centre (IICC) premises in the presence of KSQ President, Nagesh Rao, KSQ Management committee members, KSQ past presidents Veerabhadrappa Mannangi, Deepak Shetty, Venkat Rao, Madhu Krishnamurthy and Venkat Rao, ISC representative and KSQ past president Arun Kumar, and ICBF Joint Secretary Subramanya Hebbagelu.
The vote of thanks was presented by the Cultural secretary of KSQ, Akshaya Shetty.
