Category: PIO’s

** Biden nominates Indian-American to be first Muslim envoy for religious freedom

President Joe Biden has nominated an Indian-American, Rashad Hussain, as the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, and if approved by the Senate he will be the first Muslim to head US diplomacy for advancing religious liberties.

** Gulf Medical University Hosts first-ever ‘White Coat Fashion Show’ by healthcare heroes

Gulf Medical University along with DCOM designs, Root Square, and the Paint Brush Art Community, Dubai organized the first-ever fashion show in the region by Healthcare heroes. The event, called Walking Art, is a tribute by the artistic community of the United Arab Emirates towards our frontline heroes.

The program was attended by Prof Hossam Hamdy, chancellor of Gulf Medical University- the chief guest of the function, along with Dr Bu Abdullah, chairman of BU Abdullah group and Uttam Chand, consul of Visa and community affairs, consulate of India, who were the guests of honor.

The fashion show was started with an opening act by Gulf Medical University Alumni led by Dr Ramita, and comprising of participants Dr Afrah, Dr Kajal and Dr Sandra.

** Awarding Australian Alumni

13 recipients were awarded with over AUD 150,000 during the event.

The 13 recipients shared their projects from various fields, including environment, technology, agriculture, communication, gender, clean energy and more. Of the selected, four represented Chennai-based teams – Madhavi Shankar for communication app SpaceBasic, Venkateswaran Palat Krishnan for STEM Challenge Pilot, Ashok Jalagam for an Automated Millet Finder, and Lakshmi Venugopal for an Indo-Australian Platform on Environmental Education and Research (IA-PEER). The remaining recipients were posted in Kolkata, Mumbai, and New Delhi.

** Tulu Koota Kuwait to organize Tulu Lipi learning class

Tulu Koota Kuwait is organizing the inauguration of ‘Bale Tulu Kalpuga’ –a series of online Tulu Lipi Classes inauguration in association with Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy, Mangaluru on July 30, at 10.30 AM Kuwait time (1.00PM IST), virtually on zoom platform.

Dayananda G Kattalsar, president, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy will inaugurate the program. Dr Thukarama Poojary, founder, Rani Abbakka Tulu Study Center will preside over the function as chief guest.

** Australia to showcase Indian alumni among global leaders to woo students

A Study Australia Masterclass Series of live events has also been launched under the flagship Australia India Business Exchange (AIBX) programme.

“After China, India is the second-most important region from where we get most of our international students. In October 2020, 1,15,000 Indian students were studying in Australia, which was 17% of the total foreign students studying here. We are happy that our current endeavour — the masterclass series — has so far had 10.3 million views,” said Ashish Sharma, director, South Asia, at Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade).

“We know the Indian students are key stakeholders and we have numerous success stories. We will now highlight some of the top Indian students who studied in Australia and have now become global leaders,” Sharma said.