Media Release
Qatar, Apr 23: Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) in association with Ministry of Interior (MOI) conducted the cultural fest for blue collar workers which entertained them with a new experience.
The cultural evening was aimed at providing entertainment to the blue collar workers as well as providing awareness on various topics of importance.The cultural programmes were put up by blue collar workers and different troupes on the occasion.
Awareness programs were conducted by committees of drugs and alcohol affairs from MOI, Public Relations Department of MOI, Community Police Department of MOI and Civil Defense department.
The public function was inaugurated by ambassador of India to Qatar P Kumaran. He congratulated ICC for conducting such program for the blue collar workers and told that his office is always open for workers to approach. He also encouraged workers to attend the reach out programs conducted by embassy when needed.
Captain Ahmed Abdul Karim Al Hammadi from Ministry of Interior was the guest of honour. He also appreciated ICC initiatives of conducting such functions for blue collar workers and promised all support from different departments of Ministry of Interior for the future events. He said MOI is committed to the welfare and wellbeing of workers and all expats community in Qatar.
ICC President Milan Arun welcomed the audience and thanked the Qatari Government and leadership for providing all support and care to the expat community in Qatar. Head of Finance Girish Jain proposed vote of thanks while head of membership K S Prasad conducted the public function prior to the cultural event.
The cultural fest was attended by blue collar workers from more than 40 companies in Qatar. They enjoyed different programs such as Punjabi dances, cinematic dances, Bollywood dances, folk performances, Hindi and regional language songs, songs, magic show, etc.
These events were performed by workers themselves as well as professional teams such as Trends Qatar etc. Kamal Sharma conducted the cultural session of the evening.
Awareness kiosks were put up by Ministry of Interior during the program and awareness sessions were conducted by various departments of MOI. Awareness on drugs was conducted by session chairman First Warrant Officer Abdullah Mutleq Al Shammari, who is a certified trainer from permanent committee for Drugs and Alcohol Affairs and was assisted by Dr Nadir Abba along with officers Abdul Rahman Muhammed Eisa, Khalid Khudadad and Waleed SalihNassi.
Awareness on ‘Pedestrian Safety’ was conducted by Nihas Abdul Majeed, Media Researcher from Public Relations department of MOI. Dr Bahauddeen Muhammed from Community Police Department led the session on awareness of Community Police in Qatar. Warrant officer Abdul Azeez Al Ruwaily from Civil Defense department and Faisal Al Hudawi from Public Relations Department led the sessions respectively on ‘How to Fight Fire’ and awareness on Qatar’s custom and tradition. Company representative who participated the sessions appreciated the MOI initiatives to educate the workers and support provided to the community.
Gifts were given out to the blue collar workers who participated in the events by ambassador P Kumaran.
The cultural fest was organized by ICC general secretary Juttas Paul, head of sports Jaffar Khan, vice president A P Manikantan along with ICC managing committee members and community representatives K R Jayaraj, Jees Joseph, Abdul Aziz, SubramanyHebbaglu and Mohammad Imran.
Ambassador P Kumaran presented a memento to Ministry of Interior for their support and cooperation extended to Indian Cultural Centre and Indian community at large. Mementos were also given to the sponsors of the event by ambassador P Kumaran and Captain Ahmed Abdul Karim Al Hammadi.
Platinum sponsors of the event were Grand Kerala Jewellers, Matrix and Gold Sponsors were Red Apple Events, Premier Teknomedia, Omega Engineering and Triune Engineering. Music partners were Trends Qatar.
Indian Cultural Centre is the official body of Indian expatriate community functioning under the aegis of Embassy of India for the purpose of advancement of social, cultural and educational activities of the Indian community in Qatar. The proclaimed objective of ICC includes promoting the rich Indian culture among Qatari nationals and expatriates of all other nationalities living in Qatar. Further, ICC is committed to function as a body of Indian Embassy to strengthen the deep-rooted Indo-Qatar friendship and cultural relationship.