Dubai: The second anniversary of Kannada Mitraru-UAE was celebrated here on April 29 at JSS International School, Al Barsha Dubai. The programme began at 6.20pm.
The programme was inaugurated by Kannada Mitraru president Shashidhar Najarajappa in the presence of Arman Louis of Radio Spice and Mohan Narasimha Moorthy of ABB and Ecostar Technical Services director Siddalingesh B R.
Sunil Gavaskar welcomed the guests. Shama Sankole and Prathyush Najaraj Rao compered the main programme. Shwetha Nadig Sharma and Sathish Hegde compered the welcome and the concluding ceremony. Chandra Shekhar Sankole welcomed the guests to the dias.
Shashidhar Nagarajappa explained about the efforts and the work done by Kannada Mitraru in teaching Kannada language.
Arman Louis spoke on the importance of Kannada language among the NRIs.
Chief guest Dr Shivakumar D P called upon usage of Kannada every day.
Mohan Narasimhamurthy hailed Kannada Mitraru for its selfless service in promoting Kannada language.
Dr Rashmi Nandakishor promised to provide all possible support to the school.
Over 56 students who passed from the Kannada Patha Shale in 2016 were distributed certificates and medals. Teachers Shilpa Siddalingesh, Shwetha Nadig, Roopa Shashidhar, Kavya Yuvraj, Vanitha Chandrashekhar, Meera Vineeth, Kamakshi Suresh, Rakshitha Ganavari, Mamatha Kotian were honoured with gold coin by the parents of the students on the occasion. Microwave Ovens sponsored by Devu Electronics were also gifted to them.
Masood Unnisa from Pakistan, who learnt Kannada and also encouraged his son, was felicitated on the occasion.
Students presented cultural programme on the occasion.
Shwetha Nadig and Venkat conducted quiz for the students who were divided into three groups and were given prizes.
Song by Ruchika, Pranav, Maneesh, Amoghaversha, Sinchana and Kishan, along with some classical rendition by Madhavi Prasad won the hearts.
Mamatha Kotian and team, who trained parents about handicrafts, displayed handicrafts made by their team. Surekha Veerendra Babu selected the winners and prizes were distributed by Vineeth.
Puttaraju Gowda, Arun Kumar, Kantha P Gowda, Yuvraj, Shanthaveer Ganavari, Sudhir Bhandary, Shriram put their efforts for organising the programme successfully.
Kannada Patha Shale run by Kannada Mitraru provides free Kannada language classes from the last two years in UAE.
