Media Release
Udupi, Oct 29: The Udupi District Muslim Federation will organise a friendship meet and an award presentation ceremony on October 31 at 6.30 pm at the UBMC Auditorium in Mission Compound, Udupi.
Addressing a press conference at the Udupi Press Club on Thursday, Federation district president Mohammed Moula and former president Yaseen Malpe announced the details of the programme.
Rizwan Arshad, minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs, legal metrology and Udupi district in-charge minister, will present the awards. A B Ibrahim, former Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner, will inaugurate the programme. Mohammed Moula will preside over the event, while Mohammed Yaseen Malpe, convener of the Karnataka State Muslim Federation, will deliver the keynote and felicitation address.
Social activist and actor Prakash Raj will receive the 'Manava Ratna' award while Dubai-based entrepreneur Hidayatullah Abbas will be honoured with the 'Seva Ratna' award, and writer and social activist Suresh Bhat Bakrabail will receive the 'Souharda Ratna' award. Each awardee will receive a memento and a cash prize of Rs 50,000.
Social workers and achievers from various fields will also be felicitated. They include Ibrahim Saheb Hangarakatte, Bipin Chandrapal of Karkala, Gerald Pinto of Udupi, Chandrashekhar Shetty of Kundapur, social activist Geetha Suresh Kumar of Byndoor, and writer Fatima Raliya of Hejamadi.
Several dignitaries will attend the programme, including Jayakar Shetty Indrali, chief district commissioner of Bharat Scouts and Guides; Jaya C Kotian, president of the Dakshina Kannada-Udupi District Mogaveera Mahajana Sangha; Divakar Sanil, honorary president of the Udupi District Billava Youth Forum; Congress leader Uday Kumar Shetty Muniyal; Udupi Sahabalwe convener Prof Phaniraj; DSS state organising convener Sundar Master; Udupi District Congress president Kishan Hegde Kolkebailu; SDPI district president Asif Koteshwar; CPI(M) district secretary Suresh Kallaghar; K Ashraf, vice-president of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District Muslim Central Committee; Haji Sulaiman Saheb of the Thirthahalli Muslim Federation; and Imtiaz Ahmed Umar Sheikh of the North Canara Muslim United Forum.
Federation general secretary Ismail Hussain Katapady, programme convener Maulana Zameer Ahmed Rashadi, co-convener Peeru Saheb and media spokesperson Iqbal Manna were present at the press conference.