IFF announces its panel for IIS Dammam managing committee election

naeem@coastaldigest.com (Ramesh S Bhandari)

April 24, 2012

Dammam, April 24: The India Fraternity Forum has announced its candidates for the forthcoming IIS Dammam Managing Committee Elections.

In a press release issued here, the IFF Eastern Regional Committee has requested all parents of IIS Dammam to cast their votes to the following candidates for better progress of prestigious Indian School in Dammam and for good future of kids studying there.

The candidates are Abdullah Manjeri (Kerala), Haradwala Mohammad Farooque(Gujrath) , Dr Khurshid Anwer (Bihar), K M Thirunavukkarasu(Tamil Nadu), Mohammad Abdul Waris(Andhra Pradesh), Mohammad Omer Zaman Khan(Andhra Pradesh),Nazeer Mohammad Zahid(Kerala).

IFF Eastern Region Co-ordinator Moosa Kutty (Kerala) and Secretary Mohammad Faisal(Tamil Nadu), stated that the decision about the candidates to be included was taken after discussion with the candidates.

IFF invited all candidates for discussion and all except three had fruitful discussions separately with the panel of IFF Dammam leaders from different states headed by Abdul Waheed (AP), Anwar Sadath( Karnataka),Nazrul Islam Choudhary (Assam),Parvez Ahmed (Bihar),Abdullah Ali (Kerala), Sayeed Mohamad (Maharashtra) and Afsar Husain( Tamil Nadu). The decision was made considering the need for a new managing committee accountable to the parents and Indian Community, with a capable team including academicians, management professionals and experienced hands to enable it to address the recent issues alarming parents of IIS Dammam.

IFF have also suggested a few guidelines to the candidates urging them to try their level best to accomplish and to update parents time –to –time with transparent communication by forming a platform for parents, teachers and Managing Committee members.

Forum has formed a sub-committee under Mohamad Faisal Tamil Nadu for a wide campaign among parents from various communities of different states of India in Dammam, Khobar and other regions to promote its candidates.

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