(MENAFN - Gulf Times) For the first time in Qatar, elections were conducted for Indian expatriate community apex bodies through a mobile application DIGIPOLL developed by the embassy of India. This was done to avoid mass gathering for the manual voting process in the current Covid-19 situation. The election process was flawless and a huge success with more than 95% participation. There was all-round acknowledgement and appreciation for the job done by the embassy in conducting the elections fairly and the results were declared in less than 30 minutes, after closing time.
For Indian Cultural Center (ICC), P N Baburajan was elected as president along with other managing committee members for 2021-22. The first ICC management committee meeting was held recently and the assigned positions were announced. The members are namely, Subramanya Hebbagelu, vice president; Krishna Kumar Bandhakavi, general secretary; Sudhir Gupta, secretary; Arshad Ali, head of finance; Anish George Mathew
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30 Jan 2021 - 15:50
The Peninsula
Doha: New management committee has taken charge at the Indian Cultural Center (ICC), an apex body of Indian Embassy, and held their first meeting on January 27, 2021.
The new committee for 2021-22 under President P N Babu Rajan, which was elected last month through a mobile application, DIGIPOLL, developed by Embassy of India, in their first meeting assigned positions to various committee members.
Subramanya Hebbagelu was chosen as Vice President, Krishna Kumar Bandhakavi as General Secretary, Sudhir Gupta as Secretary, Arshad Ali as Head of Finance, Anish George Mathew as Head of HR, Premises, Shweta Koshti as Head of Cultural activities, Kamla Dhansingh Thakur as Activity Coordinator and Education, Mohan Kumar as Head of Inhouse Activities, Afsal Abdul Majeed as Head of Consular Services and External Events and Sajeev Sathyseelan as Head of Affiliation and membership. Managing Committee allocations were done based on background and expe