The general body meeting of ICYM, Barkur was held on Sunday, 8^th June at Mary knoll High School hall. Mr. Roshan Picardo, Secretary presented the annual report before the body. After the initial discussions the elections of the Office Bearers were held. Representatives from all the 8 wards of Barkur Parish were elected for the working committee. Soon after the election of the working committee, the committee met and elected the office bearers for the year 2003 - 2004. Mr. Alwyn D'Almeida, a young entrepreneur from Barkur , who serves as the President of the Rotaract Club , Barkur is elected as the President of ICYM. 

Mr. Alwyn Fernandes.

The election results are as follows

President                : Mr. Alwyn D'Almeida, Halekody

Vice President         : Miss Jennifer Lobo, Hosala St. Lawrence

Secretary                : Miss Sabitha Mascarenhas, Hanehalli

Joint Secretary        : Mr. Rolbin D'Souza, Kachur

Treasurer                : Miss Priya D'Almeida, Halekody

Cultural Secretary     : Mr. Kenneth Barnes, Nagarmutt

Sports Secretary       : Mr. Roshan Lobo, Hosala

Liturgical Secretary      : Mr. Joylous Fernandes, Nagarmutt

Yuvak Rep                : Mr. Ivan D'Souza, Hanehalli

Mrs. Eugene Quadros, Ex President, Catholic Sabha, Udupi District was the election officer and conducted the elections. Kallianpur Varado President Mr. Lancer Fernandes, Animators Mr. Herald D'Souza and Mrs. Noreen Lobo were present during the occasion.

ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTISTS OF INDIAN ORIGIN IN AMERICA, INC.

Dr. Fernandes is making efforts to raise funds to help send students to college. In an annual gathering, of the above mentioned Association, in San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Gabriel Fernandes, ASIOA President addressed all members and guests gathered (nearly 100) during the banquet dinner held at Clarion Hotel. First, he requested that the gathering observe a brief period of silence in memory of the late Kalpana Chawla, the distinguished Astronaut from India, and also……etc. etc.

A copy of the fundraising appeal, made to this distinguished gathering, in verbatim, is given below:

"Dr. Fernandes also proposed to the members, for the very first time, a new project to collect funds to help a rural college science laboratory in Karnataka State, to replace outdated equipment. For this project, a total of only $2,100 (equivalent to 1 Lakh Rupees) will be raised initially within 6 months to send funds to one of the poor colleges in India. All members showed keen interest in the new project and a few have already pledged their support. In addition, many agreed to start similar kinds of small projects each year to help train new science students in India."

This is just to inform to our kind readers that his newly created "Village to College" Scholarship  programme is very much at his heart and he wants it to expand it further in coming months. In addition it is quite encouraging to learn that he is also making further efforts in raising new funds to his old Alma Mater, National Pre-University College to equip their science laboratory. We all at Barkur.Com would like to wish him best of luck in his new endevours.

Dr. Gabriel Fernandes ,Email: GFernandes@SATX.com

barkur.com derives great pleasure in announcing that it has already featured Dr.Gabriel Fernandes, a proud son of Barkur as the Personality of the month, who is also featured as Personality of the month in the newly launched Portal www.mangalorean.com. To read more about the distinguished scientist, please click here

Mr. Roshan D'Souza, a dynamic web designer has successfully launched his unique unparalleled website, committed to Mangaloreans in North America and around the world on May 10, 2003.

The major sections of this portal are: Mangalorean Voices, Mangalorean Star, Marriages, Kitchen, Entertainment, Messenger etc.

This web portal system's Managing Editor is Ms. Queenie Mendonca of Chicago. Mr. Roshan D'Souza is the creator and promoter of this website. He has been having more than 7 years of extensive experience in the IT industry specialized in e-commerce, web -services and server administration. He is working as a Senior Systems Engineer in Connecticut, USA.

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