Here they are: The NRI Leadership Award Winners -by gasper crasto / Kuwait
Supposed to be one of the most prestigious awards given to Goan NRIs, reading views on the net about the credibility of the winners (especially by Dubaikars) is a bit baffling. Its always a shame when a prize becomes a popularity contest. Just because one is unaware of or do not like the contributions of certain people do not mean that they have not done outstanding things. It should be comparatively unimportant who agrees and who does not that the recipient is the best; but the aim should be that most people accept him/her as a good, inspiring model. To better know the awardees I have uploaded photos of all the winners with a brief profile. They do fully seem deserving of the recognition on paper but ofcourse different individuals in the rest of the countries have a different view. A complete summary on the individuals is being covered by Gulf Goans e-Newsletters of www.goa-world com/ Many of us could be wrong in judging, as the saying goes: A prophet is not recognized in his own land. This can be true of Kuwait as well, for, none have openly hailed the winners from Kuwait. Or, is it alright for us to applaud when someone wins an award which they themselves claim not to have been invented? One of the theories of the Community Service Leadership Awards (as it looks) is that these awards generate publicity about merit. This insight will help to boost the winners to do something extraordinary in future than what they have done so far for in their community. But certainly, if there are no suitable nominations, it is better not to give any award at all than to give it to undeserving people. The prize will become more relevant if the prize committee changes its suspected prejudiced behavior. Once again, those who comment on the net (the Goa Net in general, of which I count myself a member) put their myopia, narrow-mindedness, bitterness and irrelevancy on open display. No need to even reference previous posts; just read back and praise the ones who have been lucky enough to have been awarded. You could argue in the same way that the Nobel Prize in economics is sometimes won by non-economics people. :::Heres a list of the Winners with photos::: The awards were presented on March 29 at Hotel Mandovi, Panaji, Goa during the Conference on Indian expatriates in the Gulf countries. Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Shri Vayalar Ravi presented the awards. The function was presided by Commissioner of NRI Affairs Shri Eduardo Faleiro while Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Digambar Kamat was the chief guest. The honored recipients (Know them better): Click for photos (or copy the URL and paste in a new browser): http://picasaweb.google com/rafacrasto/LeadershipAwards/photo#s5184335599600671378 BAHRAIN: 1. Mr. Francis Correia President, Young Goans Club, Bahrain 2. Gabriel R. Crasto Chairman, Bahrain Goans Football League, Bahrain 3. Mr. Alfred DSouza Honorary Vice Chairman, Migrant Workers Protection Society, Bahrain KUWAIT: 4. Dr Jaganath Ramnath Chodankar President, NRI Club 9, Kuwait 5. Mr Alex Wilson Coelho President, Goan Welfare Society, Kuwait 6. Mr. Carmo Santos Chairman, Goan Cultural Centre, Kuwait OMAN: 7. Dr Mario Carmo de Souza Secretary, Goan Community of Oman 8. Mr Celso Fernandes Vice President, Goan Community of Oman QATAR: 9. Mr Simon D'Silva President, Goan Welfare Association, Doha, Qatar UAE: ABU DHABI 10. Mr. Ramnath Arjuna Mavlingcar President, Abu Dhabi Goan Association DUBAI 11. Mr Rockson Rufus Rodrigues Coordinator, The Marriage Encounter of UAE, Dubai DELHI: 12. Ms Suman Anand Kurade President, Goenkarancho Ekvott, Delhi "Photo courtesy Atish Naik - Gomantak Times" Special arrangements: Cecil Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brought to you by www.goa-world.com
