AKCAF to hold business seminar tomorrow

AKCAF to hold business seminar tomorrow
By a staff reporter KHALEEJ TIMES 10 April 2008

DUBAI — All Kerala College Alumni Forum (AKCAF) will hold “AKCAF Business Meet 2008”at Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai tomorrow from 4:30 p.m.

The event, to be inaugurated by Mons Joseph, Kerala Minister of Public Works, will be presided over by Mahmood B. A., president of AKCAF.

"The objective of the summit is to bring the Indian business community and members of AKCAF onto one platform to facilitate the interaction and discussion of various aspects related to the current business and investment opportunities in the UAE and Kerala," said Mahmood.

The event, comprising four sessions, will commence with the inaugural session at 5.00 p.m. Atiq Juma Faraj Naseeb, Director of Commercial Services, Dubai Chamber, will speak on business opportunities in Dubai, followed by felicitation by Raju Menon, Managing Partner, Morison Menon, the presenter of the event. After an overview of the event by Sudhir Kumar of Morison Menon, session two will focus on the Trends and Opportunities in UAE. Captain Saleem Alavi, Director of Business Development, Dubai Maritime City, will give an overview on Maritime Investments, followed by a speech by Jade El Khalil, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Dubai Properties, on opportunities in the Dubai properties market.

In Session 3, panel discussions initiated by Issac John Deputy, Business Editor, Khaleej Times, as moderator, will throw light on various investment perspectives of successful NRI's, such as Joy Alukkas, Chairman of Alukkas group, Sudhir Gopi, Chairman and MD of Sudhir Gopi Holding, K. V. Shamsudheen, Director of Barjeel Geojit Securities. Some of these elite achievers will narrate their challenges and success stories.

In the closing session, Abbas Ali Mirza, President of the Indian Business and Professional Council (IBPC), Dubai, will deliver a speech on India vision 2020. K. Kumar, Convener of Indian Community Welfare Committee (ICWC), will be felicitated for winning the Bharathiya Pravasi Award.

Rajesh Pillai, AKCAF General Secretary, will deliver the welcome speech and Juby Kuruvila, AKCAF Treasurer, will give the vote of thanks. AKCAF Business Meet Conveners, Sasi Kumar Nair and Paul T. Joseph, will chair the technical sessions 2 and 3.