A Happy Celebration! BA Haji Mohiudeen Conferred Honorary Doctorate
Insha Allah- It was indeed a Celebration of Happiness! B Ahmed Haji Mohiudeen, Chairman of BA Group was conferred with Honorary Doctorate for His Contributions to Community Development during a ‘Family Get-Together at Thumbay Hills-Thumbay, on Sunday, 1 May 2016 at 1 pm.
Mangaluru: It was indeed a “Celebration of Happiness of all times” as Mrs and Mr Thumbay Moideen in the Name of Allah the Most Gracious and Most Merciful hosted a “Family Get-Together”, a occasion to honour their dad, B Ahmed Haji Mohiudeen, the Chairman of BA group with a Doctorate for his outstanding contributions to the community development. The unique celebration was hosted at the picturesque hill-top location surrounded by the Netravati river called “Thumbay Hills”, the posh bungalow of Thumbay Moideen, the Founder of Gulf Medical University. The guests were predominately of doctors, scholars, entrepreneurs, engineers, professors, builders, architects, religious leaders and the best cream of the society. Distinguished guests included State Ministers Ramanath Rai and UT Khader, and other invited VIPs who graced the function were MLA JR Lobo and Moideen Bawa, Deputy Commissioner AB Ibrahim, Police commissioner Chandra Sekhar, Superintendent of Police Dr Sharanappa, Builder Siraj Ahmed of In Land, Basti Vaman Shenoy- Founder of World Konkani Centre, Mangaluru, Walter D’Souza- chairman of Federation of Indian Export Organisations, Fr Denzil Lobo-Rector of St Aloysius College, Ibrahim Kodijal-Chairman of MUDA, Dr Shantharam Shetty-Chairman of Tejasvini Hospital, Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi-Chancellor of Yenepoya University and many others.
The celebration began with invoking God’s blessings through a recital of prayer from Quran rendered by Haneef, followed by welcome address by compere Ravi Tipparaju, a GMU representative. Following close on its heels was the moment of the day, to confer the Doctorate on B Ahmed Haji Mohiudeen by his son, Thumbay Moideen-Founder President, Board of Governors, Provost and Deans of Gulf Medical University, UAE. Ahmed Haji received the doctorate from Thumbay Moideen – Founder President of the Board of Governors of GMU, in the presence of Prof. Gita Ashok Raj – Provost of GMU and the Deans of GMU. The function was also graced by the esteemed presence of U. T. Khader – Minister for Health and Family Welfare- Karnataka and Ramanatha Rai – Minister for Forests, Ecology, and Environment – Karnataka. BA Hajee Mohiudeen was beaming with pride while he was being honoured by his loving son and other members of Thumbay Group and GMU.
In his appreciation speech after being honored with the Doctorate, Dr BA Hajee Mohiudeen said, ” It;s indeed a blessing and honor to receive this Doctorate from the hands of my own son. I feel very proud of my son, Thumbay Moideen for his tremendous achievements in his endeavours in a very short period of time. It was the will of Allah and the dreams of my son, that GMU has reached greater heights and attained success in all their undertakings. God willed…and it happened. Fifty years ago I started my small business-like a banyan tree which grows tall and big from a tiny seed, similarly, my business grew with my hard work, dedication and commitment and also with the support from my sons. My hard work and sacrifice towards my business have bear fruits and at this age, I am still happy that the Thumbay dynasty has reached greater heights and serving the community at its best. I end this with a quote, ‘I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being; let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again’ by Etienne de Grellet. May God bless you and I thank you all for your blessings on me this day”
Also during the occasion, a new road in Kandak, Mangaluru was named after late Mr. B. Mohiudeen Haji, father of late Mr. Hassan Hajee and B. Ahmed Haji Mohiudeen – Chairman of BA Group India and grandfather of Thumbay Moideen – Founder President of Thumbay Group UAE, to commemorate his active participation and matchless contributions to the growth and progress of the area. U. T. Khadar, Minister for Health and Family Welfare – Karnataka, formally announced the naming of ‘B. Mohiudeen Haji Road’, along with Minister Ramanath Rai.
Ramanatha Rai and U T Khadar also handed over the ‘Token of Appreciation’ awards to Abdulla Kunhi Baikara, Yenepoya Mohamed Kunhi, B. Mohideen Hasan Hajee and Haji C. Mahmood,in recognition of their outstanding contributions to community development. Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi and K E Faizal were presented with the ‘Senior Achiever of the Year’ and ‘Young Achiever of the Year’ awards respectively, to recognize their unique contributions to community development. Among the ladies, the ‘Token of Appreciation’ was awarded to Mrs. Beefathima Ahmed Haji by Mrs Zohra Moideen Thumbay, Mrs. Ayesha Abdulla Kunhi Chunge by Mrs Nousheen Salma, and Mrs. Nafeesath Beebi by Shabana Faizal.
Speaking to Mangalorean.com, Thumbay Moideen, the Founder of Gulf Medical University said, “Gulf Medical University is well on track to emerge as one of the best research and innovation based medical universities in the UAE region. The university has etched its place on the global education map.The university is a dynamic,exciting and stimulating place to be. Our faculty and staff continue to provide leadership in offering high-quality teaching, training, and health-care services in the country. Our students are making a positive difference in many areas. Our alumni are our heritage and they will be responsible for laying the future path of success of our institution”.
About B Ahmed Haji Mohiudeen
B Ahmed Haji Mohiudeen was born in 1933 to B. Mohiudeen Hajee and Mrs. Mariamma in a business family in Mangaluru. He graduated in Commerce in 1954 founded the B A Group in 1957, of which he is the Chairman. Today, B A Group is a well-diversified conglomerate.
Ahmed Haji is a distinguished figure among the general public in Karnataka, particularly Dakshina Kannada, by virtue of his proven track record of excellence in industrial, educational, philanthropic, social and community services. The B A Industrial Training and Technical Centre is sponsored and managed by Mohiudeen Educational Trust, of which he is the Chairman. The Trust also runs a Kannada and English Medium School, a Pre-University College a Nursery School, a Medium Primary School and Darul Uloom Mohiudeen Arabic College. There are more than 1500 students in these institutions.
Ahmed Haji is a Board Member of Yenepoya Medical College and Yenepoya Dental College in Mangaluru. He was also a member of Adult Education Society, Government of Karnataka and had served as a Syndicate member of Mangalore University. As an enthusiastic philanthropist, he has focused on the spread of education to weaker sections of the society and has contributed immensely to the community development and women empowerment in Mangaluru and surrounding areas. He is the founder president of a number of institutions and trusts in and around Mangaluru and serves as the head of around 1000 Masjids.
Ahmed Haji has received several awards and felicitations for his achievements as a businessman as well as a philanthropist. He had received the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ from the former President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
