The Bahrain India Society (BIS) held its Annual General Meeting virtually and elected 11 new board members for a three-year term (2021-2023).

 

The AGM was presided over by the BIS founding chairman, Abdulnabi Al Sho'ala, who extended his best wishes to the new board for achieving its plans fruitfully.

 

BIS’s new board consists of  Kishore Kewalram,  Abdulrahman Juma,  Mohammed Al Khaja,  P S Balasubramanyam,  Vijay Boloor, Zahra Taher,  Soman Baby,  Ahmed Jawahery,  Talal Al Mannai,  Vinod Das and  Harish Gopinath.

 

The newly elected board convened its first meeting on May 5, 2021.  Abdulrahman Juma was appointed the Chairman, along with P S Balasubramanyam as Vice Chairman, Zahra Taher - Secretary-General,  Vijay Boloor -Treasurer,  Harish Gopinath – Head of the fund-raising committee,  Soman Baby – Head of public relations committee and  Kishore Kewalram – Head of the membership committee.

 

The new chairman expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the board members for their trust and promised his cooperation to help BIS achieve its visions and turn its aspirations and goals into concrete success stories.

 

BIS was formed in 2008 by a group of leading Bahrain and Indian businessmen to contribute to the development and strengthening of the centuries-old friendly relationship between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Republic of India in a non-discriminatory, non-political and non-profit making manner. The Society seeks to take advantage of the development in civil society to actively work to strengthen ties between the two countries, not only business links but in politics, social affairs, science, and culture. -- TradeArabia News Service