BIT grand alumni Iftar meet held at Dubai
Dubai : A grand Iftar get together was organised by Bearys Institute of technology (BIT) alumni association ' BITian Alumni International ' at Dubai on Friday, 1st June .
Miss jumana welcome the gathering, Mohamed Afzal, president, BIT Alumni International explained about the alumni works & future programs.
Syed Mohamed BEARY, chairman of Bearys Institute of Technology as chief guest said that he was humbled & honoured in seeing the enthusiasm of BITians & their participation in such large numbers. He said that he is confident that given the sincerity & commitments of BITians, the alumni activities will go a long way for the development of all members. He emphasised that all members should work as a cohesive family for the good of BITians, BIT & communities at large.
Eng. Mohamed Sameer, Head of biomedical, Dubai health authorities, guest of honour spoke about the essence of Alumni, its various benefits & congratulated the BITIANS for their efforts in organising this event successfully.
Dr. Raiker, founding principal & senior adviser spoke about the necessity of alumni & how alumni can help the institutions to grow & expressed his gratitude for inviting his family for this get together.
Mr Abdul Shafi, MD MGP World, Dubai expressed his willingness to help & support to development activities of alumni association.
Akashi Shetty, Mohd Muneem, Abubaker Siddique - all BITians expressed their views. Mubassir organised the program & Mohamed Nihal gave vote of thanks. A grand iftar party was organised for all BITians & their families.
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England sticking with Key, McCullum and Stokes despite Ashes humbling
London (AP): England is not sacking anybody following the 4-1 Ashes loss in Australia.
A review of the tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board, announced within hours of the final match in January, was concluded on Monday. Firing people would “be the easy thing to do,” ECB chief executive Richard Gould said but he insisted, "This is not the time to throw everything out."
Managing director Rob Key, coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes kept their jobs after the best England side to go to Australia in 14 years lost the Ashes in 11 days with two games to spare.
“Moving people on can sometimes be the easy thing to do. That's not the route that we're going to take,” Gould said. “I've seen the driving ambition and determination that we're lucky enough to have within our leadership group to take the lessons from the Ashes and move forward.”
Gould previously was the chief executive of Bristol City soccer club and said the ECB would not follow the same route as soccer's hire-and-fire culture.
“Cricket is a very unique sport in that it takes a team of leadership ... it's not like football where there's a single point of failure or success with a manager," he said. He added the ECB would not “select or deselect management based on a popularity campaign.”
The main criticisms of England's tour were poor preparation, player misbehavior, and selection mistakes.
At a press conference at Lord's, Gould and Key said McCullum and Stokes have not had a “bust up,” they did not want McCullum to “completely change” but “to evolve,” the behavior of some players was “unprofessional,” there will be more consequences for underperforming, and a commitment to “better long-term planning” ahead of major test series.
Some changes were already implemented for the Twenty20 World Cup, where England reached the semifinals. Gould implied that performance saved McCullum.
Key acknowledged that England supporters would be disappointed to see the management team go unpunished.
“I know people want punishment and that people then should be sacked for that,” Key said. “That doesn't mean we don't feel like we've gone through some serious pain: Brendon, myself, Ben. It's been as tough a time as I think I've had.”
