Budding engineers from University of Surrey join hands in rebuilding Kerala
Students work with Faisal and Shabana Foundation's relief work in state
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep.10: Kerala is slowly trying to come to normalcy and stand on its feet again after it was hit by worst floods in nearly a century.
Extraordinary efforts of state Government lead by Chief Minister , Ministers , MLAs, bureaucrats, organisations, businessmen, journalists and others has garnered appreciation from all corners. Now its the turn of Kerala based students studying abroad.
Ahmed Zak Faizal studying at University of Surrey, England has come to Kerala along with some of his classmates to take part in relief works. They cleaned a destitute children's home, Anugraha Sadan near Chalakudy recently.
Zak and his friends offered their service to Kerala, through Faizal and Shabana Foundation run by his father , Kerala based prominent NRI business tycoon Faizal Kottikollon and Mother Shabana Faizal.
Clothes, medicines, food items, toys and other items donated by the employees of KEF, an eminent entity owned by Zak's parents were also distributed.
A first year Mechanical engineering student at University of Surrey, Zak is the grandson of P.K. Ahmed of Calicut in Kerala and B.Ahmed Haji Mohiuddin from Thumbay, Mangaluru.
KEF , now known as KEF Katerra is a global construction technology company, considered pioneer of Offsite manufacturing, precast infrastructure & modular construction. The world's first and also the largest offsite manufacturing plant was launched by KEF in Krishnagiri near Bengaluru in December , 2016.
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Second PUC results: Life convict clears exam with distinction, DGP lauds effort
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Bengaluru: A life convict lodged in Ballari Central Prison has successfully cleared the second PUC examination.
Ashok Kumar S, who appeared for the examination under prison escort, secured 481 marks out of 600, registering 80.1 percent.
Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services), Alok Kumar (IPS), shared the development on his official ‘X’ handle, commending the inmate’s achievement.
In his post, he stated that it was heartening to see a life convict score over 80 percent in the examination, adding that the inmate had appeared from Ballari Central Prison under escort.
It’s heartening to see that one of our life convict prisoners Ashok has obtained 80.1% marks in PUC exam. He appeared under Prison escort from Ballari Central Prison for his exams.
— alok kumar (@alokkumar6994) April 9, 2026
Glad to see that Walls of the prison has not subdued his hopes for a better future. pic.twitter.com/Nzlcy076SR
He further noted that the achievement reflected that the “walls of the prison have not subdued his hopes for a better future.”
Alok Kumar in his post also shared the result sheet of Ashok.
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) declared the second PUC results for 2026 on April 9.
A total of 6,32,200 students appeared for the examination across all streams, of whom 5,46,698 passed, recording an overall pass percentage of 86.48 per cent.
