Educationist, entrepreneur, philanthropist Dr B Ahmed Hajee Mohiudeen passes away
Mangaluru: Dr B Ahmed Hajee Mohiudeen, 86, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educationist and the Founder Chairman of B A Group, Thumbay, passed away at 11:30 am on Sunday, after a short period of illness at a private hospital in Mangaluru.
Former Minister U T Khader informed Vartha Bharati, after consultation with the family of Ahmed haji, his mortal remains will be kept at Thumbay PU College for the public to pay their tribute. Funeral will be held at Thumbay Masjid burial ground after 4 pm today.
Ahmed Hajee was born in 1933 to B. Mohiudeen Hajee and Mariamma in a business family. Ahmed Hajee graduated in Commerce in 1954 and began his career soon after, as a smallscale industrialist in a village called Thumbay on the outskirts of Mangaluru.
He founded the B A Group, in 1957. Today, B A Group has a standing of over five decades in the wood industry and is a well-diversified conglomerate. From a fledgeling company in the 1960s, B A Group is now on the threshold of rapid expansion into such areas as urban housing, education, real estate, healthcare and exports and imports.
B A Industrial Training and Technical Centre is sponsored and managed by Mohiudeen Educational Trust, of which Mohiudeen 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. Ahmed Hajee is the founder president of a number of institutions and trusts in Mangalore and surrounding areas. He is the president of the 80-year-old Badriya Educational Institutions at Mangaluru.
He is also the president of Nav Bharat Night High School, which was established before India's independence. He is one of the Trustees of Islamic Academy of Education, under Yenepoya Group, India. He is a former member of the Adult Education Society, Government of Karnataka. He is also an ex syndicate member of Mangalore University Ahmed Hajee was married to Bee Fathima Ahmed Hajee, and they have three sons Thumbay Moideen (Founder President of Thumbay Group, headquartered at Ajman, UAE), B Abdul Salam (Managing Director & CEO – BA Group) and B M Ashraf (Managing Director - Mohiudeen Wood Works LLC, Ajman, UAE), and a daughter Shabana Faizal, Co-Chairperson of KEF Group.
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear X'mas rush
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.
In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
