Meet Iqbal Thonse from Udupi, a Professor with two international awards
Prof. Iqbal Thonse Hawaldar, a Professor hailing from Udupi with an teaching experience of over 22 years in Finance has received two prestigious international awards that include ‘Most Dedicated Professor Award’ and ‘Fabulous Global Education Leader’ that he received during World Education Congress held at Taj Rand End Hotel in Mumbai.
Prof. Iqbal has also been conferred with Distinguished Scientist in Finance Award in the Venus Advanced Research & Design Meet held at Chennai.
Prof. Iqbal who is the former Dean of College of Business Administration is now serving as the Director of Accreditation and Quality Assurance Centre at Kingdom University Bahrain. He has also published more than 45 research papers in the Web of Science, SCOPUS, ABDC and other noted index journals.
One of his book titled “Efficiency of Stock Market: A Study of Stock Price Responses to Earnings Announcements” was published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Company, Germany.
As a resource person he conducted more than 35 workshops on quality assurance, programme reviews, internal audit, research methodology, employability skill and learning and teaching strategies. He is also active on ResearchGate and has more than 1, 00,000 reads.
Apart from this Iqbal is also associate editor, advisory board member and reviewer for several reputable indexed refereed Journals including journals publishing by Springer, Emerald and Inderscience.
His other noted awards and achievements include Best Research Paper Award, Kingdom University President's Award for Excellence in Research Publications, Outstanding Academic Staff of the Year award and Best teacher of the year award.
Hailing from a village called Hoode in Udupi Taluk Prof. Iqbal is an alumni of Government Urdu School, Hoode, Hindu Higher Primary School, Kemmannu, Government High School, Kemmannu, Milagres College, Kallianpur and Mangalore University.
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India & Israel elevate ties to special strategic partnership, vow to soon conclude free trade deal
Jerusalem (PTI): India and Israel on Thursday elevated their "time-tested" relationship to a special strategic partnership and agreed to soon firm up a "mutually beneficial" free trade deal even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly backed the Gaza peace initiative, asserting that humanity must never become a victim of conflict.
Following talks between Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, the two sides inked a plethora of agreements to expand cooperation in areas of trade, agriculture, energy, cyberspace and digital payment.
India and Israel also vowed to expand their already close defence partnership by working towards joint development and joint production of military hardware under the framework of the transfer of technologies.
In his media statement, Modi said India's security interest is linked to peace and stability in the Middle East, adding that New Delhi fully supports the Gaza Peace Initiative.
"India's stance is clear: humanity must never become a victim of conflict. A path to peace has been created through the Gaza Peace Plan. India has fully supported these efforts," he said.
"In the future as well, we will continue dialogue and cooperation with all countries," he said.
PM Modi landed in Israel on Wednesday on a two-day visit. It is his second visit to Israel in nine years.
In his remarks, the prime minister said India and Israel have a united view that there is no place for terrorism in the world and both sides stand shoulder-to-shoulder in countering terrorism and its supporters.
"Our relationship is founded on the strong bedrock of deep trust, shared democratic values, and human sensitivities. Our bond has stood the test of every trial of time," he said.
"Today, we have taken the historic decision to elevate our time-tested partnership to the status of a 'Special Strategic Partnership'," he said.
The prime minister also announced the establishment of an India-Israel critical and emerging technologies partnership to impart a new momentum for cooperation in areas of artificial intelligence, quantum, and critical minerals. "I am pleased that an agreement has been reached for the use of UPI in Israel," he said.
The prime minister, referring to the threat of terrorism, said India and Israel will continue to confront the menace unitedly.
"India and Israel are completely clear that there is no place for terrorism in the world. In any form, in any expression, terrorism cannot be accepted," he said.
"We have stood shoulder-to-shoulder in opposing terrorism and its supporters, and we will continue to do so," he added.
India and Israel also discussed the implementation of the India-Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) and cooperation under the framework of I2U2 (India-Israel-UAE-USA).
