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Jasmitha Vivekananda unanimously elected as the first Woman President of Thiya Samaj  Family UAE.

Thiya Samaj Family UAE’s First overseas community organizations of Thiyas founded in the year 2004 by the leadership of late Umesh Nanthoor ( Founder President ), Bisajakshi M P, Ishwar Ail, ( Founder Secretary ) with the support of Sadashiva Manjeshwar,Yogesh Ullal, Nagesh Suvarna  Jayaprakash Kunjathur and Dharmendra Bangera for the purpose of strengthening the community.

Annual General Meeting began with a prayer by Manishka Kotian, Brahmi Kotian and Dakshith Premjit followed by the opening and welcome speech by Rajesh Pallikere ,President of Thiya Samaj family. Srinivas Kotian, Treasurer of the Samaj briefed about the past activities. Senior members Bisajakshi M P, Sathish Palan, Jagannath Kotian, Rajeev Billawa and the core committee members were present on the dias . Further Bisajakshi M P, one of the founder members of the samaj admired the leadership of Rajesh Pallikere and team for the growth of the Samaj. The other senior members present on the dias spoke to the attendees about their experiences of being a part of Thiya Samaj family UAE. New members introduced themselves to the attendees.

President Rajesh Pallikere, proposed former General Secretary Jasmitha Vivekananda as new President of Thiya Samaj Family UAE which was unanimously accepted by all the members.The new core committee members were elected for the year 2024-2028. Amar Umesh Nanthoor was re-elected as the Vice-President , Premjit Narayana as the General Secretary, Shobhitha Premjit as the Joint Secretary, Srinivas Kotian and Manohar Kotian re-elected  as the Treasurer and Joint Treasurer respectively.

Rajesh Pallikere ,former President of Thiya Samaj Family  added that, he is very thankful to every one for the support and cooperation  during his  period . Even during the pandemic situation they were able to manage to help the society by providing basic ration kits to needy people. Also they conducted maiden Annual Thiya day online which included various cultural activities with an intention to provide a platform to the community members to exhibit their hidden talents, which was really successful. Thereafter Annual Thiya day continued to be held offline continuously.

Further  added that with the blessings of Goddess Bhagavathi , it is a historical moment to have a female President to lead Thiya Samaj Family UAE. He said that he is very confident that Jasmitha Vivekananda ,one of the noted choreographer in the UAE, working as Teacher in one of the reputed school in the UAE ,who has proved  herself  by very successfully carrying out  Samaj activities as General Secretary, wiil definitely lead the Samaj to reach new heights as the new President of Thiya Samaj Family and requested all members for their extended support and wished the newly elected Executive Committee success in their future endeavors.

Further Jasmitha Vivekananda thanked the Samaj for the great responsibility given with trust and requested all the members for their whole hearted support and co-operation and sought blessings and guidance from senior members for the betterment of Thiya Samaj Family in the days ahead. She also urged all members to introduce more Thiyas in the UAE to join the Samaj . Also added that as per the principles of Shree Narayana Guru Swamy,our Thiya Samaj Family activities should be more vibrant with the presence of the members of other community organisations without any barriers in the society. As this year marks the 20th year of Thiya Samaj in the UAE, there will be planning for special activities by the Thiya Samaj family.

Meeting was followed by some entertainment activities where most of the members present got an opportunity to exhibit their hidden talents. After which members enjoyed a sumptuous dinner with Mangalorean cuisine.

The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks by Amar Umesh Nanthoor, Vice president of Thiya Samaj Family UAE.