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Grace Academy offers intensive coaching for SSLC, first and second pre-university courses, degree courses and also for those students who aim at completing PUC privately in arts and commerce and wish to learn English. For more details, contact:

Syed Abdul Gafoor javeed, Director / Social worker, Grace Academy, No. 16/1, opp Bowring Hospital, Shivajinagar, Bangalore -51.Ph: 25590938 / 9341282356

www.volunteersindia.in is a new initiative to provide a platform for all the volunteers of India where they can explore and experience their skill and interest.

Besides showcasing the skills of volunteers on the web, it will facilitate a process of finding an opportunity for volunteers in the network of voluntary organisation working on different social fields. Volunteers are free to choose their field of interest from a broad and varied area of specialization. Besides field work, the platform has space for utilizing the skills and expertise of technical people stationed all over the globe. Volunteering is all about sharing your skills to impact the lives of the poor, marginalized and growing people.

At a recent meeting of the Federation of Karnataka Muslim Associations (FKMA) in Bangalore , it was decided to set up a group, consisting of some well-known Muslim leaders of the state, to provide help and guidance to Muslims in Karnataka, particularly in the wake of growing harassment of Muslims in the state. The group consists, among others, of the noted educationist Mr. Mumtaz Ahmad Khan, Mr. Roshan Baig (MLA), Mr. Naseer Ahmad (MLC), Maulana Shams ul-Huda, Azizullah Baig (IAS retd.), Mr. Muhammad Ali Khan (KAS retd.) and Mr. Agha Sultan. This group will function under the aegis of the FKMA, which is headed by Mr. Qari Mohiyuddin. According to a report published in the Bangalore-based Daily Salar, the group might create a special fund for providing legal aid to Muslims, and is also planning to set up committees to deal with the educational, economic, political and legal issues related to the Muslims of Karnataka.

For more details, contact Mr. Naik Vadi (retd. Managing Director, KPTCL) on 9945421111 and Mr. Mir Munir Ahmad on 9880480664.