Dear Visitor ji,
Please join me in congratulating Dr Krishna Nadimpalli.
Dr Krishna Nadimpalli, President of FINACT is honoured with Order of Australia (OAM) by the Australian Government. As Secretary and President of the organisation, Dr Krishna has provided strategic direction and shaped FINACT to represent collectively. He initiated many activities to promote inclusiveness. AusIndia Fair, Walk for Farmers, Harmony Day and parliamentary submissions are the key contributions and success of FINACT.
Dr Krishna Nadimpalli was born in a remote village of India in 1960 which has no electricity and road until 1979. He went to a school in the neighbouring village by walking 8 kms from year 6 and the first person to complete year in entire Nadimpalli family in the village. He failed in year 12 due to lack of guidance and started a milk collection centre in the village. Within three years, he purchased five buffaloes and established a diary farm.
When his younger brother left studies, he decided to study again and completed year 12 and joined for under graduation. With his determination, he got admission for Master of Technology in IIT, Roorkee which is one of the premier institutes of India. He completed second Masters in ITC, The Netherlands and then completed his doctorate from Andhra University. He served as lecturer for two years, then research in Indian Council of Agriculture Research before arriving to Australia in 2000. Since then he is working as scientist in Australian Government and Adjunct Associate Professor in University of Canberra.
Dr Krishna is very well known for his services through Telugu Associations, FINACT, Canberra Hindu Mandir, Art of Living, Canberra Interfaith Forum and many other associations. He received ACT Multicultural Advocate of the year and ACT Outstanding Volunteer of the Year earlier.
Dr Krishna believes in “Serving for Empowerment” and humanitarian. FINACT and its member associations congratulate him for this honour and best wishes for his future endeavours.
Please find below a couple of events in Canberra for your participation and promotion among members of your family and friends' circle.
Roshan Menon
Secretary, FINACT
GEOCON is FINACT’s Proud Sponsor
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You will appreciate that newsletters are critical instrument and platform to meet our functional, operational and strategic communication needs. We have been using this infrastructure for long to effectively interact with you.
Funding under the digital grants from the ACT Government has further boosted our capabilities and confidence in meeting our objectives. We thank the ACT Government for their generosity that enables us to extend our tools to our member associations. Please see below for more information on how you can use this feature.
As you know FINACT newsletter is generally published once a month. If our member associations like to publish their organisation's event in the FINACT newsletter, please provide the following information:
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- Text within 150 words
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Sanskrit Classes for New Students
Opportunity for New Students - Wednesdays 6.30-7.30pm
The regular Sanskrit class has started revision from lesson one so this is a great opportunity for new students to join the classes. We meet every Wednesday between 6.30-7.30pm at the Hindu Temple and Cultural Centre (HTCC) in Florey.
Students at all levels are welcome. For more information please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.';document.getElementById('cloak9f7d15874af06c2dfd7977ad8b8ba4d7').innerHTML += ''+addy_text9f7d15874af06c2dfd7977ad8b8ba4d7+'<\/a>';
FINACT Annual General Meeting - Sun 21 July 2019
Its time for our Annual General Meeting (AGM). AGM is planned on Sunday 21 July 2019 at 10:30am arrival for a 11:00am start.
FINACT Executive Committtee requests all member associations to send us updated list of delegates.
As you know, successful organisation needs leaders at all levels - critical for flexibility, innovative ideas, inspiring others to survive and perform, and acquiring new levels of understanding of rapidly changing socio-political dynamics. FINACT provides a wonderful platform and incubator-like environment to foster and promote leadership.
If any delegate wishes to contest for Executive Committee position, please get ready with a presentation of vision and action plans for a better FINACT. Hope to see delegates of our member associations in the Annual General Meeting on Sun 21 July 2019.
Please let us know if you want anything to be included in the agenda.
Regards,
Roshan Menon General Secretary
Upcoming Events
The Royal Punjabi Dinner by Canberra Punjabi Sports and Cultural Association - Fri 5 July 2019
Canberra Punjabi Sports and Cultural Association is organising its annual signature event “The Royal Punjabi Dinner”, on 5th July 2019 starting at 6.30pm.
This time CPSCA is bring to Canberra/Queanbeyan audience Harbhajan Mann (along with his band), world famous Punjabi singer and actor. Relish Punjabi Food (sumptuous 3-course meal), Punjabi Culture (Giddha, Bhangra), Punjabi Dance/Music.
For tickets and other details contact Harjinder Dhindsa President CPSCA on 0490 082 930.
Vinnies CEO Sleepout Volunteer: Rattesh Gumber
Rattesh Gumber, CEO of ITAlliance and an active member of BJSM ACT Chapter is volunteering in Vinnies CEO Sleepout to raise money for the ‘St Vincent de Paul Society’ to help break this devastating cycle of homelessness.
International Day of Yoga Events
5th International Day of Yoga 2019 - Events by Indian High Commission - Starts June 1
Talk by Mr Alan Goode (Yoga Mandir) on Fri 14 June
IYD by Hindu Council of Australia at HTCC - Sat 15 June
5th International Day of Yoga by HCI on Sat 22 June
FREE IDY Event by Art of Living - Sun 23 June
Yoga is a 5,000-year-old physical, mental and spiritual practice that aims to transform both body and mind. The United Nations General Assembly declared 21st June as the International Day of Yoga on 11 December 2014.
Yoga is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself and the nature. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfilment; harmony between human and nature; a holistic approach to health and well-being.
For more Info, please contact Rajeev or Dr Krishna Nadimpalli (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
150th Birth Anniversary Celebration - Sun 16 June
FANI Fundraising - Sat 8 June 2019
HTCC sincerely thanks to all those who performed and participated in the fund raising event to assist cyclone FANI impacted people in the state of Odisha, India.
It was a commendable effort by Canberra Oriya Samaj. The event was supported by FINACT. We sincerely thank them. We are pleased to inform you that we have been able to collect about $4,000 (net of expenses) which is an excellent outcome. HTCC will contribute the same to help the people who need it most.
Info: Australian Centre for Professional Studies
Greetings from ACPS, the Australian Centre for Professional Studies. We are a leading Australian training academy experienced in delivering technical and non-technical training in a wide range of disciplines.
ACPS in partnership with GSCRT is starting a training programme in Cyber Security. This training is a vulnerability assessment and penetration testing course that will be conducted in Canberra and Sydney.
We take immense pride in mentioning our instructors who are a blend of highly experienced industry professionals and global industry experts that provide customised training services to meet our client’s requirements.
We have been providing training in a wide array of domains ranging from cybersecurity, software testing, to dev- ops, data – engineering and data science. With our expertise in cybersecurity and training we truly believe that FINACT will benefit in multiple number of ways and hence we would like to collaborate with you.
Please feel free to contact us in case of any queries.
Kind regards,
Yoosha Khader
The Magical Strings of Josh - Sat 24 August 2019
In keeping with the ethos and thinking of promoting an awareness of Indian culture locally and globally, Joshua Feinberg (www.joshfeinbergmusic.com), a classically trained Sitar player, who resides in Portland, Oregon, US will be touring Australia in August. Josh has trained with such stalwarts as Ustad Ali Akbar Khan of the Maihar Senia Gharana, amongst others. Josh has also learned to play the Tabla from Pandit Anindo Chatterjee. In addition, Josh is an accomplished bass player.
Josh will be accompanied by Jay Dabgar from Melbourne on the Tabla.
Josh is committed to the ideal of music as a universal language, as music holds universal appeal and is not necessarily bound by materialistic divisions!
Sponsorship Appreciated for FINACT Events
We understand that one of the main reasons to sponsor a tournament and any event could be to promote one’s business and generate goodwill in the community. Sponsoring the FINACT events will give you brand recognition among the fastest-growing community group of Indians in the ACT and increase sales or traffic to sponsor’s website through their banner on our website (www.finact.net.au ).
Indians are the fastest growing population in Australia. This has resulted in increased air traffic between India and Australia; increased telecommunication; and enhanced trade and cultural ties. For sporting events - players and their supporters make playing cricket a fiercely competitive and memorable event. They will promote the game and use your services to show their appreciation.
In addition to providing an excellent opportunity to connect with the Indian sub-continent communities, the FINACT events' sponsorship will:
- enable sponsors to reach out to wider community groups in ACT and surrounds
- fulfil sponsors business objectives and attract sizeable potential customers
- provide a lasting impression of their business
- promote sports and physical activities in the community
- motivate and assist young players participating in the tournament and community activities
- attract favourable feedback from organisers and media partners
- generate great feel-good stories in Indian community and back to India and neighbouring countries and
- fulfil sponsor’s corporate and social responsibilities
If you are willing to or interested in sponsoring our events, please contact us soon.
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