Manama: Prominent Gulf-based businessman and Chairman of Shifa al Jazeera Medical Group Dr K T Rabeeullah has received the prestigious “Pravasi Ratna Award” instituted by Manchester-based Anand TV for his outstanding contributions to community welfare and humanitarian initiatives.
He received the award from famous Indian film star Mammooty at Europe’s first ever Malayalam Movie Award Show held in Manchester, UK yesterday.
The jury considered him for the award in recognition of his noble and charitable work over a span of three decades in helping fellow human beings and assuaging their sufferings.
Dr Rabeeullah is renowned for his philanthropic activities. For him, charity begins at home in every sense of the word. The much-acclaimed pension scheme which he has been implemented at his village is the finest example for this. He has adopted his native village of East Kodur in Malappuram district in the South Indian state of Kerala. Dr Rabeeullah has been a source of livelihood for several families by offering them free auto rickshaws. He also supports numerous deprived students by sponsoring their fees and scholarships.
Dr Rabeeullah has won many accolades during the three-decade long services in the social and charitable fields. In 2013, he was conferred with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, the highest honour accorded to overseas Indians by the Indian government for their pioneering role in enhancing India’s image globally.
Dr Rabeeullah has recently started a charity initiative worth US$1.5mn to be distributed within three years for the needy and destitute families. Earlier this month, he extended help for the family of Jisha, a law student who was brutally murdered in Perumbavoor, Kerala, by offering five cent of land to construct a house and BHD1,800 to Jisha’s mother as assistance.
Last month, Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Group has disbursed Rs. 50,000 (BD300) each to the families of those killed in the fireworks accident at the Puttingal Temple at Paravur, Kerala. And, the group has provided drinking water for the residents near the Puttingal temple in the wake of the tragedy. Nearly 300 families near the mishap site have benefited from the programme. He also offered jobs for the qualified hands from the family members of the deceased at the Group’s establishments across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.
He has been instrumental in building closer links between India, the diaspora and their governments for the welfare of the local Indian community.
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