DUBAI: Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council  Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued Executive Council Resolution No. (3) of 2018 on the Board of Directors of Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation to be chaired by Essa Abdullah Ahmed Al Ghurair.

Sheikh Hamdan also issued Executive Council Resolution No. (6) of 2018 transferring Ali Mohammed Hassan Al Motawaa from Dubai Sports Council to the Foundation and appointing him as Secretary-General.

 As per Resolution No. (3) of 2018, Abdulrahman Hareb Rashid Al Harib has been named Deputy Chairman of the Board. The members of the Board include Ahmed Darwish Al Qamah Al Muhairi, Dr. Abdulaziz Mohammed Abdullah Al Hamadi, Huda Essa Abdullah Buhumaid. Further, Hamda Ibrahim Mohammed Obaid, and Abdulla Ali Abdulrazak Al Madani were also included among the board members. The Secretary-General of Mohammed bin Rashid Global Centre For Endowment Consultancy, and the Secretary-General of the Foundation was also included.

 These Resolutions are effective from the date of issuance and will be published in the Official Gazette.

GRADUATION CEREMONY

Under the patronage and in the presence of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and President of Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, the University celebrated the graduation of the seventh and eighth batch of learners from the undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the School of Business & Quality Management, School of e-Education and School of Health and Environmental Studies. A total of 396 graduates attended the graduation ceremony at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The ceremony took place in the presence of Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation, Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chairman of Police and General Security in Dubai, Chairman of HBMSU’s Board of Governors, and members of the Board of Governors. Further, the ceremony was also attended by Dr Mansoor Al Awar, chancellor of HBMSU as well as faculty and administrative officials, parents of graduates and learners.

Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum met at the graduation ceremony with an elite group of entrepreneurs who are HBMSU’s learners and alumni.

The HBMSU President said he is proud of the learners for being a model for young national talents armed with knowledge, innovation and the determination to achieve excellence. He believes that such excellence and ambition will help build the country’s future, under the directives of the wise leadership of His Higness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and His Higness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. Sheikh Hamdan was also presented with the creative ideas that have turned into promising projects that will add value to the national economy. This achievement adds to the university’s record of excellence in preparing entrepreneurs capable of creating job opportunities that meet the challenges of the 21st century instead of generating job applicants.