Indian Embassy in Oman to host hockey festival to commemorate Independence Day

Business Monday 15/July/2019 19:08 PM
By: Times News Service
Indian Embassy in Oman to host hockey festival to commemorate Independence Day

Muscat: The Indian Embassy in Oman, in coordination with the Oman Hockey Association, will conduct a hockey festival on 17 August to commemorate India’s 73rd Independence Day.

The hockey festival will be held at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex from 3.00 pm to 7.00 pm.

Indian Ambassador to Oman, Munu Mahawar, will be the chief guest and Dr Hammad Hamed Al Ghafri will be the guest of honour.

Several distinguished personalities from sports including Shiekh Soud Al Rwahi, Dr Wahid Al Kharusi, Mr and Mrs Chitra Narayan, Kiran Asher, Aftab Patel will be present at the event.

Other personalities like the Chief Editor of the Times Group, Ram Parkash Verma; Chief Heart Surgeon of the LPSC Institute Of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Rakesh Kumar Verma; and award-winning Social Worker, Devender Pratap Singh, along with Indian Embassy officials will attend the event.

The event is being organised by Team Coorg and Friends of Naqvi Group supported by UTSC Kerala.

The annual hockey festival has been organised for the past 14 years under the patronage of Embassy Of India in the Sultanate in coordination with the Oman Hockey Association.