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Upkar Diwali Night 2018
Upkar Association Kuwait, one of the modestly largeAssociation of Indians formed in Kuwait, celebrated its Diwali Night Grand Party on 9thNovember, 2018 at Hotel Radisson Blu, Kuwait. Diwali is traditionallycelebrated as the Festival of Lights where people meet their near and dear onesto exchange festive greetings.
The event was presided over by the First Secretary of the Indian Embassy, Mr. Krishan Kumar Pahel.


Despite the stormy weather, Upkar members turned up in large numbers to get together and celebrate the festival. All the members were dressed up for the occasion, and exchanged festive greetings- it felt as though everyone was in India!
Upkar Parivar members and invited guests participatedin various Diwali themed games. Upkar gave away a number of spot prizes duringthe celebration and also felicitated talented children who achievedmilestones in academics and other activities. There was also a Lucky Draw with a prize of a silver coin!

Upkar Association will be glad to provide additional information on Upkar membership and can be contacted. at upkarpost@yahoo.com or kindly visit our website www.upkarkuwait.org. In addition our office bearers shall be reachable on- Mr. Jitendra Chaudhary 66457045; Mr. Mahesh Menghani 66900317; Mr. Bobby Oberoi – 50288007; Mr. Sachin Vig 50477619 and Mrs. Himali Shringi – 66898319.
UPKAR executive committee thanks all members for over whelming support and co-operation!
Welcome Back and Upkar Event 2017-18
Coverage : UPKAR Diwali Celebration
Upkar Association Kuwait, one of the modestly large Association of Indians formed in Kuwait, had the honor of holding it’s Diwali Mela on November 4, 2016 at Rezzayat Villa, Salmiya, Kuwait.
The festival symbolizes get-together with near & dear ones, lighting of lamps and exchanging gifts. The event had begun with the lighting of the lamps by EC members and felicitation of students from the Upkar family for performing well in the previous academic sessions. There was an array of games for both elders and children witnessed by a crowd of 350 people along with raffle draws, singing performances and followed by dinner.
Upkar Executive Committee shall be shortly announcing the dates for their next mega event to be the “Upkar Cricket League” during the remainder of 2016. We shall also hold a family picnic, Holy Celebration and children’s talent show of various forms during 2017 and prior to the next AGM.
Upkar Association shall also take this opportunity to thank its sponsors Air India, Country Club, Aman Exchange and Omaxe Builders (India) who have been a constant partner in our journey and to inculcate the essence of oneness.
We shall be glad to provide additional information on Upkar and shall be contacted for updates on membership, events etc. at upkarpost@yahoo.com or kindly visit our website www.upkarkuwait.org.
UPKAR executive committee thanks all members for over whelming support and co-operation.
Welcome to Newly Joined Members
Upkar EC has pleasure in welcoming following new Members (few returning members) to UPKAR Parivar. We are proud to announce that , in current Year 2016-17 (till Diwali Event), we have added 53 new member families. UPKAR Parivar warmly welcome them and expect them to participate actively in upcoming upkar events.
Sno | Last Name | First Name | Spouse |
1 | Agrwal | Manish | Ankita |
2 | Agarwal | Gaurav | Shilpi |
3 | Arora | Sunit | |
4 | Arya | Sumit | Monika |
5 | Baijal | Sanjeev | Roli |
6 | Chandel | Mohan Singh | Amita |
7 | Choudhary | Arun | |
8 | Dhawan | Rajneesh | Shweta |
9 | Doshi | Suhas | |
10 | Garg | Sanjay | Renu |
11 | Ghai | Jatinder | Kawaljeet |
12 | Goel | Harish | Kshipra |
13 | Gupta | Rahul | Rupam |
14 | Gupta | Chandan | Aakansha |
15 | Gupta | Dr. Sunil | Jaya |
16 | Gupta | Santosh | Nidhi |
17 | Gupta | Gaurav | |
18 | Handa | Om Prakash | Sangita |
19 | Harne | Dr. Vinod | Vanita |
20 | Kadam | Dr. Mahesh | Aparna |
21 | Kanchan | Mrinal | |
22 | Kothari | Avnish | Sarika |
23 | Kumar | Nidhi | Bineeta |
24 | Mahendru | Sushant | Anjali |
25 | Marwah | Satinder Pal Singh | Jaspreet Kaur |
26 | Mehta | J.P. | Simran |
27 | Mirchandani | Monesh | Vishakha |
28 | Mishra | Shitla Prasad | Sneha |
29 | Mittal | Dr Ramika | Dr. Vipul Gupta |
30 | Mulchandani | Chandra Kant | Viju |
31 | Nandy | Rajesh | Rimmi |
32 | Panwar | Leshpal Singh | Reena |
33 | Parmar | Bharat | |
34 | Prasad | Shiv | Vidyavati |
35 | Sagar | Manish | Taniya |
36 | Saksena | Rajeev | Molshri |
37 | Sangtani | Anil | |
38 | Saxena | Ashok Kumar | Mokshda |
39 | Singh | Tarun | Shalini |
40 | Singh | Brijesh Kumar | Meenu |
41 | Singh | Amit | Swati |
42 | Singh | Ishpreet | Jasleen Kaur |
43 | Singh | Kanwarjeet/Manjeet | |
44 | Singh/Kaur | Amarjeet /Muninder | |
45 | Sori | Sunil | Alka |
46 | Takkar | Sanjeev | Bharti |
45 | Thakur | Ashish/Naveena | Naveena |
47 | Tomar | Anuj | |
48 | Tyagi | Brijesh | Bhawna |
50 | Vallabh | Pankaj | Deepti |
51 | Vashishta | Nishant | |
52 | Verma | Dr. Omesh | |
53 | Voddepelli | Ramu | Pallavi |
54 | Wadhawalkar | Amit | |
55 | Yasmeen | Huda /Rafiq Ahd | Rafiq Ahmed Khan |
Upkar Diwali 2016 Celebrations

Your cooperation will be highly appreciated to make this a memorable Deepawali event.
Wish you and a your family a very Happy and Prosperous Diwali.
Upkar Diwali Event Announcement
Upkar Association Kuwait, would like to invite all Upkar members to join for celebration of festival of light. Diwali is celebration of happiness, togetherness and spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness. We Indians living in Kuwait are away from our homeland, let’s join together and celebrate this festival of happiness altogether.Your presence will add sparkle in our festivities On the auspicious day of Diwali with your presence Looking forward to see you.
Entry to the Diwali event is restricted to UPKAR Association Kuwait members and their invited guests only. Upkar Membership is open to all Indians living in Kuwait. For membership please contact upkarpost@yahoo.com or visit our website www.upkarkuwait.org
Diwali Celebration Event
UPKAR Association Kuwait, a non-profit organization serving Indian Community living in Kuwait, for last 25 years, celebrated Diwali on Saturday the 30th October 2014 in Musical Fountain Garden, Kuwait. Event was attended by all Upkar members and invited guests.
Event was started with National Anthem, followed by various ice breaking games. I
Members Enjoyed Ice breaking games, all games enabled members to know more information about other members. Read More …
DIWALI CELEBRATION Announcement
Dear UPKAR members,
The festival of Light – Diwali is our next and most awaited program. We are pleased to inform you that we would conduct the program in the last weekend of October 2014 and request all members to block their calendars for that the same and join us in celebrating the homecoming of Lord Ram to Ayodhya.
Details of the venue with other specifics would follow in the forthcoming emails.
EC Nominations – UPKAR needs enthusiastic members to join the committee and help in its initiative to promote the cultural flavors. We had requested members to send in their nominations to join EC 2014-15. Last date to receive nominations is on or before 23rd October, 2014. We look forward to your response and support in making UPKAR reach new heights in the year 2014-15.
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The auspicious occasion of Diwali is also the time when we felicitate 6th to 12th standard kids for their outstanding academic achievement (i.e. grade A, or 9.0, and above). We request all members to send across your child details for the needful.
Membership: We also request members to renew their membership and bring new members. Our membership for the year 2014-15 is KD 25/- for the family. Guests are welcome to attend the program, guest charges would be communicated in the forthcoming emails.
Regards,