Embassies
Vidya Lakshmi Portal:
‘Vidya Lakshmi Portal’ has been launched on Aug 15, 2015 by the Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi. Under this scheme, any Indian student can apply for educational loan online by browsing on www.vidyalakshmi.co.in.
The main purpose of this portal is to have facilities of education loan, scholarship and other student friendly facilities through one link. Students can apply from his/her home, institu- tion, kiosk or Cyber café. The portal is linked with “Centre for Good Governance National-eScholarship Portal: www.scholarship.gov.in.
Students can also apply for scholarship. Besides, a good number of student-friendly schemes are also mentioned in the portal. Students can apply, view and track their educational loan application to banks anytime by accessing the Portal which would be useful for students, parents, institutions, bankers, employers,
researchers, etc.
Serbian Embassy notice:
The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia to the State of Kuwait makes the following announcements: 1) The new phone and fax numbers are as follows: Telephone: 25375042/45; Fax: 25375049. 2) The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia, Consular Section announces to all Serbian citizens living in Kuwait, Bahrain and Yemen that start issuing again of the biometric passports effective from 16/02/2016.
2016-India Fellows Programme:
As a part of the drive to India Connect Initiative, OIFC (Overseas India Facilitation Centre) is scheduled to launch “The India Fellows Programme” in June 2016. This is open to young Indian Diaspora entrepreneurs/professionals in decision making capacity/potential investors and international partners of Indian companies (between 2139 years of age) who have a minimum of 3 years of entrepreneurial experience. The programme
is being offered at a special introductory fee of $5,000 per participant plus service tax. The fee will cover boarding, lodging, programme related learning material, field visits & webinars. The participants will have to bear the cost of travel and local conveyance. A brief note issued by OIFC in this regard is enclosed.
Selected candidates who complete the programme shall become members of the OIFC India Entrepreneurship Fellows (OIEF) Club, will receive support and facilitation from OIFC for doing business in India. The main objective of this scheme is to help Diaspora entrepreneurs to have an understanding of aspects critical to gaining market entry, practical insights about doing business with India, idea of the legal & regulatory environment, exposure to Indian economy and an insight into the emerging opportunities of the world’s fastest growing economy. All those who are interested can remain in touch with OIFC pertaining to their initiatives and programmes through their social media platforms: Twitter: @ OIFCIndia and CEO_OIFC; Facebook: www.facebook.com/OIFC.IN
Albanian Embassy new premises:
Albanian Embassy in the State of Kuwait would like to inform on the change of its premises. The new address of the embassy is: Salam Area, Block 7, Street 717, Villa 293, Kuwait. For postal services in addition to the address: P.O. Box 3090, Safat 13031, State of Kuwait. Also, the landline phone number of the embassy is the same one: 25240627 and Fax: 25240628. The e-mail address: embassy.kuwait@mfa.gov.al. The working hours from Sunday to Thursday, 08:30-14:00.
Brazilian Embassy notice:
A Embaixada do Brasil solicita a brasileiros/as que efetuem e/ou atualizem sua matrícula consular. (formulário na página: http:// kuaite.itamaraty.gov.br). The Embassy of Brazil requests Brazilian citizens to register or to update their consular registration (form http://kuaite.itamaraty.gov.br).
Indian Embassy notice:
All India Radio has launched a multimedia website for its external service. The website airworldservice.org is presently available in English, Hindi and Urdu languages. The content consists of rich bouquet of news, current affairs, programmes on culture, heritage, music, art, tourism, health-care, issues relating to economy, investment, development, education etc. The website which has a blend of text, pictures, video and audio components, also features live streaming of radio programmes. It also has a segment of “Radio On Demand”.
The External Services of All India Radio have been broadcasting their programmes in 27 languages (15 foreign and 12 Indian). They are reaching out to more than 140 countries through medium and short wave. Broadcasts are aimed at Indians living abroad as well as others worldwide. The programmes of AIR have wide following as is evident from large number of letters, e-mails received by the different language services. It is mainly for Indian Diaspora and to give the listeners a feel of Home away from home. AIR also broadcast in Bangla, Baluchi, Burmese, Chinese, Dari, Pashtu, Punjabi, Nepali, Saraiki, Sindhi, Sinhala, Tamil and Tibetan for the neighbouring countries. Their objective is to project the progress and policies of India, along with its arts and culture. All Indian nationals living in Kuwait, who are interested to see the external service of All India Radio may log to its website www.airworldservice.org
Czech Embassy notice:
The Embassy of Czech Republic in Kuwait is pleased to announce the opening of the Visa Application Centre in Kuwait City.
Starting 15.11.2015 the visa applications can be submitted at the Joint Visa Applica- tion Centre in Kuwait.
The Address is: VFS Global. Czech Republic Visa Application Center; 1st floor Al-Banwan Building, Ali Al-Salem Street, Al-Qiblah Area, Kuwait City; Submission of Applications: 9:00-16:00 (Sunday-Thursday)
Passport collection time: 16:00-17:00 (Sunday-Thursday)
Further instructions you can get from the website : www.vfsglobal.com/Czech/Kuwait or on call line: 00965 22971114
Note: Applicants need to come in person to submit the visa application at the Czech Visa Centre. The Embassy of Czech Republic in Kuwait reserves the right to invite the applicant for a personal interview.
Embassies Football League:
The Premier Sport Academy in association with Everton FC is pleased to invite embassy teams to participate in a football league dedicated to serving the international community in Kuwait.
Weekly matches will be played at the Everton Bayan Sports Arena on Sunday evenings with kick off times of either 7 pm or 8 pm starting in October. Teams should consist of 7 players (one goalkeeper plus 6 outfield) and upto 4 substitutes.
Matches will be two halves of 25 minutes each.
Participating teams must represent their embassy and be either employees or nationals from the embassy.
The league will be organised by PSA Everton and will initially run for twelve weeks followed by the Everton Cup competition.
Please contact Mike Finn, Everton Academy Director to confirm your involvement or for further information on 99981327 or by email: info@psa-Kuwait.com prior to the end of September 2015.