Farook Mahmood is an Indian businessman, philanthropist and social worker. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of the Silverline Group, a Bangalore based real estate business. He is also the Honorary Secretary of the Al-Ameen Educational Society, and the founding president of the National Association of Realtors in India.
Personal life
After his basic education, Mahmood obtained a degree in Real Estate Management. He is also a graduate, with a degree in Real Estate Principles and Practices from California State University, Fullerton in the United States.
Career
Mahmood is the Director of M/s Silverline Realty Pvt. Ltd, M/s Marigold Estates Pvt. Ltd, M/s Silverline Business & Techparks Pvt. Ltd and Global Edge Systems & Services Ltd. (UK) and Partner of M/s Tudor Investments. He started the Bangalore Real Estate Association of India in 2000, becoming the President of the association. He was also the Founding President of the National Association of Realtors in India.
Mahmood is the only representative from India who has been elected to International Consortium of Real Estate Association, in the U.S. He represented India on the Globel "Think Tank" in Paris. He is a member of FIABCI (International Real Estate Federation., and the International Adviser of Board of FNAIM (France), as well as a member of FRICS at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. He is the Vice President of the World Council of Brokers, and previously served as the president of the Bangalore Realtors Association (BRA-I). Mahmood represented India in the 63rd World Congress of FIABCI at Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Social activities
Mahmood is a trustee of Silverline Foundation which supports various social services such as scholarships, medical aid, retirement homes, etc. He is the Director of the Vocational Awards of Bangalore Mid Town Rotary Club. He is the Chairman of Al-Ameen Scholarship Committee and Patron Member of Executive Committee of Al-Ameen Educational Society. He is also currently a board member of Central Wakf Council which focuses on the development of Wakf properties in India. The nature of development includes grants aid to the member states, interest free education loans, women welfare, planning and advisory for the activities of the boards all over the country. Mahmood is also the Honorary Secretary of Al-Ameen Educational Society which is managing more than 140 institutions. In addition, he is the Vice President of Bangalore Mid Town Rotary Club.
Awards and recognition
*Best Property Finder
*CNBC Asia-Pacific Property Award for India's Best Property Finder
Memberships
*Bangalore Club
*Bangalore Golf Club
*Karnataka Golf Association
*Bowrring Institute
Personal life
After his basic education, Mahmood obtained a degree in Real Estate Management. He is also a graduate, with a degree in Real Estate Principles and Practices from California State University, Fullerton in the United States.
Career
Mahmood is the Director of M/s Silverline Realty Pvt. Ltd, M/s Marigold Estates Pvt. Ltd, M/s Silverline Business & Techparks Pvt. Ltd and Global Edge Systems & Services Ltd. (UK) and Partner of M/s Tudor Investments. He started the Bangalore Real Estate Association of India in 2000, becoming the President of the association. He was also the Founding President of the National Association of Realtors in India.
Mahmood is the only representative from India who has been elected to International Consortium of Real Estate Association, in the U.S. He represented India on the Globel "Think Tank" in Paris. He is a member of FIABCI (International Real Estate Federation., and the International Adviser of Board of FNAIM (France), as well as a member of FRICS at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. He is the Vice President of the World Council of Brokers, and previously served as the president of the Bangalore Realtors Association (BRA-I). Mahmood represented India in the 63rd World Congress of FIABCI at Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Social activities
Mahmood is a trustee of Silverline Foundation which supports various social services such as scholarships, medical aid, retirement homes, etc. He is the Director of the Vocational Awards of Bangalore Mid Town Rotary Club. He is the Chairman of Al-Ameen Scholarship Committee and Patron Member of Executive Committee of Al-Ameen Educational Society. He is also currently a board member of Central Wakf Council which focuses on the development of Wakf properties in India. The nature of development includes grants aid to the member states, interest free education loans, women welfare, planning and advisory for the activities of the boards all over the country. Mahmood is also the Honorary Secretary of Al-Ameen Educational Society which is managing more than 140 institutions. In addition, he is the Vice President of Bangalore Mid Town Rotary Club.
Awards and recognition
*Best Property Finder
*CNBC Asia-Pacific Property Award for India's Best Property Finder
Memberships
*Bangalore Club
*Bangalore Golf Club
*Karnataka Golf Association
*Bowrring Institute
Topnuz takes his name from the union of the English words top (which means primary or higher) and nuz (which in the United States is a colloquial way of saying News). Topnuz is a news aggregator that checks automatically a lot of media news, to then publish those that have more impact on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn on his web site.
History
The creators, Daniel García Baena (product manager), José López Expósito (CTO) and Jesús Muñoz Medina, are three M.Sc. in Computer Science and Software Engineering, old students of the University of Jaén. Fermín Lucena-Muñoz (TTO officer of the University of Jaén) and Francisco Roca Rodríguez (PhD. in Mathematics from the University of Granada and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaén TIC) also collaborate in the project.
Topnuz pioneered the idea of selecting, for every moment, the news with the greatest impact on various social networks. Similar systems have been being adopted later by various news aggregators, as is for example the case of Digg. In this way, we got a news aggregator that not depends on shipments of links or subsequent valuations by users.
Topnuz started to develop in 2011 and was in testing phase until December 2012. This news aggregator pretends to ensure his impartiality and plurality through an automated operation and by tracking of all types of media, without paying attention to their ideology. Topnuz also publishes the most relevant news of Reddit and Menéame. The appearance of the web portal, which does not give greater importance to some news to others, also responds to the will of their creators in offer an impartial and pluralistic media.
Investors
In 2012, Geoversia S.L. received a investment capital by ENISA (Empresa Nacional de Innovación of the Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo of Spain). The Universidad de Jaén also is collaborating in this project.
Operation
Topnuz organizes his news within a grid composed of equal boxes that contain them. Whenever a media publishes a news, Topnuz revises his relevance (adding the times that it has shared on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn ) and publishes it in his front page (the main page of the web site) if it turns out to have been very shared. The cover of Topnuz news are ordered from left to right in descending chronological order. Older news are automatically loaded as you go down the page.
This news aggregator also maintains sections where the most shared news are collected for different periods of time. Topnuz allows users to choose the themes that have news that will show on the front page, as well as the country they came from (some of the countries for which Topnuz offers in this last option are United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Mexico and Argentina). Topnuz works in English and Spanish.
Referencias
History
The creators, Daniel García Baena (product manager), José López Expósito (CTO) and Jesús Muñoz Medina, are three M.Sc. in Computer Science and Software Engineering, old students of the University of Jaén. Fermín Lucena-Muñoz (TTO officer of the University of Jaén) and Francisco Roca Rodríguez (PhD. in Mathematics from the University of Granada and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaén TIC) also collaborate in the project.
Topnuz pioneered the idea of selecting, for every moment, the news with the greatest impact on various social networks. Similar systems have been being adopted later by various news aggregators, as is for example the case of Digg. In this way, we got a news aggregator that not depends on shipments of links or subsequent valuations by users.
Topnuz started to develop in 2011 and was in testing phase until December 2012. This news aggregator pretends to ensure his impartiality and plurality through an automated operation and by tracking of all types of media, without paying attention to their ideology. Topnuz also publishes the most relevant news of Reddit and Menéame. The appearance of the web portal, which does not give greater importance to some news to others, also responds to the will of their creators in offer an impartial and pluralistic media.
Investors
In 2012, Geoversia S.L. received a investment capital by ENISA (Empresa Nacional de Innovación of the Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo of Spain). The Universidad de Jaén also is collaborating in this project.
Operation
Topnuz organizes his news within a grid composed of equal boxes that contain them. Whenever a media publishes a news, Topnuz revises his relevance (adding the times that it has shared on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn ) and publishes it in his front page (the main page of the web site) if it turns out to have been very shared. The cover of Topnuz news are ordered from left to right in descending chronological order. Older news are automatically loaded as you go down the page.
This news aggregator also maintains sections where the most shared news are collected for different periods of time. Topnuz allows users to choose the themes that have news that will show on the front page, as well as the country they came from (some of the countries for which Topnuz offers in this last option are United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Mexico and Argentina). Topnuz works in English and Spanish.
Referencias
Titanium are a New Zealand pop boy band formed in Auckland in 2012 from the winners of radio station's promotion to create New Zealand's first boy band. The radio station hosted auditions across New Zealand and eventually six young men were selected for the group consisting of members, Zac Taylor, Andrew Papas, Jordi Webber, Shaquille Paranihi-Ngauma, Haydn Linsley and T.K Paradza. They signed to Illegal Musik and released their debut single, . The single debuted at number one on the official New Zealand Singles Chart on 17 September 2012.
Zac Taylor
Zac Taylor born in 1993 is from Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. He attended Trident High School. Prior to his audition for The Edge competition he traveled to Orlando, Florida to sing at the Voice of McDonald's finals in early 2012. Taylor also states his favourite boy band is Boyz II Men.
Andrew Papas
Andrew Papas born in 1994 is orignally from South Africa and lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Before his audition for the radio station competition he was a part time Barista. Papas has stated various times that he is a fan of english boy bands; The Wanted and One Direction. He cites Justin Timberlake as an influence.
Jordi Webber
Jordi Webber born in 1994 is from Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Webber attended Rotorua Boys' High School and was Head boy. He was a student
in his first year of an acting degree before he auditioned for the boy band competition. He states: "I love dancing, singing and acting but have great ambitions to find improvement in all 3 areas."
Growing up his dream occupation was to become a professional actor. Webber also loves to bake and is of culture.
Shaquille Paranihi-Ngauma
Shaquille Paranihi-Ngauma born in 1994 is from Gisborne and lived in Hamilton, Taranaki, New Zealand. Paranihi-Ngauma was studying Music at Wintec prior to his decision to audition for The Edge boy band. He has expressed his love for cartoons, he stated: "I still really love cartoons, they seem to help me a lot with my craft and creativity". He loves to dance and has grown up with a passion for performing and one time even danced to Michael Jackson in kindergarten on the table when he was three and a half years old. His favourite boy band is Nsync and cites Chris Brown as one of his biggest influences.
Haydn Linsley
Haydn Linsley born in 1993 is orignally from Bristol, England and lived in Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand. Before joining the boy band he was a Full-time student and part-time Barista. Linsley's grandfather is Tony Hatch, composer of the Neighbours theme tune and Petula Clark's "Downtown" among many others. His interests include: Rugby, Singing, Beatboxing, and Rapping. One of his favourite celebrities is Justin Timberlake and he also loves the boy band Westlife.
T.K Paradza
T.K Paradza born in 1986 is orignally from Zimbabwe and lived in Wellington, New Zealand. He is of African culture. Prior to participating in the boy band competition from local radio station The Edge his main occupation was studying Information systems at university. As a sixteen year old he entered into a Junior Golf Tour in South Africa to represent Zimbabwe and cites this is one of his favourite childhood memories. One interesting fact about Paradza is he cuts and styles his own hair stating: "I don't trust barbers".
Zac Taylor
Zac Taylor born in 1993 is from Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. He attended Trident High School. Prior to his audition for The Edge competition he traveled to Orlando, Florida to sing at the Voice of McDonald's finals in early 2012. Taylor also states his favourite boy band is Boyz II Men.
Andrew Papas
Andrew Papas born in 1994 is orignally from South Africa and lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Before his audition for the radio station competition he was a part time Barista. Papas has stated various times that he is a fan of english boy bands; The Wanted and One Direction. He cites Justin Timberlake as an influence.
Jordi Webber
Jordi Webber born in 1994 is from Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Webber attended Rotorua Boys' High School and was Head boy. He was a student
in his first year of an acting degree before he auditioned for the boy band competition. He states: "I love dancing, singing and acting but have great ambitions to find improvement in all 3 areas."
Growing up his dream occupation was to become a professional actor. Webber also loves to bake and is of culture.
Shaquille Paranihi-Ngauma
Shaquille Paranihi-Ngauma born in 1994 is from Gisborne and lived in Hamilton, Taranaki, New Zealand. Paranihi-Ngauma was studying Music at Wintec prior to his decision to audition for The Edge boy band. He has expressed his love for cartoons, he stated: "I still really love cartoons, they seem to help me a lot with my craft and creativity". He loves to dance and has grown up with a passion for performing and one time even danced to Michael Jackson in kindergarten on the table when he was three and a half years old. His favourite boy band is Nsync and cites Chris Brown as one of his biggest influences.
Haydn Linsley
Haydn Linsley born in 1993 is orignally from Bristol, England and lived in Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand. Before joining the boy band he was a Full-time student and part-time Barista. Linsley's grandfather is Tony Hatch, composer of the Neighbours theme tune and Petula Clark's "Downtown" among many others. His interests include: Rugby, Singing, Beatboxing, and Rapping. One of his favourite celebrities is Justin Timberlake and he also loves the boy band Westlife.
T.K Paradza
T.K Paradza born in 1986 is orignally from Zimbabwe and lived in Wellington, New Zealand. He is of African culture. Prior to participating in the boy band competition from local radio station The Edge his main occupation was studying Information systems at university. As a sixteen year old he entered into a Junior Golf Tour in South Africa to represent Zimbabwe and cites this is one of his favourite childhood memories. One interesting fact about Paradza is he cuts and styles his own hair stating: "I don't trust barbers".
Keith E. Manly is a Boulder, Colorado, USA, based director, producer and writer for film productions. He has over 20 years of film production experience, including national commercial spots, corporate image, educational programs, and the new genre of Fast Action Videos. Mr. Manly has won a wide variety of awards including Telly's and Cleo's.
Manly graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1982 with a major in Film and the University of Colorado in 1993, having majored in Communications. Mr. Manly produced and directed the 1998 feature film comedy Boulderdaze, produced in Boulder, Colorado and distributed by Blockbuster Video. He is a considered a pioneer in Internet entertainment video for his nationally syndicated video series Net Time Theater carried in the on-line versions of major metro newspapers from 2000 to 2002.
Mr. Manly produced, directed, and wrote Evolution - Why Bother? (2006), an award-winning, highly reviewed educational program exploring evolution in our daily lives. It is being used in dozens of universities and hundreds of high schools and middle schools as core curriculum. This program is a recommended purchase by the School Library Journal. This program is co-produced and endorsed by the American Institute of Biological Science (AIBS) and the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT.) This program is endorsed by the National Science Foundation
He also produced, directed, and wrote Geology - Why Bother? (2005), an award-winning, highly reviewed program exploring geology in our daily lives. It is being used in dozens of universities and hundreds of high schools and middle schools as core curriculum. This program is a recommended purchase by the American Library Association in Booklist. It is endorsed by the National Association of Geology Teachers (NAGT) and carried by the Geological Society of America and other geo-science organizations.
Mr. Manly is the founder and president of Fast Action Videos, a monthly webzine and dvdzine of short action and horror videos produced by regional film groups. Mr. Manly specializes in small crew, location based, narrative production.
Manly graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1982 with a major in Film and the University of Colorado in 1993, having majored in Communications. Mr. Manly produced and directed the 1998 feature film comedy Boulderdaze, produced in Boulder, Colorado and distributed by Blockbuster Video. He is a considered a pioneer in Internet entertainment video for his nationally syndicated video series Net Time Theater carried in the on-line versions of major metro newspapers from 2000 to 2002.
Mr. Manly produced, directed, and wrote Evolution - Why Bother? (2006), an award-winning, highly reviewed educational program exploring evolution in our daily lives. It is being used in dozens of universities and hundreds of high schools and middle schools as core curriculum. This program is a recommended purchase by the School Library Journal. This program is co-produced and endorsed by the American Institute of Biological Science (AIBS) and the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT.) This program is endorsed by the National Science Foundation
He also produced, directed, and wrote Geology - Why Bother? (2005), an award-winning, highly reviewed program exploring geology in our daily lives. It is being used in dozens of universities and hundreds of high schools and middle schools as core curriculum. This program is a recommended purchase by the American Library Association in Booklist. It is endorsed by the National Association of Geology Teachers (NAGT) and carried by the Geological Society of America and other geo-science organizations.
Mr. Manly is the founder and president of Fast Action Videos, a monthly webzine and dvdzine of short action and horror videos produced by regional film groups. Mr. Manly specializes in small crew, location based, narrative production.