The Mauritian Achiever's Award (UK) 2018 ceremony was held in
conjunction with Mauritius Jubilee Independence celebrations on 17 March 2018
at Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, London.
Rafic Soormally & wife Sen Seetulsingh-Soormally
The
organisers, Gyanchand Sunil Mungur FCCA, Chariman of SPELmedia UK, also
Chairman of the Mauritius Hindu Association (UK), and Dr Lock (Sashi) Sohodeb,
recipient of several international awards for literature, spared no detail to make
this occasion a complete success.
It
was a well-organised, sumptuous and lavish evening with distinguished awardees
and guests, with excellent food and refreshments. The occasion was animated by Tony
Patti, professional DJ on Sunrise Radio. Sponsored by Gynch Shaw Maurice &
CO. It was also a charity event supporting Eastern Welfare Association for the
Disabled and SOS Children’s Village Mauritius, attended by distinguished
personalities such as Miss England Stephanie Hill, Mr England Jack Eyers, actor
Nitin Ganatra who plays the part of Masood Ahmed in the ever so popular soap
opera EastEnders.
Rafic Soormally and Miss England Stephanie Hill
The
Mauritian Achiever's Award (MAA) Magazine 2018 describes my contribution, as an
awardee in the Professional and Media Category, as follows:
« M Rafic Soormally, son of Idrice and Rabiah Soormally,
was born in Curepipe, Mauritius. Having taught at Imperial and Balliol
Colleges, he left for the UK in 1972 to further his studies. He completed his
Diploma in Business Studies, Foundation ACCA course and Certificate of the
Institute of Marketing. He also did a BA (Hons) in Economics at Essex
University and studied a post graduate Diploma in Law course at City
University. Rafic is married to Sen Seetulsingh, adopted daughter of
Ramduthlall Seetulsingh of Curepipe. He worked in Accounts at the London
Underground before he and his family returned to Mauritius where he worked as
Operations Analyst and Accountant at Currimjee Ltd from 1990 to 1998 when they
returned to the UK with their two sons, Anup and Sahil. Rafic started to write
for the magazine Mauritian Abroad in the UK, which led him to write in several
newspapers in Mauritius, including Mauritius Times, le Mauricien, The Star,
l’Express, Sunday Vani, Impact News, Le Matinal and News on Sunday. Rafic has
been writing for 18 years and still contributing in the Mauritian press. »
