Shameem pedals 2,200 km in Malaysia to end polio

  • | Wednesday | 21st February, 2018

Prof. Shameem traversed Malaysia to complete the Operation Polio Eradication (OPEM) initiative by MAHE and Manipal Global. The MIU and Rotary are in talks with the Malaysia Book of Records to register this event. Prof. Shameem covered nearly 150 km every day on an average. S.S. Shameem (Fifth from the Right), an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Applications in Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), currently posted in Manipal International University (MIU), Malaysia, pedalled 2,200 km in 15 days, between January 31 and February 14, 2018, to raise ?3 lakh to support Rotary’s Global EndPolio Mission. | Photo Credit: handout_mailHaving traversed India on his bicycle, S.S. Shameem, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Applications in Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), currently posted in Manipal International University (MIU), Malaysia, pedalled 2,200 km in 15 days, between January 31 and February 14, 2018, to raise ?3 lakh to support Rotary’s Global EndPolio Mission.

S.S. Shameem (Fifth from the Right), an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Applications in Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), currently posted in Manipal International University (MIU), Malaysia, pedalled 2,200 km in 15 days, between January 31 and February 14, 2018, to raise ?3 lakh to support Rotary’s Global EndPolio Mission. | Photo Credit: handout_mail more-in Having traversed India on his bicycle, S.S. Shameem, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Applications in Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), currently posted in Manipal International University (MIU), Malaysia, pedalled 2,200 km in 15 days, between January 31 and February 14, 2018, to raise ?3 lakh to support Rotary’s Global EndPolio Mission. Prof. Shameem traversed Malaysia to complete the Operation Polio Eradication (OPEM) initiative by MAHE and Manipal Global. He also spread awareness on ‘EndPolio’, which is Rotary International’s global mission, and helped promote MIU’s ‘Green-Health Awareness Agenda’, an initiative aimed at projecting cycling as an environment-friendly and healthy mode of daily transportation. Prof. Shameem covered nearly 150 km every day on an average. The MIU and Rotary are in talks with the Malaysia Book of Records to register this event.

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