The DANKA Organization / Team
Danka is an open organization. Its work is based on
active contribution and feedback of the community. Danka
works very close with cultural organizers, the public
and the artists and considers them as part of the Danka
team. Everybody is welcome to join our team in one of
the specified fields to improve cultural activities
in Pakistan and abroad. Please contact us at
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Danka Headquarters Lahore
11 Firdous Park, Sant Nagar, Lahore, Pakistan
+92 344 4219860 (English)
+92 300 4536811 (Urdu)
info(at)danka.com.pk
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or write your enquiries directly to the persons in charge:
Management & Coordination
Lukas Berger, lukas(at)danka.com.pk (Lahore)
Sajjad Haier, sajjad(at)danka.com.pk (Lahore)
Mansoor Adenwala, mansoor(at)danka.com.pk (Karachi)
Dr. Andreas Daniel Matt, andreas(at)danka.com.pk (Europe)
(Contact for Marketing, Sponsorship, Co-operations, Finances)
IT & Web Technology
Mansoor Adenwala, mansoor(at)danka.com.pk (Karachi)
(Contact for Web-Portal Development, IT Consulting, Technical Questions)
Media , Events & Communication
Sajjad Haider, sajjad(at)danka.com.pk (Lahore)
Shaza Nishat Ahmed, shaza(at)danka.com.pk (Karachi)
(Contact for Event Management, Media, Journalism and General Enquiries)
Danka Productions (Europe)
Martin Beddeleem, Beatrice Cailmail, productions(at)danka.com.pk
(Contact for Events/Workshops in Europe, International
Artists Exchange)
Danka - Cultural Guide is supported by proLoka
Pakistan (www.proLoka.org).
Core Team (Lahore)
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Lukas Berger
Pirate
Lukas is Danka's newest backup from abroad to oversee the manouvering
of Danka and take care of basic necessities like the newsletter.
He is a trumpet player and in charge of the Danka office full time.
Connections: proLoka, Austrian Social Service
Marketing and Music Cluster | lukas.berger(at)danka.com.pk
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Andreas Daniel Matt
Captain
At Danka nobody does math better than Andreas! Dr. Andreas holds
Ph.D. in Computers and Mathematics from the University of Innsbruck,
Austria.. If it weren’t for Danka to be founded here in Lahore,
he would have been across the world twice. And that too, in his
antique wagon!
Connections: proLoka, ipsum,
Sanjannagar Institute,
DirektHilfe
Management & Coordination Cluster | andreas(at)danka.com.pk
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Foaad Nizam
Additional Driver (yes, we have the post!)
About Foaad they say 'Don't judge by the cover'. He has all the
ingredients to be a part of Pakistani cricket team; tons of potential
energy threatening to break loose but mainly for the consistancy
part! He teaches Guitar at Lahore
Chitrkar, and is invariably found on almost every musical evening.
Connections: Lahore Chitrkar
IT & Web Technology Cluster | foaad(at)danka.com.pk
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Sajjad Haider
Speaker
Sarkari Sajjad (due to his affiliation with PITB)
is currently doing his MBA from LUMS
which keeps him extremely busy but he still manages to find time
for some Danka activities such as promoting it to students. He also
volunteers time for ADP,
a social development organization based in Boston. Sajjad is reliable
as a rock, one of our main managers and a very funny and nice chap!.
Connections: PITB,
LUMS, ADP
Media, Events & Communication Cluster | sajjad(at)danka.com.pk
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Asif Zaman
Official Danka Tourguide
Nobody can show you Lahore with more fun than Asif. Due to the
knowledge of many languages and the deep history of Lahore and
Pakistan every trip with him seems like an adventure. Beside
giving tours in Lahore he is an official tourguide for several
other parts in Pakistan, including the Northern Areas and can
organise transportation and hotel.
Connection: Danka
Tourguide
Official Danka Tourguide | Ph.: 03004619805
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Abid Mehmood
Programer
Abid is the new programmer on the Danka ship, from now on he
is responsible for fixing bugs and implement ideas for the future
of the page. After living a couple of years in Karachi he is
luckily back in Lahore and fully motivated to be a part of the
Danka Team.
Programer | abid(at)danka.com.pk |
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Beddeleem (Danka Productions)
Guard
After his time here in Lahore working for the improvement of
Danka he is now in Montreal for studies and developing Danka
Productions. Together with Beatrice he is trying to spread the
"Danka" word and present pakistani culture in an accurate
way.
Connections: Danka Productions
Danka Productions | martin(at)danka.com.pk
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Beatrice Cailmail (Danka Productions)
Look-out
After having done research on the characteristics of female
politics in Pakistan and being part of the Danka family, she
is now responsible for exploring a cultural image of Lahore
and Pakistan. Recently moved to Montreal for studies and supporting
Martin with the Danka Productions work.
Connection: Alliance Francaise
Danka Productions| beatrice(at)danka.com.pk
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Extended Team
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Our extended team is what we love to refer as
operational staff or Danka's lifeline. Without
all these friends, we're nothing but another ambitious
dead venture.
Pierre Jolit
Co-Founder and Friend |
Fouad Bajwa
Networking / Open Source
fouad(at)danka.com.pk
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Abdul Manan Ejaz
Design / Layout / Graphics
manan(at)danka.com.pk |
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Alumni (former Danka members)
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Danka is like a big family. Many of our family members joined us
while they were in Lahore or for a certain period of time. We are
grateful for their great input and efforts. They contributed immensly
to Danka and were responsible for major parts of its development.
Jakob Steiner
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Yassir Hussain |
Jakob Steinkogler
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Aamer Mukhtar |
| Mathilde Beziau |
Shahzad Syed |
Aun Raza
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Saadia Fatima |
| Muhammad Atif |
Brigitte Hochrainer |
| Jawad Amin |
Zahid Bajwa |
| Mustafa Nazir Ahmad |
Danyal Rashid |
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We extend our thanks for support and help to: Sajjad
Ahmad Rana (Graphic Design), Ahsen Rizvi (Graphic Design),
Waseem Malik (Think Tank), Shahid Mirza (Think Tank),
Bade (Constant Help), Imad (Press).
We are actively looking for motivated partners in charge
of providing information for one specific field –
music, theatre, exhibitions etc. Applications are expected.
Please send an email to info(at)danka.com.pk.
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