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

Danka Headquarters Lahore
11 Firdous Park, Sant Nagar, Lahore, Pakistan
+92 344 4219860 (English)
+92 300 4536811 (Urdu)
info(at)danka.com.pk

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)

Lukas Berger 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

Andreas Daniel Matt 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

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

Sajjad Haider 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

Asif Zaman 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

Abid 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

Martin BeddeleemMartin 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

Beatrice Cailmail 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

 

Extended Team

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
Abdul Manan Ejaz
Design / Layout / Graphics
manan(at)danka.com.pk
 
   
Alumni (former Danka members)

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
Yassir Hussain
Jakob Steinkogler
Aamer Mukhtar
Mathilde Beziau Shahzad Syed
Aun Raza
Saadia Fatima
Muhammad Atif Brigitte Hochrainer
Jawad Amin Zahid Bajwa
Mustafa Nazir Ahmad Danyal Rashid

 



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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