TEPA's 'Tamil Entrepreneurs and Professionals Associates' Conference 2022 (Expo Edition), scheduled on January 29, 2022, has been postponed indefinitely due to the current Covid situation, travel restrictions, considering safety of the attendees and uncertainty on Covid status. New date will be announced on a later date.

TEPA is aiming to touch the lives of the Tamil community in Dubai, UAE and around the world through its Social and Networking activities. Services by TEPA members are voluntary without any form of compensation or benefits. The impact of TEPA’s Social and Business Networking activities in UAE will be: increased awareness of the business opportunities, guidance for business opportunities and investments in Tamil Nadu, creating a social fabric enabling inter and intra community assistance, thereby contributing to the economic development and ensuring social security in UAE.
Our Mission

Our Mission

We are ‘Committed to Success’ by connecting worlds’ Tamil business community to become more productive and successful through exchange of business ideas and opportunities.
Our Members

Our Members

TEPA enables co-ordination between individuals, groups and organizations to focus on the development of Tamil Business Community.
Objectives

Objectives

TEPA’s social and business networking activities in UAE are: to increase awareness of the business opportunities, guidance for business opportunities and investments in Tamil Nadu, creating a social fabric enabling inter and intra community assistance, thereby contributing to the economic development and ensuring social security in UAE.

About TEPA

Tamil Entrepreneurs and Professionals Associates, U.A.E is a government registered organization for business and social related works, licensed by the U.A.E Government authorities. It was created as a community volunteering group on February 5, 2020 with the purpose of encouraging and facilitating business development for the Tamil language speaking community and also involved in community development works in social, welfare, sport & entertainment activities in the United Arab Emirates.

There are more than 400,000 Tamil speaking people living, working and conducting businesses in UAE, which is over 16% of the Indian population in UAE. They are one the strongest communities contributing immensely to the UAE economy and Indian Diaspora through their hard work and perseverance.

TEPA is one of the frontline business groups from Tamil Community in the following activities:

  1. To bring more investment to U.A.E to support U.A.E Government.
  2. Support to increase the number of new Startup companies in U.A.E by engaging U.A.E business people or new investors from India.
  3. Involving to increase the U.A.E Economy to support the government.
  4. Increase the number of workforces and business activities in the local market.
  5. Encourage the community to re-invest the earned money in U.A.E market in different fields.
  6. Assisting & guiding potential investors to open branches / new businesses in India.
  7. Empowering Women Entrepreneurs.
  8. Transforming Employees to Employers to do effective business in the market.
  9. Arranging Seminars & Conferences related to business.
  10. Arranging Investments to India from the Gulf Market.

TEPA contributes to the Tamil Community by organizing the following activities with its own resources and assistance of associate partner organizations in Dubai:

  1. Business network meetings: physically and virtually, enabling sharing business opportunities.
  2. Charitable activities: organizing food, groceries and safety kits distribution to economically challenged Tamil community.
  3. Social work:
    1. Blood donation campaign.
    2. Foodstuff, groceries and safety kits distribution.
    3. Connecting employment opportunities and job seekers.
    4. Repatriation of workers in emergency situations.
    5. Assistance to stranded or deprived through community approach, and
    6. Involving in Arts, Sports and Cultural Programs along with event management companies.
Completed tasks

Programs, Social Activities and Events

Summary

Following are the completed Social Activities, Events and Networking Programs

  1. 2000 low-income workers were provided with monthly groceries during Covid-19 pandemic period during 2020.
  2. 600 Food Packs, 900 Snack boxes and Free Clothing were distributed during Covid-19 pandemic period 2020.
  3. Provided Provisions kits for 200 Low-Income family members during 2020 covid period.
  4. Distributed 1800 Food & Snack Packs at Al Quoz Camp with the support of Smart Life Foundations, Dubai during the holy month of Ramadan.
  5. Distributed 500 Food & Snack Packs in the remembrance of Labor Day during the holy month of Ramadan at Muhaisnah, Dubai.
  6. Arranged Repatriation flight tickets for 20 pregnant ladies & 10 sick & old age people through Indian Consulate, Dubai by references.
  7. Supported to get 15 Air tickets for people stranded and desperate to go home.
  8. Arranged 2 Nos of Charter flights as part of Repatriation process for 365 stranded Tamil passengers.
  9. Extended Medical assistance for 15 people during 2020.
  10. Arranged Blood donation campaign with over 100 blood donators on February 5, 2021.
  11. 6600 people were guided by telephone by our Committee Members.
  12. Arranged over 80 employments from 2020.
  13. Supported Cricket tournaments, cultural programs along with other companies.
  14. Organized Badminton Tournaments in September 2021, where over 250 players form 5 countries participated.
  15. Celebrated Women’s Day program on March 8, 2021 at Badr Al Samaa Medical Center, Bur Dubai. Honored all the Doctors & Nurses (Corona warriors) and arranged health tests and cervical cancer tests with special prices.
  16. Organized New year, National day, Flag Day & Pongal Programs.
  17. More than 5 startup companies and branches started with the assistance of TEPA in U.A.E
  18. Provided Financial Assistance & Tools for businesses for 10 members including one Women Entrepreneur.
  19. Conducting regular TEPA Executive Committee Meetings.
  20. Organized TEPA Business Network Meet on September 25, 2021.
  21. Organized TEPA  Business Network Meet on September 25, 2021.
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Social Activities

Following are the completed Social Activities

  1. 2000 low-income workers were provided with monthly groceries during Covid-19 pandemic period during 2020.
  2. 600 Food Packs, 900 Snack boxes and Free Clothing were distributed during Covid-19 pandemic period 2020.
  3. Provided Provisions kits for 200 Low-Income family members during 2020 covid period.
  4. Distributed 1800 Food & Snack Packs at Al Quoz Camp with the support of Smart Life Foundations, Dubai during the holy month of Ramadan.
  5. Distributed 500 Food & Snack Packs in the remembrance of Labor Day during the holy month of Ramadan at Muhaisnah, Dubai.
  6. Arranged Repatriation flight tickets for 20 pregnant ladies & 10 sick & old age people through Indian Consulate, Dubai by references.
  7. Supported to get 15 Air tickets for people stranded and desperate to go home.
  8. Arranged 2 Nos of Charter flights as part of Repatriation process for 365 stranded Tamil passengers.
  9. Extended Medical assistance for 15 people during 2020.
  10. Arranged Blood donation campaign with over 100 blood donators on February 5, 2021.
  11. 6600 people were guided by telephone by our Committee Members.
  12. Arranged over 80 employments from 2020.
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Events

Following are the completed Events

  1. Supported Cricket tournaments, cultural programs along with other companies.
  2. Organized Badminton Tournaments in September 2021, where over 250 players form 5 countries participated.
  3. Celebrated Women’s Day program on March 8, 2021 at Badr Al Samaa Medical Center, Bur Dubai. Honored all the Doctors & Nurses (Corona warriors) and arranged health tests and cervical cancer tests with special prices.
  4. Organized New year, National day, Flag Day & Pongal Programs.
  5. More than 5 startup companies and branches started with the assistance of TEPA in U.A.E
  6. Provided Financial Assistance & Tools for businesses for 10 members including one Women Entrepreneur.
  7. Pongal 2022 Celebration – ‘Pongal Kondatam – 2022’ organized TEPA and Lulu Hypermarket at Souk Warsan, International City, Dubai
  8. Republic Day 2022 Celebration – Organized by The Indian Academy in association with TEPA at The Indian Academy, Muhaisnah 4, Dubai
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Networking Programs

Following are the completed Networking Programs

  1. Conducting regular TEPA Executive Committee
  2. Organized TEPA Business Network Meet – Chapter 1, on September 25, 2021.
  3. Organized TEPA Business Network Meet – Chapter 2, on November 27, 2021.
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Activities

TEPA contributes to the Tamil Community by organizing the following activities with its own resources and assistance of associate partner organizations in Dubai:
Business Networking
Business Networking
TEPA organizes Business Networking every couple of months, physically and virtually, connecting members, community members in and outside UAE, associates and other business prospects, enabling discussing business ideas, sharing business opportunities and exchanging cross border success stories.
Charitable Activities
Charitable Activities
TEPA organizes periodic food, groceries and safety kits distribution to economically challenged Tamil Workers Community on its own, with its members' contribution and sponsors along with associate organizations. TEPA realizes our brethren in distress deserve our attention and empathy.
Social work
Social work
Blood donation campaign, Foodstuff, groceries and safety kits distribution, Connecting employment opportunities and job seekers, Repatriation of workers in emergency situations, Assistance to stranded or deprived through community approach, Arts, Sports and Cultural programs along

TEPA: A Premier Business Group for Tamil Community:

Investment
To bring more investment to U.A.E to support U.A.E Government.
Support
Support to increase the number of new Startup companies in U.A.E by engaging U.A.E business people or new investors from India.
Participating
Participating to support the government in economic prosperity.
Business
Increase the community workforce and business activities in the local market
Empowering
Empowering women entrepreneurs.
Employees
Transforming employees to employers to do effective business in the market.
Community
Encourage the community to re-invest the earned money in U.A.E market in different fields.
Conferences
Arranging Seminars & Conferences related to business.