Indian School Al-Ghubra

In a short span of one-and-a-half

years, Dr. P. Mohamed Ali, Managing
Director of Galfar Engineering and
Contracting LLC, the flagship of
Galfar Group of Companies, has been
conferred with no less than three
coveted awards and honour in quick
succession.

In 2002, Glasglow Caledonian

University, Glasglow, Scotland,
conferred upon him a doctorate of
Science-Honouris Causa, in
recognition of his service in spreading
vocational and professional education
in the country of his adoption, Oman.
Glasglow Caledonian College in Al
Hail embodies the vision of this man.

 The Indian School Al-Ghubra (ISG) is an independent, co-educational private

day school located in the city of Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman. The
educational establishment was founded in July 1990 by Indian born Omani
businessman Dr P Mohamed Ali, who is the Managing Director of Galfar
Engineering and Contracting, one of the largest construction companies in
Oman.
Mr. B.S. Bhatnagar was the principal of the school from 1991 to Spring 2006.
The present principal is Mrs. Papri Ghosh, who succeeded Mr. G. Thangadurai
in 2008. The current Vice Principal of the School is Mr.G.Sreekumar who took
over since 2007. He has also been teaching Mathematics as a subject at the
Higher Secondary level since 1996.
The school is a participant in The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme. The
school is also the first and the only school in the gulf that is a member of the
Round Square.

 It is a state-of-the art college, equipping Omanis with the wherewithal to take

Oman on the fast track in the quest of technological renaissance.
Dr. Mohamed Ali received Oman's Civil Order Grade for his meritorious
service in the development of Oman.He has been decorated with the Bharatiya
Pravasi Samman, an honour given to only 12 people of Indian origin out of a
diaspora of more than 25 million Indians spread over 130 countries.
For a common man from India, born in a remote village of Kerala to parents
of average means, it is literally a rags-to-riches story. After completing his
basic education in his native village he qualified in engineering and set sail for
the Gulf like thousands of other Indians in search of gold and glory.
His first port of call was Dubai in 1971. The following year he was picked up
by an ambitious Omani, Sheikh Salim Saeed Al Araimi, to work for him in
Oman. Since then the two have worked hand in hand, weathered many a storm
together and established the supremacy of Galfar as a world-class company
with dozens of subsidiaries encompassing Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Yemen,
Bahrain, Brunei and India. Their quest for further success and glory continues.