K.M ASIF AHMED (ASIF DEALS) Managing Director (Deals group of companies)
K.M. Asif Ahmed (Asif Deals) is the Managing Director of Deals Group of Companies, entrepreneur, and social worker. He is also the founder of “Be Human”, an NGO operating in and around Mangalore.
Early Life and Career
Mr. K.M. Asif Ahmed was born on 29th October, 1972 to parents K.A. Bawa and K. Mariyam at Bunder, Managlore. A few decades back, the Beary community was largely engaged only in a small set of businesses such as scrap, fishing, and daily labor work. Few understood the importance of education and Mr. K.A. Bawa was one among them. After pursuing his BA degree, he started working as an accountant with a firm named Kalltra run by Abdul Khader Haji. Mr. K.M. Asif Ahmed is his eldest son. Being a prompt supporter of education, Mr. K.A. Bawa believed that education is the key to success. Mr. Asif completed his primary education at St. Ann’s Mangalore followed by his high school and Pre-University education at St. Aloysius College, Mangalore.
He had a number of part time jobs during his high school years. After PUC, Mr. Asif joined evening college to help his father support his family. He started working as an accountant at Blue Marine Fisheries Company, Bunder. During his college years, he met Mr. U.T. Khader who later on turned out to his best friend and role model. There were a lot of elite students attending college during this time. Mr. Asif got along with a lot of them and in no time, established contacts. After pursuing his B.Com degree, he started a small vehicle rental office. Later on he moved to KSA and handed his vehicle rental office to his siblings. In KSA, He started working as a salesman in a Melbourne Company and got promoted to an area manager. He then resigned and started working as a Manager in an FMCG Company. After 11 years of experience, he returned to India with a bigger goal and took over his old vehicle rental office and established a transport contract. He then signed a contract with the TATA group and the deal was to work under chassis transportation. This was the turning point of his life. The job was new to him and he had to face a lot of difficulties in the beginning. He lost a lot of money due to theft of vehicles in North India while transporting. It was his never give up attitude and friends circle who supported him to get through the hard times of his life. After a while, the company started improving in many levels and started receiving various contract offers from many reputed companies. This resulted in the establishment of Deals Properties.
Deals Properties includes real estate, civil projects and construction. Later on, he started the Deals Innovaves interiors specializing in interior designing. He started Deals Builders and Developers. After working for a while, he went to KSA and established the Deals Solution Arabia Company LTD which deals with trading and renting equipment. Later on he started a company specialized in oil trading named Biz Ventures at Dubai followed by G3 Solutions along with partners in the Middle East. Today, Deals Group is a reputed company in the Middle East as well as South India. This is the result of Mr. Asif Ahmed’s immense hard work, adaptability, Commitment, Honesty and faith that made him lead his legacy towards excellence.
Social Contributions.
Mr. Asif Ahmed is a football lover and the Vice President of Azariya Football Club and the president of JIM football club. He established the Brothers Uchila football club to help the players of Uchila to play in Mangalore through D.K. Football Association. Deals Asif and his team is well known in Mangalore due to their services towards humanity. Inspired by Mr. Ravoof Puthige and Mr. Khasim Ahmed, he joined Hidayah foundation and visited coastal areas of Karnataka. His heart broke when he saw the condition of the poor villagers struggling due to poverty, hunger, diseases and several other terrible factors. He relentlessly engaged in social welfare programs since 2008 and in the year 2016, he started an NGO named ‘Be Human’ supporting people regardless of any boundaries. It is his dedication, hard working nature, and social concern that has made Mr. Asif the man he is today.
“My dream is to work and devote my time for the betterment of our community. Our time in this world is limited, so we must make the best out of it. When I was younger, I thought that the key to success was just hard work and nothing else but I eventually found out that the real foundation to success is faith towards yourself, the courage to conquer, faith which creates motivation which in turn leads to commitment, hard work and preparation which will eventually lead to success. It’s my request to all my brothers and sisters to utilize one’s time for the betterment of the community and its people. Charity is the biggest asset in one’s life and nothing else matters.” – Thoughts expressed by Mr. Asif Ahmed.
Vision
Mr. Asif Ahmed believes in the power of youth and talent of the present generation. He believes that the youth should be given sufficient back up and opportunities to express their ideas, talent and thoughts in order to build their dream and finally emerge as successful entrepreneurs. He also wishes to have more of excellent educational institutions in Mangalore to provide quality education and motivate the young generation to enroll in administrative sectors like IAS, IPS, and more.
Awards
For his exemplary service, outstanding dedication, relentless effort, and selfless commitment to his vision of a greater, empowered community and nation, he has been on numerous occasions felicitated by reputed NGOs as well as the Government to recognize and promote among the society a man who is truly one of a kind, Mr. Asif Ahmed.
Name – K.M Asif Ahmed
Place of Birth – Mangalore (Bunder)
Date of Birth – 29/10/1972
Parents – K.A Bawa, K. Mariyam
Spouse – Sumayya Asif
Children – Mohammed Ahnaf, Ainul Mariyam
Education – B com
Career – Managing Director (Deals group of companies)
