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SUNNIL MEHRA
DIST RICT GOVERNOR 2020-21
DIST RICT 3141
Dear Rotarians of District 3141
Happy 2nd Month of the Rotary Calendar
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Dear Visionary President's, Core Team, ATs AGs Avenue teams
At the stroke of midnight , the new dawn arrives.
They say the old order changeth
In reality the wheel of Rotary moves one step forward.
Roles change
Seats change
People change
What does not change is the commitment of Rotarians to com-
munities
What does not change is the desire to serve.
What does not change is the passion of Team Vision 2020
....Beyond the Ordinary
Because
Together we will
Together we shall
Make our Vision come real
Have a Visionary Impactful and Powerful year 2020-21
Sunnil and Shilpi Mehra
And the Core Team
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HOLGER KNAACK
RI PRESIDENT 2020-21
JULY 2020
This does not seem like a time for great optimism, but it has to be. Long before Rotary was founded, the world dealt
with great crises that tested humankind's ability to progress and endure. In the age of Rotary, the world has faced
many more catastrophes; however, we have survived, and every step of the way, Rotary has helped the world heal.
Every great challenge is an opportunity for renewal and growth. I revealed the theme of Rotary Opens Opportuni-
ties at the International Assembly in San Diego just as the COVID-19 crisis was beginning, but these are words that
I have believed for many years.
Rotary is not just a club that you join; it is an invitation to endless opportunities. We believe in creating opportuni-
ties for others and for ourselves. We believe that our acts of service, large and small, generate opportunities for
people who need our help, and that Rotary opens opportunities for us to live a richer, more meaningful life, with
friends around the world, based on our core values.
Governments and institutions are gaining a greater appreciation for the types of public health partnerships that are
critical to our work. People stuck at home, eager for greater connections and hungry to help their communities, are
now embracing the values we have promoted since our beginning.
All of this is positive news, but just because there are greater opportunities than ever for Rotary to thrive does not
guarantee that we will succeed. The world is changing rapidly — and was doing so even before this crisis. People
were starting to move away from regular lunch meetings and toward online gatherings. Friendships were being
cultivated and revived in social media relationships even before most of our
meetings moved to Zoom and Skype.
Younger generations have a strong desire to serve — but have questioned whether they could play a meaningful
role in organizations like Rotary or whether they might make a bigger impact forming different types of connec-
tions. Now is the time to put everything on the table, test new approaches, and prepare Rotary for the future.
The COVID-19 crisis has forced all of us to adapt. This is good, and our new Action Plan specifically calls on us to
improve our ability to adapt. But adaptation is not enough. We need to change, and change
dramatically, if we are to face the challenges of this new age and provide the Rotary the world so desperately needs.
This is our great challenge, not just in the next year but into the foreseeable future. It is up to us to remake Rotary
for these new times — to wholeheartedly embrace the ideas, energy, and commitment of young people eager to
find an outlet for idealism. We must become an organization fully enmeshed in the digital age, not one that simply
looks for online ways to keep doing what we have always done.
The world needs Rotary now more than ever.
It is up to us to make sure that Rotary Opens Opportunities for generations to come.
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District 3141
My Dear Rotarians;
Yes that’s perhaps the best we Rotarians must have done
during these hard COVID times and hope we get over
this soon. Life is indeed not the same..
With great pleasure, I present to you the #2 (Aug)
Membership Special edition of THE UNICORN GML right
on time as scheduled.
I am not too sure how the team has done this but, we
seem to have broken all our previous records and here in
front of you is a whole gamut of 72 pages for you to look
upon.
It’s also my privilege to present to you a unique (out of the box) cover page for this edition. Hope you like it.
Team was contemplating on what could be the best possible way to show the strength of our district in one
single visualization and behold here it is.. Nothing could have been better but to showcase every single club
of our district on the cover page.
While this edition features all our regular stuff, we also bring to you a new section titled ’Elite Conversations’
which shall bring to you highly placed Iconic figures having excelled in their chosen path of work. Here we
feature famed philanthropist and Rotarian Rajashreeji Birla of the Aditya Birla Group. Also read insights on
membership our core strength. As you read, more stories shall Unfold and we are sure you shall enjoy.
We are saddened by the unfortunate loss one of our dear Rotarian colleagues Vinay Singh and pray god give
his family strength in these difficult times. We shall miss him to the core.
A mention of the team behind this presentation (#2) can never be overstated as they keep performing and
delivering to their best. Aslam and Dilip having over performed keep the Editor of the month tags with
others vying to be there already. Aishani and Ketan your creative talent keeps us in the eyes of the reader and
makes us prouder than ever before.
Do stay connected with me on [email protected] and keep sharing your feedback, valuable
suggestions, club projects and other Rotary relevant information. The success of THE UNICORN GML is
entirely on you our readers. Happy reading as we Unfold, Stories Untold..
I would like to end with a couplet of what Rotary is all about by
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EDITOR OF THE MONTH
With every team member giving his/her best and with the desire to motivate those who outperform, we
shall be announcing the EDITOR OF THE MONTH for each issue.
The name so announced below having undoubtedly lived up more to the expectations for the month of
July is not one but two. Am proud to have you both in team THE UNICORN GML. Congratulations..
Rtn Vinay Khetawat (Editor-in-Chief District Publications)
I am greatly honoured by My Dear Visionaries,
this award. Indeed, the best
award that exists is the one As if the privilege of being Con-
given by one’s own tent Editor for the GML was not
colleague, in this case enough, being selected as “Editor
Editor-in-Chief Vinay of the month for July” seemed
Khetawat, he who knows like receiving best debutant
your work. award.
However, I firmly believe that I could not have done UNICORN, the harbinger of good luck, has already started
what I did to receive this honour without the working its magic on the Vision year.
support of the entire team of Unicorn GML. Indeed, I owe this to our Editor in chief Rtn Vinay Kheta-
I thank each of them to have played their watji, who motivated us, taught us the nuances created
respective roles in the journey to produce an excel- such bonhomie amongst us that the GML team is already
lent July Issue. a family.
I am thoroughly enjoying my second stint as a team Webinars gave us the flexibility of “mobility”, thanks to
member of GML; the first one was with MIRATION Vision DG Sunnil Mehra for being ahead of times.
(GML 2018-19). Happy reading friends as we keep you updated, enter-
And I am looking forward to yet another year of tained and amused with your work.
contributing to innovative newsletters for Rotarians Lots of love
of District 3141. Rtn Dilip Shah (Content Editor)
Rtn Aslam Merchant (Associate Editor)
A Rotary District as strong as its Clubs …
The Club is as strong as all of its Club Members….
They collectively constitute towards the strength of the District….
District 3141: Membership is of 103 clubs and 5500+ Rotarians
This Membership is the reason of our Strength , our Unity
and our ability to do large projects and the reason why we
are one of the most Premium District in the World.
This is depicted on the cover by the story of strength and oneness due to our
Membership by all the symbols of every club coming together.
Next (September) Issue is ‘Education & Literacy Special’
Compiled and Published by: Rtn. Vinay Khetawat DIsclaimer:
Designed by: Aishani Mehra This contents of this magazine , examples, images and references are
For and on behalf of Rotary District 3141, Mumbai provided for Information purposes only. The magazine is for reading for
District Governor Rtn. Sunnil Mehra the members of Rotary District 3141 and circulation between their
For Private Circulation Only members. This magazine cannot be used for promotional activity and
All Editorial and Advertising material should be submitted on has no commercial value. We have no intentions of hurting or harming
Email : [email protected] any individuals and the content is purely the thoughts of the writers and
is no bearing on the District 3141 and the makers of this magazine.
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It was indeed a proud moment for
the Unicorn GML Team when its
maiden issue of July 2020 was
launched at the Installation Cere-
mony of DG Sunnil Mehra on 28th
June, 2020 at the hands of Chief
Guest PRIP and TRF Trustee Rtn. K.
R. Ravindran.
This is the first ever exclusive
environmentally friendly digital
GML published by District 3141
which has been made available
both in PDF version and FLIP
version.
Unicorn GML is available on District’s Website, Facebook and other social media platforms like
WhatsApp, Instagram, etc. Pls click here for ready access: http://bit.ly/unicorngmljul20.
Rotarians of 3141 can also read the PDF version on the new Rotary App.
Unicorn GML is the result of the hard work put in by Rtn. Vinay Khetawat, Editor-in-Chief and his dedi-
cated team of Editors who are committed to bringing to you interesting and informative newsletters
month after month during Vision Rotary Year 2020-21.
The Unicorn GML Team is grateful to Ms. Aishani Sunnil Mehra for volunteering with her creative
support in beautifully designing and composing the magazine.
TEAM THE UNICORN GML
Editor-in-Chief Rtn. Vinay Khetawat
Associate Editor (North West) Rtn. K V. Premraj
Content Editor Rtn. Neena Bagga
Digital Editor Rtn. Sandeep Ohri
Associate Editor (West) Rtn. Aslam Merchant
Photo Editor Rtn. Prakash Patel
Content Editor Rtn. Shelly Gupta
Co-Editor (South) Rtn. Ketan Sheth
Content Editor Rtn. Dilip Shah
Content Editor Rtr. Zakir Presswala
Content Editor Rtn. Rajesh Dave
Printing & Logistics Rtn. Abhishek Pradhan
Creative Support Aishani Mehra
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Sunday, 28th June 2020 was a red-letter day in the history of
Rotary District 3141 when Rtn. Sunnil Mehra was installed as the
Visionary District Governor 2020-21 on a virtual platform,
witnessed live by over 1000 participants on Zoom and Facebook.
The event commenced with Smart District Governor 2019-20, Rtn.
Harjit Singh Talwar calling the meeting to order and playing of
national anthems of India and Sri Lanka (in honour of the Chief
Guest Past Rotary International President and Incoming Trustee of
The Rotary Foundation, Rtn.K.R.Ravindran.
This was followed by pre-recorded bhajan by incoming District
First Lady Rtn.Shilpi Mehra and lighting of the lamp by Sunnil and
Shilpi with ‘Yeh hausla kaise ruke’ playing in the background and
visuals of the core team members flashing past on the screen.
It truly was a very creative way to begin the auspicious occasion.
DG Harjit Talwar then began with his glimpses of Smart Year – 4750
projects, 86 lakh beneficiaries, 50+ Global Grants, and COVID-19
projects – all together worth over Rs.177.50 crores.
Extremely impactful and making a huge difference to the people
whom we served.
The District added 356 members, taking the total membership to
5841. The highlight of the performance was the TRF contribution
from Dist. 3141 – USD 3.45 mn. – Highest ever by our Dist. 3141
and probably highest by any District in India.
In his inimitable style, Harjit gave full credit to his team and all the
clubs with this shayari…
He then wished incoming DG Sunnil and his team thus.
I am confident that with your meticulous planning, insightful innovative project ideas grit and
determination coupled with your jest for excellence you will surpass all expectations and make this
another special year to cherish, etching another golden chapter in the history of dist 3141.
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Incoming DG Sunnil Mehra’s was introduced with a well-made video giving his family background,
education, his profession and very importantly, his innumerous achievements in Rotary. This was
followed by heart-touching messages from Sunnil’s family members, friends and batch-mates, making
him visibly a bit emotional. The ceremony of exchange of collars between the incoming and outgo-
ing Governors was done skillfully with the help of First Ladies Romi and Shilpi.
DG Sunnil thanked everyone for having entrusted the responsibility to lead District 3141 which had a
huge legacy built by so many of his predecessors. He congratulated DG Harjit Singh Talwar for the
excellent work during Smart Rotary Year 2019-20 and requested him to rub a bit of his charm on him.
To express his sense of gratitude towards Harjit and Romi and their great bonding during the year,
Sunnil quoted thus;
Sunnil then reminisced about his journey so far after his nomination as DG 2020-21.. right from the first
meeting where team name was declared as Vision 2020-21 Beyond the Ordinary, his entire team’s enthusi-
asm and energy made him confident, as he felt the richness of their commitments and their zest to execute
the plans.
According to him, Struggle, Strive and Success are the three fundamental realities of life. According to him,
these are not fearful times, but opportunistic times. We need to have faith in ourselves and keep in mind the
larger objective of making a difference in the lives of the communities around us. Try and fail, rather than fail
to try – fear was not real, the only place it exists is in our thoughts. Only those who can risk going far can
know how far they can go. He urged his teams to look beyond the storm as we shall all come out smarter
and truly visionary leaders.
Chief Guest PRIP Rtn.K.R.Ravindran did the honour of releasing July 2020 digital issue of Unicorn GML, Rotary
Dist. 3141 App and the Givers Gain App – unique initiatives launched first-time ever.
RI President Holger Knaack in his pre-recorded message said that Rotary has been through many difficult
times in the past. Each time we have overcome those difficulties. Challenges we face open opportunities for
us to change the way Rotary functions thereby providing a greater impact for those we serve.
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By asking you to promote and support our core values viz.
provide service to others, promote business and personal
integrity, promote diversity, develop leadership and promote
fellowship – If you follow the core values the result will be
advancement in world understanding and goodwill.
He emphasized now was the time to change – a time to be
revolutionary. Let’s take this opportunity now to make Rotary
ready for the future. Looking forward to a great year 2020-21.
Messages of best wishes received from RI Director Dr. Bharat
Pandya, RI Director Kamal Sanghavi, TRF Trustee Gulam Vahan-
vaty, DGE Dr.Rajendra Agarwal, DGN Sandip Agarwala, PRID
Ashok Mahajan and several other dignitaries were shared with
the participants.
Chief Guest PRIP K.R.Ravindran was then invited to address the
gathering that began by praising the excellent work done by
outgoing DG Harjit Singh Talwar, defining new bench-marks for
the future leaders of District 3141.
He was very impressed with the range of projects and events
lined up by incoming DG Sunnil Mehra for 2020-21 and com-
mented that his expectations from him have gone up several
notches. He was particularly excited about the Givers Gain
program, which if a success, can be replicated in other Districts
and neighboring countries as well.
Referring to the current pandemic, PRIP Ravindran mentioned
that the world will bounce back to where it was as we humans
have the ability to get over the crisis. Even during these times,
we can continue to be in our business of reaching out to people
– if we make right adjustments to suit the prevailing situation.
Our methodology needs to change – the projects, the process,
the marketing and the communication – all needs to change.
Talking about TRF, he urged each and every Rotarian to
contribute some amount to TRF every year if we have to meet
the ever-increasing demands for Global Grants which enables us
to do good in the world and change lives.
At the end of the excellent Installation Event, a formal Vote of
Thanks was proposed by Dr. Manish Motwani, Chief Coordinator
for Vision Rotary Year 2020-21.
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The First Ever Virtual Installation of the District Governor of 3141 is no easy feat.
Normally there is a committee in place which works in tandem with the governors home club, to host this
momentous occasion.
But this time it was to be virtual.
So, everything was to be prerecorded.
The National Anthems.
The introduction of the Core Team.
The introduction of the District Governor.
The introduction by the family and friends.
The Video of the team with the team song.
I had seriously thought that my work had finished with the launch of the District Directory, but I realized that it had
just begun.
So, mom and I sat down to plan the way forward with the help of Meenakshi Khosla aunty.
A group of the core team ladies was made, and they were given instructions for what they were to do.
The Indian National Anthem everyone heard was sung by Lalit Vashishtha (Mumbai Green City), Manoj Kshirsagar
(Mumbai Mahim), Jagruti Parekh and Meenakshi Khosla from (Mumbai Mulund South), with all of them singing
individually and then joined together.
Mom had already planned her surprise video that she was wanting to do.
Then we sent messages to the core teams. They were to make two videos, one sending messages for the year and
in the other they were to just wave their hands
The presidents to were asked to send some action videos. We had to collate all the data under each District
Secretary, the Assistant Governors, Assistant Trainers and the Presidents …a colossal task. 103 Presidents… 36 Core
team…. 27 Assistant Governors… 18 Assistant Trainers.
While all this was going on back end … internet of our building went down.
Though we have two internet connections ones connectivity is there till the hall and the other for all our other
rooms , netflix and automated lights etc… The exercise of making the whole house on two parallel wifi was
undertaken.
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We were also contemplating what banner to make as zoom only shows very small surface area and if
one uses the virtual screen, many times portions of the body can get lost in the screen.
During this time the Deonar Installation happened and the thought that was lingering in my mind
surfaced. The correct solution was the Green Sreen. The fabric was procured from President Prabodh …
however to our dismay it wasn’t enough …. Shops were shut… but I remembered mom had a saree the
same colour… so that made up the balance of the screen.
In times of COVID… improvising is the name of the game.
The screen was set, the backdrop made graphically … the planning done…. The videos assembled and
the dry runs done …. everything already…
The plan was that the main laptop would show both mom and dad and then the same laptop would be
moved ahead during the time of dad’s speech .
So, then what can go wrong…… believe me many things can… . Just at the time of the introduction of
dad being played …. The main computer goes dead… why the battery charger pulled out by no other
than dumpling, our little Lhasa Apso … So the same to be restarted and dad to be re-added back to the
group….
All his pages reopened…
Then we realized that in 900 people dad was logged in two computers and they couldn’t locate him to
spotlight him on zoom …. So …. Again, the exercise of logging out and relogging had to be executed …
just moments before his speech ...
However, all is well that ends well… the internet behaved … and all the videos ran perfectly… there was
hardly any lag … the effort payed off in the end ….for the 900 on the zoom and the 1500 on facebook
this was an installation without any glitch and a day to remember
Aishani Mehra
D/O DG Sunnil Mehra
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THE DIRECTORY ON YOUR FINGERTIPS
To download or view the
Vision 2020-21 District Directory,
please use the following links
PDF version
https://www.rotarydistrict3141.com/public/books/pdf/
LAUNCH1.pdf
Flip book version
https://www.rotarydistrict3141.com
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For All iOS devices
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/rotary-district-3141/id1485968188
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History of Murphy Radio
The brand of home radios was founded in 1929 in England by Frank Murphy and E.J. Power.The original
radio company played a crucial role during World War II, making radio sets for British Armed Forces .
“Your wireless set should not be a gadget on which only father can work. It should be something which
can be used and enjoyed by everybody in the family. That is why I make it my business to see that all
Murphy sets are extremely simple to use, cheap to maintain and always reliable,” Frank Murphy said in an
advertisement for the 1931 edition of magazine Modern Home.
Murphy was the first British radio to be fitted with automatic tuning correction with station names on the
tuning scale. Frank Murphy left his own company in 1937 leaving E.J. Power in charge and found another
company called FM Radio – Frank Murphy Radio
Murphy in India
A wooden box, a short, straight antenna on the top left and a picture of a chubby toddler with her finger
placed near his lips with a quizzical smile – this is what Indian radio memories are made of. And the brand
was Murphy Radio, one of the earliest radio brands in Indian homes.
Murphy was known for the radio as much as for the child in India.
The brand entered India around 1948, and was synonymous with the healthy and bonny baby featured in
its ads. It is by far one of the most iconic product logos of the 20th century. One of the most popular
compliments given to beautiful, healthy children was calling them a “Murphy baby”. Calendars and
posters with the child’s face were frequently hung in gynaecologist clinics, maternity homes, and barber
shops.
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Radio days
In the 1960s-70s, Indians who had radio sets in their homes often boasted about it. A Murphy Radio set
usually occupied pride of place in their homes, especially in their drawing rooms. It would be kept at a
higher plane away from children’s reach.
Murphy’s famous advertising tagline was sung by Mohammad Rafi: “Murphy ghar ghar ki rounak, tarah
tarah ke Murphy radio, la deten hain ghar mein jaan”.
Sunnil Murphy Baby
Sunil was born in the year 1956 . His parents were the owner of Harichand Compound in Vikroli.
This is where Murphy set up their first factory. They were tenants of sunils father Jagdish Chand Mehra
Sunil was a very cute child with red tomato cheeks and he used to frequently visit his father’s compound
being a precocious 2.5-year-old child.
During this time the owners of Murphy requested if they could have Sunil model for their radio as they
were looking for a child of around 2 years or so as their model.
A photograph of sunil was taken and picture that you see of the murphy baby was actually a sketch
of that picture.
We had a fire in the compound and the original picture was then destroyed but the memories lingered
forever.
Therefore for his special 60th birthday the children procured an antique but working condition Murphy
Radio.. which enjoys a special position among all his prized possessions.
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Major Donor 2
Rtn. Niranjan Jhunjhunwala
Major Donor 1
Rtn. Chandrakant Agarwal Rtn. Dr. Jugal Agrawal Rtn. Vinay Singh Rtn. Smita Shah
Distict Scheme
(Till 31st July 2020)
Rtn. Vinod Goyal Rtn. Kishor Masurkar Rtn. Framroze Mehta Rtn. Sneha Pathak Rtn. Nilima Singh
(RC Mumbai Queen’s Necklace) (RC Bombay Central)
(RC Mumbai North End) (RC Bombay Seacoast) (RC Bombay)
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Paul Harris Society Members
Rtn. Dr Varsha Rtn. Ratnesh Rtn. Kunal Rtn. Amrish Rtn. Anup Rtn. Dr. Mona
Degwekar Desai Kapadia Daftary Chandrana Shah
Benefactors
Rtn. Rohan
Dalmia
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...Until we meet again
Those special memories of you
Will always bring a smile
if only I could have you back
for just a little while
Then we could sit and talk again
just like we used to
you always meant so very much
and always will do too
The fact that you’re no longer here
will always cause me pain
But you’re forever in my heart
Until we meet again
(Our Dear friend & (Our Dear friend & (Our Dear friend &
Core team member) RIDist 3141-42 Coordinator) President Elect -Mulund Hill View)
Lt. Rtn.Vinay Singh Lt. Rtn. Suresh Rupchandani
Gagan Malhotra
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Rotary Club of Bombay
Project (Medical): Phiroze R. Vakil Eye Center at Talwada
(PRVEC)
This is the oldest and longest running project of the
Rotary Club of Bombay which was started in the year
1979. It is situated at Talwada, which is a 3 hour drive from
Mumbai.
It caters to the tribal communities of the area. Doctors
from the Club go there every Sunday and perform eye
testing as well as surgeries, completely free of cost. It
caters to 1500 to 2000 patients per month.
Contact Details: Rtn. Homi Katgara, PRVEC Chairman -
9820058469
Rotary Club of Borivli
Project (Medical): Matushree Manjulaben Dolatrai
Desai Rotary Borivli Eye Bank and Processing Centre.
This is an effort of Rotary Club of Borivali under the
supervision an guidance of Rotary International. The
Eye Bank started the operations on 15th August 2007.
It is an exclusive modern facility situated near Borivali
station road and is conveniently located Eye collection,
processing and storage center. The Eye bank has a 24
hour Tissue Processing Center and is a boon to the
beneficiaries in the western suburbs and Thane.
Recent new initiatives introduced includes: Eye dona-
tion warrior(Members/like-minded people to become
ambassadors of this cause),Eye Bank Satellite Centre
and Associate with other Entities to promote the cause
of Eye donation.
Contact Details: 022- 28990707 / 9821601919
Report Filed by: Rtn Shelly Gupta & Rtn Neena Bagga
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Excerpts from a Chit-Chat, with famed
Philanthropist and Rotarian
Rajashreeji Birla of the Aditya Birla
Group. - Rtn Ashish Vaid.
Could you please let us know what inspires you
to make such huge Donations to TRF?
Let me begin by saying, how proud I am to be a
Rotarian. For nearly two decades now, I have been
and continue to be actively involved with the
Rotary Foundation. I have great faith in their
philosophy of unconditional service, of thinking
beyond themselves, and genuinely making a life
changing difference to tens of thousands of
people across the globe.
I am also struck by their sense of compassion, their
commitment, their dedication and their calling, to
do good for others. Robert Ingersoll, the famed
early 19th Century American writer, averred “We
rise by lifting others”. That is the spirit of the
Rotary Foundation. It is in sync with our way of
life, hence the alignment.
Was there any particular incident that moved you to take a vow to eradicate Polio from this earth?
I wouldn’t ascribe it to any single incident. Fundamentally, the sight of a child crippled by polio despaired me no end. To
my utter grief, I discovered that there were hundreds of children in our country who suffered this affliction. Polio eradi-
cation became a goal and for years was on my radar. Fortunately, Rotary Foundation was already on the polio eradica-
tion trajectory globally. The Government of India, the Ministry of Health, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation were all
on this track. We are a part of this joint initiative.
Looking at the severity of the disruption caused by Corona virus, what initiatives have been taken by Birla
group to help the community?
COVID has had a devastating effect on mankind. We in the Aditya Birla Group have taken definitive measures with
nearly 3 million touch points.
We started with an Rs.400 crore contributions to PM-CARES fund followed by a 100 bed COVID facility at Seven Hills,
Mumbai in partnership with BMC, managed by Neerja, my daughter-in-law. Additionally 200 beds for COVID patients
across cities.
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Rs.50 crore grant to FICCI-Aditya Birla CSR Centre, Rs.50 crore toward supply of 1 million N95 masks, 280,000 personal
protective equipment (PPE), as well as Ventilators. We also commenced production of 1 million triple layer surgical
masks and 1 lakh coverall garments with the support of the Textiles Ministry. Nearly 8 lakh masks were distributed
among the health workers, NGOs and the community.
Two quarantine centres of 30 beds in MP and 100 bedded in Rajasthan have been set up. In addition to this 10-bedded
isolation wards in Maharashtra and 78-bedded isolation wards in Jharkhand were also provisioned. Rural quarantine
centres now across 60 rural locations.
Awareness camps across 1100 villages with a door-to-door campaign to reinforce the COVID prevention message. Our
Group has supplied nearly 2 lakh of sanitizers, soaps and disinfectants across our manufacturing plants, distributed
over a million masks and more than a million meals across 90 manufacturing locations. There is a long road ahead
and our endeavours to stem the COVID tide continue.
What is the most interesting thing you’ve read or seen this week?
The Bhagavad Gita continues to be my ‘North Star’. I listen to inspirational talks on YouTube by various spiritual leaders.
What would you like to be remembered about you?
That is for you to say.
What is one message you would give to the fellow Rotarians?
The philosophy of life, to echo my son Kumar Mangalam should always be “Carpe Diem! Seize the day”.
Do all the good that you can. Have no regrets. Go with the flow.
What would you like to tell your younger self?
Honestly, I don’t think I would have done anything differently. I would have evolved as I have. So the one thought that
comes to the fore is that – it’s all God’s grace and the blessings of our elders, for what I was yesterday and what I am
today.
On a lighter note:
What ridiculous thing has someone tricked you into doing or believing?
Fortunately, I have never faced such a situation as the foundation of all my relationships rests on trust, caring and
mutual respect. So, I never had to accost any trickster.
What do you consider to be the highlight of your life?
To have had the opportunity to be with great personalities who inspired me.
Please tell us an axiom, to live by during this unprecedented time of COVID?
Be positive. This too shall pass. Have faith in God.
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Ever heard of “grow old with me there’s a lot more to come yet”. People who are lonely tend to search for
love on every other corner. This is found true in the case of elderly citizens living in old age homes in the
city of Mumbai, who miss their loved ones and can’t be with them only to be resorted to their loneliness.
Bringing smiles to the elderly inmates of these old age homes across the Mumbai District was the sole
purpose of "Baghban, Care for elderly" program organized on 2nd July,2020 by RI District 3141 under the
leadership of District Governor Rtn. Sunnil Mehra.
Bringing smiles to the elderly inmates of these old
age homes across the Mumbai District was the
sole purpose of "Baghban, Care for elderly"
program organized on 2nd July,2020 by RI District
3141 under the leadership of District Governor
Rtn. Sunnil Mehra.
Supply of ration and essentials to old age homes
was part of our initiative to ensure that elderlies
have 15 days’ supply in the difficult COVID times.
Pres. Ninal (RC Palghar) DS Rafik and team of
Rotarians from Palghar personally visited the
Anand Vrudhhashram (Palghar) and handed over
the rations and other essentials on behalf of RC
Bombay Kandivali (Pres. Jyoti and PP Rajesh).
An Infotainment extravaganza started at 6.00 pm with the presence of more than 700 elderlies of old age homes,
Rotarians and senior citizens on zoom platform. Lead club President Smita Shah (RC Bombay Juhu Beach) called
the meeting to order. Event started with a beautiful Prayer Song by Mona Kamat.
A surprise well-choreographed video made on Corona by elderlies of Anand Vrudhashram, Palghar was very
hilarious and absolutely awesome. DG Sunnil and all present loved and appreciated it with applause.
Project Director Chetan Desai anchored the District Governor Sunnil Mehra was ecstatic to
evening and gave due credit to Baghbaan Team see the surprise performance of elderlies on
especially Project Coordinator Savita Govilkar, Corona. He sought blessings and love from them
Rajesh Saxena for their super efforts. and promised for a physical event post covid.
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presentation gave some super tips on on COVID Prevention. He also announced 2 new
Fall prevention in hindi. An excellent AV contain- initiatives
ing various examples of Dos and Donts. The same 1. Providing Homeopathic Medicines to old Age
was like and appreciated by the Senior Citizens. homes.
Rotary Club of Mumbai Kalakar, Co host of Baghbaan, 2. Panel of Doctors with their numbers will be
under the leadership of President Poonam Kakodkar, provided to all the senior citizens in case
ushered in the Visionary Year with an exhilarating perfor- of emergency.
mance by Rotarian Sree Nandy and her troupe. The perfor-
mance, titled "Fragrances of India", celebrated the diversi-
ty, colours and rhythms that together creates the vibrant
fabric of our country. The accomplished dancers included
Kashvi, Sinchan, Sanjukta, Madhumita and Sree and the
entire show was conceptualised and directed by Sree
Nandy.
Renowned singers Dr. Rahul Joshi, Mona Kamat did a
fabulous job in entertaining the audience with their soul
stirring songs. Dr. Rahul’s song selection and rendition of
some classic hindi songs were icing on the cake. Co-Lead
host President Kala Sridhar of RC Mumbai Juhu gave apt
vote of thanks.
I enjoyed Baghbaan for its purpose, I enjoyed Baghbaan
for its sensitivity, and I enjoyed Baghbaan- the Mega event
for the blessings galore that were showered on the Rotari-
ans and all present by the elderly inmates of old age
homes across RI District 3141.
This giving comes in the form of blessings and there
couldn't have been a better beginning to the Vision Year
than seeking the blessings of the elderly.
The special blessings from Anand Vrudhhashram in the
form of two beautiful songs made Baghbaan a SUPER SE
BHI UPER event…
Video available on https://youtu.be/ej-z4SRJCVQ
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My sister and I had always wanted to
experience the joy of giving as dad
does say a lot of times and I quote,
“We make a living by what we get, but
we make a life by what we give.” So
our very first inspiration was of course
dad.
It had all begun with him and a major
part of what we did is all because of
what he taught to us. In order to give,
it was necessary to have those things
earned and practically we were not
earning. But the idea of donating was
never really out of thought. Little do
we know about the disadvantaged
and needy people’s problems that
they go through, we wish to help
them even more.
As they say, when you really desire something from the
heart and soul, all the universe conspires you to achieve it,
and that’s exactly what happened with us. When we heard
that our residential premises was organising a fun fair, we
took this as a good to earn some money. We were so sure
that the money that we would make, we would spend it on
a social cause, to help people in need, while also having
fun.
So, in the funfair, we decided to put stalls for games such as
Catch a match, Cuppa balloon, Odds and evens & Ring
game. Mom and Dad were throughout there, they made all
the arrangements prior, bought gifts and rewards to be
given. Our friends and visitors made it even more special.
By the end of the day, my sister and I had successfully
earned the handsome sum of money which was Rupees
5500.
It gave us immense pleasure to give this money for charity. We further gave this money to Rotary Club. They
donated this amount in a promising one year education for 5 children. This made us feel great and glorious while
having this undertaken, since it has an influence on social fairness in terms of education. We sincerely hope that
all the students study hard in the good times and grow into useful talents to society.
After doing this, my sister and I have learnt that it really is far better to give than to receive. It makes you feel
good like nothing else can. We think that the very idea comes from the home itself, and we shall totally credit this
to our adorable parents who have embedded those values in us. Thank you Mom & Dad.
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At the outset on behalf of the District membership team wish you all a meaningful and productive Rotary year
2020-2021 and Membership month!
We are all in Rotary by choice, experiencing the magic of having a Rotary family, exciting fellowships, extraordi-
nary friendships and making a difference to the world by doing good. From Rotary we have imbibed so many
skills. We must let more of the world experience this unique Rotary life by introducing likeminded friends, neigh-
bours and colleagues into Rotary. This focussed and determined effort can improve quality and quantity of Rotary
membership.
More members will automatically translate into fresh thinking, out of the box ideas for service projects, lowered
average age and club diversity. This will keep Rotary a throbbing and vibrant organization of volunteers. With the
kind of populace that Mumbai offers the opportunity is there for us on a platter!
While internal growth within a club is crucial to keep the club diverse, alive and kicking, the importance of allow-
ing Rotary to permeate different geographical locations in the bustling city of Mumbai is equally vital.
We all know that after the pandemic gets diluted enough, good old days of physical Rotary will be back. Travelling
takes up a lot of energy in Mumbai. Rotary clubs in the sprawling housing complexes that have sprung up all over
the Mumbai forms a great opportunity for Rotary clubs to grow exponentially. New club formation is the way to
go forward and this external growth will help Rotary ramify into more communities to do good.
We have carefully chosen 18 senior new club advisors who are rearing to go and help out with new club
formations.
At the outset Dist. 3141 boasts of multiple, large senior mature clubs who can easily take up the initiative of
giving birth to a new club and nursing them into robust clubs that will make Dist. 3141 proud.
New concept clubs like passport, Satellite and Corporate clubs are new exciting Rotary verticals waiting to be
introduced.
We have an excellent, enthusiastic District membership team with Zonal chairs who are available for all assis-
tance you need for anything in membership. Of course the bottom line remains that we continue to retain
members and recruit quality members who add value rather than just adding numbers for a record!
With the year opening to the glorious tidings of the birth of a new club RC of Mumbai Bravehearts Dist. 3141 is
all set to go forth and multiply Rotary,
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A well activated membership club committee with a focussed club membership chair in place can
get every Rotary club started on the journey to find new members
Step 1: Ask members to complete the Identifying Prospective Members Worksheet (given below).
Distribute the worksheet to club members and ask them to complete it. Compile the information
from the worksheets and maintain a master list of prospects.
Step 2: Make an action plan Compile the names that were circled on the worksheets and make a
plan to invite those people to a club meeting, service project, or social event. If you conducted
classification and diversity assessments, refer to the list of groups you found to be underrepresent-
ed in your club. Your plan should specify who you’ll invite, to what, who will invite them, and how
they’ll do so.
Step 3: Invite prospective members to a club event invite the people you identified as qualified
prospective members to attend an upcoming service project or meeting. Or host a special event
where they can meet club members and learn about the club in a casual atmosphere. Make them
feel welcome by having the club president or another leader greet them personally.
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Think of your contacts, acquaintances, friends, and family members who might qualify for
membership in your club. It’s not necessary to know whether they are ready to join Rotary. Once
you’ve listed your contacts, circle the names of any you feel would be a good fit for your club.
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Member name: ____________________________Date:_____________________
Professional Contacts
Consider your supervisor, current and former colleagues, acquaintances from professional
associations, and people you have done business with recently.
Name: ____________________________ Occupation: _______________
Name: ___________________________ Occupation: ________________
Service Contacts
Consider neighbours, community leaders, and acquaintances who have volunteered with you on
Rotary or non-Rotary events or service projects.
Name:_____________________________ Occupation: ______________
Name:_____________________________ Occupation: ______________
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It gives me immense pleasure to chair the North West zone for membership comprising of clubs between Goregaon
and Dahanu, the largest geographic zone with having 26 clubs .
With New Josh I welcome you to North-West zoneto celebrate the forthcoming Membership Month of August.
Here are a few activities we plan to get started:
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of Rotarians at work locally / abroad to show how Rotary doing good in the world.
Despite the risk of losing unusual number of members due to the Pandemic, this challenge has opened different
ways to get connected through new opportunities to do things differently. New online meetings option has brought
all members close as well as gets connected from anywhere. Potential club members are everywhere, use creativity
to help them join Rotary. They need to be asked.
The rural and tribal area Jawahar in NW zone has created huge service project opportunities
NW zone is proud to have serving RI Director-Treasurer Dr. Bharat Pandya and the second largest club of 3141 RC
Mumbai Western Elite. RC North-West Malad and RC Borivli East have their own Rotary Medical Centers and RC
Borivli has its own eye bank . 10 new clubs have been added in NW zone since 2016-17, including virgin areas Vasai,
Virar and Wada
Let’s all work towards achieving the GOAL of adding at least 10% net growth and adding 10 new Clubs in this VISION
Year.
Rtn Aashish Tapiawala (Zonal Avenue Chair – North West)
NORTH WEST ZONE CLUB LIST WITH PRESIDENT CONTACT DETAILS
CLUB PRESIDENT MOBILE EMAIL
Boisar Industrial Town Alexander Daniel 9823277851 [email protected]
Boisar Tarapur [email protected]
Sachindra Kumar Bajpai 9450360979
Bombay Film City [email protected]
Bombay Kandivli Ramesh Vyas 9819693678 [email protected]
Bombay North West-Malad [email protected]
Borivli Jyoti Gandhi 9819049313 [email protected]
Dahanu [email protected]
Lokhandwala Kandivali Rajeev Patel 9324611948 [email protected]
Mira Road [email protected]
Mumbai 101 Ruma Desai 9821260586
Mumbai Borivali East [email protected]
Mumbai Champions Yashwant Kolpe 9823672300 [email protected]
Mumbai Coastline [email protected]
Mumbai Dahisar Arun Kale 7574846077 [email protected]
Mumbai Goregaon West [email protected]
Mumbai Harmony Hiten Nagar 9967467116 [email protected]
Mumbai Kalakar [email protected]
Mumbai Kandivali West Vipin Jain 9920064964 [email protected]
Mumbai Marvels [email protected]
Mumbai West Coast Sanjay Tari 9821649070 [email protected]
Mumbai Western Elite [email protected]
Mumbai Worldwide Alisha Warang 9867946979 [email protected]
Palghar [email protected]
Vasai Vishal Jain 9821150058 [email protected]
Virar [email protected]
Wada Ranjit Bijoor 9004090090 [email protected]
Mr Kusum Biyani 9867684008
Anand Taggarsi 9820807650
Poonam Kakodkar 9820153050
Rajendra Bhatia 9820735858
Amanpal Singh Chawla 9029696400
Satish Thakur 9821163083
Dinesh Khemka 9821036577
Jay Shah 845181118
Ninal Shah 9860254446
Dennis D Abreo 9326685308
Rajesh Kasat 93247 10890
Milind Bagul 9833354888
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Membership Growth is always a challenge in Rotary and it is this challenge that motivates me to associate with this
crucial Avenue. Team Zone West is all charged for producing some amazing results this year.
There are 26 Rotary Clubs in Zone West, a perfect blend of old and new clubs. Most of these clubs are very active
having a decent Membership Growth rate. Though our District Goal is 10% for Membership Growth this year, we
expect much better performance in this Zone.
Clubs in our zone are also focusing on forming Corporate Clubs, Satellite Clubs and Passport Clubs. These are new
types of club having some unique features in it.
You can imagine the enthusiasm and the dedication of the team, the year opened with the chartering of the very
first Passport Club of Dist. 3141, The Rotary Club of Mumbai Bravehearts”. Also the first Satellite Club of our District
“Rotary Satellite Club of Mumbai Divas" has been formed in the first week of this Rotary Year.
The success of any organisation largely depends on its membership, We at Team Zone West understands this
completely and will leave no stone unturned in achieving all our Goals for the Membership Growth in the Visionary
Year.
Let's celebrate the Membership month of August by increasing our strength as Rotary opens lots of new opportu-
nities.
Rtn Balmohan Agarwal (Zonal Avenue Chair – West)
WEST ZONE CLUB LIST WITH PRESIDENT CONTACT DETAILS
CLUB PRESIDENT MOBILE EMAIL
Bombay Airport Nitin Mehta 9820067248 [email protected]
Bombay Bandra Ramdas Mayekar 9833169808 [email protected]
Bombay East Lal Pidwani 9867367724 [email protected]
Bombay Juhu Beach Smita Shah 9820077474 [email protected]
Bombay Mahakali Heights Gurpreet Singh Uppal 9867763550 [email protected]
Bombay Seacoast Kishore Masurkar 9820069433 [email protected]
Bombay West Dr Manoj Patel 9821027131 [email protected]
JVPD Mumbai Anup Ramuka 9769350777 [email protected]
Mumbai Andheri Prem Paunikar 9820611688 [email protected]
Mumbai Divas Pooja Poddar 9820616152 [email protected]
Mumbai Elegant Prachi Ajmera 98672 02589 [email protected]
Mumbai GenX Tejas Shah 9869069338 [email protected]
Mumbai Green City Dr Milind Kulkarni 9322285723 [email protected]
Mumbai Iconic Club Chitranjan Gupta 9820130493 [email protected]
Mumbai Jewels Ekta Agarwal 9324502960 [email protected]
Mumbai Juhu Kala Sridhar 9833286441 [email protected]
Mumbai Khar Vijay Raghavan 9867113321 [email protected]
Mumbai Mid-West Jayshree Kapadia 9757197297 [email protected]
Mumbai North End Vinod Goyal 98200 17008 [email protected]
Mumbai North Island Danish Dhamija 9820131742 [email protected]
Mumbai Parleshwar Jyoti Babladi 9833462020 [email protected]
Mumbai Rising Stars Manan Podar 9819291711 [email protected]
Mumbai Royales Prakash Ruia 9820088211 [email protected]
Mumbai Shivaji Park Avinash Naik 9821289675 [email protected]
Mumbai Versova Kalpana Jain 9820121512 [email protected]
Mumbai Westend Pankaj Ruia 9820170604 [email protected]
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Central Zone comprises 26 clubs and 899 Rotarians across Mulund to Mahim including Bandra Kurla complex,
Powai, Chembur and Sion. Clubs size ranges from less than 10 members to 84 members, with about 10 clubs
having more than 40 members.
There has been an anticipated reduction of 4% in membership (1st July 2020 - 899 members (1st July 2019 - 964
members)) primarily due to the consequential impacts of COVID-19 pandemic besides the normal annual churn.
11 clubs had a negative growth last year which offset the positive growth of other 11 clubs, whilst 4 clubs main-
tained status quo on membership.
An important aspect which we would like to highlight is of 2 new clubs which had started in RY 2019-20 with 50
members were reduced to only 20 members by the year end.
As we focus our efforts on our District Vision to have 20 new clubs and 20% membership growth for RY 2020-21,
our primary objective shall to ensure retention of all Rotarians across all existing and new clubs, by the end of
the year.
We urge every Directors Membership to motivate respective Club Rotarians to scout for potential new members
and potential locality within the Central Zone for introducing Rotary. Whilst the world is focusing on “Break the
Chain” of COVID-19, in our Rotary World lets strive to “Build the Chain” of Rotarians. Our endeavor shall be to
empower always on-the-go community with Satellite clubs, corporate clubs and Passport clubs.
Times are definitely testing, and as it is said “When the going gets tough, only the Tough gets going”. Every
challenge has an opportunity within. Truly living and abundance sharing of individual experiences of Rotary and
highlighting the visionary initiatives like Rotary Means Business (RMB), Mobile App with yellow pages, Opportu-
nity Cards whilst emphasizing on Time, Money and Business (TMB) Quotient shall definitely ensure the needed
thrust to our mission.
Rtn Dollar Shah (Zonal Avenue Chair – Central Zone)
CENTRAL ZONE CLUB LIST WITH PRESIDENT CONTACT DETAILS
CLUB PRESIDENT MOBILE EMAIL
Bombay Chembur West R S Krishnan 9820238493 [email protected]
Bombay Mandvi Ajit H Shah 9820021705 [email protected]
Bombay Mulund Valley [email protected]
Bombay Powai C N Balakrishanan 9821070388 [email protected]
Bombay Uptown Latha Vanamali 9930963724 [email protected]
Chandivali Mumbai Atul Singh 9969225875 [email protected]
Chembur (Mumbai) Dr Rachana Rai 9967787776 [email protected]
Deonar Nikhil Baljekar 9167046789 [email protected]
E Club of Mumbai Prabodh Sharma 9323185422 [email protected]
E Club of Mumbai Aces Sudhir Nayak 9820083162 [email protected]
Mulund Jaspal Khambay 9821022881 [email protected]
Mulund Hill View Rajesh Agarwal 9820065990 [email protected]
Mulund Hills Mahima Menda 9987918886 [email protected]
Mumbai Bandra Kurla Complex Sanjay Dwivedi 9320456555 [email protected]
Mumbai Bhandup Uday Neogi 9820144721 [email protected]
Mumbai Ghatkopar Dhiraj Borikar 9870278475 [email protected]
Mumbai Ghatkopar West Harjinderpal Singla 9821097048 [email protected]
Mumbai Lakeshore Kumar Pillay 9702293503 [email protected]
Mumbai Lakers Ramesh Oza 9892359188 [email protected]
Mumbai Mahim Vikram Swaroop 9867697245 [email protected]
Mumbai Mulund East Usha Seshan 9819008803 [email protected]
Mumbai Mulund South Adv Sadhna Patil 9820980181 [email protected]
Mumbai Salt City Sidharth Daftary 9920180386 [email protected]
Mumbai Sion Rinku Parasuram 9820303989 [email protected]
Mumbai Wadala East Kishore Rajeshirke 9821043310 [email protected]
Dawood Lokhandwala 9967067689
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SoBo the acronym of South Bombay and some more, pretty much sums up the South zone of District 3141.
South zone comprising of Clubs between Colaba and Prabhadevi is one of the most active, vibrant and happen-
ing Zone. It has many first to its credit and many more interesting facts and it is my pleasure to share few of them
with you.
Rotary in Mumbai began 92 years ago in South Zone with the ‘Rotary Club of Bombay’ as the first Rotary club,
now with highest membership of 314.
The South zone has maximum number of AKS members. With this kind of background and great Corporate and
Industrial leaders as its members, it is quite natural that the zone has given maximum leaders to the District i.e. 9
PDGs, Our DG Sunil as also DGE Rajendra Agarwal and DGN Sandeep Agarwalla.
In last about 4 years, the zone has added 2 new clubs. The zone is now poised to add to its family by internal
growth within clubs and external growth by adding new clubs.
Less represented areas such as Lalbaug, Parel, Byculla, Mahalaxmi, Prabhadevi, Agripada and Cuff parade have
been identified for new clubs. Many SoBo clubs have shown active interest in starting new clubs. Six dynamic
“New Club Advisors (NCA)” and VISIONARY club leaders are all set to execute a club each, in the above regions of
SoBo.
In keeping with our prime minister who said “the current adversity should be seen as an opportunity” we adopt
the same principle to add new members. During the long lockdown isolation, many individuals have emerged as
local leaders and enabled support groups to help out the immediate neighbourhood. Rotary can step in to
identify such individuals and take them in its fold.
Additional members bring a range of personal and professional resources and knowledge that can greatly
strengthen club’s ability to serve throughout the community and the world. Membership is our primary resource
that builds and maintains strong and healthy clubs.
Rtn Ashmi Parekh (Zonal Avenue Chair – South)
SOUTH ZONE CLUB LIST WITH PRESIDENT CONTACT DETAILS
CLUB PRESIDENT MOBILE EMAIL
Bombay Framrose Mehta 9820194648 [email protected]
Bombay Bay View Smita Parekh 9820330310 [email protected]
Bombay Central Nilima Singh 9820304886 [email protected]
Bombay Hanging Gardens Deepak Zaveri 9833149941 [email protected]
Bombay Harbour Jayesh Pandya 9821187600 [email protected]
Bombay Hills South Naveen Chawla 9867193243 [email protected]
Bombay Metropolitan Meeta Mehta 9820148897 [email protected]
Bombay Mid-City Ashok Kothari 9820218087 [email protected]
Bombay Mid-Town Vicky Punjabi 9820011207 [email protected]
Bombay North Hemendra Shah 98210 32946 [email protected]
Bombay Peninsula Arun Gada 9820331881 [email protected]
Bombay Pier Ashish Shah 9820029126 [email protected]
Bombay Queen City Madhu Makharia 9833936477 [email protected]
Bombay Sea Face Nirmal Doshi 9867197951 [email protected]
Bombay Worli Nimesh Sanghrajka 9820322055 [email protected]
Mumbai Cuffe Parade Jagruti Thakkar 98210 34796 [email protected]
Mumbai Down Town Sea Land Chandra Prabha Khona 9821711162 [email protected]
Mumbai Lower Parel Deepan Shah 9820126255 [email protected]
Mumbai Malabar Hills Dr Shobhna Bhatia 9869072213 [email protected]
Mumbai Millennials Hashim Baldiwala 9820339069 [email protected]
Mumbai Nariman Point Shailesh Jalan 9821725632 [email protected]
Mumbai Nova Ramesh Kothari 9321780112 [email protected]
Mumbai Queens' Necklace Sneha Pathak 9821147987 [email protected]
Mumbai South Tehemton Dalal 93230 00093 [email protected]
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Rotary in Mumbai called as District 3141 is one of the
premier Rotary Districts in the world and Rotary year
20-21 is a Vision year with District Governor Sunnil
Mehra at the helm of affairs.
In this year many new initiatives have been introduced
to create a difference to the society and make Rotary
seen.
One of the novel concepts called the Viz Biz Talks has
been initiated to Support Rotarians to Support Rotary.
This is a hot from oven initiative to create more bond-
ing and proximity amongst Rotarians on personal,
Rotary and professional front.
In these interviews, we speak to Visionary Rotarians
who by virtue of their selfless work towards the com-
munity, have attained important decisive positions and
their actions today will help Rotary to serve more to
make a difference in the community
There has been an overwhelming response to this show
and we thank each one of you with folded hands for the
support towards this initiative - Viz Biz talks. We already
have with us more than 153 interviews including those
of Vision Presidents, Core Team Members, Assistant
Governors, Assistant Trainers, and District Project Direc-
tors on the Viz Biz Talks.
We launched the talks with a LIVE Interview of Vision
DG Sunnil Mehra on 10th July in the presence of Rotari-
ans and Non Rotarians on ZOOM and Fb live. Now we
will start releasing our videos on the social media and
what Sapp. Hope to see these videos serving the pur-
pose of Support Rotarians to Support Rotary
I, Dr Manish Motwani, a Weight Loss Surgeon (Bariatric Surgeon) and Chief Coordinator for
Rotary District 3141 am the host for this Viz Biz Talks
It is an incredibly exciting time to be a Rotarian. I believe Rotary’s best days are ahead of us.
The moment is here. The time is now. We begin this journey together and together we will
lead Rotary to a better future. Let’s work towards making tomorrow brighter and open
opportunities through our service
Dr Manish Motwani (Chief Coordinator)
Watch the recording on:
https://www.facebook.com/RotaryDist3141/videos/824877614710242
Watch all the Interviews at playlist https://bit.ly/vizbiztalks
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Rotary Club of Mumbai Versova
In its unique innovative style, Rotary Club of Mumbai Versova had
their Installation ceremony of Vision President Rtn Kalpana Jain,
that was attended by DGE Sunnil Mehra along DG Harjit, several
PDGs and district officials.
A post graduate specialist in Neurosciences, Rtn Kalpana looks into
administration part of their logistics business, however maintain-
ing that social service is her first love.
Upliftment of fishermen folk, TEACH literacy program, mobility for
physically & mentally challenged, panchtatva holistic village are a
few of her visionary projects apart from ongoing projects of the
Club.
Rotary Club of Mumbai Harmony Rotary Club of Mumbai Harmony (a club Chartered in 2018) had its
installation event on 15th June, 2020 with DGE Sunnil Mehra as Chief
Guest. Rtn.Anannd Taggarsi had the honour of being installed as the
Visionary President of the Club for Rotary Year 2020-21.
Anannd, a Commerce Graduate and an Executive MBA from NMIMS,
has been a banker most part of his live, having spent 2 decades in
banking. He was associated with SVC Co-op.Bank where he rose to the
level of Asst.Gen.Manager. He also worked at Kapole Co-op.Bank before
starting his own outfit of providing financial services focussed on SMEs
and MSMEs.
Under his able leadership, the Club has lined up several worthy
projects including literacy projects under T.E.A.C.H, Street Children,
Annapoorna, District-led GG Project of Check Dams,
Tree Plantations at Wada and upgrading the facilities as
local hospital(s).
Rtn Jayesh Pandya was installed as the 36th Club President in Rotary Club of Bombay Harbour
presence of DGE Sunnil Mehra and Shilpi Mehra, attended by
about 72 members/spouses/guests and District Dignitaries.
A Chartered Accountant by profession, Jayesh, proudly takes over
the Clubs reins that boasts of 26 PHF members of the total 40.
Apart from flagship project of Colaba Municipal School and Drive
for a Cause, the club shall participate in rural education, Mid-day
Meal, Blood donation andt dental camp projects along with the
District sponsored Check Dam Project.
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Rotary Club of Mumbai Members of Rotary Club of Mumbai Ghatkopar West witnessed their
Ghatkopar West Visionary President Kumar Pillay being installed in a virtual meeting, in
presence of DGE Sunnil Mehra, District First Lady Shilpi Mehra, several
PDGs, District dignitaries and invited guests.
A B.Sc. from Mumbai University and an MBA from Manipal University,
Kumar is currently Head of Branding & Communication at
Shree Cement Ltd.
The Club has planned to execute several projects, including WaSH at
Schools, Medical Camps in slums, Cancer detection camps, and
district-led Check Dams.
Rotary Club of Mumbai Champions had its installation event for Vision Rotary Club of Mumbai Champions
Year 2020-21 on 20th June, 2020 with DGE Sunnil Mehra has Chief Guest.
The meeting was graced by DG Harjit Singh Talwar and a galaxy of PDGs
and District Officials.
RC Mumbai Champions was chartered in 2019 as a unique cause-based
Club – having a focused objective of promoting sports amongst less
privileged children. In its very first year, it has executed several worthy
projects, making a difference in lives of several children interested in
various sports.
Visionary President Alisha Warang is committed to continue the good
work and set a new benchmark in 2020-21 with projects like Indoor
Sports Tournaments, Fundraising Bridge and Football Tournaments and
Seminars on Health & Hygiene for budding sportsmen.
Alisha, a Senior Territory Manager at Eli Lilly, is young energetic and full
of enthusiasm, raring to make a mark in the Rotary world.
Rotary Club of Mumbai Jewels Rtn.Ekta Agarwal was installed as President of RC of Mumbai Jewels
for Vision Year 2020-21 in presence of DGE Sunnil Mehra.
A Science Graduate from Mt.Carmel College, Bangalore, Ekta is
engaged in the family business of veneers and laminates.
In her second term as President of the Club, she has planned some
very innovative projects including Wall of Kindness – where people
can donate unused stuff, Ground Water Recharging at residential
school complexes and customized prosthetic limbs to
differently-abled beneficiaries.
The Club will continue to focus on their on-going projects like
organ donation awareness, e-waste collection, blood donation
drives, project positive health, etc.
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Rtn.Dinesh Khemka was installed as President of Rotary Club of Rotary Club of Mumbai Western Elite
Mumbai Western Elite on Sunday, 21st June, 2020 in presence of
Chief Guest DG Sunnil Mehra, First Lady Shilpi Mehra, galaxy of
PDGs, District Officials and Members/Anns of the Club.
Dinesh holds degree in Bachelor of Business Administration. He is
into the family business of share and stock broking since last 35
years - SMK Share & Stock Broking Pvt.Ltd. which is member of BSE
and NSE.
The Club has planned to continue with their on-going projects of
mid-day meals, organ donation awareness, blood donation and
medical camps. They plan to do VIP projects including Annapoor-
na, Baghbaan, Givers Gain, Rotary Angels, Check Dams,
Tree Plantation, Solar Lamps, Malnutrition, etc.
They have sanctioned Global Grants for Cancer treatment, dialysis
machine, cataract operations which will be implemented in
2020-21.
Rotary Club of Deonar Rtn.Prabodh Sharma took the leadership of Rotary Club of Deonar
as Visionary President on Sunday, 21st June, 2020 with Chief Guest
DGE Sunnil Mehra and District First Lady Shilpi gracing the installa-
tion occasion. The club is in its 33rd year with 84 committed
members.
Prabodh Sharma is a polymer technologist with a Masters Degree
from Pennsylvania State University and a gold medallist in B Sc
(tech) from ICT (formerly UDCT) Mumbai. He co-founded Par
Specialty Polymers for manufacture of construction chemicals and
played a key role in setting up of foods division of Explor-india
under name Suruchi-India Foods.
The club is planning a mobile health clinic, renovation of toilets,
tree plantations, clean drinking water in schools and local commu-
nities, happy schools, hand-wash stations, bicycles for school
children in rural areas and participation in Touching Little Hearts
Program.
Installation as President of Rtn.Kala Sridhar of Rotary Club of Rotary Club of Mumbai Juhu
Mumbai Juhu took place on virtual platform and in presence of
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Kala is a leading banker. With passion for music which she inherited
from her parents, she has been managing an academy for music in
Goregaon. With this passion she conceptualized and made an event
management company called Ark Events well known for music
programs.
Her flagship projects will be Sanskar, Udaan and Umang. Sanskar
and Udaan are programs at district level for Interactors. Umang is
about organizing trek for specially-abled children.
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Rotary Club of Mumbai Andheri Rtn Prem Paunikar was installed virtually as President of
Rotary Club of Mumbai Andheri on 23rd June, 2020 in
presence of DG Sunnil Mehra.
Rtn Prem is a Mechanical engineer with diploma in business
management. After his stint with MSEB where he set up
power plants he became managing director of Dodson
Lindbom, setting up hydro power plants. Currently he is
Consultant for power plants.
His vision for his year for the club includes all District Thrust
areas as well as providing Solar Street Lights in Andheri area
with the help of district grants.
He also lays emphasis on increased membership.
RC of Mumbai Shivaji Park celebrated the installation of their Rotary Club of Mumbai Shivaji Park
Vision President Rtn. Avinash Naik on 26 June 2020 that was
attended by DGE Sunnil Mehra and other district officials.
A commerce graduate and winner of CII Award for life insur-
ances, Avinash manages his own outfit - Ashwamedh Finan-
cial Advisory services since past 29 years. A very strong
follower of Vipassana and believes in spreading peace and
harmony through meditation.
Medical and health awareness camps, Environmental &
educational projects along with social upliftment projects
including Annapoorna, Baghbaan projects, participating in
Givers Gain program of District are some of the activities
planned by Avinash for his club.
Rotary Club of Bombay Hills South Rtn.Naveen Chawla was installed as Visionary President of
Rotary Club of Bombay Hills South on 27th June, 2020 in
presence of DG Rtn.Sunnil Mehra and District First Lady
Shilpi Mehra.
Naveen is a graduate in economics from Delhi University
and an MBA from University of Leicester, UK. He is an
accomplished Strategic Leader with a Vision, Understand-
ing, Clarity & Agility, has over two decades of corporate &
global leadership experience of working in over a dozen
countries around the world.
The Club is committed to support District-led projects of
Annapoorna, Check Dams while continuing with the
existing projects of eye care at Pali Hospital, ,child care at
schools and pediatric heart surgeries at Wadia Hospital.
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Rtn.Dipti Rajda was installed as President of Rotary Club of Rotary Club of Bombay Worli
Bombay Worli on 28th June, 2020 with Chief Guest DG Sunnil
Mehra gracing the occasion with District First Lady Shilip
Mehra, PDGs and District Officials.
Dipti is a Solicitor by profession and passionate about com-
munity service. Under her leadership, the Club which is in top
5 Clubs in TRF giving in South Asia, has planned 25 projects
and 6 events during Vision Rotary Year 2020-21.
Major projects planned include supporting cancer chemo-
therapy, agri-support, sanitary napkins distribution, food
grain distribution, AED machines, PPE Kits, etc. apart from
participating in district-led projects of check dams,
malnutrition, Givers Gain, Rotary Angels, Annapoorna and
Baghban.
Rotary Club of Mulund Rtn.Dr.Rajesh Agarwal was installed as President of Rotary Club of
Mulund on 28th June, 2020 at the hands of PRID and Past TRF
Trustee Rtn.Ashok Mahajan, in presence of DG Sunnil Mehra and
District First Lady Shilpi Mehra.
Dr.Ramesh had the honour of Rtn.Ashok Mahajan and Ann Nayan-
tara visting personally to his home for the installation ceremony.
Dr.Rajesh is a Orthopaedic Surgeon having his own nursing home
– Krishna Nursing Home at Bhandup. He is also attached to Hira
Mongi Hospital, Mulund and Police Hospital,
Nagpada as Hon.Orthopaedic Surgeon.
Major projects planned by the Club are Reading Room for Chil-
dren, Pediatric Heart Surgeries, Boiler at Adivasi School at Neral, a
Dialysis Centre while continuing the ongoing projects viz. VLS
Project and School for the Hearing Impaired.
Rotary Club of Lokhandwala Kandivali
Rtn.Arun Kale was installed as President of RC of Lokhandwala
Kandivali on 30th June 2020 in presence of DGE Sunnil Mehra and
District First Lady Shilpi Mehra.
He B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering & Master’s Degree in Business
Administration in Production Management. He is employed as Dy.
General Manager in Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., a Navratna
Public Sector Unit of Govt. of India.
The Club plans to executive several community service projects,
including district-led check dams project and other VIP projects
apart from continuing its two flagship projects mid-day meals and
drawing competition at schools.
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The Visionary projects Avenue “Able to Ability” has embarked with a vision to “Empower differently
abled adults and youth through employment opportunities to lead a life with pride and dignity. We
propose to address all the different types of disabilities and get the like-minded NGOs and institu-
tions into a common platform with Rotary District 3141 as the fulcrum and catalyst.
We will tie up with the NGOs who are providing skill development and vocational training for the
differently abled and create a database of people seeking employment. We plan to have a separate
website for this to link the skill sets of people who are looking for job opportunities and corporates
and Rotarians who can provide them employment. We would also be having job fairs and career
development programs.
We need the support of all the clubs and Rotarians to make this dream a reality which is sustainable
and scalable. Our humble request to all Club Presidents to nominate a chairperson for this avenue
and also connect us to the NGOs you are already working with. We also look forward to some finan-
cial support for existing NGOs to further enhance their contribution in this space.
You may get in touch with Project Director Rtn. A. V. Suresh (9821097310, [email protected] ) or
any of the team members of this avenue as per details in the District Directory. We will together live
up to the theme “Rotary Opens Opportunities”
Report filed by: Rtn Neena Bagga
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Rotary International
PHroelsgiedreKnnt 2a0a2ck0-t2a1kes over:
Holger says, "Rotary is not just a
club that you join; it is an invitation
to endless opportunities".
He talks about the COVID-19 crisis
that has forced all of us to adapt and
Rotary's new Action Plan that
specifically calls on us to improve
our ability to adapt.
Our challenge, not just in the next year but into the future is up to us to remake Rotary for these new times — to
wholeheartedly embrace the ideas, energy, and commitment of young people eager to find an outlet for ideal-
ism and become an organization fully enmeshed in the digital age.
He says, "The world needs Rotary now more than ever. It is up to us to make sure that Rotary Opens Opportuni-
ties for generations to come." .......
Rtiootnairnys’spfiirresstmviertmuablecros ntoven-
innovate and stay connected
Rotary’s first-ever virtual convention
attracted more than 60,000 registrants
and 175,000 viewers during its weeklong
program.
The robust participation showed Rotary
members are finding ways to experience
fellowship and fun, key parts of Rotary’s
annual international convention, despite
the COVID-19 pandemic that forced the
cancellation of the in-person convention
planned for Honolulu, Hawaii, USA,.
The first general session was 20 June 2020. Virtual attendees made nearly 19,000 chat comments during the
75-minute session, showing that members used the opportunity to engage and stay connected with each
other.
During the virtual meet, RI President Mark Maloney said, “We had hoped to hold the most environmentally
friendly convention in Rotary history [in Honolulu]. Guess what? We succeeded. We are holding a Rotary
Convention like no other, with no air travel, no hotel rooms, leaving a remarkably small carbon footprint.”
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