FrontRunners Aug 2019

District 3141

Dear

Smart Rotarians,

Harjit Singh Talwar

District Governor 2019-20

Editor in Chief

I am truly overwhelmed to see all clubs putting in their heart and soul in
executing projects that they have painstakingly planned

over the last several months, in invited for 73 installations and
tune with District and RI Thrust installing 84 SMART Presidents in
and focus areas. All avenue the last 61 days. Romi and I thank
teams are in TOP GEAR, moving you for your warmth and
FULL THROTTLE, with a vast variety hospitality. It was a great
of community projects, touching opportunity to CONNECT with
lives and spreading smiles. grass root Rotarians, who are the
true Inspiration and strength of
Friends please join Rotary, while getting a deep
insight into the diverse culture of
me in congratulating clubs across the district.

IPDG Shashikumar Sharma for

his able stewardship in guiding

and steering clubs to great It is a matter of honour and

heights in this MIRACLE RY, raising immense pride for District 3141

the bar and setting new bench- that PDG T N Subramanian

marks for others to emulate. (RAJU) has been selected as

RRFC (Regional Rotary Congratulations!

कदम ऐसा चलो िक निशान बन जाय।े Foundation Coordinator) for SMART District Advisor, PDG Raju
काम ऐसा करो िक पहचान बन जाये। Subramanian has been
यहाँ जिनद् गी तो सभी जी लेते हंै Zone-4 covering 11 districts, for 3 appointed as RRFC for Zone 4
मगर जिनद् गी जीओ तो ऐसी with effect from 1st July 2020.
िक सबके लिए मिसाल बन जाये years from 2020-2023. It is a It’s a matter great honour &
pride for all of us to have anoter
special celebratory DA-DA RRFC to continue from our
District immediately after our
moment for the SMART team as other SMART District Advisor,
PDG Vijay Jalan finishes his term
the mantle of RRFC passes on on 30/06/2020.

from one SMART District Advisor Wishing you many more
acclades in coming years —
PDG Vijay Jalan to another may you continue to rise & shine
in Rotary & personal life.
We have maintained our second SMART District Advisor. Please join
Warm regards,
spot in TRF giving in the world me in congratulating RAJU and Harjit & Romi

(with a total contribution of US wishing him a very successful

Dollars 2.6 million) and done and rewarding stint as RRFC.

exceedingly well on the

membership front too. Dosto while continuing with our
commitments to serve society,
Compliments and congratultions let us take a pledge in the SMART
year --
to the entire MIRACLE team for
चलो जिंदगी को जिंदािदली से जीने के
etching another Golden chapter िलये एक छोटा सा उसलू बनाते है
रोज कछु अच्छा याद रखते है और
in the history of District-3141. कछु बुरा भूल जाते है

Shashi, we will be drawing upon
your rich experience and look
forward to your continued
support as Immediate Past
District Governor.

It has been a truly humbling and JI HA DOSTO – AAP HAIN , TO
enriching experience being HUM HAIN

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Kumar's

Kaleidoscope

Kumar Despande

Guest Editor

Rotary's "Tryst with Destiny"

One of the most eloquent, Million Children in India and Sunday Times best-selling
China in just one week. In 2000, a author, Karen Bartlett surveyed
stirring, edifying, thought-pro- record 550 Million Children, the global landscape of
almost 10% of the World's epidemics, past, present and
voking and celebrated population, received the Oral future.
Polio Vaccine. And in the same
speeches ever made was when year, the Western Pacific Region, To quote from her book: "Who
spanning Australia to China was decided to rid the world of Polio?
India's first Prime Minister declared 'Polio Free". Not Politicians or Global Health
Organizations as you might
Jawaharlal Nehru addressed A lot of the Rotary world believes, expect, the starting gun was fired
Polio is gone, let us move on to by Rotary International, a network
the Indian Constituent other things. But the fact is, it isn't of businessmen more used to
gone and if we move on and enjoying convivial dinners,
Assembly in Parliament, on the don't complete the job, we set raising money for local good
ourselves up for the disease causes and organizing floats to
midnight of August 15th 1947. It coming right back. carry Santa Claus around
suburban neighborhoods at
began "Long years ago we Christmas. The World community
doubted both the idea of
made a tryst with destiny and targeting a single disease and
Rotary's capacity as a volunteer
now the time comes when we organization to execute it".

shall redeem that pledge, not

wholly or in full measure but

very substantially".

I seek your indulgence in

drawing parallels between the

content of that unforgettable

address and Rotary's quest to

eradicate Polio.

"A moment comes, which The vaccine isn't the biggest Quoting Nehru's speech again
comes rarely in history, when expense in a vaccination cam- "We have work ahead. There isn’t
we step out from the old to the paign (in fact, Rotary rarely funds resting for any of us till we
new, when an age ends and vaccines), it's the distribution of redeem our pledge in full", till we
when the soul of a nation, long the vaccine. In January 2016, make all the people of the world
suppressed, finds utterance". money donated by Rotarians, what destiny intended them to
A moment came, rare in covered the cost of a vaccina- be: POLIO FREE.
history, when an organization, tion campaign in Cameroon,
embarked on a seemingly that involved 34,000 vaccinators
impossible mission found its and 21,000 rental cars for
calling. volunteers.

Imagine, for a moment, the We are close but we are not
daunting task that lay ahead. In there, yet.
1985, there were 350,000 cases
of Polio reported annually (a In the book titled The Health of
thousand incidences a day) in Nations: The Campaign to End
over 125 Countries of the world. Polio and Eradicate Epidemic
But in 1995, Health Workers and Diseases, British journalist and
Volunteers immunized 165

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JULY 2019

Club Name : Rotary Club of Mumbai Coastline Club Name : Rotary Club of Mumbai Lakers
Project Name : Medical Camp Project Name : Moto - Medic
Description : Check up for Eye, ENT, Dental and Description : The FIRST RESPONSE TEAM
Blood Test. for 160 odd Adivasi kids from 5 consists of 2 members trained in Basic Life
schools of 4 different villages to identify the Support will be available 24x7 to provide crucial
de ciencies and deformities in the children medical support to the patient.
Cost of the Project - approx 20 lakh

Club Name : Rotary Club of Mumbai Nariman Point Club Name : Rotary Club of Mumbai Mahim
Project Name : Literacy Project Project Name : Divine Gift of Vision
Description : Distribution of study material to 550 Description : CSR Project with ThyssenKrupp
students of 4 night schools and supporting NGO donated 25 sets of Neuro Vascular Catheters
who take study sessions for slum children every worth Rs 13 lakhs to Tata Memorial Hospital to
Sunday on the pavement. cure child patients with Retinoblastoma - type
Project Cost - Rs 66,000 of eye cancer and bring back light into their life.

Club Name : Clubs of Zone 3 Club Name : Rotary Club of Mumbai South
Project Name : Mega Dental project Project Name : RYLA on Ewaste
Description : Launched rst round for 1700 Description : 750 Studets and Rotarctrs were involved in the
under privileged Children, Check up, talk and hazards of E-Waste and the importance of safe disposal.
demo on brushing using models as well as a A permanent E-Waste collection centre was opened
complimentary dental kit from Colgate. Project Cost : Approx 60000



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Live Life after Life

IN INDIA THE SUBJECT OF ORGAN
DONATION IS SHROUDED MORE WITH
MYTH THAN REALITY

There is an acute need for various organs and tissues to either
save or transform lives.

The following graphic representation will
give an insight into the potential a human
body [donor] holds for either saving or
transforming life of another living being .

One Donor can save up to 8 lives and
transform 50 lives

Avenues Chairs Dr Sivaramakrishnan and
Harminder Patheja and their team of 14
zonal heads ably advised by

Dr Satya Agarwala, have done yeoman job of creating
peripherals for organ donation awareness in the
form of donor cards, stickers, donor certificates and
literature on the facts of organ donation.
A very informative district seminar cum workshop was conducted on 14th
Jul ,with Lead clubs, R C of Bombay West, R C of North and R C of Midwest
and co hosted by 7 other clubs . The event was a grand success .

MOHAN foundation and National Burn Centre , Airoli collaborated and added value to this event. On
behalf of DG Harjit Talwar we pay our gratitudes to Ms Jaya Jairam and her team and the entire Team
of Doctors and support team of NBC.

The Lead Speakers were Dr. Sunil Keshwani, Dr. Badar Maskati,
Dr. Girish Trivedi, Harminder Patheja and Dr. Siva along with Ms Jaya
from MOHAN foundation.

Jhankar Gadkari, Group Head, District Thrust Areas announced the
brand ambassador for the skin and organ donation campaign.

Ms Laxmi Agarwal awarded by Ms. Michelle Obama as International Woman
of Courage will lead the campaign for District 3141 .‘Chapaak’ a biopic on her will
be released in Jan 2020 , the lead actor is none other than Deepika Padukone.

LEAD HOSTS Jhankar Gadkari
RC BOMBAY WEST, RC NORTH, RC MIDWEST
CO-HOSTS Group Head, District Thrust Areas
RC BOMBAY CHEMBUR WEST, RC BOMBAY District Training Facilitator
UPTOWN, RC NORTH ISLAND, RC JUHU BEACH, RC
DEONAR, RC NORTH

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With Best

Compliments From

Dr Cyres K. Mehta

Eye Surgeon
Avenue Chair - Medical

+91 98198 50971

District 3141

Director's Orientation
Program

SOME EMPOWERING INSIGHTS ON
WHY TRAINING

Why is training imperative in the world of Rotary ? The answer lies
in the following startling researched fact

“…37% of members leave Rotary due to lack of proper
information …” Rotarian Economist Quentin Wodon.

Rotary International gives lot of emphasis in
imparting training to Rotary’s Global Leaders,
District Leaders ,Club Presidents and
Rotarians .

The following are the structured training
programs, mandated by Rotary International
for every district on the global map.

Mandated District Training Programs

District Team Training Seminar.[ DTTS]

District Training Assembly [DTA]

Presidents-Elect Training Seminar[ PETS]

District Rotary Foundation Seminar

District Leadership Seminar

Grant Management Seminar

Over and above the mandated training
programs every district adds value to the
above structure by adding ‘continuous
training events with fun and frolic ’ this is to
build better camaraderie and fellowship
amongst the Rotarians.

Pre-PETS is a brain child of erstwhile District 3140, today’s 3141. Over and above
District Assembly , [A Mandated Training Program ] D.O.P or Directors
Orientation Program is one such initiative undertaken by District 3141 . D.O.P
re-emphasises and re-establishes the information for every Club President’s
Team, more so since it is a small group it is more personalized . DOP hence
has been much sought after and a very successful program in our district.

This year The District Training Team Headed by IPDG Praful Sharma, aided by the undersigned and
Dr. Arun Chaudhari along with the support of Assistant Trainers and Avenue Chairs successfully covered
98% of the clubs in the district.

The future of this organisation lies in the hands of Informed and empowered
members ,empowerment leads to conviction in the cause and purpose.

Any SMART President in consultation with their board and the members of the
club, feels the need to understand any Rotary related subject, contact the
district training team who are committed to comply and resolve the same.

Be Informed, Be SMART. Jhankar Gadkari

Group Head, District Thrust Areas
District Training Facilitator

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Rotary Seva Abhiyaan

JEEVAN DAAN - BLOOD DONATION

Trains were late, Mumbai was flooding and amidst the noise
and chaos you could still hear young Rotaractors & Rotarians
requesting people to donate blood in creative ways. This was
the first project of Smart year & also of Rotary Seva Abhiyan.
They came up with slogans like “trains hai late, mat karo wait!
Karo blood donate”, “karo jeevan daaan, karo raqt daan” etc.

Their energy and enthusiasm was
contagious, people who were sceptical and
had myths about donating blood felt more
comfortable doing so after being
approached by volunteers. Donors
appreciated the organisation, execution
and efforts of these responsible Rotarians
who managed the camp from 8am to 5pm.
These blood donation camps were
conducted at 23 different locations like
Dadar station, CSMT station, Andheri station,
Saifee hospital, Ghatkopar station, Mulund
station, Goregaon station, colleges, malls,
etc where 1300 bottles of blood were
collected! This huge number was achieved
by the support of 90+ rotary clubs, 60+
Rotaract clubs and 430 + Rotaractors in
action. Along with blood camps, organ
donation pledge forms were also
distributed and people were made aware
of the importance of pledging their organs.
Over 300+ pledge forms were signed by
potential donors. A total of 1850+ donors
were identified and registered by the end of
13th July This was stupendous success to
start the year. It was heartwarming to see
positive feeling of humanity & compassion.

10th 3rd

NOV ’19 MAY ’20

Ashmi Parekh

Avenue Chair,
Rotary Seva Abhiyaan

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Rotary.org

Action Centre

Sandeep Ohri

GML Co-editor

Individual member benefits

Every new Rotary Year brings in id to which an email will be sent membership Exchanges and
new members. Each member for verification. Thereafter, you
who joins Rotary does so with a can login to “My Rotary” with your Grants, and even topics like Beer
primary objective of DOING username and password.
something positive for the Drinking, Fishing Hunting &
Community – after all Rotarians Update your profile >
are “People of Action” – we don’t Profile/Account settings - upload Shooting, Golf and
just talk or dream about a better your profile pic, enter contact
world, we get down to making it! details, your vocation, skills and Entrepreneurship!
interests.
Update your profile onwww.ro- So...log on to rotary.org and
try.org and look for > My Rotary > My favourites are the “Discussion explore a whole new world of
For Members. Groups” – where one can join a Rotary…online!
variety of “Groups” of worldwide
To register, you will be prompted Rotarians to discuss topics
to enter your name and an email ranging from Increasing

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Rotary

Public Image

Dharmendra Gursahani

Counsellor, Public Image

Here's why Public Image is going to be one of the most Important Avenues this
Smart Year.

It is the Centennial year for Ceremonies, Fellowships etc will We are also pleased to inform
Rotary in India. It is of paramount be captured, edited and you that we have another
importance that the good work uploaded by our Public Image Collaboration with Minimax
of Rotary done in this 100 Years Team. Advertising where we are
should be showcased and organizing free hoarding across
awareness is created for the We can also organize Webminar selected sites in Mumbai and the
Public at large beyond the Rotary and Live streaming for Important Club has to only pay the layout &
Fraternity. Programs. mounting charges @ Rs 15 per sq
ft which comes to approx Rs
It will have multiple benefits of We would encourage all the 10,000 to Rs 15,000 per hoarding.
attracting larger funding from Presidents / Rotarians to please
various CSR Projects (which connect with us and proactively Sponsoring Clubs name will be
again benefits us to spend at the inform us about your clubs mentioned in the Hoarding but
social grass root level) and also important activities which we the content / message will be
increase of Membership etc. can capture and upload on the uniform from the District Side.
channel.
With the directive of DG Harjit We are just a call away.
Talwar in this Smart Year the
Public Image Team is totally
focused on structuring and
strategizing to create the
maximum impact and have
taken upon ourselves to enhance
our Public Image.

We are delighted to inform you The Public Image Team is
implementing this Unique Project
that we now have a Dedicated with Technical Support and
Collaborations with Atul Joshi of
YouTube Channel for Rotary Atul Videos who have been
extending us outstanding
District 3141. All the programs, support.

starting with Installation

Ceremony of Our DG Harjit

Talwar and some others is

already uploaded on the same. The PI Team endeavour is to
showcase the extraordinary
We would like all of you to work, each and every Rotary Club
is doing and making a difference
SUBSCRIBE to the Channel and in the lives of ordinary people.

those of you could not witness

the Installations and other

important events will now be

able to View on the Channel. Please click on the link below and

This You Tube Channel is going to watch all the Events that you
be super active and most of the
key District Activities be it have missed out on.
Installations, Medical and Non
Medical Projects, Urban and Rural Rotary District 3141 YouTube
Activities, Vocational Award
Channel Permanent link

https://www.youtube.com/chan-

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Smart Installation

OF DISTRICT GOVERNOR & CLUBS OF
MULUND AND BHANDUP

SMART DG Harjit Talwar, a man of vision likes to bring about simple

and logical solution to any major situation. He coined this idea of a

joint Installation of the DG with several club Presidents & their board. So

the 8 Rotary clubs of Mulund & Bhandup joined in to share this honour

and responsibility .

This will set a trend for future saving not just time
& effort but also money & resources which could
be put to better use. Also increases inter- club
bonding, building a healthy relationship to work on
projects jointly.

He is a strong believer of change not coming if we
wait for someone or for the right time. We have to
be the change we seek & act towards that now.

The day started with a ceremonious pooja by
SMART DG Harjit and his SMART Presidents at the
Shiv Ganpati temple within the premises followed
by a tree plantation in the same premise in tune
with DG’s message of Green Mumbai.

Meeting was called to order by Miracle President K
B R Swamy from RC Bombay Mulund Valley.
It began with an invocation song & opening
dance performance.

The eight Presidents and clubs from Mulund and
Bhandup got installed for the SMART year 2019-20
in order of their presence in the SMART directory.

Preceding the Installation of SMART DG Harjit Talwar and
handing over the responsibilities by Miracle DG Shashikumar
Sharma to the incoming team was an outstanding perfor-
mance by Rotaractors of Mulund and Bhandup clubs to the
chartbuster number 'SINGH is KING' Harjit's introduction was beautifully
done by his children Simran & Manpreet , making the DG & first lady
Romi quite emotional. This was duly followed with the introduction of
SMART Core Team by Harjit , in his personal style with a shayari dedi-
cated to each one.

SMART President Arihant Lodha and Rotary Club of Mulund SMART President Chirag Shah and RC of Mulund Hills

SMART President Kamal Kotai and Rotary Club of Mulund Hill View SMART President Rameshwari Kachroo and RC Mumbai Bhandup

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The Installation ceremony was honoured by the presence of PRID
Shekhar Mehta as the Chief Guest for the event and a galaxy of Past
and Incoming District Governors from District 3141 and District 3142. The
Past and Current Inner Wheel Chairmen, Past and Current Rotaract
DRRs Making their presence felt on this momentous occasion were the
MEN WITH GOLDEN HEARTS - AKS Kishorilal Jhunjhunwala,
AKS Kulbhushan and Manju Jetley, Darshan Chheda and others .

DG Harjit began his journey with the blessings of his father &
best wishes from his family, present there in full strength to be
a part of this momentous occasion.

The seamless flow & the grand success of the

program was thanks to the full involvement,

meticulous planning and sharing of

responsibilities by all the Rotarians & spouses of

each of the 8 participating clubs.

The contributions from the Committee of hosts
also played an important role in organising the
finances for the event without compromising on
quality.

Convenor - Dr Manish Motwani
Co-Convenor - Vikram Sona

LEAD HOST
RC BOMBAY MULUND VALLEY
JOINT-HOSTS
RC MULUND, RC MULUND HILLS, RC MULUND HILL
VIEW, RC MUMBAI BHANDUP, RC MUMBAI MULUND
EAST, RC MUMBAI MULUND SOUTH, RC MUMBAI SALT
CITY

Dr Manish Motwani

Avenue Chair, TRF II

SMART President Sandeep Adhyapak and RC of Mumbai Mulund East SMART President Dr Aparna Padgaonkar and RC of Mumbai Mulund South

SMART President T M Harris and RC of Mumbai Salt City SMART President Sanjay Patel and Rotary Club of Bombay Mulund valley

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SMART Installation

“Smart Vision 2019-20

Smart Vision 2019-20 For our Club to play a meaningful role
in the District, to have Membership
growth with quality, strengthen the
fellowship to assimilate new and old
members and organise a Fundraiser.
“
Rotary Club of Bombay “ From left to right:
Vineet Bhatnagar, Manish Reshamwala,
2nd July 2019 “ Shernaz Vakil, Shailesh Haribhakti,
President-Elect Framroze Mehta, Hiran-
President: Preeti Mehta, Club Secretary: Manish Reshamwala may Biswas, President Preeti Mehta, Vijay
Kumar Jatia, Mehul Sampat, Peter Born,
Mehul Sampat and Ram Gandhi

“Smart Vision 2019-20
To live the Principles of Rotary and
achieve a perfect balance between
Projects and fellowship.

(L to R) Suhas Ambiyw, Danish Dhamija, Dr.

Priyam, Sharma,Bhupendra Shah, Rajan

Gupta, Ashok Verma, Siddharath Luthra,

Mahendra Madani,

(L to R) Top line Nirmal Bhandari, Harish

Chokshi,Belliappa Ganpati, Sejal Seth,

Sandhya Ullal, Sharmila Gadkari, Vibha Rotary Club of Mumbai North Island
Thadeshwar, AG Prakah, President Urmila
Prabhu, DG Harjit Singh Talwar, Rajendra 3rd July 2019

Chhapwale, Mehernosh Engineer, Ashok President: Urmila Prabhu, Club Secretary: Vibha Thadeshwar

Mehta.

“Smart Vision 2019-20

Smart Vision 2019-20 Involve all members to participate in
our community projects and weekly
meetings. Increase the membership
organically.

Sitting: left to right

Kiran Shetye, Chetan Kotak, Amardeep

Tony Singh, Harjit Singh Talwar, Ratan

Wadhwani, Vishnu Dingwaney

Standing: left to right

Rotary Club of Mumbai Sion Girish Jawle, Kishor Rajeshirke, Surendra
Bhagat, Arjun Dingrani, Dr. Radhika

26th June 2019 Krishnan, Dhruv Chaudhry, Nikhil Savla,

President: Ratan Wadhwani, Club Secretary: Vishnu Dingwaney Hiren Chande

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“Smart Vision 2019-20

Smart Vision 2019-20 Qualitative and sustainable work is
our motto. To build a lifetime bond
amongst members to come
together and serve humanity.
“
Rotary Club of Mumbai Divas “ From left to right:
Neena Jain, Vidhi Gupta, Sonal Gupta,
14th July 2019 “Sharda Jain, Vinita Agarwal, Pinu Gupta,
Mrs Romi Talwar, DG Harjit Singh Talwar,
President Uma Jajodia, Club Secretary: Pooja Poddar Uma Jajodia, Adya Jajodia, Gautam
Jajodia, Pankaj Maheshwari, Pooja Poddar,
Suman Gupta, Anita Agarwal, Sunita Goyal,
Anuradha kedia, Mahima Khandelwal,
ShilpaMurarka and Meena Choudhary.

“Smart Vision 2019-20
To be a vibrant club in all avenues by
selfless service, motivated actions,
positive attitude & trustworthy nature
and take us to a level higher.

From left to right:

Reema Wahi, Vinay Bhatt, Prithika Samani,

Bhushan Sheth, Prasanna Upasani, Rakesh

Shah, Yagnesh Bhatt, Rajendra Nimla,

Pradip Mehta, Rajendra Bhatia, Vipul

Gaglani, Vrajesh Shah, Pradeep Jainee, Rotary Club of Mumbai Kandivli West
Bharat Modi, Jatin Lakhani, Bharat Shah ,

Uday Shah, Dharmendra Gohel 21st July 2019

Bhavna Bhadreshwara, President: Bhavna Bhadreshwara, Club Secretary: Bhavin Toprani

Bhavin Toprani, AG Ashok Shetty

“Smart Vision 2019-20

Smart Vision 2019-20 With hearts full of love and deep
care for all the living beings and
environment, to provide service
through a meaningful bonding of its
talented and committed members.

Rotary Club of Mumbai Khar From left to right:
Vijay Raghvan, Naresh Chandwani, Satish
19th June 2019 Rohra, Suresh Rohra, Sunil Chawla, Anmol
Sekhri, Ajit Rohira, Virendra Khurana, Neelam
President: Amarlal Bajaj, Club Secretary: Vijay Raghavan Kumar, Arjun Khatri, Dr. Jagdish Luthria,
Harjeet Singh Anand, Kl Dinghra, Shyam
Ahuja, Yograj Chauhan, Husein Vakil

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SMART Installation

“Smart Vision 2019-20

Smart Vision 2019-20 To instill in our members feeling of
brotherhood by working selflessly
towards a common goal of better-
ing the lives of less fortunate
through community projects.
“
Rotary Club of Nariman Point “ From left to right:
Ashok Paranjpe, Rajiv Agarwal, Sanjeev
23rd July 2019 “Mittal, Ashish Chitlangi, Yogesh Malohotra,
Kamlesh Kharade, Vipul Shah, Reshma
President: Jagdish Tanna, Club Secretary: Sanjeev Mittal Tanna, Akkshay Mehta, Aditya Nemani,
Deepak Malhotra, Hemang Bhatt, Samir
Gandhi, Shailesh Jalan, Ketan Malkan,
Neeraj Dharia, Jagdish Tanna, Suraj
Sarogi, Samir Shah, Devang Kanakai

“Smart Vision 2019-20 Rotary Club of Mumbai Nova
Focus on enrolling more members
more connectivity & bonding and 8th June 2019
serving focus areas on water
conservation & education infra- President: Jayshrree Dave, Club Secretary: Miral Shah
structure.

From left to right:
Ajay Gupta, Jayshrree Kardam Dave,
Geeta Tandon, Husain Rassai, Miral Kilkilraj
Shah, Vandana Kamat, Ashalata Bedre,
Mahendra Gandhi, Pravin Agarwal, Tarun
Agarwal, Ramesh Kothari, Sarla Parekh,
Deepak Khicha, Rajendra Sah

“Smart Vision 2019-20
To assess the needs, conduct
Smart Vision 2019-20 sustainable projects & reach

maximum beneficiaries. Create
awareness, address challenges and
provide services.

Rotary Club of Mumbai Parleshwar Standing Left to Right: Manish Dedhia ,
Hemant Shidhore, Shirish Shidhore, Shivnan-
28th June 2019 dan Katdare, Prachi Tillu, Devayani Gore,
Moha Kamat, Sushil Deshpande, Nandkumar
President: Bhalchandra Barve, Club Secretary: Jyoti Babladi Kushe, Dattatraya Puranik, Rajesh Shah,
Suchitra Pandit, Satish Babladi, Vijay Sathye,
Pramod Lele, Anand Ramnani.
Sitting Left to Right: Jyoti Babladi, Rajesh
Agarwal, Bhalchandra Barve, Harjit Singh
Talwar, Smita Puranik, Unmesh Sawant

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“Smart Vision 2019-20

Smart Vision 2019-20 To build a stronger, vibrant and
dynamic club calling on every
member to expand connections
with our communities.
“
“ From left to right:

“ Dr. Keiki Mehta, Rattanchand Murarka,

Arun Agarwal, Navnath Panaskar,

Chandrakant Nalawala, Dr. Madhukar

Bhide, Tehmton Dalal, Harshad Kapadia,

Rotary Club of Mumbai South Sanatan Mody, Bharat Thakkar, Ashok
Agarwal, Jaiprakash Singhania, PP Rtn

27th July 2019 Virendra Sanghvi, Nitin Doshi, Nargis Gaur,

President: Sonu Chowdhry, Club Secretary: Satishchandra Maheshwari Dr. Zenobia Mehta, Jyotiben Ashar

“Smart Vision 2019-20 Rotary Club of Bombay Hanging Garden
“Come, Lets Enjoy Rotary”. Eminent
speakers, unique fellowships and 30th June 2019
projects involving family, friends and
community... Connecting the world President: Dilip Shah, Club Secretary: Gautam Dalal
through Rotary.

From left to right:
Devang Shah, Jayen Mehta, Gautam Dalal,
Anil Sonthalia, Ashish Modi, Vikrant Shah,
Mehul A Mehta,Umesh Shah, Nilima
Chhapgar, Ravi Punjabi, Rajesh Lath, Sunil
Doshi, Mitesh Jaliwala, Sandeep Resham-
wala, Shailesh Dalal, Mehul P Mehta, Naren
Shah, Amrish Daftary, Mukhtar Raja,
Paresh Panchmatiya, AG Gaurav Gopani,
DG Harjit Singh Talwar, President Dilip
Shah, Digant Shah, Deepak Zaveri.

“Smart Vision 2019-20Smart Vision 2019-20
Make Rotary exciting enough in terms

of Projects and Fellowships. lnvolving

and evolving each member so that it

becomes a household conversation.

Rotary Club of Bombay Seacoast (Sitting L to R): Aria Ohri, Romi Singh, DG Harjit
Singh Talwar, President Deepak Rao.
20th June 2019 (Standing L to R): Jayanti Parmar, Ram Kotak,
Virendra Widge, Kartik Shah, Dr. Surendra
President: Deepak Rao Soneji, Dr. Ashok Kothari, Dr. Samir Bhargava,
Deepak Killawala, Kishore Masurkar, Ratnesh
Desai, Vipin Reshammiya, Ashok Mehra,
Prashant Kalbag, Nihal Kotak, Anil Patel,
Hemang Jangla, Ashok Chandavarkar, AG
Prakash Patel, Sampath Iyengar, Rajesh
Shah, Narendra Amriwala

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SMART Installation

“Smart Vision 2019-20
Mega Medical Camps, Bhavishya
Yaan at Banganga, Walkeshwar and
Smart Vision 2019-20 Baradevi school & check dams.
“
Rotary Club of Bombay Queen City “ Left to right: Pankaj Bhargava, Vinay
Khandelwal, Vijay Kumar Singhal, Madhusu-
7th July 2019 “dan Makharia, Kishan Bihari Kagzi, AG Anil
Jain, Murari Agarwal, DG Harjit Singh Talwar,
President Girish Agrawal, Club Secretary: Vinay Khandelwal Girish Agrawal, Rajendra Agarwal, Mahen-
dra Agrawal, Yogendra Agarwal, Pravin
Agarwal, Rakesh Agarwal, Ramesh Poddar,
Sailesh Mahimtura, Rajesh Shroff
With Spouses: Shanaz Mahimtura, Hira Kagzi, Divya
Agrawal, Renu Khandelwal, Neha Jain, Shashi
Agarwal, Romi Talwar, Rachna Singhal, Mridula
Agrawal, Archna Agarwal, Sudha Makharia, Deval
Amin, Asha Agarwal, Sushma Shroff, Alka
Bhargava

“Smart Vision 2019-20 Rotary Club of Bombay East
To make a meaningful impact to
Society, providing service and 4th July 2019
benefit to all the needy and deserv-
ing. To further the District Thrust President Nagin Chheda, Club Secretary: Nayna Desai
Areas to the people who need it the
most but cannot afford it.

Bottom Row:
Sanjiv Shah, Nayna Desai, Nagin Chheda,
Suchita Ambardekar, Jagdish Kotadia,
Sudhir Sathe, Dilip Parmar, Arun Patel
Middle Row: Ajit Marathe, Deepak
Ambardekar, Ashwin Shetty
Top Row: Hiten Desai, Shashi Sharma, Praful
Sharma, DG Harjit Singh Talwar, Prakash
Patel, Ramon Abrol, Mehender Chablani

“Smart Vision 2019-20

Smart Vision 2019-20 There is no better exercise for the
heart than reaching down and lifting
people up.

Rotary Club of Bombay Mandvi Sitting from Left to right: Ajit Shah, Kirit
Ruparel, Uday Damani, Ajay Gupta,
26th June 2019 Chetan Kotak
Standing from Left to Right: Sanjay
President Uday Damani, Club Secretary Ajit Shah Jobhalia, Bharat Chauhan, Sharad
Bhojani, Nilesh Mehta, Upendra Soni,
Tejaswini Jobalia, Bhavna Ruparel, Nutan
Shah, Aruna Bhojani , Deepa Shah, Pooja
Mehta, Ketan Mehta, Jatin Shah

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“Smart Vision 2019-20
Excellent fellowship for good bonding
Smart Vision 2019-20 amongst members. Taking up large

projects that will improve the quality
of life for the underprivileged.
“
Rotary Club of Bombay Sea Face “ Bottom line: Rajendra Koradia, Shravan
Chemburkar, Minal Turakhia, Kalpana Khira,
14th July 2019 “Tejal Gandhi, Dr Sangeeta Agarwal,
Tejaswini Modak, Purna Mehta, Leena Shah.
President Shravan Chemburkar, Club Secretary: Meena Top line: Bhuvan Ajmera, Yogesh Parikh,
Kothari Anil Popat, Bansi Barfiwala, AG Parminder
Oberoi, DG Harjit Singh Talwar, Nirmal Doshi,
Meena Kothari, Ramola Mahajani, Bharat
Merchant, Tanveer Hava, Rajen Desai.

“Smart Vision 2019-20
Women Empowerment, Save Girl
Child, Organ Donation Awareness,
Environment, Self defense workshops
for Women 'WARDA': women against
rape and domestic abuse.

Seated - Dr Manoj Patel, AG. Dr Pankaj Rotary Club of Bombay West
Maheshwari, DG Harjit Singh Talwar,
Samapti Patel, Dr Anand Gupta, 3rd July 2019
Nandivardhan Jain, Nilesh Sawant
Standing, starting from Left to Right President: Samapti Patel, Club Secretary: Nandivardhan Jain
Dharmendra Sharma, Shrish Rege,
Hiralal Sutar, Kamal D'Mello, Gautam
Chande, Sandeep Parekh, Minoo
Lalwani, Tejas Sura, Harminder Singh,
Aslam Merchant, Neeraj Saraf

“Smart Vision 2019-20
Is to effuse enjoyment in the work
Smart Vision 2019-20 we do while serving the community

around us. Thus touching a few lives
but our purpose being to make a
very impactful difference in the lives
of those people.

Rotary Club of Bombay Worli Standing Left to Right
Paula Goel, Romi, Vibhava Sawant, Netra
7th July 2019 Nairi, Kavita Godbole, Dipti Rajda, Dr
Kamlesh Khandelwal, Quresh Karachiwala,
President: Sabina Gupta, Club Secretary: Saurabh Dani Nimesh Sanghrajka, Pankaj Tanna,
Prabhakar Nakashe, Rakesh Jain, Jayesh
Ruparel, Jayanth Nairi, Sunil Dhowan,
Sandeep Shah, Sachin Singhvi, Pankaj
Gupta, Sandeep Aggarwal

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SMART Installation

“Smart Vision 2019-20Smart Vision 2019-20
To enjoy Rotary as their favourite

destination for service, fellowship,

vocational networking, and personal
“
“ growth.

“ Front Row: Sangeeta Shahani, Hema

Subramanian, Vidhya Subramanian,

Shobhana Iyer, Dr. Meera Chandramouli,

Club Treasurer Nayana Karnik Das, Puja

Puri, Rajashri Mokashi

Back Row: AV Suresh, Ajit Pappu, Sudhir

Mehta, Vivek Khandelwal, Jaisal Jetsey,

Rotary Club of of Deonar AG Vinay Kulkarni, DG Harjit Singh Talwar,

1st July 2019 Padma Kapoor, Vidya Kulkarni , Liladhar

Parab, Prabodh Sharma, Vishal Dassani,
President: Padma Kapoor, Club Secretary: Hema Subramanian Dr. Usha Desai, Dr. Suneet Gupta

“Smart Vision 2019-20
Scholarships for 150 students; little
heart surgeries; Awareness program
for Swachh Mumbai; skill develop-
ment; upgrade a BMC school in
tribal area to a HAPPY SCHOOL.

Back row l to r: Harwinder Matharo, S.S.Bhal-

la, Daksha Das, Abani Das; PDG Lata

Subraidu, Jay Lakhani, DG Harjit Singh

Talwar; AG Prakash Patel, Milind Kulkarni,

Parvez Merchant, Shailendra Shetty Rotary Club of Mumbai Greencity
Front row l to r: Nazneen Sakharwala, PP
Radha Sinha, Meera Ramachandran, Alpa 12th July 2019
Shah, Amit Shah, Ajay Gupta, T.S.Raman,
Club President: Jay Lakhani, Club Secretary: Milind Kulkarni

Khuzem Sakharwala

“Smart Vision 2019-20

Smart Vision 2019-20 To be a vibrant club, to create bonding
between members, give them a feeling
of coming home to Rotary. Getting
involved in projects to create an
impact in immediate vicinity.

Rotary Club of Mumbai Jewels Prince Bhandari, Roopak Bansal, Raman
Gupta, Sarita Pansari, Kiran Chowdhary,
18th July 2019 Charul Sharma, Ekta Agrawal, Vivek
Agrawal, Ravi Chowdhary, Manoj Sharma,
President: Ekta Agrawal, Club Secretary: Charul Sharma Sunnil Mehra, Prakash Patel, Gopal
Pansari, Girish Mittal, Mahendra
Chhablani, Dr.Abhijit Pawar, Hemang
Jangla

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District 3141

Rotaract

With each year, Kushal Bhuva

RID 3141 grows bigger and strives Rotaract District 3141
to provide projects rich in quality DRR 2019-20
by retaining the legacy of the
core idea but with fresh and Rotaractors seeking internships are chosen within the Rotaract
trendy settings: and jobs to connect with recruit- community to undergo training
ing companies, helping them kick and serve as Shikshaks to such
RYPEN - 2 day Partners-In-Ser- start their careers. students.
vice leadership program to incul-
cate team building, innovation Oculus: Eye screening camp - Greenation, a mega plantation
and soft skills in Interactors and underprivileged children will be drive on 28th July at Karjat with
school students on 17 - 18th July guided in maintaining proper eye 10,000 saplings as a
care. Covering 15 schools and huge step to achieving a better
‘Entrepreneurs talk’ - a new more than 3000 school students environment.
initiative by the Entrepreneurship with an aim to touch 20,000.
Development Team to bring International Service team
established entrepreneurs right Organ Donation Awareness released the first Inter District
onto our small screens to inspire campaign will be conducted to Youth Exchange of the year. Our
the budding businessman in all. spread the word about how one outgoing team will get a golden
donation can save many lives. opportunity to attend the District
Placement Cell - helps young Assembly.
Shiksha - aimed at enhancing
knowledge within BMC students.
Interested ambassadors

District 314 Dr. Devangi Vakharia

Inner Wheel Inner Wheel District 314
District Chairman 2019-20
District Assembly HIBICUS
23th June 2019 at Nehru Centre DC Dr.Devangi Vakharia Inaugurated
a skill development center by IWC
Distribtion of Eco friendly bags to Bombay west at Chuin Community
eliminate plastic and publicize Inner center at Khardanda in association
Wheel during blood danation camp by with NGO Srujna. The aim is to train and
IWC Mumabi Nariman Point, an Asso- provide a market for ecofriendly items
ciation thrust area. like jute bags etc.

In our endeavour to conserve our
natural resources, Inner Wheel District
plants saplings at the Inner Wheel
Forest at Kandivali. Over the past years,
8,570 saplings have been planted over
15 acres. On July 03, 2019, Inner Wheel
members of Dist 314 panted 800
saplings in the forest as a cantinuation
of this intiative.

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Across development centre (7)

1. Inner Wheel Club of _____ ______, that set up a 21. The number of single gender female Clubs in

skill development centre recently. (first word) (6) 3141 (3)

4. The present membership retention percentage of 23. He will be Rotary 3141 DG in Rotary Year 2020-21

RI District 3141 (6, 4) (10) (first name) (6)

7. Rotary Club of _____, in Philippines that led the 24. The number of single gender male Clubs in RI

giant Rotary Logo Artificial Reef project (8) District 3141 (4)

8. Ann _______, Rotary’s 1st Ann in 1914 (8) 25. “_______ my dear Watson” – famous Sherlock

10. International Woman of ______, Award given to Holmes quote (10)

acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal (7) 27. Inner Wheel Club of Bombay _____ that set up

13. Rotaractors danced to this number at DG Harjit’s the Community Garden which has a rain-water

installation (5,2,4) (11) harvesting system (7)

14. The only Indian Charter member of Rotary Club of 30. He is attributed with the quote "The way to get

Bombay (first name) (6) started is to quit talking and begin doing." (first

15. District Treasurer Rotary 3141 (last name) (5) name) (4)

16. The lead actor for the biopic on the life of acid 31. “Make Rotary membership more ______” a

attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal (last name) (8) quote

17. “Try not to become a man of _____ but rather to by PRIP Luther H Hodges (9)

become a man of ____” – famous Albert Einstein 32. District Treasurer Rotary 3141 (first name) (6)

quote (first word) (7) 33. He will be Rotary 3141 DG in Rotary Year 2020-21

19. The NGO with whom IWC recently set up the skill (last name) (5)

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2. Rotary Club of ____, Partner Club in California the Rotary world (5)
for the giant Rotary Logo Artificial Reef project (6) 22. The lead actor for the biopic on the life of acid
3. “Try not to become a man of _____ but rather attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal (first name) (7)
to become a man of ____” – famous Albert 23. “___ Hungry, ___ Foolish – famous Steve Jobs
Einstein quote (second word) (5) quote (same word) (4)
5. He is attributed with the quote "Tell me and I 26. He is attributed with this quote “It does not
forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me matter how slowly you go so long as you do not
and I learn." (last name) (8) stop.” (9)
6. The city from which the 1st Rotarian Ann hailed 28. Inner Wheel Club of _____ that set up the
(3, 9) (12) Community Garden which has a rain-water
9. Inner Wheel Club of _____ ______, that set up harvesting system (7)
a skill development centre recently. (second 29. He is attributed with the quote "Tell me and I
word)(4) forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and
10. Name of the biopic film on the life of acid I learn." (first name) (8)
attacksurvivor Laxmi Agarwal (8) 30. “____ behind the ears” – immature,
11. He is attributed with the quote "The way to get
started is to quit talking and begin doing." (last Sandeep Ohri
name) (6)
12. Number of SMART Presidents installed along GML Co-editor
with DG Harjit at the same venue (5)
18. The only Indian Charter member of Rotary
Club of Bombay (last name) (6)
20. Location of the National Burn centre, who
participated in the recent Organ Donation
Seminar(6)

Creative

Corner

Happy independence month!
India with Mandala art.

Surbhi Wadhera

RC Mumbai Kalakars

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Partners

Nook

Vidhya Subramanian

IPDC, Inner Wheel Dist 314

& Partner of DA T N Subramanian

When the Caterpillars Fly Away

The decision to have a child is walk away from me since I without knocking. I wait to see
momentous, but your heart will helped them take their first step. them head to the kitchen for a
go walking outside your body The hardest part of that job is snack and lounge on the sofa. I
forever. Life affords no greater accepting their success. It hap- wish they would come and forget
responsibility, no greater pened before I knew it. The hand- the troubles of their lives when
privilege, than raising the next prints got higher, time whizzed they are home.
generation. The relationship of past and just like that; they were
parent and child remains gone! Yes, having children leave But in all this, I have learnt, now is
indelible and indestructible. It is the nest is one of the most pain- the time for all the socialising
the strongest relationship on ful experiences in parenting. and self-awareness that has
earth. Don’t worry that our been forgotten for too long. It is
children never listen to us, worry Youth fades, love dwindles, about engaging in life fully,
that they are always watching leaves of friendship fall, but a embracing the unknown and
us. mother’s love outlives them all. having the courage to discover
Each day I live with the fond hope my bliss. Thus creating the next
I taught them how to confidently that they come through the door chapter in the story of my life.

Rotary

Trivia

Dipanwita Dutt

GML Co-Editor

The story behind the Rotary wheel pin

The first lapel pin in Rotary’s it’s birth. Asked to design a Henry Mackintosh and Oscar
history was designed by New symbol for the new club, Chicago Bjorge petitioned Rotary to
York’s Rotary member, John Frick Rotarian Montague Bear, an amend the design of the wheel,
in 1909 and worn by the club’s engraver, drew a simple wagon calling it, an insult to
first president Bradford Bullock wheelwith a few lines to show engineering that only the brain of
then serving as VP of the National dust and motion (14 spokes, no an artist could conceive. ”Oscar
Association of Rotary Clubs. cogs, no keyway). Paul Harris sketched a new wheel, with 6
reasoned that the wheel spokes ... symbolizing the 6
This was the forerunner of the symbolized “Civilization and Objects of Rotary at that time and
traditional Rotary pin worn today. Movement.” 24 cogs or teeth. This design was
It features the Rotary wheel as it presented in 1920.
appeared in its earliest In 1910, the Rotary Club of
representation with eight spokes, Philadelphia added cogs to The President of Rotary Club of
no cogs, and no keyway. create a working wheel, LA, Will Forker suggested
symbolizing members working incorporating a keyway would
The wheel together, literally interlocked with make thenew wheel “a real
itself one another to achieve the worker.” So, in 1923 the keyway
became organization&’s objectives. They was added and the design which
the used 19 cogs in honor of their we see on ourpins was formally
symbol of club, the 19th in Rotary. adopted as the official Rotary
Rotary in International emblem.
1906, a In 1918, two Rotarian engineers
year after from the Duluth Club, Charles

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