The Golden Orange

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GOLDEN ORANGE MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF NAGPUR

JULY : DISTRICT AWARDS CAREER GUIDANCE SCHOLARSHIP Established : 1944

R. I. District: 3030

Club ID: 15587

R.I. President : District Governor: Rtn. Ray Klinginsmith Rtn. Dr. Praful Mokadam

Club President: Rtn. Ganesh Joshi

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SE M I N A R OF MR. A N A N D K U M AR, O F “ S U P ER 3 0 ” F A M E

Best School Of Asia – Time Magazine. One of the four innovative schools – Newsweek. Amazing School – Discover Channel.. these are the reviews given to none other than Mr. Anand, a simple Maths teacher running The Ramanujam School of mathematics at Patna popularly known as “Super 30”..

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Nothing different except that Mr. Anand Kumar teaches only those students who have only two qualifications.. one – should be extremely economically backword, two – should have the will power and be self motivated to crack the coveted IIT Entrance Exam. Mr. Anand Kumar will do the rest.. he would adopt the child for learning, provide the lodging and boarding of the children and ensure that the child attains the pinnacle of success. To support him he has his entire family, his brother Mr. Pranav, his mother and his wife. He himself comes from an extremely economically backward background.

Rotary Club of Nagpur, through the perseverance of Ravi Wankhede invited Mr. Anand Kumar for a unique Career Guidance Program here Mr. Anand Kumar spent the entire day interacting with Rotarians, Their children, students from the orange city and the Press. A jam packed auditorium of the Saraswati Vidyalaya comprising of thousands of eager students and parents listened with rapt attention to this Maths Prodigy and the Messiah of the Poor !

The Master Mind - Mr. Anand Kumar

President Ganesh Joshi welcomed him ably joined by Ms. Archana, the Mayor of Nagpur City who felicitated him. Dr. Ravi Wankhede introduced him and Mrunalini Dasture compered the program. The vote of thanks was given by Prashant Kale .

The Club Meeting in the evening was conducted at the same venue wherein Distt. Governor Prafulla Mokadam felicitated him and presented to him the Vocational Excellence Award. Manmohan Daga read out his citation.

Involved Rotarians

Successful children of Rotarians who secured marks above 75% were felicitated at the hands of Mr. Anand Kumar. Career Guidance Chairperson Rina Sinha conducted the felicitation. Secretary Sunil Thapar proposed the formal vote of thanks.

Reinforcing the success of the program feedback forms were filled by the students. Students gave rave reviews and extremely positive feedback. They complimented the Rotary Club of Nagpur for conducting this event .

-Rina Sinha

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The release of this issue of "Golden Orange" would witness the official farewell to the year 10-11 & simultaneous welcome to the customary exuberance, expectations & jubilation associated with new team through the festivities of Installation Ceremony. The same set of Rotarians would be exhibiting different & diverse feelings & emotions. Team 10-11 would take time to ponder, reflect & reminisce to bask in the glory of all that was achieved, accepting compliments. The New team would look forward with all determination & sparkle with body language radiating confidence & commitment.

The members, chairpersons & directors put time & resources, heart & soul in organizing projects promoting rotary ideals & deserve our compliments, accolades & big THANKS!! I had the privilege of having Sunil Thapar, Prashant Kale & Sunil Bhatia to serve the needs of our members & act as facilitators to help execute the various projects, VP Atul Shah handled all the key assignments with verve & fervor & I also had the wisdom & experience of IPP Akhtar Maimoon to bank upon. In Tauby Bhagwagar we have a very able, talented, dedicated & committed rotarian to lead our Club in the next year & am sure our Club will flourish under her leadership.

All our projects pertaining to the community, environment, internationalism & consolidation of our membership may or may not have brought tangible transformation but it certainly made explicit differentiation in my outlook towards life, its challenges & opportunities. The year unfolded & revealed beautiful meaning of compassion, empathy & camaraderie for me.

Thank you all for making this year a memorable one. The support we received from our President, Ganesh Joshi , Secretary Sunil Thapar, and the entire Golden Orange team, was what led us to receiving the Best Bulletin award at the National as well as District level. Khushnoor and I enjoyed every moment of our association with the Golden Orange. Our endeavour was to report to the Club members all the fabulous work and fellowship that our Club was doing. Our team was a group of dedicated rotarians and rotary anns, who shouldered the responsibility of sending write ups and reports on time. It's time to usher in the new team, and give them all the support that this Club is so famous for. Thank you all once again, and our best wishes to the next editor.

Letters to the Editors‌..

The Editors welcome brief comments on the contents of the Golden Orange, projects etc. However, they reserve the right to edit / re-write submissions for style and length.

Published letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors or the RI leadership, nor do they take responsibility for errors of fact that may be expressed by the writers.

All write-ups, comments should be sent to : go.editor@yahoo.com. Looking forward to an overflowing inbox!

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Thursday 9 June 2011, Air Vice Marshal Mr. Vikram Pethia narrated his experience as POW during 1971 war against Pakistan at Udyog Bhavan and everyone hung on to every single word he spoke for 45 mimutes. th Never before has our club witnessed such pin drop silence during a rotary meeting. Never.

Air Vice Marshal Mr. Vikram Pethia, a retired fighter pilot from Indian Air Force spent 38 years in the service. He had witnessed all the three wars of 1965, 1971 & Kargil against Pakistan .When the war of 1971 broke out he was posted at Bikaner. On 5th Dec. 1971 while on a mission his aircraft was hit and he had to eject the aircraft and found himself on Pakistani land, surrounded by local people. Later he was handed over to the police. The police shifted him to 3 different jails and always blindfolded where he had his horrifying, bone- chilling experience as POW. He narrated how Pakistan totally neglected Geneva Convention while dealing with POWs. He made 2 escape attempts but both futile. He was in the captivity for a period of 5months, 3days and few hrs. He th was released on 8 May 1972.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Sylvester Issac .

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R is rejoice, V is value of life, and M is make a difference, put these three together and you get the new ideology for living a better life, R VM. Mr. RVM as he has christened himself is the man Who has introduced us to look at life and its problems in a healthier way. After the huge success of his departmental store "Kidskemp" in Bangalore, which was the first name in transforming the retail culture in India, hr thought his life needed to be more meaningful.

Introduced by Dr. Ravi Wankhede, he spoke on the topic "live life till you die". This vivacious man in a short span of time captivated the audience, by showing ways in which one can make life more rewarding and meaningful. In 2007, after ten years of running a successful business, he decided to move away from the money and luxury and never looked back nor regretted. He decided that all the wealth he has earned needed to put to some good use, for the benefit of those who were not as priviledged. He classified people in two broad categories: 1. those who only want to make money and 2. those who want to renounce everything they have. RVM lies between the two. These are the salient features of the RVM theory I. Re choice a. Count your blessings, b. Live positively and c. Enthusiasm 2. Value life a. Live every moment b. Introspect c. Have purpose and d. Don't just exist 3. Make a difference a. Be that change b. Reduce pain and suffering c.Give before you are gone.d. Share your life experiences. It's always easier said than done, but Mr. RVM believes that if these parameters are followed, we could make our lives more better and worthwhile. The evening was exhilirating and he also had CD's and pamphlets for sale. Dr. Manmohan Daga proposed a vote of thanks. -Team G.O.

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This year Interact committee of Rotary Club of Nagpur added two new schools to their list of Interact Clubs.

1) Wonderland High School was installed on 15th Sep.'10.

2) South Point School was installed on 22nd Dec'10.

Charters were presented to them by the hands of President Rtn.Ganesh Joshi & first lady Asha Joshi. Shefali Shah was also present.Wonderland high School charter presentation on 30th May '11. South Point School -Charter presentation on 1st June '11. Wonderland Schools Principal Gurjit Kaur & South Point School Principal Mrinalini Dasture were very helpful & eager to start Interact Club in their respective schools -Shefali Shah

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Tejaswini Kelkar learnt to play the harmonium on her own and has studied th 23 June Indian Classical music upto Madhyama Poorna. She has attended the A R Rahman KM Music Conservatory where she studied Western Classical music.Introduced by Dr. Ravi Wankhede, she was our speaker on the 23rd of June, and music lover or not everyone enjoyed the session. She explained the meaning of harmony, rhythm, notes and elaborated by singing examples of what she was saying. Her knowledge of the subject is vast to say the least and her selection of words and references led to an extremely absorbing experience.

Tejaswini Kelkar - Nuances of Music She was very sure about her dislike for copying western compositions into mainstream Hindi songs, and what is popularly known today as "remixes". Inspite of a minor throat irritation, at the request of the audience, she rendered a beautiful number. Her smiling face and enthusiasm of her subject had the audience captivated. Thank you Dr. Wankhed for bringing her to our Club. Vote of thanks given by Dr. Shounaq Mokadam.

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The Club meeting on Thursday 30th July was the last meeting for the year 20102011. President Ganesh started by th welcoming all. Shiraz Doongaji under the “Eyes Through Rotary� was called to announce and give special recognition to those family members who donated eyes of their loved ones. A total of 8 donations benefitted 16 people. Later on behalf of the Scholarships Committee Rajiv Behal announced Scholarships worth Rs. 2,30,000/- in the meeting to the ones who really deserved them which brought the total scholarship amount to Rs. 8 lacs making it a major project of our esteemed club.

The President then gave Chairpersons awards for the month of May. Secretary Sunil Thapar then read the minutes of the previous Business Meeting and the Treasurer announced the Bank details. The next weeks project announcement were made. Dinesh Naidu announced the programme of District Governer installation and installation of the new iIncoming President Tauby Bhagwagar. Shabbir Shakir announced the dinner meeting with incoming RI President Kalyan Banerjee. Outgoing Sec. Sunil Thapar gave a short speech and thanked all the fellow rotarians for all the support rendered to him.

With a heavy heart, outgoing President Ganesh Joshi finally made his last speech as President. He thanked each and every Committee member, Chairpersons, fellow Rotarians, Rotary Anns and his Board who have supported him all through this tenure as President. He made a point to give special mention to all the rotarians who did exceptional work, not forgetting the office peons also. Finally he gave his best wishes to the new team and wished them the best. His speech was applauded with a standing ovation by the house and the meeting was adjourned after singing of the National Anthem.

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The vocation at work committee organised a programme at Uppalwadi Industrial area with the help of Jehangir and Shiraj Doongaji for the industrial workers on the subject of tobacco and cancer. Dr Akshay Daga spoke on the dangerous effects of tobacco and tried to convince the workers by stressing how consumption of tobacco could lead to dangerous diseases.

Mr. Sameer Shinde and Mr. Josh Vargease from ACCEPT also gave a lecture on HIV and and how one can avoid this life threatening disease.

Dr. Ravi Wankhede, President Ganesh, Sec Sunil, Dr. Pushpa Bhave and Dr Narayan along with chairperson Neeru Bhatia attended and made the project a success.

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This Committee has trained around 35 inmates and their caretakers at Shradhanand Anathalaya to mass produce greeting cards using colours and strings. These cards can be produced in a relatively short time for commercial use. The training was imparted by Sadhana Paliwal along with Kanak Bhargava and Asha Joshi the first lady of the club. The 60 cards which were made were purchased by our club to be used as birthday and anniversary greetings for our members.

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On a pleasant morning of 29th June 2011, the Scholarships Committee, at an impressive function organised by St.Ursula Girls' High School, gave the academic careers of 150 deserving, but needy students of the school a fillip by presenting a cheque of Rs.3.75 lakhs to the Head Mistress, Rachna Singh, under PROJECT SMILING FACES. A further cheque of Rs.15,000/- was also presented to the school to provide for the special needs of another girl child, who also excels in her studies.

President Ganesh spoke on the occasion and exhorted the students to progress in studies and to commit to being "scholars" throughout their lives. Chairperson Rajiv Behal also gave a motivational speech to the students and thanked all the donors who contributed large heartedly towards sponsoring the students.

Students of St. Ursula offered their thanks by singing prayers and hymns. Students sponsored earlier who excelled in their HSC examination were recognised. The program was attended by President Ganesh, Atul Shah, Sunil Thapar, Prashant Kale, Akhtar Parvez Maimoon, President Elect Tauby and an overwhelmingly large number of Rotarians and Anns.

With the distribution of these scholarships and others during the Rotary year 2010-11, the Scholarships Committee has become the committee with the largest budget. During the year, the committee has distributed scholarships aggregating to Rs.8.1 lacs benefitting more than 320 SMILING FACES from schools, colleges and vocational training institutions. Contributions came from more than 90 sponsors including 85 Rotarians & Anns. and interest from scholarships targeted corpuses of Rs 9.06 lacs.

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Career Guidance Committee of Rotary Club of Nagpur conducted a session “IIT-Basics: From JEE Toppers & Counselors� at Vasantrao Deshpande Hall in association with ICAD School of Learning. Along with the session Rotary Club of Nagpur also felicitated IIT-JEE topper Mr. Ishan Khot. Ishan is city topper in IIT-JEE with AIR-94 & in AIEEE his AIR is 36 and he is 2nd in state. Nagpur city has witnessed IIT rank in top 100 after a span of 4 years.

Ishan Khot addressed the budding engineering aspirants of the city regarding IIT-Basics. He told about the dos & don'ts during the preparation period. He stressed to balance all the 3 subjects by giving equal importance. 60-60-60 score in P-C-M is better than 100-30-50.

2 years of hardwork and 6 hours of testing is the determinant.

Ganesh Joshi, President of Rotary Club of Nagpur, said that earlier the education scenario was different & the competition was less and students who attended tuition where considered as weak. But today everything has changed drastically. The competition is severe and one has to get proper guidance & training to achieve results within a stipulated time span.

Dr Abhijit Bharadwaj, a renowned pediatrician, told about parent's role in studies of their wards. The major part that parent should do is provide the perfect study environment at home & should give full emotional & mental support to their wards during the preparation.

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By Bobby Srinivas When Rotary first came to India in 1919, just 14 years after the organization was founded by Paul Harris and his three colleagues in a very simple way, with the formation of the Rotary Club of Calcutta, the membership was entirely British or European. It should be remembered that at that time India was a British colony. It was then an era of British imperialism. To add an 'Indian touch' the well known Indian leader from Bengal Sir Surendranath Banerjee was conferred honorary membership! Many of the prominent Indian leaders were active with the freedom movement. However, some of them joined Rotary membership and nourished the Rotary movement during its formative years in India. The Calcutta club invited Mahatma Gandhi as a speaker in 1930. They had a vegetarian lunch to honor their guest.

With his usual wit, Gandhi asked the Rotarians why they were having a Bengalee widow's lunch and depriving themselves of a more sumptuous meal!

The first Indian member in Calcutta was S.C.Rudra who was inducted in 1921. The first Indian to become club secretary was Nitish C.Laharry (1926), later to become, president, district governor, RI director, RI vice president to reach rotary's top slot, viz., R.I. President in 1962-63.

A.FM.Abdul Ali was the first Indian to adorn the collar of a club president in Calcutta.

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Dear Fellow Rotarians, It gives me great pleasure in sharing a bit of good news with you all. On 19th June, 2011 we had organised a program by our Industrial Health Committee on "Cancer Caused by Tobacco and AIDS Awareness" at our factory premises Stewols India (P) Ltd. The program was to make the labour and staff aware of the consequences of tobacco addiction.

It gives me immense happiness to share with you that not only was the program well received, about 15 of our workers have given up tobacco consumption and others are likely to follow. I would sincerely like to thank the Rotary Club of Nagpur for this initiative and special thanks to Dr. Akshay Daga - son of Dr. Manmohan Daga - for his wonderful and inspiring presentation. Also thanks to ever willing Chairperson Neeru Bhabhi & Dr. Ravi Wankhede for making this presentation a possibility.

I would also like to thank ACCEPT an NGO for the brief information they provided on AIDS Awareness. I sincerely urge more members of our club to initiate such presentations Jehangir Doongaji

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Thank You and Adieu My dear friends, It was a true joy having served our Esteemed Club as a Secretary. My term would be in-complete without expressing my heartfelt gratitude and thanks to each and every member of our Club for making it possible.

The responding style of each one was different but the objective was not to see through one another, but to see one another through and working together to win. This resulted in my building up a wonderful friendship with almost all of you during this year which I shall always cherish.

With pride and happiness I wish to thank specially my fellow board members with whom working was such a pleasure and the bonding developed would last a lifetime.

My thanks to our President Ganesh for choosing and inspiring me with his steadfast leadership. My thanks to Atul and Sunil who were always there to provide a great support system to me. Our friendship I shall always warmly regard and cherish.

I may not have been perfect always but as good friends you took it in your stride and taught me that talents don't have to be perfect to use them. And further strengthened my belief that the secret of a carefree life is to walk with friends today and trust them for tomorrow. Thank you very much for being there with me.

Dear friends I really enjoyed my year. You all were great and that is what helped us to achieve everything we did during the year.

Lastly I can only say “During the year there was no such thing as bad weather but only different kinds of good weather”.

Thank you one & all.

With warm regards, -Sunil Thapar

M a tching Gr a nt follow up

Much work has been carried out since our last visit on 8th May 2011, and soon the site will be complete. Ms Vibha Gupta of Magan Sangrahalaya, our partner organisation implementing the project, showed us around the site. Excavator and tractor-trolleys were deployed continuously for removing the earth, and dumping it on the

A happy team at GIRAD

periphery of the water body. This has enabled a road for the villagers who can take their cattle carts up and down. Some earth has been deposited inside the village on the road to strengthen the surface, and this needs to be road-rolled to have a better surface.

The work will continue for another fortnight, and we are hopeful for completion of the same. More pictures will be sent by Magan Sangrahalaya with the bills, as agreed by them.

Work in Progress

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Rot a ry Buzz

Hi friends, The year has gone by in a whirl!

Our club though stays vibrant, even until the last day of the term.

Lots of Rotarians were away last month on much deserved vaccations.

After slogging all year through, our children finally had respite from schools and colleges.

Most of our children have done us proud.

We had some winners and some nearly there.

Pranali, daughter of Sanjay and Varsha Mansukhani got 94% in 12th CBSE.

The Board at the last Club Assembly

Shrey, son of Kshama and Rajesh Yadav scored 83% Prithvi, son of Shalini and Vikram Naidu also cleared 12th with flying colors.

Akanksha, daughter of Kewindra Talwar scored 85% Kelvin, son of Bina and Shibu Mathew got an A grade.

Jaideep, son of Gauri and Monal Malji got 84% in the 10th Board.

Kashvi, daughter of Varsha and Sanjay Mansukhani got 92% Nabhanya, daughter of Rakhi and Vishal Bhatia got 84%

The in coming President beckons

Rahul, son of Anmol and Sandeep Badjatia scored 91% Sakshi, daughter of Shailendra Agrawal scored 85% Rachit Singh son of Gurinder and Manjot Kahai got 95% at school level.

Adnan son of Nisreen Maimoon has got a scholarship, for an internshbiha Maimoon is in Germany doing his int Congratulations to ip in France.

Murtaza son of Akhtar Parvez and Sabiha Maimoon is doing internship in Germany on Internal combustion of engines.

Chairperson Rajiv shares his project work

Poonam and Bali Sethi are grandparents as their son, Vincy and Manveen had a baby girl, Ikpreet So also have Vanita and Rajeev Shukul become grandparents to Vasundhara, daughter of Roli and Vijender.

May the new year fulfill all your dreams and help you achieve your goals.

-Manju Shahani

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Ashish Kaswa

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Alpa Agrawal

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Anand Garodia

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Vishwajeet Kshirsagar

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Mohini Sanghavi

03

Jayshree Singhee

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Dipash Ajmera

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Sunita Lawange

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Satish Sule

04

Bobby Shrinivas

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Alpa Agrawal

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Pranoti Parekh

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Rasheed Amin

21

Manmeet Dheer

21

Kiran Wankhede

22

Indira Khurana

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Surendrapal Singh

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Dr. Ravi Wankhede

24

Praveen Chourasia

26

Prahant S. Rajurkar

27

Rama Sharam

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Vishal Agrawal

05

Akash Agrawal

06

Ranjit Narayan

06

Rajan Mulani

06

Nikhil Bansal

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Ravindra Bid

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Satish Raina

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Shilpa Agrawal

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Gauri Malji

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Renu Thapar

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Chanranjeet Bawa

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Neeraja Shukul

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Shree Krishna Buty

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Abad Bapuna

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Manisha Agrawal

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Angha Jaiswal

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Nishi Hansles

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Shiv Kumar Rao

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Hasmukh Panchmatia

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Neelima Malani

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Pramod Jain

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Dr.Ravindra & Archana Sarnaik

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Vinay & Anjali Thakur

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Sheela & Kantilal Singhee

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He is also a keen agriculturist and has developed intensive horticulture besides conventional farming.

In 2008,he acquired 'Kille Kolar'- a theme park garden restaurant with ethnic Maratha ambiance, on the banks of river Kolar.

Vishwas's public life started with his involvement in Jaycees where he rose to become President of Maharashtra State Jaycees. He bagged several awards including the coveted-Jaycees International Presidential Citation of Exemplary Merit.

He joined Rotary Club of Nagpur in 1988,( the second biggest club of India with 313 members as on date) and rose to lead the club as President in 1998-99.

During his term as President 196 humanitarian service projects were accomplished, and won 14 District Trophies including the Rotary Service Wheel for excellence in all the 4 Avenues of Service.His bulletin 'The Golden Orange' bagged the Best Bulletin of India award.

After working on several key positions in Rotary District 3030 such as GML Editor, Dist. Secretary, Conference Secretary, IYE Chair (thrice), Public Relations Chair, he was elected as the Centennial District Governor for 04-05.

As Governor, he achieved 23% net membership growth, started 13 new clubs and raised a 'never before' sum of Rs 70. lakhs for The Rotary Foundation.His Dist. Conference the 'Shatabdi Meet' was a huge success.

He is a Level 2 Major Donor (USD 40,000/-)and Benefactor and Paul Harris Society Member to The Rotary Foundation. .

He is a compulsive Blood Donor- he has donated 103 times thus far. On his 100th blood donation he was honoured by Hon'ble Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for leading by example and promotion of the concept of Blood Donation.

He is also an activist in the field of rain water harvesting, pollution control, sanitation and green movement. Widely travelled all over the world, he has addressed RID 6690 District Conference at Athens, Ohio, USA in May 2010, and several Rotary Clubs in India , USA and Thailand.

He is the India co-ordinator for Maharashtra Foundation, USA, for their financial support to worthy Service Organisations in India.

He was bestowed with the Service Above Self Award - the highest that Rotary can confer on a Rotarian, in 06-07,and The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service in 07-08.

Vishwas leads our District 3030 GSE team going to 5630, Nebraska, USA, later this month. .Vishwas has always been a guiding force for our Club and has been an advisor in many capacities including the Golden Orange, which has always been close to his heart - Team G.O.

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New Rot a ri a n It was a pleasure to get to know this 'new' Rotary family... they seem to know how to balance their lives perfectly. Work hard and party hard seems to be their motto and will definitely work well for us if we can take a leaf out of their book. Meet Vishal and Rakhi Bhatia...

Bhatias- Rakhi, Vishal, Chiranshu & Nabhanya

GO: Rakhi, we would like to know more about you... where are you from and what was your journey before you took up interior designing as your profession...

Rakhi: I come from Delhi. My primary education was from Calcutta and then in Dehradun. Finally I ended up in Nagpur to study interior designing.

GO: How did you meet Vishal? Was yours an arranged or a love marriage Rakhi: Ours is a love marriage. I met Vishal at a wedding. We knew each other for four long years.

GO: What does Rotary mean to you... and what are the projects that you enjoy being a part of?

Rakhi: Rotary fascinated me with the fact that Rotarians manage many things including their businesses. Working for Rotary gives me immense pleasure and a break from my routine work!

GO: Vishal, tell us something about your work.

Vishal: “ROLLING.” – I keep your cars rolling on the roads and hence my finances keep rolling too! I think you've guessed it.. I'm into tyre trading.

GO: Rakhi... what about your children? How old are they and what do they do?

Rakhi: Our son, Chiranshu has just completed his 12th. He is an ace cricketer. He is going to U.S.A for his undergrads and will be studying

Engineering there.

We have a lovely daughter of 14years – Nabhanya. She in 9th standard in BVM school. She's a good basketball player and has represented her school many times. She actively takes part in all rotary family events where ever needed. She loves Rotary!!!

GO: Vishal, what are the two aspects about Rakhi that you admire and what are the two things about her that you would like to change... if possible... :) Vishal: She is a perfectionist and a friendly person! She's finicky about cleanliness. (The things I'd like to change)She's always very devoted towards her work and can even ignore me for it .

GO: Rakhi please answer the same question.

Rakhi: A very happy go lucky man! Loves eating drinking and celebrating for no reason at all!! He is full of zest and enjoys life to the fullest.He has always supported me for my social as well as official work.(The things I would like to change) -> He is always surrounded with his friends. Raised in Nagpur for the past 40 years he has many friends. This leaves very little time for the family.

GO: What is your passion? What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

My passion is designing.. I love reading books & also love writing articles. In my spare time I usually make sketches related to my work!

-Madhavi Naidu

THE G.O. TEAM (Photo on Back Cover) Pres. Ganesh, Sec. Sunil, Editors - Khushnoor Chugh & Anita Chitaley, Vishwas Sahasrabhojanee, Bobby Srinivas, Shubhada Gade, Manju Shahani, Anita Sutaria, Madhavi Naidu, Rakhi Bhatia, Smita Bhargava, Jumana Shakkir, Parveen Cassad, Riti Khanna.

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