Distric Rotaract Council 14-15, RID 3230 - Annual Report

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District Rotaract Representative

Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja V. S.

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District Secretarial Team

Rtr. PP Swathi Sujir

District Rotaract Secretary

Rtr. PP Praveen T. V.

AssociateDistrict Rotaract Secretary

Rtr. PP Banu Priya

AssociateDistrict Rotaract Secretary

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District Projects

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INAUGURATING SECRETARIAT

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On 14th April, 2014 during the eve of Tamil new year, we inaugurated the Secretariat, for District Rotaract Council 14-15.

The Chief Guest for the function was Rtn. I. S. A. K. Nazar who inaugurated the secretariat by cutting the ribbon and lighting the lamp. Along with prayers, we boiled the milk, which symbolises the flow of positive energy.

Rtn. R Tamilsevan, Rotaract Chairman also graced the occasion and addressed the gathering. Celebrations Tamil new year followed, by sharing sweets with one another. We thank Rtn. Gnanavelan, Youth Service Director for giving his office space to use as District Secretariat.

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SYNAPSE

DOTS PHASE I DOTS - District Official Training Seminar was held on 4th May, 2014 at Veterinary College Auditorium.

The event was headed by Rtr. PP Yasodhai, Chairperson and Rtr. Shaik Abdulla, Secretary. We had sessions on effective communication, carrying the right attitude being a district official and leadership qualities, conducted by PDRR Jaby John.

Chairperson Rtr. PP Yashodhai delivered the welcome address, followed by context setting about the event, which was made by DRRE Rtr. PP Arjun Raja. DRR Rtr. PP PHF Ramkumar Raju addressed the gathering. The Chief Guest for the inauguration Rtn. Gnanavelan, PETS Chairman & Youth Service director for 14-15 addressed the gathering and shared a few thoughts with Rotaractors. Guest of Honour Rtn. Tamilselvan, Chairman – Rotaract 14-15 addressed the gathering, followed by Rtn. Sangaran, Chairman – Rotract 13-14 who shared few words. Vote of Thanks was delivered by Rtr. Sheik Abdulla for the Inauguration ceremony.

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The event broke for lunch after an effective session. Followed by lunch, the second session was handled by PDRR Manikandan. He illustrated the leadership qualities of Rotaractors, also made a presentation of leaders who inspired with their uniqueness, which set an example to the year’s theme. The event ended with valedictory, where Rtn. ISAK Nazar, District Governor 14-15 presided over the event as Chief Guest.

DRR Rtr. PP PHF Ramkumar Raju, gave his remarks followed by DRRE Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja addressing the gathering. The Valedictory ceremony also had the launch of District theme logo, banner for the year 14-15 by Chief Guest and the pin was launched by Rtn. Tamilselvan, Chairman – Rotaract 14-15. Rtn. ISAK Nazar gave his inspiring address to the Rotaractors, and shared about the person whom he inspired in his life. Rtr. PP Swathi Sujir, DRSE gave her vote of thanks, by thanking the District Rotaract Council 13-14 for the host and the Rotaractors who rendered their hands for the success of the event.

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SYNAPSE

DOTS PHASE 2 DOTS Phase 2 was held on May 24th & 25th, 2014 at YMCA, Yelagiri.

The event was headed by Rtr. Vijay Sundar - Additional DOTS Chairperson and Rtr. Shaik Abdulla - Secretary. On 24th May 2014, DOTS Phase 2 started off with a memory game during the travel by past rotaractor Manoj Koundanya.

On arrival, the DO’s were split into 4 teams and a couple of team building activities was held to insist the importance of planning and team bonding.

After high tea, outbound activities like cross the acid river & pick the leaf from acid river were conducted for two teams. The outbound activities explained the effectiveness of team bonding and planning.

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Skill test and movie screening on team bonding were conducted. This was followed by a DJ night hosted by Rtr. Tarun at the end of Day 1.

Day 2 started with outbound activities like crossing the web, passing the rope to team members, followed by an orientation about Roles and Responsibilites of District Officials avenue wise.

Assembly promo video was launched in the Valedictory session. PDRR Manikandan being the silent observer gave his remarks.

Following the valedictory ceremony, while vacating the venue, District Officials were given Dhandiya sticks to compose rhythms in the bus during the travel. Rotaractors also enjoyed the travel with antakshari games.

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SYNAPSE

DOTS PHASE 3 DOTS Phase3 was Phase 3 was carried on different days as breakout sessions for Avenue Directors, Editorial Board, Group Rotaract Representatives, Treasury, Administration and Events.

On 14th June, 2014 session was conducted for the Club Service team, Community Service team, International Service Team and Sergeant at Arms team. Club service avenue and SAA team session was handled by DRR Rtr. PP PHF Ramkumar Raju at 30 min venue. He highlighted the importance of team bonding through the club service activities. He also shared his experience as Club service director, along with ideas for projects.

The international service avenue was handled by PDRR Afser Ali. He explained about the international Rotaract clubs, along with the importance of branding the district and building friendship with international Rotaract Clubs. He also highlighted about the sister club agreements, IDYE programs, bulletin exchange & many other projects.The Community Service avenue was handled by PDRR Suresh Manoharan. The avenue director shared the project plans for the year and Suresh guided them

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to prepare budgets for projects and how to conduct projects joining hands with other patrons of service and NGOs. The team had an interactive session on community service projects.

On 29th June, 2014 PDRR Solomon Victor conducted session for the Administration. The photography team and the PRO team were explained their roles and responsibilities in detail, also he highlighted about the budget, communication and proper planning. The team had an interactive session with him, also shared their plans and ideas.

Rtr. Kader took a session for Professional Service avenue. He explained the importance of Professional Service avenue, and how to conduct projects on professional service through sessions and workshops. He also shared the project ideas with the Team, which helped them to brainstorm on the plans.

On 13th July 2014, PDRR Manikandan took session for GRRs. He interacted with GRRs and asked them to propose their year plans. After the presentation, Manikandan guided the GRRs and highlighted to know the strength and weakness of the Clubs. Also, he explained the roles and responsibilities of GRRs which stressed the importance of communicating to the clubs, helping the clubs by giving proper guidance, increase the membership and setting the goals.

GRASP

PETS & SETS GRASP – President Elects Training Seminar and Secretary Elects Training Seminar were conducted on 21st and 22nd June, 2014 at DG Vaishnav College hosted by the Rotaract Club of DG Vaishnav College. The Chairperson for the event was Rtr. PP Subbulakshmi with Rtr. IPP Ashish Goel and Rtr. Ramya as Additional Chairperson and Secretary respectively.

The event started with an amazing presentation, followed by the inauguration ceremony. Rtn. I. S. A. K. Nazar District Governor was the Chieft Guest. He along with the first lady Ann Afzalunissa launched the Handbook CD in the inauguration ceremony.

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Rtn. Vaidyanathan took a session on ‘Why Rotaract’ and ‘Leadership’ with an ice breaking activity. The activity was based on interaction with fellow Rotaractors. Rotaractors expressed their common things, through the activity. Following this Rtn. Babu Seshadri, spoke about his experiences in the Rotaract, both enlightening and motivating the Presidents and Secretaries.

Post lunch, the sessions were based on Avenue of Services.

Rtr Rachel J Seelan handled the sesssion on Community Service, IPDRR Ramkumar Raju on International Service, PDRR Prasanna Rajagopalan on Club Service with activity game, Rtr. PP Kader on Professional Service, PDRR Suresh Manoharan on Finance and Rtr. PP David J Raynel on Crisis management.

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Day 2 started with recap video presentation of Day 1, which was followed by an amazing session on communication, sustainability and leadership PDRR. We had breakout session for Presidents and Secretaries by PDRR Manikandan and PDRR Solomon Victor. Rtr. Britto and Rtr. Binu conducted management games for the Rotaractors, which was enjoyable and also stressed on team play and bonding between rotaractors.

The Valedictory ceremony had presentations of Assembly and Conference. Rtn. Hemachandran the Chief Guest for Valedictory ceremony launched the KIT and addressed the gathering. Rtn. Tamilselvan was the Guest of Honor.

The event ended with group photo session with Presidents and Secretaries.

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INSTALLATION CEREMONY The district Installation started off with Rtr. PP PHF Ramkumar Raju delivering his welcome address and also presenting the annual report for the Year 13-14. After the completion of the report on a successful year, he delivered his farewell address and introduced the District Rotaract Representative Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja for the District Rotaract Council 14-15. A video Presentation was made followed by his acceptance speech and introduction of the District Rotaract Secretary and the team of Office bearers for the year 14-15.

PDRR’s Sujith Kumar, Jaby John and Suresh Manoharan felicitated the gathering. DRR Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja made a presentation on the projects for the year 14-15, which included the launches of the year theme logo, year banner, pin, T-shirt, website and mobile application.

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SECRETARY WORKSHOP The workshop was held to understand the Roles and Responsibilities of the Secretaries and Joint Secretaries, and how they can work together in the club. PDRR Solomon addressed the gathering and started the workshop with an icebreaker session to create groups with 5 different animal names. Rotaractors found their group mates by imitating animals to the group they belong.

Following this, they were enlightened about the importance of strong and effective communication and an activity was performed on how to introduce Guest speaker or Chief Guests. This helped the Rotaractors to improve their public speaking skills. The Roles and Responsibilities included how to take minutes of the meeting and to circulate it. Strong and effective communication with the Club members, record keeping of the club, gathering the information from the District and any other information and communicating it to the clubs, branding the club through newsletter, and the importance of reporting was explained in detail.

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ATHITI DEVO BHAVA - 1 On 28th June 2014, the International Service team hosted Rtr. Vijayraman IDYE chairman and International service director for 2014-2015 of Rotary International District 3140, Mumbai for two days.

FRIENDSHIP BOX On 2nd July 2014, we sent our District theme ‘Inspire Others’ Pins and greetings in letter head by our DRR Rtr.PP PHF Arjun Raja to Rotary international District through DHL in Friendship box. The project was supported by Rotaract Club of M. N. M Jain Engineering College.

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IDYE On July 10th 2014, we sent 6 Rotaractors from 3 different Rotaract clubs from Rotary International District 3230 to Rotary international District 3201 for Inter District Youth Exchange Program. Rotaractors from Rotaract club of Chennai, Rotaract club of Madras Central, Rotaract club of M. N. M. Jain Engineering College took part in the IDYE Visit to RID 3201.

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FRIENDSHIP DAY The District Club Service team in association with the ‘INSPIRE’ – District Assembly team celebrated Friendship day at Gandhi Nagar club on August 3rd, 2014. Before the celebration, online contests were conducted on Emotions of Friendship – describing about the friendship, Clicks of Friendship – editing movie posters with group friends photos, Joy of Frienship – short film.

On the friendship day, Rtr. Tarun from Loyola Community organized the fellowship with lights & music. Rtr. Binu conducted fun activities.

Rotaractors who actively took part in the online contests & games, were given Sathyam Cinemas Gift Vouchers. The celebration ended with a cake cutting.

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INSPIRE

DISTRICT ROTARACT ASSEMBLY ‘Inspire’ – District Rotaract Assembly presented by MISB Bocconi (Our Title sponsor) was held on August 17th, 2014 (Sunday) at Kumara Rajah Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram School, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai, The event began with a traditional welcome dance by Rtr. Subhangi from Rotaract Club of Ethiraj College. The inauguration was presided over by Rtn. Natarajan Nagoji, District Governor 16-17, the Chief Guest, ‘Neeya Naana’ Antony Thirunelveli - the Guest of Honour and the Keynote Speaker for the event, Rtn. TamilSelvan Chairman – Rotaract & Rtn. Gnanavelan – Youth Service Director. Amongst us we also witnessed the presence of Mr. Alessandro, Managing Director MISB. The crowd witnessed a thought provoking key note speech from the Director of Neeya Naana, Mr. Antony Thirunelveli, followed by breakout sessions conducted for Club Board officials.

President, Vice President & SAA session was handled by Rtn. PDG Subbu, Secretary/Joint Secretary by PDRR Jaby John, Treasurer/ Joint Treasurer by Rtn.DGN Natarajan Nagoji, Club Service by PDRR Prasanna Rajagopalan, Community Service by PDRR Manikandan, International Service by Rtn. Christopher Devepragasam, Editorial by past rotaractor Krishna Prasas, PRO, Membership Development & Database by Rtr. David Raynell & Green Rotaractors session by PDRR Solomon Victor. Followed the sessions we broke for lunch.

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District RYLA ‘WAVES’ and ‘ENGAGE’, Annual District Rotaract Conference ‘SPARK’ were launched respectively and the conference team created awareness on ROAD Safety. The Committee heads and members who worked for the respective committees were honoured and also Rotaract Clubs who delivered extreme support towards the Assembly were honoured with a memento. The Valedictory was presided over by Rtn. C. R. Raju, District Governor 15-16, followed by dance performances from Rotaract Club of Anna Adarsh & other professional dance crews. The event ended with a short and sweet DJ evening by Rtr. Ashwin, the Entertainment Chairman for Assembly.

We had Rotaractors from Coimbatore and South Sudan for our Assembly.

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IDYE On 16th August, 2014, IDYE team (4 Rotaractors) from Rotary international district 3201 (Coimbatore) came to Chennai and also attended our district assembly “INSPIRE”

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ATHITI DEVO BHAVA - 2 On 17th August, 2014, 2 rotaractors (Rotaract club of JUBA university) and 2 laboratory technicians (Juba teaching Hospitals) from Juba, South Sudan came to our district 3230 as Vocational Training Team.

They also took part in our District Rotaract assembly “INSPIRE”, also met rotaractors in our district. Their training program was sponsored

by Rotary club of Juba and District Rotaract Council 14-15.

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SKYPE MEET On 23rd August 2014, District international service team jointly with Rotaract Club of M. N. M. Jain Engineering College had an Skype call with Rotary international district 3272 and planned for future projects and also discussed about the friendship box exchange with the Collar, gavel and pins required for one of the rotaract club in their district for their installation.

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TERRY FOX RUN District Rotaract Council 14-15 supported Terry Fox Run marathon which is conducted by Rotary club of Madras East. The District Community Service team, along with Rotaractors from different clubs took part in various committees which was held on 24 aug 2014 at IIT college campus. More than 3000 Rotaractors took part in the Terry Fox Run marathon.

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TALK SHOW The talk is aimed to bring people to outlay their views on various areas of interest. In that way the District Professional service hosted a talk show on 31st August, 2014 at M. G. R. Janakai college in Adyar. It started around 2.45 pm before the DRC. First the gathering was addressed and a small introduction was given by Rtr. Sivapriya about the Talk show.

Then the first speaker Rtr. Saseen Ilanchezian from Rotaract Club of Rajalakshmi Engineering College was given an introduction and later given the dias to talk.

He spoke on Tamil literature that set an example for the rotaract theme INSPIRE OTHERS for the rotary year 14-15. His speech was very inspiring as the way he carried himself and his profound knowledge was catching. After his awesome speech Rtr. Sivapriya delivered vote of thanks with an appreciation.

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DRONA

FACULTY CO-ORDINATOR MEET ‘DHRONA’-Faculty coordinators’ meet was held on 6th September, 2014 at Hotel Hablis, Guindy with 33 faculties representing from 27 Colleges, hosted by Rotary International District 3230. The event commenced with ‘THAMIZH THAI VAZHTHU’. Associate Youth service Director Rtn. Roopa Sunil, Chairperson - DHRONA gave the welcome address. The inaugural address was given by District Governor Rtn. I. S. A. K Nazar spreading insights on facts about Rotary, RI District 3230 and its youth wing Rotaract and Interact. The context setting was done by Rotaract Chair Rtn. Tamilselvan. District Youth Service Director Rtn. Gnanavelan then presented the history of Rotary followed, by which DRR Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja briefed the projects of District Rotaract Council.

An interactive session on bridging the real gap was handled by Rtr. PDRR Solomon Victor. The session started with a fantastic icebreaker thereby focusing on the pros, cons and improvement in the movement itself. Each faculty was given a paper and was asked to write their views. The sheets were collected, tabulated on a chart and put in an interactive discussion. The session concluded with a group photo with the faculties. Finally, the faculties were felicitated with the DHRONA kit. The event ended with vote of thanks by Rtr. PP Reshma, Chairperson - DHRONA followed by sumptuous lunch and fellowship.

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HELP US

JAMMU & KASHMIR RELIEF In September 2014, the Jammu and Kashmir region witnessed disastrous floods across majority of its districts caused by torrential rainfall. District Rotaract Council took initiative to support our own brothers and sisters at the other end of the country suffering to keep them alive in the adverse weather conditions and natural calamity. We requested clubs to sponsor woolen blankets, bedsheets, mats, tarpaulin, buckets & mugs, raincoat, umbrella, torch, candles & match boxes, backpack, plates, glasses, spoons, comb, toothpaste & toothbrush, flex banners & ropes and new clothes for men, women & children.

The collected materials were sent through Rotary Club of Guindy.

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Winners

LOVEALL

VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT A volleyball tournament for the College based and Community based Rotaract clubs in R. I. Dist. 3230 was held on Sep 21, 2014 at the New college ground.

The tournament kick started at 9 am. The first match was between the Rotaract club of East Coast & the Rotaract club of Akash followed by league matches. Rotaract clubs Aakash, Ambattur, Chennai, East coast, New college, Scions were selected for the quarter finals.

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From the quarter finals, teams were selected for the finals. Rotaract Club of New College won the tournament against Rotaract club of the East Coast.

Winner - Ten pin bowling

PANDU URUTTU KATTYA NOREKKU TEN PIN BOWLING

Pandha Urutttu Kattya Norekku – District Club Service Team Organized a Ten Pin/Snow Bowling Competition on September 21st 2014 at DownUnder, Egmore. 35 Rotaractors took part in the competition and the tournament went on for 2 hours.

Rtr. Sabeel from Rotaract Club of Satyabama got the Winners trophy and Rtr. Suresh Krishna from Rotaract Club Green Galaxy got the Runners trophy. Rtr. Lakshmi Theja was the only female player to score 100points.

Runner - Ten pin bowling

The phase 2 of the ten pin bowling will be conducted in the month of November.

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T - VIRUS District Professional Service team along with Rotaract Club of SCP Jain College conducted an awareness program named ‘T- Virus’ on 21st September at Rotary Centre. It was an awareness program on Rabies for the Professional service directors of Rotaract Clubs.

Followed by the inauguration Dr. Jubeez explained about Rabies with a presentation. He also explained the symptoms of Rabies and how to prevent it. Rtr. Senthil - Professional Service Director addressed the gathering and gave memento to the Speaker. Rtr. Shankar gave his vote of thanks.

Nearly 60 Rotaractors participated in the project.

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IDYE On September 25th 2014, we sent 4 Rotaractors from 2 different Rotaract clubs in Rotary International District 3230 to Rotary international district 3202 (Thiruppur, Pollachi, Ooty)for Inter District Youth Exchange Program (IDYE).

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RYLA - WAVES On September 26th 27th& 28th Rotaract Clubs of Chennai, Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan college of Engineering & Technology and Loyola College jointly hosted the DISTRICT RYLA - WAVES. The RYLA was planned in such a way that the Rylarians enjoyed their sessions brought out their leadership qualities and their skills. The chairman for the event was Rtr. Senthil Mani and Secretary was Rtr. Rahul.

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DAY 1 The event started with the enthusiastic Rylarians leaving from ROTARY CENTER early in the morning by 7am towards THE ASHOK BEACH RESORT, Pondicherry.

Rtn. G. Gnanavelan - Youth Service Director was the chief guest, Rtn. Aluvalia from Rotary Club of Madaras was the special guest for the inaugural function along with host club presidents and District Rotarct Representative. The Launch of Waves Ryla T-shirt, Kit & Badges were made by the Chief Guest.

An ICE BREAKING SESSION followed, by Rtr. Britto Mano and Rtr. Binu who made the Rylarians more active in the very first day.

Day 1 ended with Drums Kumaran’s show, who has made Guinness Record in playing Drums continuously. His performance made the crowd enthusiastic.

DAY 2 Day 2 was planned in such a way that each Rylarian could choose their own topics of sessions which they wanted to attend, followed by context setting

by DRR Arjun Raja. Rylarians took part in 2 Breakout session on 4 different topics.

Rtn. Paul handled session on Unlock your potential,

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PDRR Thansen handled session on Communication, Mr. Deepak Raj handled session on Enable others to act and Mr. Ratheesh on Leadership.

The session for the afternoon on the WAY TO PERSONAL SUCCESS was handled by Rtn. Ramprasad, which was much interactive and a session on Goal setting through Visualization was conducted by Rtn. G. Gnanavelan sir. He taught the Rylarians how to visualize oneself to attain success. Rylarians were given time for cultural practice in evening, followed by DJ NIGHT DAY3 Early morning we had exercises taught by Rtn. Babu Seshadri and games conducted in the beach.

After the breakfast, we had a session by Rtn. Narasiman – Motivational Speaker on Power of Thought. Rylarians were motivated by his session, followed by a session on Project Planning and friendship by Rtr. Britto.

Fellowship and farewell were conducted for the Rylarians, where they shared their feedback on RYLA. For the Valedictory ceremony, Rtn. Raja Sekar - Youth Service Director - Rotary Club of Madras was the Special guest. Best Rylarians Rtr. Sathya (Best male), Rtr. Priyadharshini (Best Female), Runner ups Rtr. Krishnaprasad (Male Runnerup), Rtr. Nivedha (Femal Runnerup) and the best Rylarian team were awarded at the Valedictory ceremony.

Also the working committee of the RYLA – WAVES was recognized.

The Rylarians along with the organizing team, left the venue by 3 pm and reached the Rotary centre by 6 pm.

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RYLA - ENGAGE Engage Ryla was held at Ashok Beach Resort, East Coast Road, Kalapet Beach, Pondichery from 3rd to 5th October, 2014, hosted by Rotaract Club of East Coast, Rotaract Club of Pegasus, and Rotaract Club of D.G.Vaishnav College. Rtr. PP Dhanakodi was the Chairperson for the event and the secretary was Rtr. Pres. Prabhakaran.

Rtn. Seshadri fondly known as Chechu brainstormed with the Rotaractors. Rtn. Subramaniam, Past District Governor of RI District 3230 presided over as the Chief Guest and Rtn. G. Gnanavelan, Youth Service Director of RI District 3230 presided over as the Guest of Honour for the inauguration. Rotaractors then broke for lunch.

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DAY 1 Post lunch Rtn.Sheshadri explained the Rylarians about Ryla and its history. Rtr. Binu took over and did the ice breaking session where Rylarians were split into 4 teams in total. Each team was given a name and a unique colour to differentiate from the other teams. Post the ice breaking session Rtr. PP. PHF Ramkumar Raju A set the context for Ryla Day-2 and also briefed the Rylarians on the role he played last year & also the roles and responsibilities to be carried out by the Rylarians for the next 3 days.

Management games for the evening was handled by past Rtr. Manoj Koundinya who is well known for meticulous planning. Post the games session Rylarians were advised to choose 2 topics each for the breakout sessions to be carried out on Day 2.

DAY 2 Another session of the management games were held the next day by 5.30 am in the morning at the seashore. The morning Breakout sessions on Day - 2 commenced by 10:30 am. Communication was handled Rtr. PP. PHF. Ramkumar Raju, Transforming all your Business Ideas into Reality through Networking and Business Model was handled Rtn. Hemachandran, Mr. Bertram Godwin handled a session on Time Management & Mrs. Heleena Bertram Godwin handled a session on Team building, Personality Development was

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handled by Rtn. Bairavan, Vision Board was handled by Rtr. David Raynell and Mime Gopi. Unlock your potential was handled by Rtn. Paul Susheel, Achieving your goals through Technique Visualization was handled by Rtn. Gnanavelan. Post lunch the same set of breakout sessions for the next set of Rylarians were held and vice versa. Mime Gopi took over a common session for all the Rylarians on ‘How to carry oneself’. Cultural programmes were conducted for Rylarians in the evening and they performed for events such as Adaptune, Choreo, Adzap & Fashion Walk.

DAY 3 Day 3 of Ryla began with a Zumba dance for all the Rylarians held

by Ganni & Bala. Post breakfast Rtn. Vaidyanathan took a session on Motivation. Rylarians then gathered for a group photo and awards and mementos were presented for the Rylarians and organizers. Post that Rtr. PDRR Prasanna Rajagopalan took a session on Project Planning & Friendship. Rylarians then gathered for the Valedictory session followed by lunch and took off from the venue carrying beautiful memories.

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SANDHOSHAM PONGUDHEY DIWALI CELEBRATION

District Club Service Team joined hands with RC WCC and RC Loyola community and came up with Sandhosham Pongudhey, Diwali Celebration for President, Secretaries and District Officials of DRC 3230. The event happened on 21st Oct at Rtr Tarun Murugesh Residence. 70 Rotaractors took part in this diwali celebration. Rtr Ansar, Rtr Lakshmi Theja and Rtr Brito took incharge of the events.

The celebration started with an Ice Breaking session and then followed with Antakshri, Karaoke, Traditional Walk, Dhandiya, DJ Night with scrumptious snacks and sweets.

We drew Rotaract Logo and kept lamps around them. We ended the celebration with Sky Lantern ands Crackers Show.

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EKSAATH On 26th October 2014 we have a project called ‘Eksaath’, an initiave by the District international service team for all the international service directors in the district. All of them were taken for a movie followed by a meeting for organising international service director’s meet the next month and to discuss the future projects of their clubs. Around 15 clubs sent their international service directors to attend the same.

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The District International service team hosted Rtr. Vivian Buoro from Rotaract Club of Kisumu, RI District 9212, Kenya from 4th December 2014. She was cordially and very pleasantly co-hosted by four other prominent clubs of the District – Rotaract Club of WCC, Rotaract Club of MNM Jain Engineering College, Rotaract Club of Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Rotaract Club of Ethiraj College for Women and Rotaract Club of Pegasus along with the District team.

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VELICHAM

CITY PLUS ASSEMBLY The City plus assembly was held on 8th November, 2015 at VVKM CBSE School auditorium, Vellore. Chief Guest for the inauguration Rtn. I. S. A. K Nazar addressed the importance of Rotaract movement and motivated them to participate in the Guinness record attempt.

Rotaract Orientation was conducted by Rtr. Girish, followed by the sessions for officer bearers.

Rtn. Sivakumar, Chief Guest for the valedictory ceremony, Rtn. Tamil selvan Chairman Rotaract and Rtn. Gnanavelan - Youth Service Director addressed the Rotaractors.

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ROTARY MY FLAG MY INDIA PRIDE was undoubtedly the sentiment that joyously overflowed and overwhelmed each and everyone who participated in the historic event on the morning of 7th December 2104, at the YMCA Grounds, Chennai.

A new Guinness world record for the largest human flag formation was attempted and established successfully.

The meticulous planning for the event, which started more than ten months ago, by our Rotarians, Rotaractors and event

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management company Quanta G helped achieve this feat.

PDRR Suresh Manoharan headed the event, while Rtr. David J Raynell the brainchild of the event, executed the whole event with the support of DRR Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja, IPDRR Rtr. PP PHF Ramkumar Raju and many core committee members. Our own Rotaractors, joined the team as co-ordinators to pull in crowd from college and general public. Finally it was time for recording the actual Guinness world record attempt. Rotaractors who reached the venue before the event day volunteered to work in various committee. PDRR Sujith, PDRR Solomon Victor and PDRR Prasanna Rajagopalan were the Masters of Ceremony for this historic event. More than 100 Rotaractors worked as Stewards for the flag formation by helping the crowd.

RI President Gary Huang and his spouse Corrina were led to the viewing stage, as were visiting VIP R I Director P.T.Prabhakar, R.I.Director Larry, President of Nadigar Sangam, Actor Mr.Sarath Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Madras University Mr. R. Thandavan, defence personnel from OTA,special guests and other celebrities.

Ms. Syeda asked participants to hold their respective coloured placards horizontally above their heads with the colours facing upwards and to hold it for full five minutes, without any movement. The first attempt was cut short due to some movement noticed in one section of the formation. The Guinness record certificate was then presented to a very delighted RI President Gary Huang, who took the mike and said “India is amazing”, “You are amazing”, to the absolute delight of all those present.

Rotarians and Rotractors were naturally happy and proud, but the mega event also had its impact on members of the general public who participated.

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LEADERS MEET District Rotaract Council hosted RSA MDIO meeting on 14th December, 2014 which was held in Rotary Centre.

The same evening, Rotaractors from various clubs assisted in transporting the DRRs towards the LEADERS MEET LEADER program. The event was organised by RSA MDIO, supported by the District Rotaract Council. RI President met the DRRs through an interactive session.

During the same event Rtr. David Raynell and Rtr. Yuvaraj Subramani were honoured with BEST ROTARACTORS IN SOUTH ASIA by RSA MDIO 13-14, with a citation.

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TASK

GROUP ROTARACT MEET TASK - Talent, Attitude, skill and Knowledge - Group Rotaract Meet was hosted by Rotaract club of Ethiraj College for women held on 11th January, 2015 at the college premises. The event began with a traditional welcome dance followed by an invocation song and lighting the lamp.

Rtn.Srinivasan, District Governor Nominee Designate presided over the inauguration as the Chief Guest and Rtn. Gnanavelan, District Service Director was the Guest of Honour. Mr. V. M. Muralidharan, Chairman Ethiraj College, Mrs. A. Nirmala, Principal Ethiraj College and Rtn. AVS Rao, Host Club President were the guests for the inauguration. Rtr. PP. PHF Subhadra Marimuthu, TASK Chairman delivered the welcome address followed by the opening remarks

by Rtr. PP. PHF Arjun Raja, District Rotaract Representative. Guests were felicitated, followed by picking up of slots for Group Rotaract Representatives. The vote of thanks was delivered by Rtr. PP. Swathi Sujir, District Rotaract Secretary.

Annual District Rotaract Conference “Spark� and the conference team also created awareness on road safety which is the theme for this year.

Soon after the video, the presentations of the groups began.

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The panelists for the day were Rtn. Gnanavelan and Rtn. Tamilselvan.

Rtr. Britto was the host for the presentations and the cultural event of 9 groups, followed by the Valedictory ceremony.

Rtn.Tamilselvan, District Rotaract Chairman – Chief Guest and Rtn. Ram N Ramamurthy, President Rotary Club of Madras Mount were presided over the function for Valedictory ceremony.

Awards were given to the winners in presentation and culturals. The chief guests gave their valuable comments and District Rotaract Representative Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja gave his closing remarks followed by the Vote of thanks which s delivered by Rtr. Fareena, Task Secretary..

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WELCOMING RI PRESIDENT NOMINEE

On 5th February, 2015 we welcomed the RI President Nominee Rtn. John F Germ and Ann Judy, by wearing masks of them and greeting them.

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ROTASIA Rotasia - Kalinga was held from 5th to 8th February, 2015 hosted

by Rotaract District 3262 at Puri, Odissah. 127 Rotaractors from our District took part in this Rotasia. The Rotasia team was headed by Rtr. Tamilselvan and Rtr. Sasi Selvi, with the able support of other Rotaractors.

During the inauguration evening, District Rotaract Representative Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja presented the projects among the audience.

He also shared the achievements of our district. We had exchange of District Directory, pins, souvenir - HERITAGE and flag with other district rotaractors. We also took part in the culturals.

Our Rotaractors took active participation in every session and extended friendship beyond horizons.

The valedictory ceremony not just gave farewell but also gave us awards. We bagged 6 awards from Rotasia – Kalinga Best supporting award

Best discipline district award

Maximum registration

Best co ordinator

Best introduction

Best slogan

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CLEAN INDIA GREEN INDIA TRIO - RALLY

On 8th February, 2015 Rotary International District 3230 organized “Rotary Clean India Green India”. The event Chair Rtn. Joseph E. Raja ably supported by Rotractors, Rtr. Subhadra Marimuthu and Rtr. Vijay pulled out another historic event at the Marina Beach on Sunday, morning.

The innovative Rally- Walkathon, followed by Cycle Rally and then Tri-cycle Rally was flagged off by RI President Nominee Rtn. John F Kennedy. The participation of over 5000 Rotractors in the Trio Rally will make a new chapter in the combined power of Rotary-Rotract joined programs. Oath was taken to keep our India clean.

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SPARK

DISTRICT CONFERENCE Pre Conference Started off, by Inviting the Chief Guest of the Day Rtn. I.S.A.K.Nazar, Guest of Honor Rtn. Gnanavelan, Rotaract Chairman Rtn Tamilselvan, District Rotartact Representative Rtr. PP. PHF. Arjun Raja, District Rotaract Representative Elect Rtr. PP. Vinodh Nagarajan, Conference Chairperson Rtr. Lakshmi Theja and Conference Secretary Rtr. Pres. Neelesh occupying the Dias.

The Welcome Address was Delivered by the Chairperson and the Context to the entire Three Day Conference was set by the DRR. The Kit which would be distributed to the Participant’s of the Conference was launched followed by the launch of the Souvenirs. The Rotaract Chair and the Guest of Honor delivered felicitations.

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Faculties of all College based clubs were felicitated individually for their immense support offered by them to the District Rotaract Council through out the year by the Guests.

An Amazing Flag Dance by the Peagsus Team and a Beautiful Classical Dance piece by Rtr. PP. PHF. DDRN Subhadra Marimuthu was the end to the Show.

CONFERENCE DAY 1 The Conference set off with a Beautiful Classical Dance performance

by Nandha Dance School, followed by welcome address by the Chairperson and the context setting by Rtr. PP. PHF. DRR. Arjun Raja.

The keynote Address was delivered in a very classy and entertaining way by Rtr. Dr. Rajakumar who is one of India’s most leading Pulmonologist. Dr. Himanshu Rai of MISB-Boconi addressed the gathering on shaping future leaders, followed by a dance team headed

by Rtr. PP. PHF. DDRN Subhadra Marimuthu gave a spectacular performance.

Preethi Srinivas was awarded with the esteemed ‘Agent of Change’ award. She is a 34-year old Wheel-Chair bound woman who has an NGO called Soulfree where she imparts lessons of hope to those women who suffer from various kinds of Physical disabilities.

Sumptuous lunch which was followed by showcasing the entrees for the short film movies which was under the theme “Road Safety”. The Best and Second Best Short Film was judged and the winners were awarded. Rtn. Hemachandra headed an interesting panel discussion on “Think Different”.

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An On Stage Play was performed by Team Mask and it was split into two Sequels. This was the first sequel, the Play has a Sublime message on “Traffic awareness”.

CONFERENCE DAY 2 The second day of the Conference saw a jam-packed Auditorium. The program began with the Climax of the On Stage Play. The Crowd was extremely enlightened by the way the message of “Traffic Awareness” was delivered with the Play.

This year the “Example to Youth Award” was awarded to the Mumbai Dabawala’s which was received by Mr. Nitin Baban Sawant. His Speech on how efficient their system works was amazing.

Rotaract Business Session which was handled by Rtr.PDRR. Soloman and Rtr. PDRR. Prasanna saw some Inspiring Entrepreneurs talking about their Work and how Rotaract Helped them in achieving it.

Drum Kumaran put up an amazing show for the Crowd, Which kept everyone on their toes, followed by a 20-20 session which comprised of two different speakers talking about two different topic for 20 Minutes kept the audience engrossed into the show.

One of the Speaker was Mr. Arun from Tovo Restaurant and another was Mr. Kiruba Shankar who is an Entrepreneur, Blogger, Social Media Consultant and an Author.

Lunch was served followed by Road Ahead, In which Rtr. PP. PHF. Subhadra Marimuthu was announced as the District Rotaract Representative for 2016-17.

Rtn. DGE. C R Raju graced the Valedictory as the Chief Guest, followed by a DJ Night by VDJ Zen.

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ATHITI DEVO BHAVA - 4 On 20th February 2015, Rtr. Ernest Mackina from Rotaract Club of Matapos, RI District 9210, Zimbabwe, Rtr. Sreevarsan, Rtr. Aravind from Rotaract club of Palladam Changers, RID 3202 attended our Annual District Rotaract Conference “SPARK”.

They were hosted by few rotaract clubs and they also participated in the pulse polio campaign of our district along with rotaractors from Rotaract Club of MNM Jain Engineering College and Rotaract club of SRM Vadapalani.

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CELEBRATION OF VANNAMAYAM HOLI CELEBRATION

On March 8th, 2015, Holi celebration was organised by District Club Service team at Chesney lane. We celebrated holi by splashing colours on each other and also by using water guns. The colours brought lots of happiness and togetherness among the fellow rotaractors.

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WORLD ROTARACT WEEK

World rotaract week celebration for the year 2014-2015 was celebrated from 9th to 15th march 2015.

The following are the list of the projects conducted during the week: 1. Melon mela community service project 2. Project Sureksha Professional service project 3. Roto Olympics Club service project 4. Buy one more International service project 5. Idea

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MELON MELA Melon Mela is a community service project based on road safety in creating awareness about use of helmets . This project had been conducted on 13th march 2015, Friday (the World Rotaract Day) from 8:30am to 11am. Motorists who are riding without helmet were asked to wear our melon helmets (made from watermelon skin) and a Selfie was taken. People who wore helmets were provided with a sticker stating that “I am a safe driver�. These photographs have been posted in social media to promote road safety. We started the inauguration at spencer signal along with Ethiraj college. This project was conducted in 15 major signals in Chennai.

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PROJECT SURAKSHA A Professional service project carried on by Rotaract Club of Loyola Community which was supported by District Rotaract Council 14-15.

Project Chairman Rtr. Tarun Murugesh who is also the trainer for the programme, certified by Rashtriya Life Saving Society conducted the workshop at two colleges during the World Rotaract Week. Project CoChairmen was Rtr. PP. Praveen and Rtr. Lakshmi Theja from Rotaract Club of Loyola Community and from District Rotaract Council Rtr. Senthil, Director – Professional Service was co-ordinating the event.

Training were held at Rotaract Clubs of Ethiraj College & PMR Engg.

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ROTO OLYMPICS Roto Olympics a one day Athletic Sports Competition conducted for the Rotaractors of 3230. This happened on 14th March 2015 from 8 am to 4 pm in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and was hosted jointly with Rotaract Club of Spectrum headed by Rtr. Tanveer and Rtr. Harshene.

Lighting of the Olympic torch was done by Rtn. Tamilselvan - Rotaract Chaiman and IPDRR Rtr. PP PHF Ramkumar Raju.

Shortput, Discuss, Javelin, Long Jump, 100mtrs, 200mtrs, 400mtrs, 1500mtrs, Relay, Kabadi, Throwball were the various events conducted on the day.

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BUY ONE MORE

Rotaract Club of Athens, Greece, RI District 2470 brought forth an incredible notion – getting one extra item of the grains, fruits, vegetables bought and donating that to the needy. The idea was aptly christened as “Buy One More” in which 22 Rotaract Clubs and 3 Rotary Clubs from 12 different Countries have partook so far.

District Rotaract Council, takes pride to have been a part of this venture and donated 105 kgs of fruits and vegetables overall which sums up to an amount close to 220 euros from which nearly 200 people benefitted in hands with Rotaract Clubs of MNM Jain Engg.

College, RKM Vivekananda College & Madras Central.

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IDEA Idea is a project to bring out innovative & fresh Concepts for community service projects.

Project was held on 14th March, 2015 at 5pm in Shankar business space, T. Nagar, Chennai. Rtn. Sankaran, Assistant Governor was the chief guest for the event. More than 10 Community service projects have been submitted by Rotaractors from different clubs.

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IGNITE District International Service team organized an International service directors meet called “IGNITE� hosted by Rotaract clubs of East coast and Madras Central at SRM vadapalani campus on 15th, March 2015 Rtn. Balasubramanian, District International Service director, RID 3230 was the chief guest and shared the importance and his experience in international avenue.

Sessions on Rotaract worldwide, Rotary events, developing contacts, identifying international rotaractors were also taken by District International Service Team.

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VALEDICTORY The Valedictory ceremony of the World Rotaract week was held at SRM Vadapalani, City campus on 15th March, 2015. Winners and the runners of Roto Olympics were awarded, followed by Rotaractors who volunteered for the World Rotaract Week celebration were given appreciation certificates.

The event was adjourned with cake cutting celebration, followed by fellowship.

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MY FLAME MY INSPIRATION This event was to carry the Flame all over our Rotary District put in by Rotarians to public, the flame was carried in a motorcade from Chennai through the main towns of our state. This car rally was launched on 30th April at a grand function on the lawns of the Madras Race Club.

PRIP Rtn Kalyan Banerjee was the chief guest and Mr Karthi, popular film star of the region was the guest of honour.

Our Rotaractors from various clubs, took part in the car rally.

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TRIBUTE

ANNUAL DISTRICT ROTARACT AWARDS TRIBUTE - The final and the grander event of the year was held on 21st June, 2015 at Chettinad Vidyasharam School Auditorium.

The event was started with warm welcome dance by Rtr. Kayva Suresh followed by the inaugural ceremony. Rtn. I.S.A.K. Nazar - District Governor, Rtn. Gnanavelan - Youth Service Director, Rtn. Tamilselvan - Rotaract Chairman lite the lamp praying to the almighty.

District Rotaract Representative Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja V. S. gave his welcome address and set the content of the event. District Secretarial Team represented the projects executed by the District Rotaract Council with presentation, also released the hard copy &soft copy of the report. The copies were submitted to the District Governor and other Rotarians also. Followed by the database was launched and submmitted its first copy to District Govenor by Rtr. Pres. Yuvaraj.

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TRIBUTE was witnessed by renowned celebrity Actor Sharath Kumar, who honored Rotaractors and students from St. Britto’s School with award.

He was impressed with the projects done by the clubs and appreciated the efforts by the clubs in his felicitation.

Ms Vimala from St. Britto’s College, Rotarians also felicitated the gathering after honoring the Rotaractors with awards.

The event also had entertainment slots, which was performed by our own District Officials.

After honoring the Rotaractors and the Rotaract clubs for their outstanding efforts, the event ended with group photo session followed by fellowship.

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Participatory Projects

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DISTRICT GOVERNOR INSTALLATION On the 27th day of June 2014 where District Governor Elect Rtn. I. S. A. K. Nazar became the District Governor of Rotary International District 3230 at a ceremony that was not so easy to forget, considering the grandeur and the style. More than 50 Rotaractors from RID 3230 took part in the Installation Ceremony and also expressed our love by congratulating him with a flower bouquet.

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ALL FAITH MEMORIAL SERVICE To pay homage to martyrs of all categories of personnel in uniform, including the Armed Forces, Para-military Forces, Police, etc., District Governor Rtn. I. S. A. K. Nazar conducted All faith service meet on 1st July, 2014 at IIT Madras. Verses from the Holy Books, The Bhagvad Gita, The Koran, The Jain Agama, The Guru Granth Sahib and the Bible were read by religious scholars and heads. After the laying of wreaths, two minutes of silence were observed to pay homage. More than 50 Rotaractors took part in the event.

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BLOOD DONATION CAMP A mammoth effort by the 88 clubs of Rotary International District 3230, along with District 2980 and District 3000, led by the District Community Service Health Team, joined hands for a cause in “Be Positive� a mega state wide blood donation drive, on the 6th of August 2014. District 3230 District Rotaract Council supported the event and Rotaractors volunteered in the blood donation camp.

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THEDAL

YOUTH CARNIVAL On September 20th and 21st, 2014, a youth carnival named ‘THEDAL’ was organized by the Rotary International District 3230 in hands with Rotary International Districts 2980, 3000, 3201. They conducted a Youth Carnival for the Rotaractors. The event witnessed more than 200 Rotaractors and was held at Periyar Maniyammai University, Vallam, Thanjavur. District Rotaract Representative Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja and Rotaractors from Rotary International District 3230 took part in the 2 day carnival, and were benefitted by sessions.

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RASTA On 7th November 2014, Rotaractors from our district took part in Road Safety and Traffic Awareness campaign named RASTA, organized by the Community service team of Rotary International District 3230.

The awareness campaign was performed joining in hands with transgenders.

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YOUTH IN ASIA On 30th October 2014, 7 Rotaractors from our district took part in “YOUTH IN ASIA� an adventurous trip organised by Rotary international district 3080 covering various tourist destinations such as Chandigarh, Queen of hills -Shimla, Dehradun, Mussoorie, land of Saints - Haridwar, Rishikesh and the land of Mahabharata, Kurukshetra.

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RYLA - DHOOM Two Rotaractors from Rotaract Club of SRM Vadapalani represented our district in a Rotary Youth Leadership Awards program named “Dhoom�, organised by Rotary International District 3010, New Delhi, India, from 19th to 21st of November 2014. Our Rotaractors were warmly greeted and hosted by Rtr.Nikoonz Agarwal, DRR, RID 3010, Rtr.Rithika, International Service Director, RID 3010 and team. The Rotaractors had an infotaining experience being there and derived a lot of qualitative team building and leadership skills.

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District Initiatives

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MOBILE APPLICATION Andriod mobile application, first of its kind was launched in the District Rotaract Council Installation Ceremony which was held on 5th July, 2015. The new initiative was welcomed and appreciated by many Rotarians and Rotaractors.

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DIRECTORY Yet another multicolour directory was released in District Rotaract Assembly which was held on 17th August, 2014 at Kumara Rajah Muthiah Auditorium.

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NEWSLETTER Newsletter named ‘INSIGHT’ was released in District Assembly which held on 17th August, 2014.

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INSPIRE CARD District Secretarial Team 14-15 recognized Club Secretaries, for the best monthly report, based on the clarity of report, timely submission, professionalism and who followed the checklist completely. As a token of appreciation, we gave them a handmade card which carries the message ‘Your action Inspired’.

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DRC COUNCIL MEETINGS DRC MEET

DATE

VENUE

HOSTED BY

1st DRC Meet

6th July, 2014

CADD Centre

-

2nd DRC Meet

13th July, 2014

Nahar Hall

Rotaract Club of Blue Whales

3rd DRC Meet

20th July, 2014

Hall of Genius - CEG

Rotaract Club of CEG

4th DRC Meet

27th July 2014

Nahar Hall

Assembly Team

5th DRC Meet

3rd Aug, 2014

Gandhi Nagar Club

Rotary Days Team

6th DRC Meet

10th Aug, 2014

Nahar Hall

Rotaract Club of Green Galaxy

7th DRC Meet

24th Aug, 2014

Nahar Hall

-

8th DRC Meet

31st Aug, 2014

MGR Janaki College

Rotaract Club of MGR Janki college for women

9th DRC Meet

7th Sep, 2014

Anand Citi Centre

RYLA TEAM

10th DRC Meet

14th Sep, 2014

Santhome School

Rotaract Club of Green Galaxy

11th DRC Meet

21st Sep, 2014

Nahar Hall

Rotaract Club of Madras North

12th DRC Meet

19th Oct, 2014

KRMMC College

Rotaract Club of Madras Central

13th DRC Meet

26th Oct,2014

Rotary Centre

-

14th DRC Meet

23rd Nov, 2014

Nahar Hall

-

15th DRC Meet

14th Dec, 2014

Nahar Hall

-

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DRC MEET

DATE

VENUE

HOSTED BY

16th DRC Meet

21st Dec, 2014

CADD Centre

-

17th DRC Meet

28th Dec, 2014

Nahar Hall

-

18th DRC Meet

4th Jan, 2015

Santhome School

Rotaract Club of CEG

19th DRC Meet

25th Jan, 2015

Rotary Centre

-

20th C Meet

1st Feb, 2015

Nahar Hall

-

21st DRC Meet

15th Feb, 2015

Nahar Hall

Rotaract Club of Coastal Legacy

22nd DRC Meet

1st Mar, 2015

Nahar Hall

Rotaract Club of Spectrum

23rd DRC Meet

8th Mar, 2015

Nahar Hall

Rotaract Club of Zenith

24th DRC Meet

29th Mar, 2015

Rotary Centre

Rotarct Club of DG Vaishnav

25th DRC Meet

19th Apr, 2015

Rotary Centre

Group 9

26th DRC Meet

31st May, 2015

Rotary Centre

Rotaract Club of Zenith

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CLUB REPORT SUBMISSION

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