DRC 14-15, May - Aug Secretary Report

DISTRICT ROTARACT COUNCIL 14-15 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 3230

SECRETARY REPORT May - Aug 2014 Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja V. S. District Rotaract Representative 14-15 Rtr. PP Swathi Sujir District Rotaract Secretary 14-15

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DISTRICT REPORT May - Aug 2014

District Projects

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SYNAPSE - DOTS Phase 1 DOTS – District Officials Training Seminar Phase 1 was held on 4th May, 2014 at the Veterinary College Auditorium. The event was headed by Rtr. PP Yasodhai – Chairperson and Rtr. Shaik Abdulla – Secretary. The event started by 10 am with Inauguration Ceremony by collaring the DRR Rtr. Ramkumar Raju, followed by lighting the lamp by Rtn. Tamilselvan, Rtn. Sangaran, DRR Rtr. PPPHF Ramkumar Raju, DRRE Rtr. PP PHF Arjun, DRS Rtr. Vijay Sundar, Chairperson Rtr. PP. Yashodai & Secretary Rtr. Shaik Abdulla. MC handled by DRSE Rtr. PP Swathi Sujir.

Chairperson Rtr. PP Yashodhai delivered the welcome address, followed by context setting about the event 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 Honor Rtn. Tamilselvan, Chairman – Rotaract 14-15 addressed the gathering, followed by Rtn. Sangaran, Chairman – Rotract 13-14 shared few words. Vote of Thanks was delivered by Rtr. Sheik Abdulla for the Inauguration ceremony.

The first session was handled by PDRR Jaby John. He started the session with icebreaking, by introducing Rotaractors with a unique interactive activity. The activity helped the Rotaractors to get to know each other through effective interaction. He also conducted a session on effective communication and carrying the right attitude being district official.

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 4 | District Secretarial Team 2014-2015

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 addressed the gathering. The Valedictory ceremony also had the launch of District theme logo, banner for the year 14-15 which was launched by Chief Guest and 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.

National Anthem was sung, followed by the event was adjourned.

SYNAPSE - DOTS Phase 2 DOTS – District Officials Training Seminar Phase 1 was held on May 24th & 25th, 2014 at the YMCA, Yelagiri.

The event was headed by Rtr. Vijay Sundar – Additional Chairperson and Rtr. Shaik Abdulla – Secretary. On 24th May 2014, Rotaractors assembled at Rotary Centre and the bus departed by 7am towards Yelagiri. The session handled by Past Rotaractor Manoj Koundanya, where he started the activity with a memory game in the bus during the travel, and stopped at Kancheepuram for breakfast.

The bus reached the venue by 2pm, and Rotaractors refreshed and had their lunch. The first activity of the day started with icebreaking, which formed into four teams as A, B, C and D. Followed by he conducted team building activity where the teams were given Spaghetti sticks, cello tapes and marshmallows to build the tallest freestyle town within 40 min. Team D is won the activity, with their effective planning and team work.

After the Hi-tea break, the Third Activity on outbound were conducted for two teams. The game named ‘cross the acid river’ was performed by team D, with the given properties. The team has to cross the river with given sack, ensuring they don’t step into the river. Followed

by Team B performed the activity named ‘pick the leaf from the acid river’. One team member should pick the leaf which is in the middle of river with the help of other members. It was fun filled activities which explained the effectiveness of Team bonding and effective planning.

Then the District Officials were moved to Indoor Hall for activity on Skill Test. Manoj Sir read out 16 Statement and

asked Rotaractors to give marks for their answers (Min mark 1 Maximum mark 5). After finishing the statement, with the formula for getting each person answer came to know their strengths and weakness of their skills.

The sessions broke for dinner and followed by Rotaractors were screened with movie ‘GOAL’ movie, which explained the importance of Goal setting as a District Officials and also as an individual. Manoj Koundanya interacted with the rotaractors and helped them to set goals on planned projects.

Day 1 session ended with DJ Night, with colorful light setting by Rtr. Tarun. The drizzling night with cold weather made the DJ night even more enjoyable.

Day 2 started with outbound activities for rest of the two teams. Team A, the activity was to carry the ball in the water with the help of rope, the team 8 members have to focus to get the ball out of water and have to bring it out the boundary set. Team C, activity was to travel through the spider web, without touching the edges of the web.

The last outbound activity was performed by 4 members from each team to form a human circle, Manoj knotted ring in one member hand, and the ring has to be passed to the next member without folding the elbow.

After the outbound activities, Rotaractors had their breakfast and refreshed to assemble in Hall. District Officials elects were explained their Roles and Responsibilities, also the avenue service Directors proposed the planned projects.

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PP Yasodhai, Additional Chairperson – Rtr. Vijay and Secretary were Rtr. Sheik Abdulla.

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 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.

Assembly teaser, followed by the valedictory of the DOTS 2. Rtr. Vijay Sundar proposed his address and PDRR Manikandan shared his experience. DRR Rtr. PP PHF Ramkumar Raju, gave his remarks followed by DRRE Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja addressed the gathering. Rtr. PP Swathi Sujir, DRSE proposed her vote of thanks.

Rotaractors were given Dhandiya Sticks, while vacating the venue, where they composed rhythms to play in the bus during the travel. Rotaractors also enjoyed the travel with antakshari games.

SYNAPSE - DOTS Phase 3 DOTS – Phase 3 was carried on different days as breakout sessions for Avenue Directors, Editorial Board, Group Rotaract Representatives, Treasury, Administration and Events. The Chairperson for the event was Rtr. 6 | District Secretarial Team 2014-2015

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 was 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, Additional Chairperson – Rtr. IPP Ashish Goel and Secretary was Rtr. Ramya.

Day 1 started with amazing welcome video presentation by the rotaractors of DG Vaishnav College, followed by the Inauguration ceremony, where DRR Rtr. PP PHF Ramkumar Raju was collared by Chief Sergeant At Arms Rtr. Suhail. Welcome Address was given by Rtr PP Subbulakshmi who delightfully welcomed our DG Rtn ISAK Nazar and first lady Ann Afzalunnisa. Followed by opening remarks were given by DRR Ramkuar Raju who highlighted on the role of a President & Secretaries who carries the club. DRRE Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja set the context by briefing about the sessions also District Handbook was launched by DG Rtn. ISAK Nazar and first lady.

Rtn. IASK Nazar addressed the gathering stressing on the importance of Rotaract and requested the help of Rotaractors to be instrumental in setting another massive Guinness World Record, which was planned during the Presidential Conference 14-15. Vote Of Thanks by DRS Elect Rtr. PP Swathi Sujir concluded the Inauguration by thanking the host and the dignitaries.

Rtn. Vaidyanathan took a session on Why Rotaract and Leadership with an icebreaking activity. The activity was based on interaction with fellow Rotaractors.

Rotaractors expressed their common things, through the activity. Followed by Rtn. Babu Seshadri, enlightened his knowledge and experience in the Rotaract, which motivated the Presidents and Secretaries. After the session, Rotaractors were broke for lunch.

Post lunch, the sessions were based on Avenue of Services. Rtr Rachel J Seelan, from Bangalore took a session on Community Service, which focused on the basics and purpose of doing the project. PDRR Prasanna Rajagopalan conducted an amazing activity for both President & Secretary Elects on team building and bonding, which illustrated to strengthen the bonding among the club members. DRR Rtr. PP PHF Ramkumar Raju A addressed on World Rotaract and what are different ways to get connected and to do joint projects.

PDRR Suresh Manoharan took a session on Finance, and explained the Rotaractors how to tackle the fund issues, which is very much critical for a club to maintain the funds in a proper way. Rtr Kader Meeran Sahib took a session on professional service, which gave lots of inputs how to do self development and professional development.

Day 2 started with a surprise yet another recap video of the Day 1 activities. A great Inspiration to Rotaract, PDRR Sujith Kumar took an amazing session on communication, sustainability and leadership. We had a breakout session for Presidents handled by PDRR Mani Kandan,focussing on the Roles and Responsibilities of Presidents, which was really wonderful. Secretary session was handled

by PDRR Solomon Victor, who has very much informed on the details point of secretarial post, roles and responsibilities. The Presidents and Secretaries had a group photo session followed by lunch.

Rtr. Britto and Rtr. Binu conducted management games for the Rotaractors, which made them to enjoy along with stressing up on team play and bonding between rotaractors. Rtr. David Raynell took session on crisis handling who gave real life examples on how to handle situations, with 3 important points namely planning, team work and not being calm under stressful situations.

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Rtr. PP Girish with a teaser, he also explained about the Assembly. Conference presentation was done by Rtr. Lakshmi Teja, followed by Avenue directors presented their year plan. DRRE Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja also shared the year plan, also expressed the expectations from the District Rotaract Council 14-15.

The valedictory ceremony started with the video presentation of Day 1 and Day 2 activities. DRR Ramkumar Raju addressed the gathering about the importance of grasping opportunities and making use of it to one’s advantage. DRR Elect Arjun Raja stressed upon the importance of each club being active and work together with the district. Dignitaries on the dais then launched the GRASP kit which was provided to every president and secretary. The folder kit, contained certificate and group photos of the Presidents and Secretaries.

Rtr. Ashish Goel profoundly thanked the District Rotaract Council 14 – 15 for the opportunity, his team for the active support and then introduced his parent club President Rtn Lodd Ramgopal. Rtn. Lodd Ramgopal, President of Rotary Club of Southwest addressed the gathering, followed by Rtn Hemachandran, Additional Youth Service Director, spoke about developing one’s own self image and its importance. Rtn Tamilselvan, Chairman – Rotaract 1415, appreciated the good work done by rotaractors and assured his support for the next rotary year.

The ceremony was concluded with Vote of thanks by Rtr Ramya Ramachandran, followed by National anthem and adjournment of the event.

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Installation Ceremony

The Installation ceremony of the District Rotaract Council 14-15 was July, 2014 at DG Vaishnav College Auditorium.

The event started with condolences to Rtn. Shankar Subramaniam, followed by a warm welcome dance by Rtr. Vinithra.

Rtr. PP PHF Ramkumar Raju A. gave his welcome address and also presented the annual report for the year 13-14.

After the successful completion of the year, he gave 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 also made on the profile and achievements of him, followed by the acceptance speech and introduction of the District Rotaract Secretary and the team of Office bearers for the year 14-15. The gathering was felicitated by the PDRRS Sujith Kumar, Jaby John and Suresh Manoharan.

DRR Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja V. S. made the presentation on the projects for the year 14-15, which included the launches on year theme logo, Year Banner, Pin, T-shirt,

website and application. Presentation on Assembly, Conference, No spitting and Road Safety - Community Service project and Shiksha - Professional Service project was also made.

The installation ceremony was also witnessed by the Rtn. Indira Subramaniam, President Elect – Rtn. Venkatramani, Rtn.Rajasekhar, Rtn. Alluwalia and Rtn. George B. Cherian of Rotary Club of Madras, District Officials and Rotarians from other clubs. Rtn. Sangaran, Rotaract Chairman 13-14, Rtn. A. P. Kanna District Governor 13-14 and Rtn. George B. Cherian, also felicitated the gathering. The Chief Guest of the evening, Rtn. ISAK Nazar, District Governor 14-15 addressed the gathering, followed by the address by Rtn. Tamilselvan, Rotaract Chairman – 14-15, Rtn. Srikanth, President – Rotary Club of Madras and Rtn. Gnanavelan, Youth Service Director 14-15.

The event adjourned after the vote of thanks by the District Rotaract Secretary followed by the fellowship.

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Secretary Workshop

The Secretary workshop was conducted on 28th July, 2014 at Nahar Hall, which was hosted by the Rotaract Club of Madras Mount. 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.

The event was started with the introduction by Rtr. Vaishnavi, Associate SAA followed by District Rotaract Secretary Rtr. PP Swathi Sujir gave the welcome address along with setting the context about the event. The workshop was handled by PDRR Solomon Victor.

Solomon Victor addressed the gathering and started the workshop with an icebreaking session to create groups with 5 different animal names. Rotaractors found their group mates by imitating like animals to the group they belong.

Followed by, the groups were enlightened the importance of strong and effective communication and an activity was performed on how to introduce Guest speaker or Chief Guests. Rotaractors took active participation and 10 | District Secretarial Team 2014-2015

introduced the fellow Rotaractors with the given time. This helped the Rotaractors to improve their public speaking without fear.

He then defined the Roles and Responsibilities of Secretaries and Joint Secretaries, also shared the facts and the basics of Rotaract. The Roles and Responsibilities included how to take the meeting minutes 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 informations and communicating it to the clubs, branding the club through newsletter, and importance of reporting.

It was an effective event for the Secretaries and Joint Secretaries, where the Rotaractors came forward with the positive feedbacks. PDRR Solomon Victor was felicitated

by Rtr. PP Banu, ADRS and Rtr. IPP Dhanakodi, Group Co ordinator.

Group photos were taken, followed by the closing remarks and fellowship.

Rotaractor hosted

IDYE Visit 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.

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. The Rotaractor was hosted

by Rotaract clubs of M. N. M. Jain Engineering College, Madras central, R. K. M. Vivekananda College and S. R. M. Eashwari Engineering College.

Friendship Box On 2nd July 2014, we sent our District theme ‘Inspire Others’ Pins and greetings in letter lead by our DRR Rtr. PP PHF Arjun Raja to Rotary international District 4190 through DHL in Friendship box. The project was supported

by Rotaract Club of M. N. M Jain Engineering College.

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Friendship Day Celebration

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

On the friendship day celebration Friendship related songs played all around and the place where made to a different level, to set the mood of fun and fellowship. Rtr. Tarun from Loyola Community organized the fellowship with lights and music. Rtr. Binu conducted loads of Fun activities and Games. Rotaractors who actively took part in the online contests & games, were given Sathyam Cinemas Gift Vouchers. The Friendship day celebration was ended with a Cake Cutting and People waving hands for Mustafa Mustafa song. It was definitely a day to Cherish.

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INSPIRE - 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 Honor 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. After the inauguration the crowd witnessed a thought provoking key note speech from the Director of Neeya Naana, Mr. Antony Thirunelveli who was the Keynote Speaker himself. After the inauguration breakout sessions were conducted for Club Board Officials. The Presidents, Vice President’s & Sergeant -at-arms 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/ Pulse Polio/ Blood Donors by PDRR Manikandan, Professional Service/ Shiksha by Rtn. Gnanavelan, International Service by Rtn. Christopher Devepragasam, Editorial Board by past Rtr. Krishna Prasad, PRO, Membership & Database by Rtr. David Raynell & Green Rotaractors session by Rtr. PDRR. Solomon Victor.

After the breakout session the members split for lunch followed by which we had IDYE member from Coimbatore District Secretarial Team 2014-2015 | 13

& South Sudan. District RYLA named ‘WAVES’ and ‘ENGAGE’, Annual District Rotaract Conference named ‘SPARK’ were launched respectively and the conference team created awareness on ROAD Safety on the same day. were launched at the assembly. 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. After the Valedictory we had some exhilarating dance performances from Rotaract Club of Anna Adarsh and other professional dance crews.

The event ended with a short and sweet DJ evening by Rtr. Ashwin, the Entertainment Chairman for Assembly.

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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 committee which is held on 24 aug 2014 at IIT college campus. More than 3000 Rotaractors took part in the Terry Fox Run marathon.

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 31/8/2014 at M. G. R. Janakai college in Adyar. It was started around 2.45 pm before the DRC. First the gathering was addressed and a small introduction was given by Rtr. Sivapriya on Talk show. Then the first speaker of the talk show Rtr. Saseen Ilanchezian (RC of Rajalakshmi Engineering College) was given an introduction and later given the dais. 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 the vote of thanks with an appreciation of Rtr. Saseen Ilanchezian. The show ended over by 3.05pm.

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DRONA - Faculty meet

‘DHRONA’- the 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 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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DISTRICT REPORT May - Aug 2014

Participatory Project

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ROTARY 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.

In a touching tribute to the legend of Rotary, Dr. C. S. Ramachandran, which brought us the story and Rotarians shared their love for him. This was followed by the Rotary Theme song, and everyone present became a torch bearer literally, waving the battery operated torch, truly ‘Lighting up Rotary’ in word, action and spirit!

The event was witnessed by more than 1500 Rotarians.

R I President Elect Rtn. K. R. Ravindran presided over the function who, in his speech congratulated RI District 3230.

More than 50 Rotaractors from have took part in the Installation Ceremony of Rtn. I.S.A.K. Nazar, also expressed their love by congratulating him with flower bouquets. Rotaractors took photos with Rtn. I.S.A.K. also with other Rotarians.

All faith Service meet 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. The event was conducted by the National Maritime Foundation, Chennai Chapter, Rotary International District 3230 and coordinated by the Rotary Club of Madras Central Aadithya supported by 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.

Wreaths were then laid by Serving Officers in Uniform, Police Officers, Retired Officers from the Armed Forces, Rotarians, Consular Corps from USA, UK, Russia, Malaysia, Academicians from various Universities and other dignitaries. After the laying of wreaths, two minutes of silence were observed to pay homage.

More than 60 Rotaractors took part in the All faith meet to pay homage to the uniformed officers, which included the District Officials of District Rotaract Council 14-15 also Rotaractors from Various clubs.

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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 August 2014. District 3230 District Rotaract Council supported mega blood and Rotaractors volunteered in the blood donation camp.

DISTRICT INITIATIVES Mobile application

Your action inspired - card

Andriod mobile application, first of its kind was launched in the District Rotaract Council Installation ceremony which held on 5th July, 2015. The new initative was welcomed and appreciated by many Rotarians and Rotaractors. The app is available for android mobiles and can be downloaded from Google play store.

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’.

For the month of July we appreciated Rotaract Club of RKM Vivekananda College and Rotaract Club of Coastal Legacy for their report.

For the month of August we appreciated 2 College based and 2 Community based clubs - Rotaract Clubs of RKM Vivekananda College, MNM Jain Engg. College, Dexterous and Marine Port City.

District Directory Yet another multicolour directory was released in District Rotaract Assembly which held on 17th August, 2014.

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

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DRC Council Meetings DRC Meet

Date

Venue

1st DRC Meet

6th July, 2014

CADD Centre

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2nd DRC Meet

13th July, 2014

Nahar Hall

Rotaract Club of Blue Whales

3rd DRC Meet

20th July, 2014

Hall of Genius CEG, Guindy

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 Janaki College

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CLUB REPORTS July - Aug 2014

Rotaract Club Reports

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July Month Reports GROUP 1 GRR - Rtr. IPP Manoj Rotaract Club of Madras West 20th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Children Park which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

27th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in RC of Madras West Secretariat which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

GROUP 2 GRR - Rtr. PP David Rotaract Club of Loyola Community 13th July, 14 – JOY POTLUCK LUNCH Games and Potluck lunch was shared by club members in which 23 members participated & had fun.

25th July, 14 – CLUB MEET 1st Club Meet was organised in which 14 members took part & discussed about various projects.

31st July, 14 – PRAYER SERVICE OF LATE RTR. INBARAJ Club members have attended their own club member Late Rtr. Inbaraj’s first death anniversary prayer service.

GROUP 3 GRR - Rtr. PP Sheik Rotaract Club of Blue Whales 3rd July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in President home which has been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

3rd July, 14 – FRIENDSHIP DAY CELEBRATION We celebrated friendship day in president home we enjoy lot.

13th July 14 – HOSTED DRC We hosted the 2nd DRC Meeting in which over 129 members participated.

27th July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in President home which has been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

27th, July 14 – VAAZHA VAZHI KAATUVOM We have done a project “Vaazha Vazhi Kaatuvom” in which every week we will invite an achieved person in life for taking orientation to our club members.

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Rotaract Club of Green Galaxy 7th July, 14 – KICK START An orientation program/movie fellowship has been organised in which 51 members participated.

13th July, 14 – A DAY AT ZOO To make a bonding between club members, we celebrated our club member Rtr. Hannah’s birthday in Vandaloor Zoo with 15 members.

20th July, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION Club installation has happened in which around 50 Rtrs from other clubs participated & graced the occasion & also had a club service project JAVVU MITTAI after installation in marina beach.

20th July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Nageswara Rao Park which has been attended by 25 Rotaractors.

22nd July, 14 – ARRE OH SAMBO A devotional trip has been organised to Tiruchendur and Kaniyakumari Temple in which 3 members participated.

Rotaract Club of MNM Jain Engg. College 11th July, 14 – IDYE HOST Two rotaractors from our club Rtr. Kaushik and Rtr. Gowtham took part in the Inter District Youth Exchange in which 6 rotaractors from our district were hosted by RI District 3201.

12th July, 14 – B’DAY CELEBRATION We celebrated our club’s active rotaractors Rtr. Jayadevan’s and Rtr. Janu’s birthday by cutting cake at Marina beach.

12th July, 14 – AANANDHAM To begin the year with the Almighty’s blessings, our rotaractors went to Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Mylapore.

After completing the Darshan, we provided food to the needy people outside the temple. We had our GRR, Rtr. Sheikh Mohammed among us on the day.

15th July, 14 – KAVIYAM To honour the birthday of karmaveerar kamarajar, we conducted a poetry competition on the theme “patriotism” for our club members. There were totally 25 entries - 6 in English, 18 in Tamil, 1 in Hindi. 4 winners were selected in English and Tamil categories by the judges.

21st July, 14 – SPECIAL MEETING We hosted Rtr. Roshan from Rotaract Club of Bangalore South, R.I.Dist 3190 who is on a cycle rally from Kaniyakumari to Kashmir spreading awareness about Illiteracy for the Teach India Mission. He learnt to make paper bags from our Rtrs and said he would teach this art to school children he will be meeting thro’ this mission.

22nd July, 14 – BITSTRIPS Two rotaractors from our club participated in the bit strip making competition on account of digital week. This was conducted by Rotaract Club of Church gate, Mumbai, RI District 3140 in which 2 members participated.

23rd July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 17 Rotaractors.

28th July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 42 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of SIVET College 3rd July, 14 – CLUB ORIENTATION An Orientation programme has been organised for 250 Green rotaractors in which members got many information about Rotaraction & also about the activities, projects done in Rotaract.

28th July, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION Club Installation has happened in college premises in which around 100 Rtrs participated.

Rotaract Club of Swasthi 6th July, 14 – B’DAY CELEBRATION We celebrated Rtr. Vinoth and Rtr. Naresh birthday.

13th July, 14 – 1st OFFICIAL MEETING We discussed regarding club installation with Club members.

19th July, 14 – CLUB INSTALLTION Club Installation has happened in which around 50 members participated & graced the occasion.

GROUP 4 GRR - Rtr. PP Anand Mani Rotaract Club of East Coast 12th July, 14 – ORIENTATION We have organised Orientation program for Club members in which 20 members participated.

19th July, 14 – LIFE AFTER COLLEGE We organised an Eye opener for college students in which 2 members participated.

20th July, 14 – CLUB MEET A Club meeting has been organised in Leo School in which 25 members participated.

31st July, 14 – CLUB MEET A Club meeting has been organised in Marina Beach in which 15 members participated.

Rotaract Club of Spectrum: 5th July, 14 – PHOTO ART We have organised a Fund Raiser at Parent Club installation in which we take photos with funky wigs and glasses of the Rotarians.

13th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Semmozhi Poonga which has been attended by 12 Rotaractors.

14th July, 14 – ROTARY MEETING We participated in our Parent Club weekly meeting and invited them for orientation and Installation of the club.

We organised an orientation workshop for the green rotaractors and club members & the session was handled

by PDRR Solomon.

IFTHAR PARTY We had Ifthar celebration at Rtr. Amir Khan’s residence (Vice President) in which 10 members participated.

20th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Semmozhi Poonga which has been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

26th July, 14 – INSTALLATION We got installed by Rtn PP PHF Natrajan Nagoji and we had esteemed guest of Honours Rtn Nikhil Singhi, President, Rotary Chennai Galaxy and Rtr PP PHF Arjun Raja, District Rotaract Representative in which around 95 members have attended & graced the occasion.

27th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in City Centre which has been attended by 15 Rotaractors.

27th July, 14 – IFTHAR PARTY We had Ifthar celebration at Rtr Mohammed Mamoon Kashim’s residence (President) in which 18 members participated.

29th July, 14 – JALSAA We went to the movie Velai illa pattadhari at Sangam Cinemas, Kilpauk with 20 members.

29th July, 14 – B’DAY CELEBRATION We celebrated Rtr. Nikhil Singhi, President, Rotary club of Chennai Galaxy at Milky Way, Purasaiwalkam.

GROUP 5 GRR - Rtr. PP Reshma Rotaract Club of Akash 12th July, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION Akash was istalled for its 18th year at nehar hall. Rotarians from parent club, district officials and fellow Rotaractors took part in the ceremony.

20th July, 14 - ORIENTATION Club orientation was held on 20th july. There were totally 20 members out of which 10 were new to rotaract. PDRR PP Manikandan explained in and out of rotract. Members got good knowledge about Rotaract after the session.

6th July, 14 - CLUB MEET A Club meeting has been organised in Kodambakkam ch.

Hr sec school.

20th July, 14 - CLUB MEET A Club meeting has been organised in Kodambakkam ch.

Hr sec school

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27th July, 14 - CLUB MEET A Club meeting has been organised in Kodambakkam ch.

Hr sec school.

Rotaract Club of CEG 20th July, 14 – SHURUVAADH The Installation ceremony of the RCEG Board 2014-15 was held on 20th July, 2014 at Hall of Guines, CEG. The newly elected board took in charge in the presence of The chief guests Rtn. Tamilselvan and Rtn. Muthusamy, The District officials, RCEG Staff Advicer, College officials,RCEG Alumni and The members of RCEG. 15th July, 14 - HAPPPPPIEEE BIRTHDAIEEEE RCEG celebrated the birthday of its Mentor and previous staff advicer Dr.K. Sivakumar on 15th July, 2014. The rotaractors of RCEG themselves designed a card and drew a potrait of him and presented to our beloved Mentor.

30th July, 14 - HAPPPPPIEEE BIRTHDAIEEEE RCEG celebrated the birthday of its Guide and staff advicer Dr.S. Karthikeyan on 30th July, 2014. The rotaractors of RCEG themselves designed a card and presented to our beloved Staff Advicer.

31st July, 14 - BIRTHDAY CORNER RCEG celebrated the birthdays of all its rotaractors who share their birthday in the month of July by a special Cake cutting ceremony on 31st July, 2014 during which all the members of RCEG Family shared their love and had some fun filled moments.

2nd July, 14 - CLUB MEETING A club meeting was organised at Nimes Oven, Kk nagar.

15 th July, 14 - CLUB MEETING A club meeting was organised at Sivan Park, KK nagar.

Rotaract Club of Madras Central 12th July, 14 - EMPOWER Rotaract Orientation program organised along with Rotaract club of East Coast.

20th July, 14 - FELLOWSHIP MEET Club fellow ship meet for New Members and Green Rotractors.

27th July, 14 - CLUB ASSEMBLY Club Assembly where organized for our club members along with our Group 5.

12th July, 14 - CLUB MEETING A Club meeting was organised at Rotary Centre.

Rotaract Club of M.O.P Vaishnav College for Women 24th July, 14 - CLUB INSTALLATION RC of MOP Vaishnav College for Women hosted its 8th installation at the college auditorium from 10 AM-12 PM. President Sejal Golecha and her team were given charge of the club.

14th July, 14 - CLUB MEETING A Club meeting was organised at College OAT

4th July, 14 - CLUB MEETING A club meeting was organised at Science & Humanities Block Room no : 110

24th July, 14 - CLUB MEETING A Club meeting was organised at College Guest Room.

10th July, 14 - CLUB MEETING A club meeting was organised at Club Office (Red Building)

GROUP 6 GRR - Rtr. IPP Kavitha

16th July, 14 - CLUB MEETING A club meeting was organised at Club Office (Red Building)

Rotaract Club of Anna Adharsh College for Women

18th July, 14 - CLUB MEETING A club meeting was organised at Science & Humanities Block Room no : 110 24th July, 14 - CLUB MEETING A club meeting was organised at Science & Humanities Block Room no : 110

Rotaract Club of Government College of Physiotheraphy 15th July, 14 - BIRTHDAY BASH We celebrated our club editorial board Rtr,Divya evangeline’s Birthday at our college hospital with disabled people.

17th July, 14 - CLUB INSTALLATION We had completed our 17 th installation ceremony at our college premises.

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Installation Program Friendship Day project Club Meeting happened

Rotaract Club of Ambattur 6th July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Semmozhi Poonga which has been attended by 25 Rotaractors.

20th July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Marina Beach which has been attended by 23 Rotaractors.

27th July, 14 – ARAMBAM A joint club orientation programme with RC of Aadhithya for green rotaractors to know what is Rotaract. Sessions were conducted by Rtr Krishna Prasad on Why to be in Rotaract and Rtr PDRR Solomon on Rotaract and Benefits of Rotaract.

28th July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Anna Park which has been attended by 23 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of Shri Krishnasamy College 2nd July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 60 Rotaractors.

10th July, 14 – ORINETATION We had an Orientation Program in which Rtr PDRR Solomon Victor gave orientation speech to our Green Rotaractors.

16th July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 100 Rotaractors.

17th July, 14 – INSTALLATION We celebrated 109th rotary day by lighting up the candles.

23rd July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

30th July, 14 – AWARENESS We conducted awareness program on blood donation , organ donation and cancer.

Rotaract Club of SRM University, Vadapalani 10th July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 15 Rotaractors.

15th July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 12 Rotaractors.

17th July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 12 Rotaractors.

20th July, 14 – PHOTOSHOP A basic outlook has been organised in which a session on how to our newly inducted EB board to learn Photoshop for branding the club projects in which 12 members participated.

Rotaract Club of Zenith 5th July, 14 – DISTRICT INSTALLATION We participated in District Installation 14-15 & 9 members from our Club have been appointed as District Officials.

6th July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Dance & Dance Co, Mount Road which has been attended by 11 Rotaractors.

13th July, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Dance & Dance Co, Mount Road which has been attended by 9 Rotaractors.

20th July, 14 – CHARTER DAY CELEBRATION We celebrated our Club’s Charter Day with 12 of our Club members in Besant Nagar where we had games, activities

& also had dinner together.

27th July, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION We had our 19th Club’s Installation on 27th July @ Sarmani Hall were around 60 Rtrs have attended & also our Club’s past Rtr & Parent club Rotarians graced the occasion in which around 60 Rotaractors from other clubs graced the occasion.

27th July, 14 – WISHES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY On our 19th Installation, RC’s of Harare Central, Zimbabwe-9210, Indaiatuba, Brazil-4310, 4130, Larnaca Kition, Cyprus, Del Valle Monterrey, Bermutulla, Srilanka-3220 wished us with a video presentation which has been screened on Installation.

27th July, 14 – SECRETARIAL WORKSHOP Our Club’s Secretary has participated in District Secretarial Workshop & actively interacted & generated new projects.

District DRS & ADRS also took part in the session who are from our Club.

GROUP 7 GRR - Rtr. IPP Prakash Rotaract Club of Chennai Towers 5th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Nungambakkam which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

10th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Conference Hall, Nungambakkam which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

20th July, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION Our Club got installed in a Professional way at Gandhi nagar Club, Adyar in which around 40 Rtrs participated.

Rotaract Club of DSCET 1st July, 14 – ALL FAITH MEMORIAL SERVICE We participated in District Rotary club program on “ALL FAITH MEMORIAL SERVICE “. The program is about the giving respect to Army persons who died in war.

1st July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Anna University which has been attended by 9 Rotaractors.

11th July, 14 – ORIENTATION We conducted an ORIENTATION program for green rotaractors in our college by PDRR Solomon Victor. First we conducted the ICE BREAKING session to students to ensure them Rotaract is full of fun. All the green rotaractors were said about the all avenues of service briefly and Rotary and Rotaract Moto.

11th July, 14 – B’DAY CELEBRATION On the same day of Orientation we had our CLUB EDITOR birthday. We celebrated it along with our guest PDRR Solomon Victor and Rtr Ramya. This was the surprise

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celebration for him.

11th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Express Avenue which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

18th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 11 Rotaractors.

18th July, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION We had our club INSTALLATION under the Presidenship of Rtr. Balasubramanian. We launched our new club logo, Banner, Pin, and Flag on the day of ceremony. The tentative plans and ideas were discussed to the parent club president Rtn. Narayanan at the end of installation.

25th July, 14 – B’DAY CELEBRATION We had our CLUB SERVICE DIRECTOR Birthday celebration on his home. This was a surprise cake for him by the team. We celebrated his birthday along with is family members.

Rotaract Club of Dr. MGR Janaki College for Women 5th July, 14 – DISTRICT INSTALLATION 5 Rotaractors from our college attended the DRR installation which is one of the most important events in the district. It was the first district event for the year and we got an idea of how to conduct the installation.

9th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 11 Rotaractors.

16th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 13 Rotaractors.

20th July, 14 – E-Wishes Since we cannot personally attend the installation of all the clubs, we decided to congratulate them through a small mail with our card congratulating them on their installation.

23rd July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 12 Rotaractors.

30th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 13 Rotaractors.

31st July 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 13 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of RKM Vivekananda College I DONATE RED - We “Organised” a Blood donation drive, joining with Bank of Baroda and Bits Pilani (GOA) held at SIET College on July 19th. We supported them by collecting 130 units of blood.

Vayasu Ayiduchu “Mani” - We celebrated our Sergeantat-arms Rtr. Manikandan’s 19th B’day on 22nd July. We surprised him with a cake cutting and our Faculty Co-

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ordinator Prof. Paul Gunaseelan joined us and cherished the Event.

IDYE meet - T.E.A.C.H. - We organised a meet on 26 July with Rtr. Roshan from RC of Bangalore South (RID 3190) who is on a Mission of “Literacy for All” (TEACH). Rtr. PP Nousath Ali (Dist. International Service Director) Rtr. IPP Kaushik (MNMJC) joined us.

HAND FULL OF GRAINS - We collected Rice and donated it to an Old-age Home in Kelambakkam. The project was organised by 8 different Clubs in 7 Districts.

Club meeting has happened in Nageswara Rao Park which has been attended by 24 Rotaractors.

Club meeting has happened in Nageswara Rao Park which has been attended by 22 Rotaractors.

Club meeting has happened in Nageswara Rao Park which has been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 32 Rotaractors.

GROUP 8 GRR - Rtr. PP Balaji Rotaract Club of Aadithya 6th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Natesan Park which has been attended by 15 Rotaractors.

20th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Natesan Park which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

21st July, 14 – INSTALLATION Installation Ceremony was held on 21st July 2014. Chief Guest Rtn. Natarajan Nagoji, Guest of Honour Rtn. E. Joseph Raja and Special Guest DRR Rtr. Arjun Raja and Parent club members joined this occasion and made this as successful.

Rotaract Club of DCE 6th July, 14 – ORPHANAGE VISIT SIRAGUGAL We visited an orphanage which is in saidapet. Around 30 members participated in this event. We had activities and games for the children and the winners were rewarded.

10th July, 14 – DINE IN A club service where around 30 members of our club went to a restaurant and had lunch.

10th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Valluvar Kottam which has been attended by 27 Rotaractors.

17th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has

been attended by 40 Rotaractors.

18th July, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION Our club installation was held at our college premises in which our first Rotaract Club magazine “IMPRESSIONS” was released. Other things like our club’s stamp, letterhead, visiting cards etc were also released.

24th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Semmozhi Poonga which has been attended by 26 Rotaractors.

27th July, 14 – LONG TIME NO SEE A club service were around 45 members went to a film in Forum Vijaya Mall for the film VIP. 31st July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Anna University which has been attended by 29 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of Pegasus 6th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Marina Beach which has been attended by 14 Rotaractors.

13th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Semmozhi Poonga which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

15th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Marina Beach which has been attended by 15 Rotaractors.

20th July, 14 - WISDOM Orientation “Wisdom” was conducted at Dragon Fly Centre. About 40 rotaractors attended in which 30 are new members. Everyone liked the Orientation and also gave positive feedback. Orientation ended with fellowship.

20th July, 14 – B’DAY CELEBRATION PDRR Solomon Victor and Rtr. Gokulnath (Club Service Director) birthday was celebrated at Dragon Fly Centre.

We had a cake cut for both.

Rotaract Club of TSN College 14th July, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION Our parent club president Rtn. V.G.P. Ravidass presented the badges to the new board of members.

17th July, 14 – RAMANUJAN We went for the movie RAMANUJAN at AGS Cinemas, Navalur. The movie is about the life history of the great Indian mathematician Ramanujan.

17st July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 24 Rotaractors.

23rd July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

24th July, 14 – KEI LA CAKEU VAI LA PAATU We celebrated the birthday of two board members and one student from MCDS (Montfort Community

Development Society) at their school at kannagi nagar.

We had a great time cutting cake, dancing, singing and providing colouring books to the 24 students present there.

28th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 21 Rotaractors.

31st July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 15 Rotaractors.

GROUP 9 GRR - Rtr. IPP Vignesh Rotaract Club of Coastal Legacy 5th July 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Delhi Highway, Nungambakkam which has been attended by 5 Rotaractors.

9th July 14 – INSTALFIE Instalfie encourages clubs from around the world to capture installation selfies and it will be launched in the form of an online competition.

9th July 14 – FELLOWSHIP Members had a fellowship lunch after club meeting at McDonalds Anna Nagar Club meeting has happened in Anna Nagar which has been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

August Month Reports GROUP 1 GRR - Rtr. IPP Manoj Rotaract Club of Chennai: 3rd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET A formal Club meeting has happened in Rotary Centre which has been attended by 32 Rotaractors.

14th Aug, 14 – INSTALLATION The Club has entered into the 10th year with the Installation which was held in Hablis Hotel Guindy. The Year has been successfully started with around 100 Rotaractors & 8 Rotarians.

17th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET A get together meet has happened in Beach where 24 Rotaractors took part.

17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 35 Club members have participated in the District Rotaract Assembly for the year 14-15 - INSPIRE were most of the Green Rotaractors got opportunity to learn Rotaraction &

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also to meet other Club Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of Madras West

24th Aug, 14 – AKSHAYAPATHIRAM The Club has provided food, Snacks, Chocolates & Clothes for the Orphanage – NESAM which is located in Valasaravakam in which 34 Rtrs took active part in serving the orphanage.

17th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in RC of Madras West Office which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRYFOX RUN 14 members have participated & also volunteered in the Marathon - TERRYFOX RUN which took place in IIT, Madras an initiative to support the Cancer Patients.

24th Aug, 14 – READY FOR RECEPTION A fun filled gathering took place with 32 members in the Club member’s brother wedding Reception where everyone had fun to the core.

31st Aug, 14 – ROTARY WORKSHOP The Parent Club Rotary Club of Madras has conducted a workshop for the board members in which 8 Rtrs & 10 Rtns took an active participation.

Rotaract Club of Loyola College 8th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 28 Rotaractors.

16th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 21 Club members have participated in the District Rotaract Assembly for the year 14-15 - INSPIRE were most of the Green Rotaractors got opportunity to learn Rotaraction & also to meet other Club Rotaractors.

24th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Benzz Park, T.Nagar with 4 Rotaractors.

30th & 31st Aug, 14 – INTERACT RYLA The year has been lightened by joining hands with the Parent Club (Rotary Club Madras West) by organising the whole Interact RYLA event at BrahmaKumari’s, Sunguvachathiram in which 12 Rtrs & 10 Rtns have actively took part.

31st Aug, 14 – B’DAY CELEBRATION Club President’s Birthday has been celebrated both in Café- Coffee Day and KFC with 10 rtrs.

Rotaract Club of SCP Jain College 120 hand- made pillows has been done by the rtrs and it has been donated to 2 orphanages.

Editorial Board - Director Rtr. Saranya birthday has been celebrated in an orphanage with 30 Rtrs.

Professional service director Rtr. Barnaba birthday has been celebrated along with his family in his home with 25 Rtrs.

International service director – Rtr. Ganesh’s parents wedding day has been celebrated in his home with a cake where 27 rtrs took part.

Club President Rtr. Jeffrey’s parents wedding day has been celebrated in his home with a lunch party.

22nd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 26 Rotaractors.

Friendship day has been celebrated in college where Friendship bands were exchanged with the club members.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRYFOX RUN 25 members have participated in the Marathon TERRYFOX RUN which took place in IIT, Madras an initiative to support Cancer patients.

GROUP 2 GRR - Rtr. PP David

25th Aug, 14 – INSTALLATION The installation of the club was held in College premises with the presence of Rtn Srikanth as the chief guest in which 82 Rtrs, 7 Rtns & 26 Guests have come & graced the occasion.

30th Aug, 14 – STREE SUREKSHA A beach rally has been hosted by RC of Women’s Christian College to create Awareness about the Harassments against women and also how to protect them. 45 members have participated actively in the Rally.

31st Aug, 14 – ROTARY WORKSHOP A workshop was conducted by the Parent Club - Rotary Club of Madras and all the clubs under the parent club have participated and 6 rtrs have participated from the club.

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Rotaract Club of Loyola Community 10th Aug, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION Club Installation was held at Dragonfly Theatre, Santhome with 25 Rtrs, 7 Rtns & 80 Guests.

15th Aug, 14 – INBAM Memorial foot pathway for Special gifted children in memory of late club member which held at Mithra Homes, kilpauk with 28 Rtrs, 10 Rtns.

16th Aug, 14 – PARENT CLUB RYLA 3 members have attended RYLA which has been organised by Parent club, held at Sriperambathur, Chennai.

17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 22 Club members have participated in the District Rotaract Assembly for the year 14-15 - INSPIRE were most of the

Green Rotaractors got opportunity to learn Rotaraction & also to meet other Club Rotaractors.

24th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in President’s Residence which has been attended by 17 Rotaractors.

31st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club’s Board meeting has happened with 8 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of Rajalakshmi Engg College: 7th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

8th Aug, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION The 5th installation of Rotaract Club of Rajalakshmi Engineering College was held at the college campus.

Rtr.Dilli Babu was installed as the president for the year 14-15 were 200 rtrs, 10 rtns & 5 guests have graced the occasion.

14th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 25 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 – MY INDIA MY PRIDE An online poem and design competition was conducted for the students of college for the Independence Day celebration in which 15 rtrs participated.

15th Aug, 14 – REACH OUT INDIA As a celebration of the Independence Day, our country flag was distributed and pinned to people by college students in and around areas like Thandalam, Sriperambuthur and MTC buses.

15th Aug, 14 – FREEDOM Board members and rotaractors of RCREC celebrated Independence day in St.Thomas Care Home, Thandalam with 20 Rtrs.

17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 110 Rotaractors of the club has participated in the District Assembly - INSPIRE. Club also performed a flash mob for the conference team and also gave a performance during the entertainment session.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRY FOX RUN Club members around 200 members actively participated in the cancer awareness marathon held at IIT, Madras.

30th Aug, 14 – DANCE OF DISTRICT Club’s dance team has participated in the Dance of District event organized by Rotary Club of Madras North held at Tag Auditorium, Bhavan’s School, Kilpauk where 13 members performed.

31st Aug, 14 – EYE DONATION RALLY Club members have participated in the eye donation rally held at Marina, organized by the RC of Ethiraj and RC of Vivekananda college in association with Rajan Eye Bank.

Rotaract Club of St. Thomas College 12th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 25 Rotaractors.

14th Aug, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION Club was successfully installed by the members of Rotary Club of Chennai Mid City where 56 Rtrs & 6 Rtns took part.

14th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 56 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 – INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION Independence Day was celebrated with children of Plant Rainbow Home jointly with RC of Aadithya & Vishwahita in which 12 Rtrs participated.

15th Aug, 14 – FUN OUT Club get together took place at Marina Beach for the fellowship development of club 18th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 34 Rotaractors.

24th Aug, 14 – FUN OUT Club get together took place at Besant Nagar Beach for the fellowship development of club with 31 members.

25th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 23 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of Vepery 9th Aug, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION The president Rtr Gopinath and the board of directors for the year 2014-15 were installed witnessed by Rtn Srikanth President Rotary club of Madras. The club launched the annual bulletin “Hashtag- Edition 1”.

10th Aug, 14 – MOVIE NIGHT 8 members got along after the installation for a fun movie night and enjoyed Jigardandha movie.

17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 8 Rotaractors of the club has participated in the District Assembly - INSPIRE. 17th Aug, 14 – BOARD MEET The Board meeting has happened in Shinde Restaurant which has been attended by 6 Rotaractors.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRYFOX RUN 6 members actively participated in the cancer awareness marathon held at IIT, Madras.

24th Aug, 14 – BOARD MEET The Board meeting has happened in Ratna Cafe which has been attended by 4 Rotaractors.

29th Aug, 14 - GANESH CHATURTI CELEBRATION Rotaract Club of Vepery along with Rotaract Club of Coastal Legacy has done a club Service Project on

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Ganesh chaturti wherein 15 rtrs participated.

30th Aug 14 – STREE SUREKSHA A beach rally has been hosted by RC of Women’s Christian College to create Awareness about the Harassments against women and also how to protect them. 4 members have participated actively in the Rally.

GROUP 3 GRR - Rtr. PP Sheik Rotaract Club of Blue Whales 6th Aug, 14 – BLOOD DONATION DRIVE A blood donation camp has been organised jointly hands with Rotary Club of Madras Esplanade and Rotaract Club of Sri Krishnasamy Arts and Science College .75 Rtrs have donated their blood in this blood donation camp.

15th Aug, 14 – PORATTAM Members went to Nandhiyambakkam BHARATHA MADHA orphanage home for celebrating INDEPENDENCE DAY and this year we started a project called PORATTAM Rice giving project which we have done on that day were we provided 25kg rice.

17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 14 members have participated in the District Rotaract Assembly for the year 14-15 - INSPIRE were most of the Green Rotaractors got opportunity to learn Rotaraction & also to meet other Club Rotaractors.

17th Aug, 14 – FELLOWSHIP @ BEACH After a wonderful Inspiring Assembly we had fellowship in Marina Beach where we had lot of fun on the day.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRYFOX RUN Around 18 members actively participated in the cancer awareness marathon held at IIT, Madras.

24th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in President home which has been attended by 21 Rotaractors.

29th Aug, 14 – VINAYAGAR CHATHURTHI Members celebrated Vinayagar Chathurthi at Thiruvottiyur where we provided food for 300 slum people on that day after that we conducting cultural event for slum people.

30th Aug, 14 – ENGA VEETU GRAHAPRAVESHAM Our club member gurumunusamy inaugurated his dream home in Medavakkam. Our 8 members joined the function and enjoying lot.

Rotaract Club of Green Galaxy 3rd Aug, 14 – MALAI KOVIL VASALIL On friendship day celebration members went to Thiruthani Murugan temple and had a delicious lunch in president home.

10th Aug, 14 – DRC HOST Fanaa Season 5 Crew has hosted DRC in which 100 members attended DRC.

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10th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in President home which has been attended by 17 Rotaractors.

14th Aug, 14 – NAMMA VEETU KALYANAM Our club members witnessed the marriage of IPP Rtr. Naresh’s sister Marriage.

16th Aug, 14 – IDYE HOST We hosted the IDYE team from R.I. Dist 3201 where 4 members came from Coimbatore District.

17th Aug, 14 – THIRUMANAM ENUM NIKKAH We witnessed the marriage occasion of our club’s past president Rtr. Khader’s wedding in which 9 members participated.

17th Aug, 14 – PADAM PARTHU KADHAI SOLU Members had a Fellowship by watching Anjaan Movie in which 8 members took part.

24th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Anna Towers which have been attended by 23 Rotaractors.

31st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Anna Towers which have been attended by 25 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of MNM Jain College – Shift 1 1st Aug, 14 – FRIENDSHIP CELEBRATION As August month is known as the friendship month in the rotary calendar, members established friendship with our past rotaractors. Marking that, our IPP Rtr. Kaushik met our Past President Rtr.Partheban in Coimbatore on 1st August 2014. Also our Charter President Rtr.Ganesh was added to our club’s Facebook Page.

1st Aug, 14 – B’Day Celebration We celebrated Rtr. Akshaya Giridhar’s Birthday on August 1st and Rtr.Hari Sudhan’s Birthday on August 7th by cutting cakes.

4th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 73 Rotaractors.

5th Aug, 14 – SPI AND SPAN A team of 25 rotaractors assembled at the Rotaract room after college hours and cleaned the Rotaract room. We also arranged stationary items for the functioning of the office this year.

8th Aug, 14 – ORIENTATION An orientation program for the green rotaractors was conducted at college auditorium. The session was handled by PDRR Rtr. Prasanna and PP Rtr. Girish. This was a very enthusiastic and informative session and the rotaractors had so much to take from it.

10th Aug, 14 – RAKSHA BANDHAN RAKSHA BANDHAN was celebrated by our rotaractors where we met our seniors at Besant Nagar Beach. IPP Rtr. Kaushik came with a cake for all his sisters. We tied around 150 Rakhis.

13th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 53 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 – GREEN INDEPENDENCE We celebrated 68th Independence Day by hoisting in college premises and by planting a sapling as a initiative towards a greener and prosperous India. We were a part of “Green-Dependence”, an initiative of RC of PONDA, along with RC of MUMBAI PARLESHWAR, RC of CIT, RC of CHENNAI, RC of NM COLLEGE, RC of PES UNIVERSITY, RC of YOUTH UNITED and RC of SAIBABA COLONY. 15th Aug, 14 – INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION A few rotaractors celebrated our Independence Day at Netaji Mercy home, velachery. There were around 30 kids in the age group of 6 to 15 years. Our Rtrs interacted with them and spoke to them on the history of our independence. They were pinned with our National flag and were given toffees. Then the kids were asked to draw something which signifies our country. We sponsored their meal for the day and also contributed raw rice and clothes.

15th Aug, 14 - UNSUNG HEROES OF INDIAN INDEPENDENCE We did an online campaign about the “UNSUNG HEROES OF INDIAN INDEPENDENCE” signifying the sacrifices of our freedom fighters. Brief life history of various Patriots like Ram Prasad Bismil, Puli Thevar, Bhikaji Cama, and Sarojini Naidu whose sacrifices are really inspiring were sent as messages through Whatsapp and also posted in Facebook.

17th Aug, 14 – IDYE HOST We hosted the rotaractors from Coimbatore RI District 3201 on the day of our District Assembly – Inspire. The rotaractors had their breakfast at our club’s President Rtr. Gowtham’s house and were accompanied by our club members to the Assembly venue.

18th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

21st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 50 Rotaractors.

22nd Aug, 14 – MEGA SELFIE On the birthday of Chennai, we had a project called the mega selfie where 35 rotaractors from our club visited all happening spots of our city like central, Marina, EA, Spencer and took selfie! Also our picture at the Bessie marking the word “CHENNAI” has crossed 13,000+ likes in My Chennai page in facebook!

Rotaract Club of MNM Jain College – Shift 2 4th Aug, 14 – BLOOD DONATION On various dates and cases of emergencies, 9 rotaractors from our club have donated blood and saved lives this month.

18th Aug, 14 – HOST We had a special meeting with Rtr. Kenyi Yasin Abdullah, Rtr. Martin Logar, Rtr. Awar Athuai and Rtr. Paula Nancy from South Sudan, in our college. We felicitated them with dhotis for representing our culture and presented the club caps and pins to them.

23rd Aug, 14 – TREE PLANTATION DRIVE We along with an NGO called “Chennai Trekking Club” cleaned the ground of a Govt school in Kovur and planted 40 saplings there. We also educated the children on the purpose of this project and taught them to maintain these saplings.

23rd Aug, 14 – SKYPE CALL We had a fantastic fun-filled Skype call with Rtr. Nayela Naviz, the DRR NOMINEE of Rotary International District 3272 Pakistan in which the Rotaraction in our districts were discussed.

25th Aug, 14 – FRIENDSHIP BOX We successfully airmailed a friendship box to a Rotaract club in Pakistan; Rotaract Club of Abbottabad, R.I.Dist 3272.The box had our club’s pin, caps, letterhead and District’s pin and Rotaract pins. We also had some indigenous Indian food items which meant food exchange between the countries and a few more gifts which represent our culture.

26th & 27th Aug, 14 – VAZHIKATI 2.0 Vazhikati is a signature project through which we give career counselling to students of 10th and 12th studying in govt schools. This year we did this project for 3 days and visited one school a day viz. Govt Higher secondary schools in Medavakkam, Kovilambakkam, Moovarasampet. We informed the students about scope and opportunities in the fields of medicine, engineering, commerce, armed forces, and hotel management.

30th Aug, 14 – DANCE OF DISTRICT Our club rotaractors participated in the Dance of District event organised by Rotary.

31st Aug, 14 – TREE PLANTING Partnering with an NGO called Nizhal our club’s Rotaractors planted saplings at the Kotturpuram Tree Park. The purpose of this project is to have all indigenous plants of Tamil Nadu at this place.

Rotaract Club of SIVET College 6th Aug, 14 – POSTING LEADERS MEET We had Posting Leader Meet in which 14 Rtrs participated.

8th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of Swasthi 15th Aug, 14 – INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION Celebrated Independence Day at with children at an Orphanage near Urapakkam in which 20 rtrs participated.

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GROUP 4 GRR - Rtr. PP Anand Mani

24th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Perambur Park which has been attended by 18 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of East Coast

Rotaract Club of Spectrum:

15th Aug 14 – INSTALLATION Club Installation was organised wherein 55 Rtrs, 5 Rtns & 2 Guests have graced the occasion.

3rd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Marina Beach which has been attended by 14 Rotaractors.

16th Aug 14 – BADGE EXCHANGE Club has hosted IDYE team from South Sudan and Coimbatore & also exchanged the club badges.

10th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Semmozhi Poonga which has been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

24th Aug 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened at Marina Beach which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 – VIDHAIPOM Spent a day with students of Govt School at Adigathur Village. Students were from Irular Community. They are the first Generation to schools. RS.40,000 worth Stationeries has been sponsored.

Rotaract Club of Ethiraj 6th Aug, 14 - BREAST FEEDING AWARENESS Awareness programme supported by all the clubs (NCC,NSS) by formation of human chain from Spencer plaza to Greams Road. Street play, mime, doctor session and articulate as a part of awareness in which 200 rtrs participated.

13th Aug, 14 - B’DAY CELEBRATION B’day celebration of President Rtr. Rubasree took place along with 15 rtrs.

17th Aug,14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 243 Attended District Assembly - Inspire’14. Supported with maximum registration of Rtrs and awarded with the highest registration award.

18th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 14 Rotaractors & 3 Rtns.

18th Aug, 14 – PARENT CLUB MEET Parent Club meeting has happened in which Future projects has been discussed and have been attended by 14 Rotaractors & 3 Rtns.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRYFOX RUN Supported Terry Fox Run with the presence of 600 rtrs, held at the IIT, Madras campus.

31st Aug, 14 – EYE DONATION RALLY Rally for an Eye Donation Awareness, sponsored by Rajan Eye Care Ltd which was held at Marina Beach. It’s a joint project with RC of RMK Vivekananda College. Chief Guest: Actor Sneha and prasanna.

Rotaract Club of Seeridam 3rd Aug, 14 – INSTALLATION Charter club installation function has been successfully completed wherein 60 Rtrs, 5 Rtns & 2 Guests attended the occasion.

15th Aug, 14 – INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION Independence Day has been celebrated with 50 orphan children and distributed kit worth of Rs. 200 each (Dairy, Note Pad, Pen, Pencil with Bag, Id card).

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17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 10 Rtrs have participated in District Assembly and learnt a lot about various Avenues and got enlightened with the Keynote Address.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRYFOX RUN Members supported Terry Fox Run with the presence of 32 rtrs which was held at the IIT, Madras campus.

24th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Gandhi Mandapam, Giundy which has been attended by 28 Rotaractors.

27th Aug,14 – ECO BLOSSOM 10 Members have sold Eco friendly Clay Ganesh Statues to create awareness on environment. Fund Raised from the event has been utilised for sponsoring an Orphanage.

29th Aug, 14 - DAY WITH KUTTIES Members spent time at Christ Home for Children at Manapakkam. Conducted Games and Drawing Competition. We sponsored Stationeries, Lactogen, Cerelac, and Pampers for the new born babies at that orphanage.

31st Aug, 14 – EYE DONATION RALLY 15 members have participated in the Eye Donation Rally held at Marina, organized by the RC of Ethiraj and RC of Vivekananda College in association with Rajan Eye Bank.

31st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Marina Beach which has been attended by 15 Rotaractors.

GROUP 5 GRR - Rtr. PP Reshma Rotaract Club of Akash 3rd Aug, 14 – AADI THIRUVIZHA Every year we used to celebrate the Tamil month “Aadi” in fellow Rotaractor home. Our club members have prepared koozh and biriyani. A fun filled day for creating bonding &

interaction within club members & also had a club meeting after the fellowship.

3rd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Club member home which has been attended by 15 Rotaractors.

10th Aug, 14 – AKASH OLYMPICS A fellowship day has been planned for Akash members with sports and other interactive games. A day for creating bonding & having interaction with fellow rotaractors in which 19 members participated.

10th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in MGR Home which has been attended by 19 Rotaractors.

17th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Chettinad Vidyashram which has been attended by 13 Rotaractors.

20th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Bens & Breads which has been attended by 11 Rotaractors.

23rd Aug, 14 – PUNNAGAI Our Club’s prestigious project Punnagai (a cultural event for special kids) which stepped into 14th yr which was witnessed by around 600 special kids. They were provided with food, gifts and fun. We had walk-in celebrities and Rotarians throughout the day.

30th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Chennai High School, Kodambakkam which has been attended by 17 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of CEG 4th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 42 Rotaractors.

13th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 102 Rotaractors.

20th Aug, 14 – ROTARACT FOR YOU We had an orientation programme about Rotaract and RCEG conducted annually for our college Freshers. The orientation was conducted at Vivekananda Auditorium, we had two sessions on that day and we are happy to say around 290 new members have joined our family.

22nd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 52 Rotaractors.

22nd Aug, 14 – MADRAS 375 RCEG celebrated “Madras Day” in an informative way by putting up interesting facts about Madras in our college Notice Boards and in Facebook Pages.

26th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 132 Rotaractors.

27th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 42 Rotaractors.

27th Aug, 14 – KOZHUKATTAI FEST In order to celebrate the occasion of “Vinayagar Chathurthi” we conducted a Kozhukattai eating contest for our college students. It takes extreme joy in saying that we had around 150 registration within half an hour and the event has been a great success.

Rotaract Club of Dexterous 3rd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Marina Beach which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

3rd Aug, 14 – WALKING FOR A CAUSE We celebrated Friendship Day by walking for a cause to keep the beach clean along with parent club Rotary Club of Aadthiya and annettes 10th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Anna Nagar Tower Park which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

10th Aug, 14 – BROTHERHOOD CELEBRATION We celebrated Raksha Bandhan at Tower Park, anna nagar in which 10 members participated.

17th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Cafe Coffee Day which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

23rd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Puzhal Lake which has been attended by 5 Rotaractors.

23rd Aug, 14 – NAMMA CHENNAI NALLA CHENNAI A signature campaign conducted in schools along with Rotaract club of madras north.

23rd Aug, 14 – SUDAN THOZHARGAL We hosted VTT team from South Sudan by providing transport for 4 days.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRYFOX RUN Our members actively participated in the cancer awareness marathon held at IIT, Madras.

Rotaract Club of Govt College of Physiotherapy 11th Aug, 14 – BIRTHDAY BASH We celebrated our club treasurer’s birthday at our college campus along with 20 members.

19th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

22nd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Seva Samajan Home which has been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

23rd Aug, 14 – CHITHIRAM We organised CHITHIRAM jointly with RC of Vishwahita, RC of MJC, RC of SRM Vadapalani at Seva Samajam

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children’s home in which 40 members participated.

28th Aug, 14 – SAFETY We did the awareness programme on child safety at Seva samajam children’s home and school.

Rotaract Club of Madras Central 3rd Aug, 14 – JOINT CLUB MEET We had joint club meeting which was happened along with Rotaract Club of WCC regarding Phoenix version.11 10th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET We had club meeting where we discussed about the project In-dependence.

15th Aug, 14 – IN-DEPENDENCE CELEBRATION In-dependence is a project where we help the people who are In-dependent. We provided the needy things & also entertained them for the whole day with fun activities for the children on Independence Day. 17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 10 members have participated in the District Rotaract Assembly for the year 14-15 - INSPIRE were most of the Green Rotaractors got opportunity to learn Rotaraction & also to meet other Club Rotaractors.

24th Aug, 14 – FELLOWSHIP MEET We planned for a joint project with Rotaract club of WCC for planning of Phoenix and club Installation in which 20 members participated.

30th Aug, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION We had our 30th year Installation ceremony which was successfully completed.

Rotaract Club of Madras North 3rd Aug, 14 – HANDCUFF We have celebrated our friendship day with 70 policemen.

15th Aug, 14 – NAM DESAM NAM MAKKAL We pinned 2000 flags to our public people and made our India pride in which 13 members participated.

15th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Marina Beach which has been attended by 13 Rotaractors.

22nd Aug, 14 – NAMMA CHENNAI NALA CHENNAI We did a “SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN” for school students along with RC of Dexterous.

24th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Anna Nagar Tower Park which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

18th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 5 Rotaractors.

25th Aug, 14 – ORIENTATION Orientation programme was held for Green Rotaractors in the college campus. RC of MOP would like to thank Rtr. Solomon and Rtr. Prasanna for conducting the session.

Around 200 members attended the program.

25th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 8 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of Stella Maris College 5th Aug, 14 - SCRIBE Rtr. Samyukha, secretary did scribe work for the visually challenged girls in our college for a week during our internals examination.

14th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 52 members have participated in the District Rotaract Assembly for the year 14-15 - INSPIRE were most of the Green Rotaractors got opportunity to learn Rotaraction & also to meet other Club Rotaractors.

19th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 16 Rotaractors.

21st Aug, 14 – BIRTHDAY BASH We celebrated the birthday of our Sergeant at Arms Rtr. Neha in the college canteen area. We also celebrated the charter date of our club which was on the 6th of August by cutting a cake.

21st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

22nd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 532 Rotaractors.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRYFOX RUN A marathon organised by our parent club Rotary Club of Madras East was held in IIT to create awareness on cancer research. 425 girls from stella participated in the event. There were other colleges like MOP, WCC and MGR Janaki who registered through us. we were also part of the volunteering team.

4th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 7 Rotaractors.

25th Aug, 14 – CLEAN GREEN CAMPUS The rotaractors of RCSMC are doing a voluntary clean up project in our campus, where they make sure that the campus is clean and litter free. It is a project which has been carried over from last year.

11th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 2 Rotaractors.

26th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of MOP Vaishnav College

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28th Aug, 14 – HOSTED SOUTH SUDAN RCSMC is very happy to have hosted the four guests from South Sudan on the 28th in our college. We had a collared meeting, spoke about our projects, and explained to them about the traditions of India. We had a currency exchange with them and also served them with traditional Indian delicacies.

Rotaract Club of Vishwahita 2nd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Gandhi Mandapam which has been attended by 17 Rotaractors.

3rd Aug, 14 – CLUB INSTALLTION The new president and his set of board were installed and the launch of the new Club Logo, Banner, and projects took place in the presence of the DRR, Rotarians from Parent Club and Rotaractors from other clubs which was attended by around 80 Rtrs.

10th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Semmozhi Poonga which has been attended by 11 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 – SUDHANDHIRAM We celebrated the Independence Day with the children in Rainbow Home Orphanage with flag hoist, dance and lots of games.

16th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Gandhi Mandapam which has been attended by 12 Rotaractors.

22nd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Gandhi Mandapam which has been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

23rd Aug, 14 – NANMAI We came up with an idea and collected funds within ourselves and donated 12 fans, 25 mats and 50 kgs of rice to Seva Sangam Orphanage.

24th Aug, 14 – CHITHIRAM We went to Seva sangam orphanage and thought all the students there to draw, to dance, to paper craft and conducted competitions and distributed prizes.

24th Aug, 14 – KONDATTAM We surprised Rtn. Krishnan our Parent Club President by Celebrating His birth day with our club members and his family with cake and greetings.

30th Aug, 14 – SEVA We along with DRBCCC Hindu College, SKP, TSN, and Guru nanak College celebrated “Ganesh Chathurthi” in Sevalaya old age home, and prayed to god distributed prasadams and enjoyed a lot.

30th Aug, 14 – VAZHTHUKKAL We celebrated the Birth days of our club President Rtr. Nagoor Meran and Rtr. Revathi and made it as an unforgettable day.

31st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Gandhi Mandapam

which has been attended by 11 Rotaractors.

20th July, 14 - ORIENTATION Club orientation was held on 20th july. There were totally 20 members out of which 10 were new to rotaract. PDRR PP Manikandan explained in and out of rotract. Members got good knowledge about Rotaract after the session.

6th July, 14 - CLUB MEET A Club meeting has been organised in Kodambakkam ch.

Hr sec school.

20th July, 14 - CLUB MEET A Club meeting has been organised in Kodambakkam ch.

Hr sec school

GROUP 6 GRR - Rtr. IPP Kavitha Rotaract Club of Anna Adharsh College for Women 15th Aug, 14 – INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION Independence Day celebrated 17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 3 members have participated in the District Rotaract Assembly for the year 14-15 – INSPIRE.

Rotaract Club of Ambattur 2nd Aug, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION 23rd Installation of Rotaract Club of Ambattur took place where Rtn. Tamilselvan, Rtn. Venkatanarayanan, Rtn. Babu seshadri, Rtn. Ravishankar from parent club graced the occasion.

6th Aug, 14 – BLOOD DONATION Blood was donated by President Rtr. Deepan and Rtr. Kishore kumar from our club in camp which was organised

by RC of Sri Krishnasamy College and RC of Dr. MGR Janaki College.

15th Aug, 14 – CHENNAI 20-20 We celebrated our 67th Independence Day with special kids at Chesire home and St. Louis school for special children by cutting cake and spending a day with them by participating in their sports events.

24th Aug, 14 – B’DAY CELEBRATION We celebrated our club member Rtr. Arjun Subramanian’s birthday at ROTARY CENTRE, Egmore by cutting cake followed by treat which was attended by 30 members.

24th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Rotary Centre which has been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of Shri Krishnasamy College 6th Aug 14 – BLOOD DONATION CAMP We collected 74 units of blood joining with rotary club of Madras Esplanade in which 80 members participated.

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14th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

21st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

18th Aug, 14 – ENGLISH WINGLISH Communication program conducted for the students in which 50 members participated.

23rd Aug, 14 – CHITHIRAM It is an event that teaches orphaned children on drawing, essay writing & we had felicitation.

Aug, 14 – MADRAS DAY CELEBRATION Display of photograph with some information about madras it was done along with departments in which 50 students participated from various departments.

23rd Aug, 14 – HANDFUL OF GRAINS We collected grains and distributed it to the needy community.

22nd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 170 Rotaractors.

28th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 175 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of Marines Port City 6th Aug, 14 – BLOOD DONATION A camp organised in Nolambur in co-ordination with Rotary Club of Chennai Port City, Chennai Nolambur and Arch City Madras.

10th Aug, 14 – Book Release &Musical Evening in co-ordination with RC Port City and Walkers Association, Ashok Nagar in which 8 members participated.

15th Aug, 14 – INDEPENDENCE DAY Independence Day Celebration happened in Government High School, Vadakupattu.

17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 2 members have participated in the District Rotaract Assembly for the year 14-15 – INSPIRE. 19th Aug, 14 – FIRST CLICK-FPLR Inauguration - Basic Photography Workshop in which 4 members participated.

23rd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Haji Ali, T. Nagar which has been attended by 12 Rotaractors.

24th Aug ,14 – TERRYFOX RUN Around 6 members actively participated in the cancer awareness marathon held at IIT, Madras.

Rotaract Club of SRM University, Vadapalani 1st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in College premises which has been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 – INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION Independence Day was celebrated in Semmozhi Poonga by taking an oath for road safety and green awareness with RC Stella Maris College and public. We also commemorated the occasion by playing games and had fun in which 20 members participated.

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24th Aug, 14 – TERRYFOX RUN Around 30 members actively participated in the cancer awareness marathon held at IIT, Madras.

24th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in IIT Madras, Adyar which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

26th Aug, 14 – B’DAY CELEBRATION We celebrated birthday of our club member Rtr. Venkataramani.

27th Aug, 14 – B’DAY CELEBRATION We celebrated birthday of our club member Rtr. Madhuveer.

29th Aug, 14 – IDYE HOST We Hosted South Sudan Rotaractors.

29th Aug, 14 – FUN DAY OUT A fun day joint with the members of Rotaract Club of Chennai Towers at Silver sands Resort.

Rotaract Club of Zenith 3rd Aug, 14 – FRIENDSHIP DAY CELEBRATION We issued friendship greeting card to all DOs & Club Presidents & Secretaries in District Rotaract Council Meeting in which 8 members participated.

10th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Dance & Dance Co, Mount Road which has been attended by 13 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 – INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION We celebrated Independence Day in our Interact School which is Govt Girls School, Perambur by hoisting flag along with our Parent Club Rtns in which 7 Rtrs & 6 Rtns participated.

17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 14 members have participated in the District Rotaract Assembly for the year 14-15 - INSPIRE were most of the Green Rotaractors got opportunity to learn Rotaraction & also to meet other Club Rotaractors.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRYFOX RUN Around 10 members actively participated in the cancer awareness marathon held at IIT, Madras.

24th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET The Club meeting has happened in Dance & Dance Co, Mount Road which has been attended by 9 Rotaractors.

GROUP 7 GRR - Rtr. IPP Prakash Rotaract Club of Chennai Towers 3rd Aug, 14 – NATURE FRIENDLY The day started by an expert lecture from Shoba Menon where the importance of different trees has been addressed. Then went on to have a tie-up project with NIZHAL where we helped clearing little debris from the land. It then ended up in a fellowship event as it was friendships day.

3rd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Kotturpuram Tree Park which has been attended by 11 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 - EVENT WITH COIMBATORE Club hosted the IDYE team from R.I.Dist 3201 for 3 days (15th, 16th and 17th). On the last day club organised a memorable dinner with fellowship. We managed to create a good bond with them.

24th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in IIT Madras which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

25th Aug, 14 - PROJECT WITH PAKISTAN A fund of Rs.2000 has been raised from the generous donations of the club members, based on the request of our neighbouring rotaractor DRRN 2016-2017 Rtr. Nayela Naviz from Rotaract Club of Abbottbad, R.I.Dist 3272 for their requirements. We also sent our wishes on our letterhead.

29th Aug, 14 – SUDA SUDA Club has joined hands with Rotaract club of SRM Vadapalani and had a fellowship at Silver Sands Beach Resort. We got to know each other over the fantastic unlimited breakfast spread which then continued into fun time, we played games and some adventure events.

29th Aug, 14 – SUDANA SUDAN Club hosted lunch for the team from South Sudan (Rotaract club of Juba) as well as members from Rotaract club of SRM Vadaplani. We provided them with finger licking’ north Indian food, after which we dropped them off at the airport bidding them goodbye.

9th Aug, 14 – SENIOR CITIZEN DAY Most of us don’t have time to talk with our grandma and grandpa so members have decided to spend a day with many grandmas & grandpas in an old age home. They have bought biscuits to all 60 inmates in that home and have returned home with a smile in their faces.

9th Aug, 14 – BEACH VISIT A simple project by enjoying a day in beach with green rotaractors. This project made a good interests and opinion about Rotaract in the minds of green rotaractors and gave many good profile pictures for many of us.

14th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 48 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 – SUGANDHIRA PARAVAI On Independence Day we joined with the school students and hoisted the flag after which we conducted various competitions like drawing, essay writing, speech, lemon and spoon, running race and awarded the winners with useful prizes and spent the rest of the day dancing and enjoying with the students.

19th Aug, 14 - MOBILE PHOTO COMPETITION Daily we are seeing many photographers who show their talents with their mobile camera. So we have decided to give a chance to them to participate in a competition “Mobile Photo Competition”. We got 45 participants for this competition and we have given them prize.

20th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 52 Rotaractors.

21st Aug, 14 – DEBATE We have conducted a small Debate show for our green rotaractors on the topic “Does this generation girls has freedom???”, this gave a chance to us to view ideas and thoughts of our green rotaractors about women freedom and it also erased stage fear to them in which 30 members participated.

Rotaract Club of DRBCCC Hindu College

22nd Aug, 14 – CHENNAI DAY Chennai Day is an international protect where we have prepared a beautiful PowerPoint Presentation about “I LOVE MY CHENNAI” and we have send that PPT to all our foreign friends so they can understand about Chennai, places to visit, Wonderful things in Chennai, Peoples Opinion about Chennai.

3rd Aug, 14 – FRIENDSHIP WEEK CELEBRATION Friendship doesn’t have any END. It’s difficult to celebrate friendship in one day so we decided to celebrate it as friendship week. We have tired 300+ friendship bands to municipality workers, drivers, police, shop owner, Auto drivers, military officers, social workers and even to transgender. 42 Rtrs participated in it.

23rd Aug, 14 – VELAI VAIPU We joined hands with our placement cell of our college and conducted a mega job fair in our college premises in which more than 600+ students of our College and 900+ students of other colleges attended interviews of 30 companies out of which 450+ students were selected and placed.

5th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 35 Rotaractors.

27th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 45 Rotaractors.

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28th Aug, 14 – ANNAM AAYIRAM – BETA VERSION Annam Aayiram is a successful ongoing project of Hindu College. This is a project of collecting 1KG of rice from each person and this year we have approaching our nearby houses to give rice to make it bigger level. We have collected 51KG of rice in just 95mins with 7 rotaractors.

30th Aug, 14 – VINAYAGAR CHATHURTHI We celebrated Vinayagar Chathurthi festival with inmates of “Sevalaya” an old-age and orphanage home in Thiruninravur. We installed a Ganapathy idol and performed pooja. We prepared Sweet pongal, Sundal and few more items after offering to God Vinayaga and we distributed to the inmates and the devotees which was attended by 110 members.

Rotaract Club of Dr. MGR Janaki College for Women 1st Aug, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION The installation of the Incoming President and the office bearers was held at the college auditorium where 100 Rtrs, 3 Rtns & 2 Guests have graced the occasion.

5th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 13 Rotaractors.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRY FOX RUN Terryfox Run was conducted at IIT Madras. We participated in it and ran for the cause in which 159 Rtrs took part actively.

27th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 12 Rotaractors.

30th Aug, 14 – SEVA Seva is the brainchild of Rotaract club of Vishwahita where the festival Vinayagar Chathurthi is celebrated in an orphanage named Sevalaya at Thiruninravur. We supported the project along with the other Rotaract clubs and distributed sweets.

31st Aug, 14 – HODTED DRC We had the opportunity to host the 8th DRC that was held in our college which was a great experience.

Rotaract Club of RKM Vivekananda College 1st Aug, 14 – WHAT’S NEXT? Our First Professional project for the Year. Dr.Rajendra Baba (Clinical Psychiatrist and Career Consultant) was the Speaker for the day & he Gave beautiful lecture on Career Development and Cleared Various Doubts of Rotaractors.

6th Aug, 14 – BE POSITIVE A Blood camp named ‘Be Positive’ organised by the Rotary club of Chennai Galaxy and other Rotary clubs which was held in our college and was supported by our Rotaract club. Many students actively participated in the blood camp.

3rd Aug, 14 – NANBENDA We Rotaractors from Viveka Gathered in Marina On “Friendship Day” and Tied Friendship Bands to many People, it was followed by Kinship Meet there at Marina. We enjoyed the evening; Project Chair was Rtr. Manikandan S. “Mimicked” like Many Rotaractors from Viveka.

6th & 7th Aug, 14 – HEROES PHASE 1 The board members of our Rotaract club went to Vidya Sagar and helped the students in designing the stickers.

The board members had an interactive session with the students and a few more stickers were designed by the students in which 12 members participated.

10th Aug, 14 – ACCIDENT FREE CHENNAI We Joint Hands with “Thozhan” an NGO and helped them in Creating Traffic Awareness in 6 Signals around Chennai.

We issued Pamphlets and Stuck “Bull’s Eye” Sticker in Headlights of Many Vehicles.

14th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY The Board members and the green rotaractors of our club participated in the District Assembly ‘INSPIRE’ and were benefited out of the same.

20th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 8 Rotaractors.

23rd & 24th Aug, 14 – CHITHIRAM Chitiram is a joined collabaration with the Rotaract clubs of Vishwahita, GCP and SRM Vadapalani which is a professional service held at Seva Samajam. The students were trained in Competitions were conducted for the students in which they were trained and prizes were distributed. We also had a fun and interactive session with the students.

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15th Aug, 14 – NAM BHARATHAM We Addressed 300 Students in T. Nagar Govt School and Spoke about the Independence Movement in Tamil Nadu.

We also gave 500 Indian Flags to Public in Natesan Park (T. Nagar). It was followed By Club Meeting at Natesan Park.

15th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Natesan Park which has been attended by 24 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 – INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION We “organised” an Event Conducted by Our Parent Club RC of Madras T. nagar in Kanamapet high school and distributed note books to almost 700 students.

Rtn. Mahaveer Chand Bothra and Dr. Mohan Rajan Sir addressed the Students and illumined our Spirits 19th Aug, 14 – HOSTED IDYE We hosted rotaractors from Coimbatore. We had a lunch meet.

19th Aug, 14 – HOSTED SOUTH SUDAN We hosted South Sudan rotaractors by taking them to Vivekanandar House and Marina Beach. We spend half day with them. Rtr PP PHF Ramkumar Raju joined us in the evening.

21st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Nageswara Rao Park which has been attended by 29 Rotaractors.

26th Aug, 14 – EXCHANGE WITH R.I.DIST 3272 We sent our Letter Head, Logo, Club Badge to RID 3272 Pakistan.

26th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Nageswara Rao Park which has been attended by 45 Rotaractors.

27th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Nageswara Rao Park which has been attended by 40 Rotaractors.

28th Aug, 14 – EMERGE A grand installation ceremony was organised for the yr 1415 of our club. Rtn Gnanavelan as chief guest. Rtr Arurjun Raja as guest of honour. Rotaractors frm South Sudan attended the function. Around 200+ rotaractors were present to witness the grand function.

31st Aug, 14 - Rajan Eye to Eye rally Grand event of RC of R.K.M.V.C. Join hands with RC of Ethiraj with Rajan Eye care. Around 1200+ rotaractors participated. Flag off by PRASANNA and SNEHA.

GROUP 8 GRR - Rtr. PP Balaji Rotaract Club of Aadithya

Chennai’s 375th Birthday. Photography, Article Writing, Slogan and Poster Designing Competition were conducted. Winner will be announced in September month.

10th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Valluvar Kottam which has been attended by 33 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 - INDEPENDENCE DAY ORPHANAGE VISIT RC of DCE along with RC of Swasthi visited an orphanage near Urapakkam and donated grocery items for the month and provided lunch on the occasion with 60 Rtrs.

15th Aug, 14 – HOSTED COIMBATORE The club has hosted 3 members from Coimbatore IDYE team. They have visited Phoenix Mall, Besant Nagar Beach and the day was ended with dinner in Sachin ka Dhabba. Club letterhead, flag and logo batch have been exchanged with them.

18th Aug, 14 – B’DAY CELEBRATION Birthday of Club PRO Rtr. Siddarth was celeberated by cutting the cake along with 38 Rtrs.

19th Aug, 14 – THINK APT-AN MOCK RECRUIT PROCESS A Mega Event Where about 2750 College students participated for the aptitude test. 20 members were shortlisted for next round from each year. At last, top three were awarded with Rs.1000 worth gifts.

21st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 17 Rotaractors.

22nd Aug, 14 - NAMMA CHENNAI-CHENNAI 375TH CELEBRATION Celebrated 375th birthday of Chennai by cutting cake in college campus along with 36 members.

15th Aug, 14 – SUTHANDIRAM A joint project with RC of Vishwahita, RC of St. Thomas College were celebrated our “INDEPENDENCE DAY” as named “SUTHANDIRAM” with 30 Rtrs.

27th Aug, 14 - HOSTED IDYE TEAM FROM SOUTH SUDAN A team from South Sudan has been hosted for a whole day where they took them to college to see the infrastructure, labs, R&D and online centre. Then went to Chennai Silks where members bought them Pattu Sarees and Pyjamas for them. Dinner was at Barbeque Nation.

Day ended at EA Mall.

24th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in IIT Campus, Madras which has been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

27th Aug, 14 – MEETING WITH IDYE TEAM A special Office Bearer Meeting happened along with South Sudan members in College Campus with 44 Rtrs.

31st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Dr. MGR Janaki College which has been attended by 8 Rotaractors.

30th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Valluvar Kottam which has been attended by 21 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of DCE

Rotaract Club of New College

3rd Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Anna University which has been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

13th Aug, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION Club Installation took place in College Auditorium along with Office Bearers which has been graced with the presence of 200 Rtrs, 8 Rtns, 3 Guests.

10th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Natesan Park which has been attended by 10 Rotaractors.

4th Aug, 14 – NAMMA CHENNAI An online Event has been conducted to celebrate

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13th Aug, 14 – ORGAN DONATION DAY Organ donation day was celebrated with green ribbon along with 200 Rtrs.

13th Aug, 14 - SCHOLARSHIP TO SCHOOL STUDENTS Scholarship has been provided to Urdu students.

13th Aug, 14 - STATIONERY DONATION Stationery items were distributed to school students 13th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has been attended by 25 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 – INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION Independence Day has been celebrated with New College students and staffs.

31st Aug, 14 – ROTARY WORKSHOP Rotary has organised and hosted a workshop for 9 Rotaract clubs which was attended by 85 Rtrs.

Rotaract Club of Pegasus 2nd Aug, 14 - KLICK-E-KLICK These days everyone is fond of having cool and funky profile picture which is commonly called as ‘DP’. So we thought of having a photo shoot for our club members.

The Venue was Semmozhi Poonga! Club photographer Rtr. Goutham clicked about 1300 photos in which 15 Rtrs took part.

3rd Aug, 14 – CINEMANIAC Around 20 Club members went for the movie “Jigarthanda” on at PVR Cinemas, Ampa Skywalk.

10th Aug, 14 – ACCIDENT FREE NATION Rotaract Club of Pegasus along with ShaSha Foundation did a traffic awareness program near Anna Nagar Signal.

Importance of Helmet, Seat Belt and also following of traffic rules was told to the vehicle users.

10th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Semmozhi Poonga which has been attended by 12 Rotaractors.

15th Aug, 14 - SWEET YEDU KONDADU It’s been so long since we had tasted “Mittai”. This project was to promote the once famous mittais like - Thaen Mittai, Javvu Mittai, Kamarkattu, Ellu Vurunda, Enipu molaga, Verkadala vurunda, Perchapalam kotta, etc. It was provided to nearly 70 rotaractors who attended the installation ceremony.

15th Aug, 14 – CLUB INSTALLATION The Installation ceremony of Pegasus took place at Hotel Parambriym, Anna Nagar. Rtr. Prabhakaran took over the Presidentship from Rtr. Rajagopal by exchanging the collar. Mr. Bramha. G was the chief guest, Rtn. Tamilselvan was the Guest of Honour, and DRR Arjun Raja was the Special guest.

15th Aug, 14 – ZEND AVESTA 1 IDYE team from Coimbatore made their presence during the installation ceremony of the club. Letter head, Club Badge and Club Flag was exchanged with 3 Rotaract

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clubs from the RI District 3201.

15th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Hotel Parambariym which has been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRY FOX RUN Terry Fox Run takes place every year to support for cancer research. This year Pegasus supported the event by providing 32 volunteers for the event.

Rotaract Club of Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering All the upcoming events were planned in Agenda Planning which was attended by 213 Rtrs.

An Induction Program which is an initiative to rope in members for Rotaract club for the whole college.

Good Samaritan Day - A day to show Gratitude to the workers of SVCE by helping them out.

Eye Donation Camp - A joint venture program with Sankara Netralaya in forming a network of students to fill forms for eye donation.

Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 12 Rotaractors & 2 Guests.

Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 12 Rotaractors & 2 Guests.

Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 12 Rotaractors & 2 Guests.

Rotaract Club of TSN College 21st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 23 Rotaractors.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRY FOX RUN Terry Fox Run was conducted at IIT Madras to support Cancer. 503 members participated in it and supported for the cause.

28th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 20 Rotaractors.

30th Aug, 14 – SEVA Members celebrated Vinayagar Chathurthi by going to Sevalaya, an old age and orphanage home at Thiruninravur along with members from Rotaract club of Vishwahita and 5 more clubs in which 13 members participated.

10th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Valluvar Kottam which has been attended by 27 Rotaractors.

17th July, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premise which has

GROUP 9 GRR - Rtr. IPP Vignesh Rotaract Club of Coastal Legacy 3rd Aug, 14 - YAARIYAAN - FRIENDS FOR LIFE Members have made handmade greeting cards on friendship day and sent it to Rotaract Club of Church Gate (R.I.Dist 3140) and they did the same and sent the greeting cards back.

6th Aug, 14 - BE POSITIVE BLOOD DONATION DRIVE Members of Rotaract Club of Coastal Legacy supported Parent Club in the “Be Positive blood donation drive” which was held at Guru Nanak College. 2 Rotaractors donated blood.

9th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Nehar Hall which has been attended by 30 Rotaractors.

9th Aug, 14 – INSTALLATION 2nd Installation of Rotaract Club of Coastal Legacy was held at Nahar Hall. The installation was presided by Rtn. Tamil Selvam as chief guest and Rtn. Arjun Raja as Guest of Honour wherein 56 Rts & 4 Rtns graced the occasion.

15th Aug, 14 – ORPHANAGE VISIT Club members visited Mitra Homes and distributed chocolates to the kids there & also supported Rotaract Club of Madras Central and Loyola Community for their projects at Mitra Homes 17th Aug, 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 15 members have participated in the District Rotaract Assembly for the year 14-15 - INSPIRE were most of the Green Rotaractors got opportunity to learn Rotaraction & also to meet other Club Rotaractors.

22nd Aug, 14 - HOSTING OF VTT TEAM FROM SOUTH SUDAN Rotaract Club of Coastal Legacy and Chennai Coastal jointly hosted the Rotaractors of South Sudan who had come for vocational training to R.I.Dist 3230 29th Aug, 14 – MYLAPORE FOOD WALK Rotaract Club of Coastal Legacy and Rotaract Club of Vepery jointly organized a Mylapore food walk to savour the typical authentic cuisine of Chennai 31st Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in V-25, Anna Nagar (Club Office) - Collared which has been attended by 15 Rotaractors.

Rotaract Club of DG Vaishnav College 7th Aug 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 18 Rotaractors.

9th Aug 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Cafe Coffee Day which has been attended by 15 Rotaractors.

13th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 12 Rotaractors.

14th Aug, 14 – ORIENTATION A general orientation programme was organised for the Green Rotaractors of the Club. Rtr. Solomon Victor and Rtr. Kuldeep Rathore attended the event as the guest speakers. 550 Rtrs have got benefitted out of it.

14th Aug, 14 – GENERAL MEETING The General meeting was held immediately after the orientation programme with 550 Rtrs. Rtr. Vignesh attended the event and addressed the audience.

17th Aug, 14 – SPLASH Splash is a drawing competition that RCDGVC organises every year which has been attended by 500+ children from more than 15 schools whihch has been organised by 35 Rtrs.

23rd Aug, 14 – RYLA MEET Ryla Meeting was attended by 17 rtrs which was held wit at Cafe Coffee Day with District Officials.

24th Aug, 14 – TERRY FOX RUN The terry fox Run was an event organised by the Rotary club and with the help of rotaractors from different Colleges. RCDGVC was a part of it with 50 Rtrs and also took part in the run which was 6km long.

28th Aug, 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 15 Rotaractors.

30th Aug 14 – BISCIUT DISTRIBUTION OFF & ON CAMPUS 24 Rotaractors walked around the streets to distribute biscuit packets to the hunger people found on the road.

Biscuits were distributed to people from different walk of life like - the traffic police, poor people, vendors etc & also simultaneously distributed on campus house keepings also.

30th Aug 14 – WCC RALLY Rotaractors took part in the Rally against acid attacks on women hosted by the Rotaract Club of WCC which has been attended by 20 Rtrs.

Rotaract Club of Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology 4th Aug 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 25 Rotaractors.

11th Aug 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 18 Rotaractors.

17th Aug 14 – DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 32 rotaractors attended Inspire - District Assembly.

18th Aug 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 29 Rotaractors.

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23rd Aug 14 – PUNNAGAI 2 rotaractors attended Punnagai event conducted by Rotaract Club of Akash.

24th Aug 14 – TERRY FOX RUN 68 rotaractors attended Terry Fox Run and completed the event successfully.

26th Aug 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 21 Rotaractors.

30th Aug 14 – STREE SUREKHSHA STREE SUREKSHA was organised by RC of WCC and 56 people attended the event at marina beach.

31st Aug 14 – EYE TO EYE 26 Rotaractors attended this event conducted by RC of RKM Vivekananda and RC of Ethiraj at marina beach

Rotaract Club of WCC 2nd Aug 14 – HELPING HAND Every week rotaractors from club take part in helping students who are visually impaired at FATHIMA SCHOOL, KODAMBAKAM. A group of students were taught various subjects in Tamil for better understanding.

13th Aug 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 24 Rotaractors.

14th Aug - POTLUCK A group of 35 rotaractors together brought in their own tiffin box and shared the home-made food with others.

The day was fun filled sharing jokes, dance and singing.

19th Aug 14 – START CAMERA ACTION Actor Vasanth and Director Yogesh taught green Rotaractors the art of acting and short films direction.

They also encouraged rotaractors to enact and gave ideas, option on acting and script writing.

20th Ag 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in College premises which have been attended by 22 Rotaractors.

22nd Aug 14 – TEACHING IS FUN Every week four rotaractors from club take turns to teach the children of GOVERNMENT SCHOOL in TAYLORS ROAD. Various activities were conducted like games, dance, painting and drawing.

22nd Ag 14 – CLUB MEET Club meeting has happened in Presidency Club which has been attended by 5 Rotaractors & 15 Rtns.

27th Aug 14 – SELFIE TIME As Selfie is going viral all around the globe, rotaractors with enthuse participated in selfie contest which was held inside college campus and the best selfie was awarded based on the likes on club official page.

30th Aug 14 – STREE SUREKSHA A flagship project conducted every year to fight against women empowerment. The theme was ACID ATTACK & MOLESTATION the event took place at MARINA BEACH. A rally from Gandhi statue to kanagi statue. The event was highlighted by 3 acid attacked victims; deputy commissioner lakshmi mam supported the noble cause.

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