Dear Friends, We have a couple of events lined up this week. The Maneckji and Shirinbai Neterwala Foundation has generously donated 20 new computers to our Vocational Training Centre at YMCA, Mumbai Central. I invite everyone to participate in unveiling the same on May 21st at 5.30 pm. We will also inaugurate various departments at Masina...
The much-awaited Panel Discussion on Right To Information and Public Interest Litigation took place on April 23rd, 2019, organised by the Club Service Avenue V – Legal Literacy and Consumer Awareness of RI District 3141. A galaxy of legal luminaries attended the Panel Discussion including: Retired Supreme Court Judge B. N. Srikrishna, Shailesh Gandhi (former Chief Information...
THE School Excellence Program (Teacher’s Training) for a hundred Municipal schools in Thane was launched by PP Rtn. Nirav Shah, Rtn. Mudit Jain, Rtn. Hiren Kara and Rtn. Anar Shah on September 1st, 2017. The programme was undertaken by the Rotary Club of Bombay and the Rotary Club of Colombo with the help of Kaivalya...
Rtn. Kalpana Munshi, PP Rtn. Sandip Agarwalla and PP Rtn. Pradeep Saxena addressed the District Assembly this year. Kalpana addressed the District Assembly as the Head Avenue Chair for the Year 2019-20 on Vocational Service, Consumer Awareness/ Protection, Indian Journalism/Ethics and Values and the Four-Way Test. PP Rtn. Sandip Agarwalla addressed the District as the...
“Why do we need to laugh? We need to laugh for our health. When we laugh, we release small protein molecules called endorphins. These endorphins energise our brain and are supposed to be anti-aging. So, if you laugh for 15 minutes a day, perhaps you could live up to 300 years of age,” joked Dr....
Volunteers from RC ISME and the Meraki Foundation recently visited an orphanage named Abundant Life Ministries in Goregaon West. Two of the Rotaractors from RC ISME sang songs while one played the guitar. Residents of the orphanage joined in and sang songs along with the student volunteers. Later, everyone was segregated into two teams and...
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 9TH AKS MEMBER Rtn. Jetu Lalvani has become the 9th AKS member from our Club – the highest number of AKS from any single club in the world. Jetu is the son of PP Rtn. Taru Lalvani who was a very popular and active member of the Club. He too contributed generously...
A team of RCB Rotarians visited the Pheroze Ratanshah Vakil Eye Centre (PRVEC), Talwada on Sunday, May 5th, 2019, to inaugurate new facilities and equipment set up with a generous contribution of Rs 25 lakh from SBI Capital, with the help of Director Rtn Pradeep Gupta. The equipment installed was: 1. Posterior Vitrectomy with Fragmentome 2. Surgical...
American physicist Patrick Gallagher addresses the changing nature of innovation On his first visit to India, American physicist and University of Pittsburg Chancellor Patrick Gallagher shared the idea of innovation and the Pittsburgh model of innovation and technology. “I am often asked, ‘How does a great university measure itself’, ‘What is the definition of success?’ You can...
Kaivalyadhama celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Youth Education Fund (YEF) on May 5th, 2019. Apart from the many activities Kaivalyadhama has been doing, the YEF wing was established to associate and work with RCB’s Yoga Committee. Rotarians were invited to the event. Those who attended were PP Rtn. Nowroze Vazifdar, Rtn. Ptn. Niloufer Vazifdar, Rtn....
The Rotary Club of Juhu, Mumbai, hosted a seminar on Global Grants and The Rotary Foundation on May 5th in Mumbai. Over a hundred delegates were present from various Rotary Clubs from District 3141. The Rotary Club of Bombay was presented by PP Rtn. Pradeep Saxena, Rtn. Jaymin Jhaveri and Rtn. Mudit Jain. Topics covered included...