“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...
Now into its fourth year, the Club’s Annual Table Tennis Tournament generated great enthusiasm among Rotarians and kin. Twenty-two participants were cheered on by seven Rotarians. Proceedings were kicked off by Jamshyd Vazifdar explaining the format, after which participants were paired up and divided into two groups. Each group would follow a League Format, with each...
Dear Friends, We will inaugurate various departments at Masina Hospital as part of our new initiative. I invite you all to attend the opening of the departments on May 24th at 10.30 am at Byculla. As the year draws to a close, I am happy to report that most of the projects we had planned have come...
Dear Friends, Last week, we presented the Somchand Parikh Best Teacher Award to Kavita Anand. In the words of Brad Henry: “A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” Congratulations, Kavita, on your achievement. On Sunday, we kicked off our Club’s Annual Table Tennis tournament at YMCA. A detailed report...
On April 17th, the Rotary Club of Bombay hosted the first-ever Rotary Fair Table in India. More than 45 Rotarians from 27 Clubs in various Districts and four countries, attended. The Rotary Fair Table is a concept that brings together Rotarians from all over the world that attend the same tradeshow. They are thus not...