Vedant Chandrakant Kadam an alumni of Bhavishya Yaan from NM Joshi School, Topper of SSC batch 20015/16 and now studying to become an Electrical Engineer has taken off to Brazil as a Rotary exchange student. Vedant left on 18th September, 2018 and will return on the 12th of October, 2018. This was a great, novel Idea that...
Recently RI President Barry Rassin was on facebook live and was taking questions from Rotarians across the world. Rtn Satyan Israni of Rotary Club of Bombay put the following question to Barry: Q: Barry do you think increasing the number of members in existing clubs is preferred or increasing the number of clubs when we talk...
On 30th August 2018 the Interact Club marched ahead to fulfill their community service project. This year the venue chosen was Silvasa. The Interactors began their hamlet visit by going around the village in groups to conduct a survey to learn about the socio-economic conditions, their standard of living, their occupation through preliminary observation study...
We were honoured to welcome to our meeting last week Padma Bhushan recipient, Dr. Farokh Udwadia, physician extraordinaire. Eloquent and intelligent, this man is one of the most reputed physicians, professors, and music enthusiasts - a triple treat, indeed. Dr. Udwadia wowed us Rotarians as he engaged us with snippets of three essays from his...
The Rotary Club of Bombay and the Bombay YMCA began its partnership way back in 1929, when Mr. H.W. Byrant, General Secretary & CEO of Bombay YMCA was instrumental in founding of the Rotary Club of Bombay as one of the Charter members. He was also elected as the Vice President. Since then, the Rotary...
We congratulate Rtn. Hormusji N Cama on being elected as the Chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2018-2019. Cama was earlier the President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for two terms, as well as Chairman of the Press Trust of India (PTI) and the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). Our very...
The Hermes team visited the Asiatic Library last week to see the restoration and conservation of books which has been sponsored by them and facilitated by the Rotary Club of Bombay. 100 books have been restored. The process took 10 months for 100 books. It is a painstaking, manual process and the results are amazing. The...
The Night Study Centre (NSC) provides the students a secure and quiet environment to study which they are unable to get at home. At the centers, we provide an evening snack and a tutor (to guide the students with their homework). These centers are setup near their homes and localities. Apart from the NSC classes, get...
Rtn. Jimmy Vakharia and his wife Avaan hosted a dinner at their lovely home on 7th September 2018. It was an elegant evening with cocktails and a fabulous spread of Continental and Parsi dishes organized by the gracious hosts. Over 40 of their Rotarian friends, as well as President Vijay Jatia and President elect Preeti...
Our very own Rtn Dr. Aashish Contractor was invited as a Speaker at the weekly meeting of Rotary Club of Bombay North. Congratulations Doc! We congratulate our Rtn. Zinia Lawyer for being the first woman to be elected as Steward in the history on the Royal Western India Turf Club Ltd- RWITC. ...
Dear Friends,, Wishing you a very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi. May Lord Ganesh bless each of you and your families with peace and happiness. I would like to congratulate our Rtn. Zinia Lawyer for being the fi rst woman to be elected as Steward in the history of the Royal Western India Turf Club. Zinia, you make us proud. On...