First BY alumni meet is a hit On February 10th, 2024, something special happened – the very first Bhavishya Yaan alumni meet took place at the IMC Hall. Around 130 alumni turned up, making the event buzz with excitement. We were honoured by the presence of our generous donors, Rtn. Suresh Kotak and Rtn. Ptn. Indira, alongside other wellknown faces like D. Sivanandhan...
Ananda Yaan seniors attend Shankar Mahadevan Academy event Shanmukhananda Hall was filled with joy as singers from various age groups performed at the EKTA concert organised by the Shankar Mahadevan Academy for their Inspire India project. The Inspire India Project (IIP) aims to provide high-quality music education to children from underprivileged backgrounds (families holdinga Yellow or Orange Ration Card). The...
Amit Chandra, Chairperson and Founder of Bain Capital’s India, recipient of Rotary Club of Bombay’s P.V. Gandhi Award for Excellence in Public Life It is with deep gratitude and humility, on behalf of everyone who has contributed to my journey, that I accept this award, named aftera towering personality, Shri Pravin Chandra Gandhi. By sheer law...
RCB’s Cotton Green Clinic camp triumphs! The Rotary Club of Bombay’s free medical camp at our Cotton Green Clinic held on Saturday, February 3rd, 2024, was an amazing success. In all 182 number of patients were served by our able medical team at the clinic. All patients were seen by multi-speciality doctors at the clinic and at...
BY kids enjoy Museum of Solutions On February 5th, 2024, Bhavishya Yaan (BY) students of the Byculla and NMJ Marg schools visited a unique museum designed exclusively for children. Known as “The Museum of Solutions,” the visit was attended by secondary students (from 5th to 9th standards). A total of 200 enthusiastic students arrived with their teachers...
UNHCR Chief of Mission visits Bhavishya Yaan school at GK Marg Our Rotary speaker, Ms. Areti Sianni, Chief of Mission at UNHCR India and the Maldives, visited our Bhavishya Yaan school on GK Marg before her talk with RCB members. During her visit, she saw our teachers conducting classes in BMC classrooms and interacted with 50...
Remembering Arvind Jolly The Fifteenth Golf tournament of the Rotary Club of Bombay was held on Saturday, February 3rd, 2024, at the Willingdon Sports Club, in the memory of Trustee, Past President and above all a fellow golfer, Arvind Jolly. History was created 16 years back, on January 12th, 2008, when 17 Rotarians teed off at the...
Sculpting knowledge: BY students delve into ancient art at CSMVS Last week, students from standards 7th, 8th, and 9th of Bhavishya Yaan Colaba, accompanied by CC Ms. Pushpa and teacher Ms. Sylvia, went on a field trip to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS). The session focussed on “Ancient sculptures,” featuring artwork from India, Egypt, Assyria,...
Areti Sianni, Chief of Mission at UNHCR India and the Maldives, on refugee protection: a case for balance between national security and humanitarian concerns In 2010, more or less the time I joined UNHCR, there were around 41 million displaced persons across the world. In 2022, the figure had risen to 180.5 million. A majority of...
Sohrab Khushrushahi, Founder, Sohfit, speaks on following his passion Fun fact, I was a member of this Club eight or nine years ago but my attendance record has never been good, be it in school, college, law school, anything. My father-in-law Mr. Darabshaw Davar seems to be everyone’s favourite from what I understand; he is my...