What was your journey to NASSCOM? In 1975-’76, we decided to come back to India to be closer to family. This was during the Emergency. I tried to be with my father in his business as it wasn't in a good shape, and neither was my father-in-law's. My dreams of starting a business in those areas...
ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CHARITY ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2022, THE ROTARACT CLUB OF BOMBAY distributed around 75-80 toys to approximately 40 children of the Vaidu community. The toys included board games, stuffed toys, cars, and toy trains and much more. Some toys were permanently placed in the Balwadi for all the children to play with after they...
I am an architect by profession, at an intersection of science, technology and business. I graduated in 2011 with an interest in bio-mimicry that is bios and mimesis, life and imitation, taking inspiration from nature to design. I did my Masters in Emerging Technologies from London with a Tata scholarship. I thought India is not...
I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS ESTEEMED CLUB SINCE 2006. Due to my passion for sports, I am usually given responsibility of sports activities of the Club so when this year, President Vineet Bhatnagar asked me to be the Co-Chairman of Scholarship Committee under the Chairmanship of Rtn. Mahesh Khubchandani, I must admit that I was...
SKILL AND ENTHUSIASM WERE ON SHOW AS 36 ROTARIANS AND KIN TURNED UP ON SUNDAY, September 18th, 2022, for our Club’s Fifth Annual Table Tennis Tournament held, as before, at the YMCA at Colaba. Proceedings were kicked off by Rtn. Jamshyd Vazifdar explaining the format, after which participants were paired up and divided into two groups....
The team Partners-In-Service of Rotaract Club of Hinduja College organised a fun version of dumb charades called ‘Golden Advice’ for Ananda Yaan (Byculla). Our elderly AY members had to act out life lessons to Rotaractors. Ananda Yaan is an RCB initiative in association with Dignity Foundation with 175 members across two centres. Members were informed about the...
Above and beyond FROM THE START OF THIS ROTARY YEAR, I HAVE EMPHASISED ACTIVE, CIVIC POWER OF ORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN. I strongly believe that a society gets better if people co-operate and co-ordinate in addressing the challenges that affect them and also those around them. Whilst governmental aids and policies could potentially influence some outcomes, it...
There are countless underprivileged elders in central Mumbai who live in little tenements of under 300 sq. ft. With the pressure on space so severe, the elders sometimes end up getting treated like unwanted furniture. Ananda Yaan (a mission to happiness) is aimed at being that ray of sunlight that brings an element of happiness to these...
RCB’S Ananda Yaan Committee thanks Abbott India and Goodera for distributing free medical kits to our Dr. E. Moses Road centre members. Each medical kit consists of ointments, paracetamols, hot water bags, bandages etc. [gallery size="full" columns="2" link="none" ids="30082,30083"]...
Alcoholism has led to an increase in crimes, illiteracy, and domestic violence in the Vaidu tribal community. The basic needs of many families, like food, clothes, and education remain thus unaddressed. To overcome this, Rotary Club of Bombay in association with Rotary Club of Addiction Prevention, has started an alcohol de-addiction programme. To increase awareness of...