Coordinator Rtn. Pradeep Gujarathi sends the highlights: Unique project for cotton farmers of the entire Chopda Tehsil to save their cotton crop from pink bollworm attack. Lowest prices negotiated for the pheromone trap set (Trap+Lure) @Rs. 35 with Pest Control Pvt Ltd. (PCI). IMPACT: 15000 (RCB’s 10000) pheromone traps in around 65 villages of Chopda Tehsil covered appox....
An anonymous donor organised a day in the great outdoors for Ananda Yaan members. Our senior citizens spent March 28th, 2022, at Manas Resort in Karjat, bonding over water rides, food spreads, garden visits and all the usual chitchat. Worry lines were swept away as they queued up to partake of the day-long delights planned...
On April 2nd, 2022, the incoming RCB Board along with the Committee Chairs for Rotary year 22-23 attended the day-long offsite under the PE Vineet Bhatnagar at the Fountainhead, Alibaug, to present and discuss plans for the Alpha Year. In 2022-23, PP Sandip Agrawalla is the DG of Rotary District 3141 and PE Bhatnagar has taken...
Rotaractors of HR College (RCHR) took a session on health, hygiene, cleanliness, and yoga/fitness at Salaam Baalak’s Chowpatty centre supported by the RCB’s Child Welfare Committee. The session included spelling revision, a Zumba session, and more on the importance of health and fitness and how to do it all in a fun way. During the game...
On April 1st, 2022, the Urban Heritage Committee, along with the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, opened the Map Exhibition at the Durbar Hall for a month-long showcase of rare maps of Mumbai spanning 300 years. It was a wellattended event with Rotarians, media, donors and interested parties coming together. Prof. Vispi Balaporia, President of ASM, and...
Rtn. Peter Born was at the World Expo 2020 in Dubai recently and visited the office of Rotary International on March 11th, 2022. Peter wrote, “During this visit I handed over the banner of our Rotary Club of Bombay in exchange of the official RI World Expo banner which I presented at today’s meeting.” “As Co-Chair...
Rtn. Dr. Aashish Contractor (AC): Today marks almost two years since the lockdown. All that we have spoken about is the big C but there are two other big Cs that we mustn’t forget – cardiovascular disease and cancer. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death across the world in both men and women....
By Dr. Robert Lampard When Rotary founder Paul Harris wrote his last article for the Rotarian in 1947, he identified three Men of Rotary. The first was the 30-year Executive Secretary of Rotary, Mr. Chesley Perry. The other two were Halifax lawyer J. Layton Ralston and Calgary businessman James Wheeler Davidson. The latter two, together...
SHOW SOME LOVE In Rotary we hear the words scale and impact and mega-projects, and reach, etc. All very worthy concepts and necessary when we are trying to do maximum service. However, in all this, we cannot lose sight of the individuals we are trying to serve. We cannot lose sight of the old farmer in the...
Congratulations to our very own Rtn. Satyan Israni who was awarded the Global Lex Falcon Award 2022, a global award for some of the brightest professional lawyers in the world. The awards were conferred at the LexTalk World Global Hybrid Conference at Hotel Crown Plaza, Deira, Dubai, UAE, on March 24th and 25th, 2022. LexTalk...
An ECG machine was inaugurated on March 19th, 2022, at the BSPCA Animal Hospital, Parel. RCB is grateful to the Reliance Foundation and Mr. Anant Ambani for donating the machine for animal welfare at the BSPCA, routed through committee chairman Rtn. Priyasri Patodia. During the inauguration ceremony, Dr. Gaikwad, Head of Department, Animal College, who is...