Dr. Ramakant Panda Good afternoon. I think it’s better to discuss things that are changing the face of medicine and heart disease and therefore I chose this as the topic of my talk today. In our college days, when I saw Captain Kirk holding a mobile phone, it seemed like science fiction. Within 10 years, in 1994,...
Amla Ruia "Where noble thoughts are translated into effort, a land and its people become sacred." It was after much deliberation that I arrived at the title ‘The Silver Raindrops’ for today's talk. Now that we are saddled with this title, I would like to ask you, "What would you do if droplets of liquid silver started...
Subodh Maskara Subodh Maskara: I’ve been in the corporate sector for 30 years. I’ve been working since I was 18. Let me share two experiences that really helped me change as a person.Working in the corporate sector meant that I did have my share of successes and failures nd I’m sure we all experience that in...
Dr. Sunitha Krishnan "It is about realising what you can do" - Dr. Sunitha Krishnan A very good afternoon to all of you. I’m not in an exemplary state of mind right now to give a fantastic speech as the last two months have been quite traumatic for me. Two months back I was dealing with...
Arun Wakhlu “We are the leaders we are waiting for” - Arun Wakhlu Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let me start off by expressing my deepest gratitude to all of you — to Ume-Haani, Nirav, Sameer, Subhash and Deepak, for this opportunity to talk to you on the theme of Leadership - the Business Challenge. When we say...
Neera Nundy and Manas Ratha Neera Nundy and Manas Ratha talk about being strategic philanthropists, Dasra and the social sector in India Thank you so much for inviting us and we’re sorry that Deval Sanghvi couldn’t make it. Deval and I landed in New York, not to do any of the Broadway shows but to work at...
Alisha Chinai Alisha has to her credit, innumerable albums, most of them making itto platinum level status. From her debut in ‘Evita’ in 1985 to ‘Made in India’— the album that shot her to fame in 1995, Alisha Chinai has been nothing short of India’s very own pop music icon.In a chat with R/ann Umme-Haani at...
Suman Agarwal “You don’t need to compromise to be healthy” : Suman Agarwal talks about health and nutrition Good afternoon everyone. I will start off by telling you that I didn’t go to the lunch counters today. Which ever event I attend, I am told that if I go to the food counters, people will stop...
The First Meeting In 1910, Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, at the Rotary Club of Chicago,very wisely said, “The Rotary vision is to harness the greatpower of friendship—to help todo the world’s work”. Rotary lays supreme importance on the value of friendship and its effectiveness in making our societies, cities and lives richer, and of...
President Nirav Shah Dear Fellow Rotarians, I am honoured to serve as your President for the year 2013-14. I want to thank IPP Nowroze for his stellar leadership for making it a great Rotary Year 2012-13. The Rotary Club of Bombay is the second oldest club in India, and one of the best Social Service clubs of Bombay....
Dr. Rohini Chowgule Lasers, robotics, nuclear isotopes, CT-scans, X-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRIs), these are some of the technological tools that doctors have utilised to fight disease and to improve the health of the people. Today, India has turned into a centre for the best medical care – at a fraction of the price paid by...
Anil Harish Making a will doesn’t mean you’re over the hill: Anil Harish Anil Harish, who is “one of the top legal minds in the country whose advice on tax and law is sought not only by corporates but also by individuals”, made an outstanding presentation on the crucial but neglected subject of “Wills” (as in...