The Urban Heritage Renewal Committee is pleased to announced the launch of ‘Conservation Laboratory at the Asiatic Library’, during the evening weekly Club meeting at the Asiatic Society on September 20, 2016. The inauguration will be followed by the meeting in the Durbar Hall, where guest speaker Mr. P. Sainath, author, eminent journalist and Magsaysay Award winner, will address the Club....
As per the recently announced PHF Matching Scheme, any member who brings in x amount in Cash - approx 35% of balance to become PHF of next level, in multiple of USD 50 on higher side, District will match with points equal to the contribution brought in cash by the Member. Club will match with remaining points required to make him / her PHF of next...
E-Learning at Bhavishya Yaan began as a pilot project under the Chairmanship of Rtn. Shivkumar Israni and the then President Rtn. Shailesh Haribhakti. It was run for a year at Dr. Ambedkar School at Worli and the NMJ School at NM Joshi Marg. After evaluating the successful performance of the students with the benefit of the E-learning facility, the Bhavishya Yaan Committee decided to extend it...
Bhavishya Yaan has once again made RCB proud by setting another milestone with E-learning, which has now also become a thrust area for the Rotary International TEACH Initiative of the Rotary India Literacy Mission. Kudos to Committee Chair Satyan Israni and all those who were involved in making it happen! Last Tuesday’s meeting with Dr. Raghuram Rajan was one etched in stone. He managed to woo the audience with his keen...
Eagerly awaited by most, last week’s talk by Dr. Raghuram Rajan was a packed house. Having come directly from his farewell at RBI, he was gracious to accept his first award (as the Citizen of Mumbai) post his tenure as the Governor, and spend a few hours with Rotarians before he returned to his much-loved teaching position at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. With...
An ex-BY 11th grade student from Elphinstone College, Abhishekh Gupta, delighted the audience at the Pomegranate Foundation’s Youth Impact screening with his short movie. Titled ‘Virus Boys’, the movie revolved around a group of friends who find each other through their passion for cricket. Once the dedicated teachers from VIDYA connected Abhishekh to Pomegranate’sYouth Impact program, he participated in their eight-week summer workshop to learn how to...
The Rotaract Club of Bombay recently carried out a community service project at the Aruna Shelter Home, Salvation Army. The project named Rishtey, offered a rakhi-making class for the kids of the shelter home. Having explored this simple yet satisfying craft, 40 young girls made rakhis for their brothers....
This week’s talk by Sanjay Bhatia was truly an enlightening one. So often we look for answers, which are not only difficult to find, but also affect us deeply at a soul level. And if meditation can be a means to achieving those answers, then we certainly have a golden key. Also, as we begin this...
As the Chairman of the Mumbai Port Trust and a bureaucrat who has had one of the most distinguished careers in public service, Sanjay Bhatia’s journey into the spiritual realm has been a rather testing one. However, his desire to seek the truth and to find the true purpose of his life, have helped him achieve all that he has today. In an autobiographical manner, this unassuming master explains how meditation changed his life, the...
On 25th August, Erika and Peter Born hosted one of the most wonderful Mini-Fellowships in the form of a sit down dinner at their beautiful home. Present that evening were President Dr. Mukesh Batra, Rtn Malti and Mudit Jain, Rtn Nirav Shah, Rtn Manjeet Kriplani, Rtn Aziz Javeri and Rtn Sherebanu Baldiwala. It was a six...
Last week, the Rotaract Club of Jai Hind College (RCJC), started its 2016-17 term with the newly elected President, Rtr Bharvi Chheda and her able team at Pinnacle, their official installation event. At Pinnacle 2016, Bharvi launched her theme for the year, which is, ‘No Substitutes’. Her team introduced the concept, EVOLUTION representing 10 major events...
As we complete the second month of this Rotary year, the excitement continues. We received a global grant of USD 53,000 from Rotary International for our coveted Jal Jeevan project. Compliments to PP Sandip Agarwalla for making it happen. Also, a big congratulations to PP Nirav Shah for his persistent effort in successfully receiving the TRF...