1 4 - y e a r - o l d Aditya Bhople from Nagpur has a lot to be proud of! At an age when teens start demanding the latest gizmos from their parents, Aditya has gone on to invent a device that aids the visually impaired to actually help convert text to speech....
On April 25, 110 Bhavishya Yaan students from Colaba , Byculla and GK Marg Centre were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime experience for their annual picnic to the famous Kidzania - a global indoor theme park located at R-City Mall, Ghatkopar. A family entertainment center for children from the age of four to sixteen, Kidzania is...
The Bhavishya Yaan (BY) Committee recently had its first weekend offsite in Lonavala at Rtn. Ashok Jatia's Rhythm Resorts on April 16th and 17th. The theme of the offsite may aptly be described as "Nostalgia" and "Passion, the driving force of BY". Over 35 Rotarians and R'annes were present including Pres. Rtn. Dr. Sonya Mehta,...
The 6th Mini- Fellowship of the Assimilation Committee was held at the Willingdon Club, Golf View Restaurant on Tuesday, the 26th of April at 7:30pm. Assimilation Director Rtn. Dr. Nayna Dastur and PP Rtn. Dr. Adi Dastur generously hosted eighteen Rotarians to an evening treat of cocktails, dinner and camaraderie in a 10-person2-tables format, charged...
On the crisp Sunday morning of 24th March, 2016, the Tennis Stars of RCB gathered to celebrate the sporting spirit of Fellowship through the game of Tennis, at the Bombay Gymkhana, marking this as the Fifth Annual Tennis Tournament. Being a Sunday, numerous talented tennis players showed up early morning to occupy the limited number...
Project Echo was initiated with the aim of bridging the massive academic lacuna that exists between the public and private education spheres in India. It enables both sides of the spectrum to understand each other as well as introduce them to a whole new world. The aim of ECHO is to provide equal opportunity to...
Like always, the Holi Fellowship hosted every year by Rtn. Naresh Kumar Jain, at his bungalow in Khar, delivered all that it promised… and then some! Rtn. Jain and his family have been graciously organizing this much-looked-forwardto Holi extravaganza for thirty years now, inviting all Rotarians who show up in great numbers to partake of...
On the 5th of April, 2016, twenty-six of Bhavishya Yaan's girl students, from all of the five centers, paid a visit to SNDT (Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey) Women's University – the very first women's-only university in India as well as in South East Asia. Headquartered at Churchgate in South Mumbai, with its main campus in...
Above all, environment matters. As humans, the environment - the Earth, is our home. Our entire life-support system is dependent on the well-being of all of the species living on earth. The deterioration of the environment, often referred to as environmental degradation, threatens the earth's natural resources, many of which being non-renewable, will soon run...
In a one-of-its-kind joint venture between two of RCB's dynamic Committees - Bhavishya Yaan and Akshaya Patra – it will be Advantage:Children! The two Committees have come together and will provide nutrition to Bhavishya Yaan's students. As a pilot project, the committees started with catering to approximately seventy-five to eighty students from the G K...
Last year on 8th December, the Sukhada – Wins Toilet Blocks project was inaugurated by RIPE John Germ at Chembur. This was in keeping also with the focus on 'Dignity of women' urged upon by the PM, Narendra Modi to all parliamentarians and the corporate sector, to build separate toilets for girls in schools across...
Rtn. Pradeep and Divya Mafatlal hosted a fabulous Full Club Fellowship evening celebrating eighty-six years of RCB's existence on Monday, March 14th, 2016. The generosity of the hosts had all the Rotarians won over with the warmth and the plush that came through with the extensive planning. The Fellowship was held on the expansive lawns...