RCB commits to the Integrated Rural Development of village Gumbadpada A few months ago, PP Rtn. Ramesh Narayan suggested an interesting and unique project – the Integrated Rural Development of a village. RCB President Preeti Mehta and the Board of Directors took a momentous decision to adopt Gumbadpada village, a hamlet about 3 & ½ hour’s...
Director: Rtn. Homi Katgara Chairman: Rtn. Priyasri Patodia Co-chairperson: Rtn. Dilip Piramal Member: Rtn. Rajesh Shah 1st Project Talk by Swami Swatmananda of Chimaya Mission. Swami was invited by RCB to give a talk on September 4th, 2018, on: Sensitizing people towards environmental responsibilities. 2nd Project Environment-friendly, energysaving façade and landscape lighting at the CSMVS museum. This is in tandem with an...
By Chairman Priyasri Patodia The environment-friendly, energy-saving façade and landscape lighting at the CSMVS Museum is in tandem with the solar plant installed by RCB in the same premises. CSMVS is a Grade-I Heritage building of the city housing an outstanding collection of about 50,000 artefacts. The CSMVS museum has been issued a Platinum Certification...
With Rtn. Manoj Israni’s generous donation, RCB kicks off CSMVS’s renovation The drive to contribute something precious to art and culture made the art collector in Rtn. Manoj Israni donate Rs 75 lakh towards an LEED platinum certification for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya and its façade lighting. Manoj Israni said, “There isn’t much importance attached to museums...
During his visit, RI President Elect Mark Maloney will initiate the illumination of the façade and lawns and Environment Management Certification Programme of CSMVS on November 24, 4.45 pm Mark Daniel Maloney, of the Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International for 2019-20. Maloney is...
Our oceans are choking with plastic and our beaches are full of garbage! How do we clean the oceans and the beaches? To bring about change one must be the change! Rtn. Vandan Shah, Rtn. Sitaram Shah, IPP Rtn. Ramesh Narayan, Rtn. Charu Agarwal with R/anne Ekta Shah led a group of enthusiastic 300 volunteers including...
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...
The 'ping' from our WhatsApps at 6:14 am, from Navroze announcing that he was already checked in, hustled all of us thirty gung-ho Rotarians, well in time, for our 8:30am flight to Nagpur. We were on our way to the famous and much anticipated Tadoba Tiger Reserve to encounter the elusive tiger! Three hours and...
RCB, along with RC of the Nilgiris (RCN), is delighted to share the facilitation of a new World Record for the much talked about 'Endurothon Gateway Challenge', in support of the 'End Polio Mission', which took place on Thursday, 25th February, 2016, at 4:30 pm, at the Gateway of India, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai. Our Honorary...
On the bright Sunday morning of on 10th of Jan R/anne Sandhya Jaidev Merchant led a group of 22 Rtns on the much-awaited Heritage Walk to Bhuleshwar. Kothari Hospital at C.P Tank was the scheduled meeting point. Bhuleshwar is known as a dynamic, over- crowded area of small streets and teeming entrepreneurship, but what one...
The Environment Committee of RCB for 2015-16 has been pursuing the introduction and capacity enhancement of solar power and cost-effective water management in Mumbai. It is working on setting up solar-powered street lights blending with the prevailing heritage structure at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) museum, and working on sewage treatment/water harvesting projects with...
The Environment Committee, under Rtn. Jagdish Malkani's initiative, has organized an exciting action-packed trip to Tadoba, which, according to experts, is the best forest reserve in the country for viewing tigers at short distances. The undulating topography of this beautiful wild paradise comprises densely covered hills with mixed forests, belts of bamboo, deep valleys, river...