Dear Friends, Swati Paradkar, President of Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad, will be conferred the Anita Parikh Empowerment of Women Award on June 18th next week. Uday Kotak will also be inducted as an Honorary Rotarian next week. He will address the Club. I am pleased to share that in this year alone, our social media followers...
Dear Friends, As we are nearing the end of the Rotary year, several projects will be completed in the upcoming days. We have many activities lined up this week, starting with the inauguration of the renovated gymnasium at YMCA, Ghatkopar at 6 pm today. On June 17th, we will inaugurate the pre-primary school at BY. This month, we...
Dear Friends, Next Tuesday, we will present the Shyam Munshi Lifetime Achievement in Arts Award to artist Laxman Shrestha. We will also honour former Mumbai Police Commissioner Julio Ribeiro with the Citizen of Mumbai Award. We are a month away from the final meeting of the year. Our journey for 2018-19 will be celebrated on June 25th...
Dear Friends, We have a couple of events lined up this week. The Maneckji and Shirinbai Neterwala Foundation has generously donated 20 new computers to our Vocational Training Centre at YMCA, Mumbai Central. I invite everyone to participate in unveiling the same on May 21st at 5.30 pm. We will also inaugurate various departments at Masina...
Dear Friends, We will inaugurate various departments at Masina Hospital as part of our new initiative. I invite you all to attend the opening of the departments on May 24th at 10.30 am at Byculla. As the year draws to a close, I am happy to report that most of the projects we had planned have come...
Dear Friends, Last week, we presented the Somchand Parikh Best Teacher Award to Kavita Anand. In the words of Brad Henry: “A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” Congratulations, Kavita, on your achievement. On Sunday, we kicked off our Club’s Annual Table Tennis tournament at YMCA. A detailed report...
Dear Friends, Last week, we successfully inaugurated our Façade and Landscape Lighting project at the CSMVS Museum. I sincerely thank Dr. Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Director General of CSMVS Museum for initiating this project, Rtn. Priyasri Patodia, Chairman, Environment Committee for all the planning and Rtn. Manoj Israni for his generous donation. The event kicked off successfully thanks...
Dear Friends, Last week, we spent time with DG Rtn. Shashi Sharma. I would like to thank him on behalf of all our members for his inspiring words and taking out the time to be with our Club. We will follow his valuable advice and work towards our Rotary goal together. With elections coming up soon, I...
Dear Friends, We warmly welcome our District Governor, Rtn. Shashi Sharma, to spend this afternoon with us today. May we all be reminded of our sole purpose for being part of this prestigious Club. Let us work in tandem to fulfill the vision and goals laid down by Rotary International. As a new initiative supported by...
Dear Friends, Next week, District Governor Shashi Sharma will be visiting us on April 16th. Kindly attend in large numbers. Post that, kindly note that our regular Tuesday meeting scheduled for April 23rd will be held on Wednesday, April 24th, in the evening at the CSMVS museum at 6 pm. We have planned a musical evening for...
Dear Friends, Greetings from Taiwan! We are 30 members travelling to Taiwan-Korea for a 10-day visit. We will be back right in time before the next meeting. Meanwhile, RCB has successfully installed another drinking water facility at the Yusuf Meherally Vidyalaya at Tardeo under the Jal Jeevan project. The heat wave seems to have hit us already but...
Dear Friends, I hope everyone had a colourful Holi. Thank you to Rtn. Naresh Jain and Rtn. Mohit Jain for hosting such a fabulous Holi bash. Our 90th year celebrations kicked the week off to a good start. My heart-felt thanks to all the guests who made it and we sure missed those who couldn’t be with...