President’s Report For 2018-2019 – Programme Committee
Director-in-charge: Rtn. Nandan Maluste
Chairperson:Rtn. Shernaz Vakil
Vice-Chairperson: Rtn. Vikash Mittersain
Committee Members: Rtn. Renu Basu, Rtn. Camellia Panjabi, Rtn. Purnima Sheth, Rtn. Priyasri Patodia, Rtn. Sameer Tapia
Number of Committee meetings held: Three regular meetings and several informal meetings so far, after our Tuesday meetings and at President Jatia’s office.
Budget: Rs. 1 lakh
Speakers for the Year 2018-19
Sooni Taraporevala on: Home in the City, Bombay 1977 – Mumbai 2017, on July 10th, 2018.
Ishaat Hussain on: Importance of Culture in an Organisation, on July 17th, 2018.
Panel discussion on: Is our obsession with cricket hindering Olympic glory? It was moderated by Milind Wagle and the participants were Dr. Kaustubh Radkar, Air Vice-Marshal Baladitya, Vaman Apte and Aparna Popat on July 24th, 2018.
Dr. Anil D’Cruz on: Facts and myths about cancer and where do we stand in our war against it, on July 31st, 2018.
Asha Khatau on: You are what you eat, on August 7th, 2018.
Rtn. Ashok Jatia and Rtn. Ptn. Vatsala on: Car trip from Bombay to London, on August 14th, 2018.
Amit Bhandari on: Chinese investments in India’s neighbourhood, on August 21st, 2018.
Anil Dharker on: Shoot the bullet, on August 28th, 2018.
Swami Swatmananda on: Humility and Oneness, on September 4th, 2018.
Narinder Nayar on: Urbs Prima in Indis on September 11th, 2018.
Dr. Farokh Udwadia on: excerpts from his book Tabiyat on September 18th, 2018.
Rtn. Pranay Vakil on: Kal, Aaj Aur Kal of Real Estate, on September 25th, 2018.
Rishabh Sanjay Shah on: Nurturing youth for active citizenship, on October 9th, 2018.
Dr. Harold D’Costa on: Cyber crime & remedial measures in corporate world on October 16th, 2018.
Debate on homosexuality, moderated by Rtn. Nandan Maluste. Participants were Rtn. Shail Nathani, Rtn. Satyan Israni, Rtn. Zeenia Master, PP Rtn. Haresh Jagtiani, Rtn. Natasha Treasurywala and Rtn. (Dr.) Prakriti Poddar on October 23rd, 2018.
Gaurav Bhatia on: Cultural Capital, on October 30th, 2018.
Prof. (Dr.) Shaul Shapir on: David Sassoon: The Great Philanthropist on November 6th, 2018.
Vallabh Bhansali, a well-known leader and investment banker, addressed Rotarians on November 13th, 2018.
Dr. Murtuza Rangwalla on: Posture & More, on November 20th, 2018.
Gen. Ata Hasnain on: The non-military way of stabilizing J&K, on December 4th, 2018.
Brinda Somaya on: Tata House Renovation, on December 18th, 2018.
Prof. M. M. Sharma on: The role of innovation in success, on January 8th, 2019.
Anand Mahindra inducted as Honorary Member. He addressed the Club on the power of purpose, on January 15th, 2019.
Raveena Tandon on: Taking Mumbai to a greener future, on January 22nd, 2019.
Roshan Dalvi on: Experiences as a Rotary Peace Scholar, on January 29th, 2019.
Sanjiv Mehta on: Responsible Growth, on February 5th, 2019.
Justice B. N. Srikrishna, recipient of the P.V. Gandhi Excellence in Public Life Award, on: “Depolarising India” on February 12th, 2019.
Adil Zainulbhai, recipient of Ramakrishna Bajaj Good Governance award, on: Corporate Governance: The view from Mumbai, Delhi and Washington, and Crispino Lobo, recipient of Social Service Award on February 19th, 2019.
Hemindra Hazari on: Have you seen corporate governance? on February 26th, 2019.
Kalyan Karmakar on: The Foodie Revolution, on March 5th, 2019.
Prof. Arjun Appadurai on: The future as a cultural fact, on March 12th, 2019. We celebrated our Rotary Birthday on March 19th, 2019.
Dr. Deepak Apte, recipient of Taru Lalvani Environmental Protection Award, on: Environment – the need to protect, on March 26th, 2019.
Nitya Mehra, Rtn. Sherebanu Baldiwala and Rtn. Abhinav Aggarwal on the success of Made in Heaven, on April 2nd, 2019.
Subodh Jaiswal, Director General of Police, on: Terror – Mumbai’s bane? on April 9th, 2019.
Visit of DG Rtn. Shashi Sharma to the Rotary Club Meeting on April 16th, 2019.
Kavita Anand, recipient of the Somchand Parikh Best Teacher Award, and Siddharth Vardarajan, on the 2019 Elections: the issues, on April 30th, 2019.
American physicist Patrick Gallagher on: Discover, Innovation and New Technology: University, Government and Private Sector Partnerships, on May 7th, 2019.
Dr. Quersh Maskati on: Humour in Medicine, on May 14th, 2019.
Recipients of the Hero of Mumbai awards: Raj Tilak Roushan, Jaydeep Kadam and Natasha Sejpal and Advait Dikshit addressed Rotarians on May 21st, 2019.
Avni Biyani, recipient of Young Woman Achiever Award, spoke to Rotarians on May 28th, 2019.
Former Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, Julio Rebeiro, received the Citizen of Mumbai Award and artist Laxman Shreshtha got the Shyam Munshi Life Time Achievement in Arts on June 4th, 2019.
Panel discussion on analysing the 100, leading to the coming five years, with PP Rtn. Shailesh Haribhakti, Rtn. Poornima Advani, Rtn. Anil Harish, PP Rtn. Ashish Vaid, Rtn. Jairaj Purandare on June 11th, 2019.
Swati Paradkar received the Women’s Empowerment Award and inducted Uday Kotak as Honorary Rotarian on June 18th, 2019.