Children’s Day Celebration

Dear Members,Warm personal greetings for the festive season.October was exciting month for more than one reason. Dussehra Eve was celebrated with great fervor.Jubilee Deck wore a bridal look and it was jam packed with over 400 members enthusiastically participatedplaying Dhandia, Garbha etc. This Vijaya Dasami is literally a Vijayam for the Club. The Darkness surround-ing the issue of Registration under Companies Act has been dispelled.Members will recall that though our club was registered as a Company in the name and style of THEWALTAIR CLUB in the year 1904 under Companies Act of 1882, unfortunately the provisions of CompaniesAct have not been complied with for several years for various reasons with the result our Club name is notfound in the portal of Ministry of Company affairs and therefore the very existence of our Club identity was in jeopardy. Theprevious Managing Committee noticed this anomaly as very serious and brought to my notice when I was elected unanimouslyeven before elections in the month of June, 2015 with a request to attend to this problem.When we took over on 1st July, 2015, we took it as a Mission to regularize the compliance under Companies Act and to createMaster Data of our Club in the office of Registrar of Companies. After 4 months of continuous and sustained efforts, we were ableto track down the ancient records of the Registration of our club. On the strength of available records and after considering oursubmission, the Registrar of Companies has now updated our records on the 27th October, 2015. The Registration of THEWALTAIR CLUB and Master Data with Registrar of Companies is now complete and is available in the public domain.This was a formidable challenge and we were conscious of it. There have been several threats and infact some vested intereststried to obstruct our initiative and they have only fortified our resolve. It has shown that if we work unitedly with a sincerity ofpurpose, we can achieve any goal, however, lofty in may be. This was a great achievement for the Club and I place on record myappreciation for my team and all those who contributed to this effort.Let us, therefore, celebrate DIWALI - the festival of lights even with great fervor.☺ Have a good month ahead

D.V.RAJU

Managing Committee for the year 2015-2016 Committee MembersPresident Mr.D.V. Raju 9849999225Vice-president Mr.G. Rama Rao 9848198200Hony.secretary Mr.G. Prithvi Raj 9490109396Hony.treasurer Mr.B. Srinivasa Rao 9866627466

From the President’s Desk

EDITORIAL BOARDEditor G. Rama Rao,Vice PresidentSub Editor P. SravyaMember A Vijay Kumar

Catering Committee Mr.Ch. RanganadhBar Committee Mr. Sudhir MulagadaGeneral Services Committee Mr.V.K. Visweswara RaoEntertainment Committee Mr. Nikhil OzaSports Committee Mr.C. BalasatishLibrary & Chambers Committee Mr.T.V. Thimmayya GandhiLadies Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gupta (Bela Gupta)

Programmes for November- 201501.11.2015 Sunday Beer n Biryani Tambola 12 noon06.11.2015 Friday Movie 6.30 PM07.11.2015 Saturday Diwali Bumper Tambola 7.30 PM10.11.2015 Tuesday Diwali Masti 2015 5.00 PM13.11.2015 Friday Movie 6.30 PM13.11.2015 Friday Vijaya Medical Camp 7.00 AM14.11.2015 Saturday Vijaya Medical Camp 7.00 AM14.11.2015 Saturday Childrens movie 5.00 PM15.11.2015 Sunday Vijaya Medical Camp 7.00 AM20.11.2015 Friday Movie 6.30 PM27.11.2015 Friday Movie 6.30 PM

14 th November Children’s Day Celebration at the ClubMovie : MinionDress Code : Blue ‘n’ Yellow

OBITUARYWe regret to announce the sad demise of our Senior Member

Mr.P.S.R.Murthy (M.No.S-149) on 5th October, 2015.

Dr.M.B.Kodanda Ramaiah (M.No.K-43)expired on 31.10.2015

May their souls rest in peace.

Time : 5.00 pm to 7.00 pmVenue: Jubilee Deck

DANDIYA WORKSHOP - L A D I E S E V E N TWeekly workshops seem to have struck the right chord with the ladies of the Waltair Club. We kicked off the festive season by offeringa one week Dandiya and Garbha workshop from October 12th-20th, which was conducted by a professional instructor from Ahmedabad- Nehal Parekh. The event witnessed unprecedented demand from the club with over 100 registrations, with interested members rangingfrom toddlers to 'young-at-heart' ladies who brought immense energy to the gathering. At a nominal charge of Rs 100 per member, all theparticipants came together briefly each evening to strike their Dandiya sticks in rhythm to the music in the Yoga Hall.Despite having to set-up three one-hour batches each evening, there remained a constant sense of bonding, joy, and laughter in theair as the participants gracefully twirled the colourful sticks in hand to the festive music. The ladies also put their fresh Garbha andDandiya lessons to work, by putting on a spectacular performance during the Dusshera function in the club

After the nine day Navratri Puja , Dusshera heralds the festival season. This year Entertainmentand Ladies Committee of Waltair Club put their head together to celebrate Dusshera with adifference . Building on the diversity in our food, a set-up a Food Mela with delicacies fromacross the country. In the attempt to leave no dish un-represented, the club had a Gujarati stallwith Khandvi, Dhokla and Chaat; a Rajasthani stall with mouth-watering Kachories and DahiAlu; a Punjabi Indian stall with the lovely duo of Channa Bhatura and Dahi-wada. Our very ownAndhra food was not forgotten either with offerings of Babatlu, Punuklu , Ragi Dosa, FishPolusu and Raju's Biryani. The sweet cravings were treated to Mishti Doha from Kolkata.

The venue was beautifully decorated with painted pots and marigold flowers. Every lady memberwas greeted with kumkum and bangles by two ladies dressed in traditional attire. The stagedisplayed a beautifully adorned Goddess Durga images and tiny brass bells and marigoldflowers.

The night's entertainment involved an Ashta Lakshmi performance by our club children,depicting eight avatars of Lakshmi through a dance performance. The ladies also put their fresh Garbha and Dandiya lessons towork, by putting on a spectacular performance for the evening's audience. Eachperformance had over thirty ladies creating the mood and energy for the evening.The Ladies Committee members' performance of the Dola Ray song from popularHindi movie 'Devdas ' , was highlight of the evening , which was enjoyed thoroughlyby both performing and watching. The dance floor was opened by the Presidentand committee members with Dandiya sticks.

The night ended with DJ Rahul entertaining members with popular dance numbers tillmidnight . After many years, the Club re-instated the burning of a Ravana Effigy tonot only end an extremely enjoyable night, but also commemorate a long-standingvictory of good over evil.

DUSSEHRA EVE CELEBRATIONS

Green Walk & Cleanliness Drive

Post Hudhud Rededication Programme was held on 11thOctober, 2015 to show the spirit of Club to bounce back to itsnatural state in a span of one year. Mr.MVVS.Murthy, MLC andChairman Gitam University was the Chief Guest who participatedin cleanliness campaign and Green Walk along with members.The Malis who have done excellent work in retaining our glorywere recognized with cash awards. Our Member Mr.G.MuraliKrishna of Phoenix sponsored Caps and Saplings on the occasion.

Mr.A.Janaki Ram (J-63) has donated Rs.12,000/- towardscontribution to the Malis who did splendid job for restoring ofGreenary in the Club after Hudhud. The Managing Committeeis thankful for the contribution.

1. Mr.Pydah KrishnaPrasad (M.No.K-41) hasbeen electedunanimously as VicePresident andM r. V. T h a p o v a r d a n(M.No.T-26) & Mr.DadiRatnakar (M.No.R-323)have been elected as ExecutiveCommittee members of Andhra PradeshEngineering Colleges ManagementAssociation (APECMA).

2. Mr.Rahul Gupta (M.No.R-640)S/o.Mr.Umesh Kumar Gupta(M.No.U-21) has won firstPrize of Rs.75,000/- in anevent called "Marketplace"entailing a turnaroundstrategy formulation for a verypopular fashion TV channel.He was also very fortunatewhen the calling was fromBooz & Co. where he wasconsulting with a US dairygiant which wants to enterIndia on basics like how to.He won the first Prize of Rs.75,000/- and might stand achange of securing a place in the mid-management.

MEMBER HONOURThe third get-together this year of the Senior Citizens and their spouses ofour Club took place on Sunday, the 11th October, 2015 as scheduled bythe Club at 1130 hours. Nearly 65 persons could meet each other on thatday. Initially, there was a talk given to the gathering by two local Specialistsdealing with hearing problems, mostly associated with aged people. Thetalk was informative after which a free check-up on individuals afflicted byhearing problems was also undertaken by them and their trained staff.On the entertainment side for which the available time was rather limiteddue mainly to the above mentioned health talk, two sessions of enjoyablequiz programmes were ably arranged and conducted by Mrs.VijayalakshmiPrithviraj the wife of Club's Secretary - which was followed by two roundsof Tambola conducted well by Mrs.Usha Reddy for which an appreciableamount of Rs.3,000/- had kindly been sponsored by our Club, as a SnowBall Prize Money. We thank the Club very much. In order to induce acompetitive spirit between different age-groups of Senior Citizen, it wasdecided to group them under different Houses. All Members aged between60 and 67 shall be under VIBRANT house while those between ages 68and 75 shall be under VIGILANT house. All those who are above 76 yearsof age will fall under VINTAGE house. Leaders for each house too are to beselected and made responsible for organizing inter-house competitions in alltypes of entertainment activities. With a sumptuous lunch following the fun andfrolic, which was very kindly hosted by one of our Senior Member Mr.DakshinaMurthy, all left the Club happily by 1430 hours on that day with thedetermination to reassemble themselves once again on Sunday, the 10thJanuary, 2016, to have more fun in the coming NEW YEAR.

SENIOR CITIZENS GET-TOGETHER

Medical camp conducting on november 13,14&15Timings Between 7am to 12 pm

EXCUTIVE HEALTH CHECKUP - Rs 2500 /-(Waltair Club Members and their family members)

Fasting Blood Sugar Lipid ProfileUrea CreatinineLiver function Test Uric AcidSerum Calcium Complete Blood CountsComplete Urine Analysis ECGPost Prandial blood Xray chest PA viewUltrasound total Abdomen. Echocardiogram

The Above Investigations of all total Price 4050/- Weare offering for club members 2500/- per head.

Extra Investigations (requested members) Actual price Con. Price1. Pap smear for Ladies(Liquid cytology) 1000 8002. Tread Mill Test(TMT) 1000 8003. CT Coronary Angio 10000 80004. Thyroid Profile(T3,T4,TSH) 650 5005. 25 Hydroxyvitamin D (Vitamin D Total) 1500 12006. Glycosylated Haemoglobin (Hb A1c) 600 450

Any other investigations requested by members will be given 20%Concession.

Z.P Junction, VISAKHAPATNAM-530 002Ph : 2555 111/222, 272 4455/5566Fax : 0891-272 6677Web : www.vijayamedicalcentre.org

TAMBOOOOOLA held on 17.10.2015

2nd Prize WinnerDr.A.Gopi Krishna

(G-116)

1st Prize WinnerMrs.A.Arundhati

W/o.Mr.A.V.N.Raju (R-263)

2nd Prize WinnerMrs.K.Lakshmi

W/o. Mr.K.Anand(A-118)