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VOLUME 34 | ISSUE 1 07 JULY 2014 ROTARY BANGALORE INDIRANAGAR DISTRICT 3190

Board of Directors: 2014-15

Rtn. Mahesh ParikhPresident

Rtn. Ambika K Narayan Imm. Past President

Rtn. Peeyush Jain President Elect

Rtn. Pradeep VisvanathanVice President

Rtn. Harish Kumar Anand Secretary

Rtn. M. Jagadeesh Joint Secretary

Rtn. Manoj AgarwalDirector - Club

Rtn. Balakrishnan Narayanan Director - Community

Rtn. Sanjay Srivastava Director - Vocational

Rtn. Mahua Anil Kumar Director - International

Rtn. Sivasankaran NDirector - Youth

Rtn. Asad Hajeebhoy Sargeant - At - Arms

Rtn. Manju Verma Treasurer

Rtn. Supriya Pradeep KBulletin Editor

PP Rtn. Suresh Hari SCo-opted Director

PP Rtn. Karthikeya Reddy K Co-opted Director

PP Rtn. Shashank Kekre Co-opted Director

PP. N.Krishnamurthy Advisor - Succession Planning

PP Rtn. Dr. Krishnan MenonAdvisor

My wife, Meera, joins me i n e x t e n d i n g w a r m greetings to all of you.

Rotary year 2013-14, has been very exciting and e v e n t f u l u n d e r t h e leadership of Diamond Queen IPP Rtn Ambika

Narayan and every project undertaken had the sparkle of enthusiasm and dedication.

It is a matter of great pride for all of us that the achievements of the team led by Rtn Ambika has been duly recognised and rewarded by the District Governor for the year 2013-14.

Mahatma Gandhi said “ In a gentle way you can shake the world” and we at Rotary Club of Bangalore Indiranagar, have made an indelible mark in the Rotary world., and we will continue to do so.

We at the Rotary Club of Bangalore Indiranagar do not believe in titles of recognition and we continue to strive and take ownership for the result of every project, thanks to all the efforts of our Past Presidents who have created an inspiring leadership with diligence and dedication. They continue to support the present leaders, guiding them as true mentors would, selflessly, without any ego or self appreciation in their mentorship.

It is indeed an honour for me, to strive to continue the legacy of exemplary achievements, as has been done in the pastyear byIPP Rtn Ambika and those achieved by the galaxy of illustrious Past Presidents of Rotary Club of Bangalore Indiranagar. I have no doubt that this legacy of excellence will be maintained, if not bettered, at the end of year 2014-15,as my team consists of members, who are not only enthusiastic, but also strongly believe in dedicated efforts and have agreed to share their time for Rotary,in spite of their own business or professional commitments. Thank you,Team members for sharing your time with Rotary Club of Bangalore Indiranagar.

At this point in time of taking over the leadership of this august club, I thank my proposer Rtn T G Mathew who introduced me to the Rotary world in 1989, PP Rtn Dr NageshSimha, from whom I have imbibed many good qualities ofa Rotarian and my respects to PDG Udaykumar, for the systems and protocols set by him for the governance of our Club as a Corporate Body.

In keeping in line with the tradition of each incoming President, taking up new initiatives to ensure that the RBI organization structure remains result oriented and in continuance with 2013-14 IPP Rtn Ambika’s initiative under the leadership of PP Rtn ShashankKekre to set a road map for the next 5 years with a Strategy Planning Group, we have set up a Succession Planning Team for the year 2014-15 to be led by PP Rtn N Krishnamurthy. This team, will identify and groom members for future leadership over the next 10 years. This is being an important portfolio, PP Rtn N Krishnamurthy will be part of the Board of Directors for regular reviews.

During the year 2014-15, we will be laying the foundation for many long term projects which have been discussed with in-coming Presidents for the next 5 years,the results of which will be seen only in subsequent years.

For the year 2014-15, our focus area within guidelines of Rotary International and District 3190, is to set up 4 secondary level Eye Hospitals over a period of 5 years, in collaboration with Globe Eye Hospital. We will focus also on TEACH program as envisaged by PRIP Kalyan Banerjee which includes Adult Literacy. The Paediatric Heart Surgery project will gain its momentum with whole- hearted support fromPP Rtn O P Khanna, Chairman Needy Heart Foundation.In addition to the above, We continue our support to BVB-BBMP-Suprajeet foundation school program for furthering education of less fortunate and also set up Vocational Skill development centres.

With this, I have placed Rotary Indiranagar on its Auto Pilot Mode,JUST DELIVER. Progress on implementation will be reviewed every month and brief will be sent to all members of RBI for perusal.

I seek your whole-hearted support in making the year 2014-15 more and more Service oriented as it can be.

I thank, all fellow Rotarians of Rotary club of Bangalore Indiranagar, for placing your trust in me and bestowing the honour, to lead Rotary Club of Bangalore Indiranagar, in the year 2014-15. I promise and pledge to continue to do exemplary Service towards Community Development.

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK

Rtn. Mahesh ParikhPresident Rotary Club of Bangalore Indiranagar

Dear President Rtn. Mahesh Parikh and Meera Hearty Congratulation

s on taking over as the president of your illustrious club Rotary Club of Bangalore Indiranagar.

You are taking over as the president of your club at a very exciting phase when Indian Rotarians are recognized all over the world with the certification of ‘Polio Free India’. This success should give us the confidence and drive us to undertake many more such humanitarian projects.

Rotary is an organization that has something for everyone. It gives us an opportunity to come together and discover the joy of Service. You have touched the hearts of countless poor and deserving people in the society by the benevolence of your various projects in the field of Health, Literacy, Community and Youth development.

Our International leader Gary Huang says members are our biggest asset and are our most valuable resource. He has given a clarion call to grow in number internally in the club and externally by extension. I urge you to

take this as priority. He also says Light

Up Rotary is not just a theme for the

year – It is a call for each of us to take

action and make Rotary stronger.

As you take up the mantle of

leadership , Shailaja and I look

forward for yet another year of glory

for your Rotary club in the year 2014-

15 when we all join hands to Light Up

Rotary to make rotary a shining

example of doing good in the world

more than ever before.

Manjunath Shetty, District Governor

2014-15 RID 3190

DISTRICT GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE

Rotary is an organization that has something for everyone. All over the world, in

cities and towns, for well over a century, Rotarians have come together to serve. And in the years since Rotary was founded, countless Rotarians and others have discovered the joys of Rotary service, through Rotaract, Interact, Rotary Community Corps, Youth Exchange, and many other programs.

All of us are part of the family of Rotary. And we have all gained so much from our Rotary service. We’ve made friends, helped our communities, and made the world a better, safer, and healthier place. We’ve become part of a truly international network of volun-teers, and we’ve learned how much we can achieve when we put our differences aside and work together.

Many of the ideas and values that we cherish in Rotary are not unique to Rotary. Perhaps the reason Rotary resonates so deeply with me is that I find many traditional Chinese values reflected in Rotary: values of service and responsibility, of respect for family and for others.

It is not surprising, then, that the ideas of Confucius so often guide me

in my Rotary service. To me, Confucius was the original Rotarian. More than two thousand years before Paul Harris was born, he said:

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first set our hearts right.

In Rotary, we set our hearts right by putting Service Above Self. And we recognize that in order to be ambitious in our service, we must first care for our own organization and expand our family of Rotary.

In 2014-15, I will ask all of you to Light Up Rotary — by sharing our service, strengthening our clubs, and letting our light shine in our communities.

In this Rotary year, we will Light Up Rotary by reaching our goal of 1.3 million Rotarians, bringing in new members while working to keep the members we have. To do this, we’ll need to approach membership in new ways, and try new ideas. Hold a Rotary Day to give your community a chance to learn more about Rotary. Remember that Rotary is a family and is for the family: Encourage your spouse and other family members to consider joining, and reach out to Youth Exchange and Foundation alumni. Focus on your own club, and look realistically at why members stay,

and why they leave. What can you do to make being a Rotarian an appealing and attractive opportunity for busy professionals and those with young families?,

We will also Light Up Rotary — and make history — by eradicating polio. Polio eradication within the next few years is absolutely realistic — if we keep up our momentum. So tell your friends, associates, and elected officials how critical it is that we End Polio Now. Donate to the PolioPlus Fund and encourage others to do so as well. By meeting the newest challenge issued by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we can make our money work three times as hard. Be an active part of the greatest public-private health partnership in the history of the world, and share in the pride when the job is finished.

In 2014-15, as we strengthen our clubs and Light Up Rotary in more than 34,000 communities, our commitment and our service will light up the world.

Gary C.K. HuangPresident, Rotary International, 2014-15

LIGHT UP ROTARY

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OUR CHIEF GUEST RTN. RAVI SEHGAL

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Born at Lucknow, had his schooling at St. Pauls School, Rourkela and has completed his Bachelor of Technology from Benaras Hindu University Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering. He also holds a Diploma in Business & Industrial

Management from Calcutta, besides Diploma in Export Marketing from Baroda and a special Management training course for Young Business Men from Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) Hyderabad. He is a keen sportsman having represented the college team in swimming, water polo and cricket.

Currently he holds the position of Managing Director in Carnation Industries Limited, Kolkata’s leading Export House manufacturing & exporting engineering goods.

He was the President of RotaryClub of Belur in 1992- 93 ( Dist 3291).Between 1993-94 till 1999 he has served as Distric

Chairman ANNUAL GIVING, Joint

District Secretary (Youth Service),

District Treasurer, Chairman of

District Finance Committee, District

Chairman of Group Study Exchange

team and Ambassadorial

Scholarship Programme, District

Secretary, Assistant District

Governor and finally District

Governor in 2000-01.

In addition, he has taken up various

assignments on Zone , Multidistrict

and International Levels.

He has 100% Attendance Record for

the last 20 years. He is married to

Ann Sumati and is blessed with two

sons-Ranjan & Raghav. Ravi &

Sumati are Major Donors and their

sons are Paul Harris Fellows.

Mahesh Parikh is a Chemical

engineer specialized in Food

Processing and is currently a Food

Processing Projects Advisor with

many of the leading Companies like,

Himalaya Drugs, Del-Monte India

and now setting up Flavour House..

As a specialist in food processing,

he has received several awards for

his contribution to developing

technology and food processing

industries in the Country. During his

career he has been the recipient of

the highest honour for National

Productivity consecutively for two

years 1991 & 1992.

He has served as Chief Operation

Manager for the food Division of the

UB Group from 1979

to 1992 and then as General

Manager, Technical till 1995.

Between 1995 and 2000, he set up

Food Processing plants in Kenya and

Uganda and currently he is

He joined Rotary in 1989 but took a

5 year break, and rejoined Rotary

Indiranagar in year

2000. Since then he has scaled

various Service projects under

Vocational, Community avenues

and Club Administration.

He is married to Meera and has a

son, Sandeep

ABOUT MAHESH PARIKH PRESIDENT ROTARY BANGALORE INDIRANAGAR

MY TEAM

A fanatical fan of Mohammed Rafiand Kishore Kumar man who is great organiser of fund raising events,

will be supervisingall the activities under Club ServiceManoj Agarwal

Popular in District, persuasive, bubbling with enthusiasm & the owner of chain of automotive parts manufacturing Units,

will manage the Program for every weekly meeting and also assist Harish in secretarial work.

Rtn Jagdeesh

Another cool man, man from Refrigeration and cooling system, will lead the Youth service , very passionate to do youth development through Sports and youth development activities.

Sivasanakaran

Fashionable, trendy interior Designer, very well known in

District 3190 for her capabilities, will look after International Service, very determined to generate adequate funds for Foundation

Rtn Mahua Anilkumar,

Just became a member 2 years ago, travel professional,

instantly agreed to take over managing the RBI Bulletin, SEVA, she will be the one collating information on all events happening at RBI

Rtn Supriya,

Very silent workaholic, swimming in deep water, this energetic young man

will take CommunityService to greater heightBalakrishnan

Star organiser of sports events of Rotary Indiranagr, this man from Computer industries, has taken lead to manage Vocational Avenue of Service

Sanjay Srivastava

Lively, always smiling, Banker by profession, instantly agreed to take

care of Treasury function of Rotary Indiranagar, money will always remain in the Bank – No spend, earn interest.

Rtn Manju Verma

Creative to the core, assembles colored glass pieces, creates amazing figurines, decors Churches and houses,

will be Sgt At Arms to make all meetings kaleidoscopic

Rtn Asad Hajeebhoy

Cool as Cucumber, as Secretary for the RBI Board will be keeping all on their feet for timely reports and compilation of proceedings at Board meetings

Harish AnandA man full of wits and humour,

as Vice President will be planning events for fun filled Fellowships every month.

Pradeep Visvanathan

Vibrant and dynamic, can glove you with his wits and one liners, PP Rtn as co-opted Director will be the inspiring and a leveller to mentor me in managing various projects

Shashank Kekre

A Man having knowledge on every subject, an Architect by profession, man well known in District, PP will beco-opted Director share his rich experience for managing Rotary both at Club and District level

Rtn Karthik Reddy

Branded as “Matching Grants” man , versatile realtor and builder , man who placed Rotary & CREDAI at pinnacle, PP

will be the guiding force to take RBI to its glory

Rtn Suresh Hari

Whatever I may do, but a “Fauji” is needed to discipline me and to prepare war room strategy to tackle crisis, if arises, PP will bethe Advisor to the Board

Rtn Dr Krishnan Menon

However we need very balanced, matured visionary to plan Club leadership, and we have . – Kittu to manage the succession planning process.

N Krishnamurthy

Diamond Queen IPP she will assist me to maintain all sparkles and glitters of the Service projects

Ambika,A thinker, philosopher and a shrewd young businessman, President Elect will adore the Chair for membership Development & retentions with some revolutionary schemes

Peeyush Jain

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With this team, Can I go berserk ? Answer is NO! This is the team that will assist me to lead Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar during 2014-15

- Mahesh Parikh

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

It was Awards Galore on Saturday, 14th June, at the District Awards Function - " Rotary Unlimited PURASKARA " :

ROTARY UNLIMITED PURASKARARotary Indiranagar Comes First in District 3190 !

IPP Ambika K Narayan says…..

I am extremely touched & really cannot express enough my deep sense of gratitude, for all the encouragement & support I have received from my Rotary Family right through, & specifically this year as President. I could not have wished for anything more than I received. I realize how busy you all are and know that sometimes it is difficult to take time off from your work / family time. However, you stood by me through the year and it is through your help that I have managed to flow through the year smoothly & surpass our targets set. A big Thank you.

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OUR NEW ROTARIANSRtn . Gopinath Narayanan, or Gopi, is an IT industry veteran of over 30 years. Having passed out of Delhi University with a Master’s degree in Operations Research and Computer Science, he spent over ten years with the industry major Wipro and later held leading Managerial Roles with Silicon Graphics and the post of Sales Director with Ramco Systems Limited in the USA.

He is the founder and CEO of a consulting firm Belladonna Information Technologies which

focuses on the domain of Customer Relationship Management. Gopi is a Microsoft and Sage certified Consultant.

Gopi was Chairman of the Bangalore South Round Table and was actively involved in the projects and HRD aspects of the Round Table.

Gopi is married to Ranjana and has two sons Gautam and Rohit. His hobbies include reading, and crossword puzzles and is an avid follower of Test match cricket and tennis.

Rtn Vidya Chandy is the Vice President - Product Management for the Mobile Financial Solutions unit at Mahindra Comviva.Vidya has vast global experience of over 16 years in B2C/B2B financial service technology products / direct-to-market financial services, mobile payments and report mining.

Prior to joining Mahindra Comviva, Vidya has been with organizations such as Nokia, Intuit, Obopay and Sungard where she has held senior roles in areas such as Product Management, Product Marketing,

Business Lead & GTM planning, R&D, Customer Experience Management & Project Management. Vidya holds an MS in Computer Science from Pace University, New York, US.

When not busy innovating and planning the next big thing in mobile payments, Vidya travels extensively and is an outdoor enthusiast. Being an avid foodie, chai (tea) often features on her cycle rides, and accompanying her on some of these 'mis-adventures' are her two sons, Prithvi and Sagar.

Rtn . Raghu Venkatraman,has around

40 years of experience in automobile and automobile component manufacturing industries. After retiring in 2012 from I.F.B industries as Managing Director, in 2013 he started a consulting Company where he is actively involved in supporting SME’s in their endeavor to scale up to the next level and in overcoming current hurdles. He has held key position in the Vendor association activities of Toyota and Hyundai. Amongst his

achievements, he was nominated by the Government of India to head the Panel On Passive Safety in the harmonization of Indian and Global Standard and has been credited with setting up the first Crash Sled facility in the country.

He was an active Rotarian for about a decade until 2010 when he took up an overseas assignment.

He is married to Aruna and has two children, daughter Aarti and son Ashwin

Rtn. Dr A V S Srikanth is a Medico

Legal Consultant by Profession. He

currently heads the Medico Legal

Departments in Vikram Hospital,

Rangadore Memorial Hospital and MIR

Life Sciences, Bangalore. He has to

his credit, completed close to 100

clinical studies in various therapeutic

areas in the past 10 years.

His educational qualifications include MBBS, DFM and PDCR.

A Rotarian since 1992, was part of the RBI until 2010 when he moved to Rotary Club of Northwest due to his area of work. He is back this year with RBI with renewed enthusiasm.

He is married to Sowmya and has one daughter Sheetal.

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CLUB ASSEMBLY

Santosh Shetty is a Chartered

Accountant and is a Partner with the

Risk Consulting practice of KPMG

based in Bangalore. He did his

schooling in Chennai and his

graduation from MES College,

Bangalore.

He is passionate about Social Work

and his hobbies are Reading , Art and

catching up on the new trends in

technology. He is also an avid foodie.

Santosh was a member of the Rotary

Club of Madras during his stint in

Chennai between 2009-2011

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

11 July Anne Veena Sawhney

13 July Rtn.Badri Prasad

13 July Rtn. P M Bhansali

13 July Rtn Ghanshyam Agarwal

18 July Anne MeenakshiVenkataraman

21 July Rtn Prakash Rao

BIRTHDAYS IN JULY

03 July Rtn. D V R Rao

07 July Rtn. Pradeep Lal

07 July Rtn. Jayaraman Vishwanath

08 July Anne.Gayathri Vishwanath

11 July Anne ShrutiBansal

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES IN JULY

01 July Anne Chitra & Rtn N Krishnamurthy

07 July Anne Chandra & Rtn. R N Hegde

20 July Anne Sabita& Rtn. Naresh Agarwal

30 July Anne Deepika & Rtn Dr Lokesh Kenkere

My dear Members of Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar Family,

Come every First of July, the baton of leadership passes on to a new

team. This event signifies an end as well as a beginning, renewal as well as change.

The year just gone by has been very exhilarating for Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar. A year full of service, of significant projects, of reaching out to many more people, and a year of well deserved recognitions including the Best Club among Large Clubs Award!

I shall be ever indebted to my fellow Rotarians for giving me the honour of being President of this renowned Rotary Club. It has been a great learning experience for me, and a great privilege to lead such

distinguished and dedicated people.

Incoming President Mahesh Parikh is a dedicated Rotarian, and a renowned Food processing technologist. I am sure he will take our Club to greater heights of service.

I wish and pray that the coming year will be even better than the past years. I assure him of my unstinted support.

Let us all Light Up Rotary!

Ambika NarayanPresident 2013-2014

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MESSAGE FROM IPP AMBIKA NARAYAN