Volume XXXXII No. 10 Dated: September 05, 2017

PROGRAMME

Nation Builder Award to school teachers on International literacy day Chief Guest:

Prof. Jitendra Mohan Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh

Date: September 08, 2017 (Friday) | Time: 7.00 p.m. | Venue: Hotel Shivalikview, Sector 17, Chandigarh

Membership Development In our regular meeting on September 01, 2017 President

Rtn. Dr. Rita Kalra welcomed the keynote speaker, our

own senior most Past President Rtn. B.L. Ramsisaria, who

is our „Bhishma Pitamah‟, and needs no introduction but to

complete the formality, PP Rtn. Dr. V.J.S Vohra was given

this pleasant task. Popularly known as „BLR‟, PP Ramsisaria

PP B.L. Ramsisaria

is a proud recipient of Rotary

International‟s highest award,

„Service Above Self‟, and all his

family members are PHFs. An

engineer by profession, he is the

4th President of our club for the

Rotary year 1980-81. During his

tenure our club adopted Lepers

Colony, Sector 47, Chandigarh,

which till date is our club‟s one

of the prestigious projects. BLR

was the District Secretary in the Rotary year 2007-08,

with then District Governor Shaju Peter. Whether it is the

annual budget, club decorum, Rotary procedures or any

avenue of service, BLR is always there to guide our club.

PP Ramsisaria gave an interesting and a very informative

presentation on Membership Development. He said, “It has

three equally important elements: Bring in new quality

members, Retain current members and Organize new clubs.”

The qualification of a new Rotarian shall be an adult person

who demonstrates good character, integrity, and leadership.

They should possess good reputation within their business or

profession, and community, and is willing to serve in their

community and / or around the world, and must be able to

pay statutory dues.

He also discussed the principle of classification and how

Rotary can have effective clubs, for which there are four

elements; Sustain and Grow Membership, Implement

Successful Service Projects, Support The Rotary Foundation

and Develop Club Leaders for Beyond Club Level.

RI loses an average of 10% each year. Therefore, we need

more members which means Improved fellowship, More and

new ideas for service, More hands for service, Keeps Rotary

young and vibrant, Provides for future Club leadership, More

members keep the cost of Rotary down, and more members

more Foundation fund raising more Global and or District

Grants. PP Ramsisaria quoted Robert Schuller, “We‟re either

Expandable or Expendable.”

Our goal should be to induct 2-3 new members every 6

months. There should be a net gain of five members at year

end with no attrition during the year. BLR also discussed how

to propose a new member and be his mentor.

President Dr. Rita Kalra gives floral welcome to DG T.K. Ruby

and Secretary Jeeten Bhambri to AG PP Rakesh Mittal. The DG

announced Dr. Rita as the Best President of the District for July

2017, and acknowledged our club as one the best in the District

The Proven Formula to meet membership challenge is „E+3R‟,

that is, Extend - Recruit, Retain and Revitalize. Members are

the life blood of a Rotary Club. Our club‟s most valued asset is

its members. Nurture and grow your membership!

Pre-induction Orientation for new members and spouse should

be held. Also there is a need for post induction orientation to

explain the Club history and projects, five avenues of service,

Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation. Make

Induction ceremony with spouse significant. Provide Four

Way Test, Object of Rotary, new member Information kit,

certificate of membership, pin, badge, banner and publications.

All Rotarians who have sponsored a new member to join

his/her club are eligible for recognition as shown below.

PP Ramsisaria concluded his presentation advicing, “Light up

the Club with new members.”

Speaking on the subject, PP Indrajeet Sengupta attributed poor

attendance in the meetings due to lack of time, and even

money. He strongly advocated that Rotary should have hybrid

clubs, and meet over the net. It is very cheap, about $ 145 a

year for any number of meetings, even the board meeting. He

said, “We should start thinking in terms of hybrid club. We

can meet twice a month in a hotel, and twice a month on net.”

The DG hands over the microloan cheques of Rs. 30000 each to

Kulwinder Kaur and Jai Kishan, introduced by PP Prem Anand.

Looking on are President Rita Kalra and Secretary Jeeten Bhambri

Birthday gift to R’ann Kund Bala

Goyal, with PP R.K. Goyal

Birthday gift to R’ann Parveen, with

Rtn. Arjan Singh

Birthday gift to Dr. Rohit Sahni,

with Rtn. Dr. Manisha Sahni

Wedding anniversary gift for R’ann Sonal

& Rtn. Atul Grover

‘Change for a Change’ for TRF

President Dr. Rita Kalra was pleased to inform a

contribution of $ 100 for TRF by children under

„Change for a Change‟ initiated by her;

- Ananya and Anushka (grand daughters of PP Dr.

V.J.S. Vohra) - $ 20

- Akshat and Aarnav (grand sons of PP R.K.

Luther) - $ 30

Ruchir and Aarushi (son & daughter of President

Dr. Rita Kalra) - $ 50

30 fans donated by British School President Dr. Rita Kalra thanked Mr. Ranjan Sethi,

Director, British School, Sector 44, Chandigarh for

donating 30 ceiling fans for our Aasra sarai at

GMCH-32, Chandigarh.

Lecture by Dr. Sanjay at Lucknow

Rtn. Dr. Sanjay Kalra gave a lecture at the Nobel

fellow program at Lucknow. It was a three days of

marathon lectures for private practitioners. Thanks

to the organizers for the excellent arrangements,

including the traditional Lakhnawi hospitality.

Seminar for School Students

Seminar on Social Media was conducted at Govt

Senior Sec School, Vijayanagar, Mauli Jagran on

22 August 2017. Clinical psychologist Ms. Harnoor

and Prathma delivered the talk. It was well attended

and responded by the students.

Another seminar on

„Good touch - Bad touch‟

was organised at Govt

Middle School, Raipur

Kalan, Chandigarh. Over

60 girls attended and took

active part in the seminar.

District 3080 Membership Seminar – The Progress

About 1000 delegates attended the event held at Kurukshetra on 03.09.2017.

R’anns and Rotarians of Chandigarh Midtown with District First Lady Rtn.

Veeta Sharma, DG T.K. Ruby and DGN Jitendra Dhingra

Our club was duly recognized

for having large attendance

with registration of President

Dr. Rita Kalra, Rtn. Dr.

Sanjay Kalra, Rtn. Jeeten

Bhambri with R‟ann Kadam,

PP Indrajeet Sengupta with

R‟ann Malabika, PP R.T.P.S.

Tulsi with R‟ann Ranjana, PP

Dr. V.J.S. Vohra with R‟ann

Indu, PP Prem Anand with

R‟ann Indu, PP R.K. Luther

with R‟ann Urmil, PP Deepak

Sood with R‟ann Purnima, PP

Pallav Mukherjee, PP Anil

Mehan, PP Vinod Jawa with

Best part of the seminar – members of

Chandigarh Midtown travelling to and from

Kurukshetra by bus, generating immense joy

and fun - with tea, snacks, juice and jokes.

Enjoying Rotary, the best recipe for any

membership development event. Thanks to

R’ann Neena & Rtn. Parveen Setya for

giving their Gurukul Global School AC bus

R‟ann Pushpa, Rtn. Vinod Sobti, Rtn. Nitin Kapur, Rtn. Salil Bali, Rtn.

Sanjay Bhatia and Rtn. Kulbir Bhatia.

National Anthem

by Rtn. Dr.

Manisha Sahni

Rtn. Shuchi

Thakur speaks

on Rotary theme

PP R.K. Luther

talks about

Panchkula CH

PP Indrajeet

Sengupta says:

online meetings

DG T.K. Ruby presents ‘Star

Rotarian of the Month’ to

Rtn. Kulbir Singh Bhatia

Birthday gift to

PP Rtn. Pallav

Mukherjee

Punctuality award

to Rtn. Shuchi

Thakur

Wedding anniversary gift to R’ann Lovy &

PDG Rtn. Shaju Peter

Birthday gift to R’ann Malabika

Sengupta, with PP Indrajeet Sengupta

Birthday gift to PP Rtn. Harish C.

Sethi, with R’ann Manjit

Compliments from PRIP Raja Saboo for our President’s and Club’s role in Panchkula rampage

In a mail received on 29 August 2017 by President Dr. Rita Kalra from PRIP Raja Saboo, he stated, “I read your account about

the manner in which you and your team at the government hospital took care of the victims of the rampage in Panchkula. You truly

deserved the accolades by the Deputy Commissioner Mrs. Gauri Parashar Joshi. She herself is a very brave lady who faced the

situation despite the political interference very courageously. I am particularly proud that you have been a Rotarian, now a Club

President and truly you showed the spirit of Rotary of "Service Above Self". You have very rightly mentioned that you made the

difference. My salutation to you personally and for your commitment to Rotary and your profession.” He added, “Rotary has been

my teacher and a Guru. I do hope that Rotary also is seen by the Rotarians as an uplifting resource.” PRIP Raja Saboo had sent the

above mail from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia where he is with the medical mission.

In our club meeting on September 01, 2017 PP R.K. Luther explained about the trauma

the people of Panchkula went through on August 25, 2017. The Civil Hospital team

including our President Dr. Rita Kalra worked day and night and managed the disaster

situation of handling 300 emergencies, 90 admissions, 155 Medico legal reports and 32

postmortems.

Since few NGOs had reservations in helping the people in distress because of their

following, Rotary Chandigarh Midtown stepped in to serve humanity to provide daily

needs in form of water, food, clothing, soap, brush and pastes, mattress, ice slabs for

mortuary etc. Even food for para military and police force on duty was organized with

help of Mansa Devi trust. Our presence was appreciated by District administration and

for very petty to big requirements, and it was on Rotary that system was relying upon.

Interact Installation and WinS at Schools

Installation of Interact Club and WinS program was held at Govt

Sr Sec School, Sector 15 and Sector 46 Chandigarh on 21st and

23rd August 2017 respectively. Installation was attended by

Director Youth Service Rtn. Nitin Kapur, Rtn. Renu Chopra and

R‟ann Shivani Kapur. A talk on Wash in Schools was given by

Rtn. Renu Chopra.

Rotarians with members of Interact Club

Hand wash demo being given to students by Rtn. Renu Chopra.

Looking on are Secretary Jeeten Bhambri and Rtn. Nitin Kapur

Interact Installation at Govt Sr Sec School, Sector 46 was

attended by Secretary Rtn. Jeeten Bhambri, Rtn. Nitin Kapur,

Rtn. Kulbir Bhatia and Rtn. Renu Chopra, who gave a talk on

personal hygiene and hand wash.

Rotaract Installation and Organ Donation awareness talk

Rotaract Installation and Organ

Donation awareness talk held at

Shri Guru Gobind Singh College

for Women on 24th August 2017,

was attended by Vice President

Salil Bali, Secretary Jeeten

Bhambri, Director Youth Service

Rtn. Nitin Kapur, Rtn. Kulbir

Bhatia, Rtn. Renu Chopra and Rtn.

Dr. Harinder Jit Kaur. Rtn. Salil

Bali gave an awareness talk to the

Installation ceremony by Rotarians who were present to inspire the Rotaractors

students on Organ Donation and adviced them to come forward for the same. 20 Students showed interest for this cause.

On 1st September 2017 Rotaract Installation and Organ Donation awareness campaign was held at Dev Samaj College for Women,

Sector 45, Chandigarh and attended by President Rtn. Dr. Rita Kalra, Rtn. Nitin Kapur, Rotaract Chair Rtn. Kulbir Bhatia and Rtn.

Renu Chopra. President Dr. Rita Kalra congratulated the new team. She also told them about Organ donation, for which 10 students

came forward.

Dr. Monica d/o Sr. army officer thanks

Rotary. Looking on are President Dr. Rita

Kalra and Rtn. Renu Chopra

Annapurna Day To celebrate the birthdays of

September born Rotarians and

spouses lunch was organised for

inmates of Ashiana in Sector

16, Panchkula, hosted by PP

B.L. Ramsisaria on 01.09.2017.

Our club has donated computers

for digital training centre at

Ashiana where in every batch

20-30 students are given free

training in basic computing.

Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign

Started on 01 September 2017 at GPS Manimajra

Appeal for Donations

President Dr. Rita Kalra appeals for following donations in kind

from Rotarians;

1. TARA : used CD as reflectors for three wheelers.

2. Aasra serai : Bed sheets/bed covers in usable condition.

3. Basic computers for digital literacy centre.

4. Books for libraries.

Happy School Grant

President Dr. Rita Kalra was pleased to announce that Happy

School Grant has been received in our club‟s bank account on 01

September. This is a big achievement and with great efforts of

IPP Amarjit Singh and PDG Shaju Peter, DRFC Chair. This

global grant will benefit the large number schools supported by

our club.

Swachhta abhiyan Rtn. Salil Chopra, Rtn. Nitin

Kapoor and 7 Interactors spoke to

shopkeepers, residents and

children on 2nd

September 2017 at

Burail-45, advicing them to keep

the surroundings clean and proper

disposal of garbage. They

understood the importance and

assured to maintain cleanliness.

Swachhta abhiyan was also organized at Shri Guru Gobind Singh

College for Women on 1st Sept by Rotaractors and College staff.

Students cleaned their college campus with great enthusiasm.

Gifts for marriage of poor disabled lady’s daughter

In the weekly meeting Rs. 10000/- was collected from Rotarians as

acknowledged with thanks, shown below. President Dr. Rita Kalra

and Rtn. Shuchi Thakur purchased a steel cupboard with a mirror,

one large box, one pressure cooker, a dinner set, some utensils and

bed sheets. On 02.09.2017 at Nevedac Prosthetic Centre, Zirakpur

who contributed a double burner gas stove with regulator, all these

items were gifted (Ruksat) to Preeti, daughter of Shamshad Begum,

a poor lady with bilateral below knee amputation, and wearing both

artificial legs. This was done in

the presence of President Dr.

Rita Kalra, PP Dr. V.J.S.

Vohra, PE Ashok K. Puri

R‟ann Sudha, Harmesh of our

RCC and Mrs. Raman, who

also wears both artificial legs

and works in the front office of

Nevedac Centre.

Acknowledgement with thanks Donations for marriage of disabled lady’s daughter

DG Rtn. T.K. Ruby Rs. 3000

PP Rtn. Pallav Mukherjee Rs. 2000

Rtn. Salil Chopra Rs. 1000

PP Rtn. Indrajeet Sengupta Rs. 1000

Rtn. Arjan Singh Rs. 1000

PP Rtn. Dr. V.J.S. Vohra Rs. 2000

Birthday of Spouses R‟ann Neerja Nagpal September 13

Birthday of Rotarians Rtn. Dr. Sanjay Kalra September 08

Wedding Anniversary R‟ann Kund Bala & PP Rtn. R.K. Goyal September 08

R‟ann Asha & Rtn. D.K. Gupta September 13

Punctuality award Won by Rtn. Shuchi Thakur