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District 3291

Governor’s Monthly letter

August 2017

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My dear fellow Rotarians,

Another new Rotary Year for the Rotarians has

already taken off. On the 1st of July, 2017, the

Health Check up Camp at 24 Metro Railway Stations

were well attended by Rotarians, Rotaractors and

RCC members of our District 3291. In the evening

on that day, Change-Over Ceremony of our District

was held at G. D Birla Sabhagar where 700 Rotarians

including PDGs and their gracious spouses were

present. I am grateful to the Chief Guest of the

evening PRID P T Prabhakar for attending the

programme and delivering a motivational speech.

I am really thankful to my Past District Governors,

District Governor Elect and District Governor

Nominee for their unstinted support.

The month of August in Rotary Calendar

is earmarked as a Membership Month.

This year RI President, Ian H. S.

Riseley declared membership growth

as one of the thrust areas.

It is universally known amongst

all Rotarians that they have actively

joined hands to uplift the community

in its various spheres and to carry on

the endeavour to move ahead with such

efforts, the clubs will have to make efforts

to induct new Members. A special drive needs to

be initiated to capitalize individual strengths for

a collective effort.

I request all the Presidents of the respective Clubs

to give special emphasis on inducting new members

and also to ensure the retention of existing members

by way of involving them regularly in the club

activities and club projects.

Further new members of the Club have to be

encouraged by extending due respect to them and

their views should also be addressed properly. It is

needless to mention that without the services of the

members no Club will be able to sustain for long.

The leaders and senior Rotarians

through their dedication are no

doubt the assets of the Club

in pursuit of the continuing

success of Rotary.

Yours - in – Rotary

Brojo Gopal Kundu

Governor, District 3291

2017-18

August is Membership and New Club Development Month


Barry Rassin, of the Rotary Club of East Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, has been selected to be 2018-19 Rotary President. Rassin’s nomination follows Sam F. Owori’s death.

Remembering Sam

sam F owori, died on 13th July, just two weeks into his term as rotary International President elect. A prayer meeting was held at rotary sadan in his honour.

InternatIonal news

RI President, 2018-19

2019-2020 Rotary President selected – Mark Daniel Maloney, of the Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International for 2019-20. He will be declared the President-nominee on 1 October if no challenging candidates have been suggested.

RI President Elect, 2019-20


We rotarians have served to the best of our ability, each one of us has put in our best efforts to do good to the world. Whenever we think or talk about service we all have reasons to be proud of. We can recollect how well that project was in which we served so many people. We made the children happy by giv-ing them the light of education, made their mothers happy by creating jobs for them, we made the community happy by providing safe drinking water, made the villagers feel good with the toilets we

Membership – A Challengeconstructed for their use. With our partners we have made and kept India Polio free for the last six & half years. We can go on saying about how we made others happy.While making others happy we have neg-lected ourselves.We have not taken care of ourselves. We have not done justice to our organization. We have not grown. how can we make more people happy if we in rotary are not happy with ourselves?We haven’t brought in more people to serve with us. We have not retained our fellow rotarians.It is time we look within ourselves.We need to grow, we need to retain.Members are precious to us. let’s give a call to our close ones to join rotary.We are not growing as we are not inviting more people. let’s take this job as a chal-lenge. let’s take an oath.

our near ones should not be away from rotary. We should invite them. Make them feel that rotary is making a difference.Increase members in existing Clubs. Invite more quality people. Invite the youth. Invite women.Don’t let our existing members leave rotary. retain them.let each one of us do our part of the job.the results are in our hands. More we dedicate ourselves to this cause we will get more hands to serve with.let others know rID 3291 has achieved a minimum of 20% growth in Membership by retaining and inducting. I trust you my friends. rotary relies on you.Cheers !!!

DGE Mukul SinhaChair, District Membership

WELCOME TO ROTARY


the program was organised by 24 clubs with the support of Apollo Gleneagles hospitals and Metro railway as partners in service. the lead host Club was rotary Calcutta victoria with President Dr. Krishnendu Gupta. the inaugration was held at Park street Metro station on saturday, 1st July, 2017.

the smart screening health Check Up Camp started from 9:30 am and continued till 12:30pm. the Camps covered a general health check up together with random blood sugar test, height & weight measurement, blood pressure, while a few camps had facilities for eCG and eye testing also.

Beneficiaries were passengers and metro railway staff and officers. each camp was being supervised by Apollo Coordinators, Club Coordinators and District Coordinators and was being conducted by Doctors, paramedics and nurses from Apollo Gleneagles hospitals.

PrAtIshrUtI was held saturday, 1st July, 2017 at GD Birla sabhagar where the new Governor, Brojo Gopal Kundu was formally installed by his predecessor shyamashree sen. PrID Pt Prabhakar was the Chief Guest and Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, vice Chancellor of Amity University, Kolkata was the Guest of honour. Past District Governors along with their spouses were felicitated. the District Directory and GMl were formally released. All the new Presidents took a formal oath of office. rotarians who pledged to contribute to the rotary Foundation were recognised and presented with a medallion.

the participating clubs were rC Dum Dum Metropolis at noapara, rC Dum Dum at Dum Dum, rC Cal north suburban at Belgacchia, rC serampore at shayambazar, rC Calcutta Dalhousie at sovabazar sutanuti , rC Cal north east at Girish Park, rC Central Gardens Cal at MG road, rC east Calcutta at Central, rC Cal samaritans at Chandni Chowk, rC Cal Presidency at esplanade, rC Cal victoria at Park street, rC Cal Majestic at Maidan, rC Cal yuvis at rabindra sadan, rC Cal south extension at netaji Bhavan, rC Cal outram at Jatin Das Park, rC Cal south City towers at Kalighat, rC rabindra sarobar Cal at rabindra sarobar, rC tollygunge at Mahanayak Uttam Kumar, rC Cal Park Point at netaji, rC Calcutta at Masterda surya sen and Kavi nazrul, rC Geetanjali Kolkata at Geetanjali, rC Cal Mideast at shahid Kudhiram and rC Dakshin Barasat at Kavi subhash.

total health check up was done for

2491people and 145 passengers had their eye check up.

DG Brojo Gopal Kundu, DGe Mukul sinha, DGn Ajay Agarwal, PDGs and rotarians personally visited many camps thus encouraging the clubs.

thanks for the support received from the 24 participating clubs, PP sandip Banerjee - District secretary Coordination, PP tapas Bhattacharya - rCC Chairman, PP sayak Gupto - District Project Coordinator, PP Chandan naha - District Grant Project Director, PP M.J. sultan - Additional District secretary Projects, PP Prabir Paul - Additional Dist secretary events, Dist. secretariat team, Mr. Goutam Bandyopadhyay - DGM Marketing Apollo Gleneagles hospitals Kolkata and Mr. Buddhadev Bakshi for taking care of the non medical logistic part.

– a report by PP Amartya Ghosh District Secretary - Projects

Celebration of Doctors’ Day at 24 Metro Stations

DIstrIct 3291 In motIon

A new Rotary year begins....Pratishruti



rCC District Assembly 2017 – 18 JAGorAn was held on sunday, 23rd July at Moulali yuba Kendra, Kolkata. the Inauguration program started at 10 am. the session was conducted by PP P. B. Mitra. the program started with lamp lighting by the dignit-aries and rCC members sang the national Anthem. vP of rC Dum Dum, the lead host Club welcomed all.District rCC Chairman, tapas Bhattacharya introduced the District rCC Committee members and narrated the plans and pro-grams of the committee. he requested all the rotary Clubs and rCCs to keep in touch with a) rtn soummojit Mukherjee and PP rishi lala to implement the rotary literacy program in rCC, b) PP Pawan Ku-mar Choudhury, PP Dr Malay Chatterjee to implement the vocational training and self employment program of Government and non Government sectors, c) PP Dibyendu Chakraborty and PP Utpal Bhattacharya for

Jagoran – RCC District Assembly 2017

position of rotary and rCC in rI District 3291. PP Prabhat Bhanu Mitra described the relationship, role and responsibilities of rCC and rotary. PP hemanta Basu also narrated his views and thoughts on it. the second session on literacy was moder-ated by PDG raju rajgaria, DlCC who talked about rotary’s Mission on teACh program of rIlM in rI District 3291. Mr Ashis sarkar (senior Manager- Program) focused on t-e-A-C-h, rotary India literacy Mission and requested volunteers from rCCs and local nGos who will help rIlM to work in the in-

terior rural areas. Ms sankalita Chakraborty : senior executive- Program- rIlM presented the various programs. the session on vocational training & em-ployment Generation was moderated by PP Pawan Kumar Choudhury. Ms Anshu Bery (Chief operating officer : eMPorIUM – vocational training Provider (vtP); Under Ministry of labour & employment- Govt of India ; Working on skill Development & Capacity Building in hospitality, tourism, soft skills, Aviation & Customer service skill) deliberated on the various opportunities where they can assist the rCCs. Ms shaon sen (Joint Director – “Directorate of self help Group & self employment” Government of WB) deliberated on the opportunities cre-ated by the Govt which can be availed by getting in touch with their respective BDo’s. the session on health and hygiene was moderated by DPPC PDG Uttam Ganguly. he deliberated on Polio Plus. PP (Dr) ra-mendu hom Choudhuri – Chairman – thalassemia Committee gave a very ab-sorbing presentation on thalassemia and how we can prevent the disease. Dr Amitava roy of Apollo Gleneagles hospital, Kolk-ata spoke on healthy living. Mr Goutam Bandyopadhyay, DGM Apollo Gleneagles hospital, Kolkata intimated that on 9th of every month, rCC District Committee along with rI District 3291 and Apollo Gleneagles hospital will conduct a health Check Up Camp.

– a report by PP Tapas BhattacharyaRotary Club of Dumdum

thalassemia and other health programs. DGn Ajay Agarwal spoke about rotary and rCC : Making A Difference. DG Brojo Gopal Kundu described the vision and mission of rCC and rotary for the year. rtn sabari Mitra, President of rotary Calcutta sun City, another lead host Club spoke on the perspective of rCC District assembly and thanked all for participation.the first session on rotary and rCC relation-ship and was moderated by District trainer, PDG Pinaki Prasad Ghosh, who described the perspective of the session and present



During the 70th year, rC howrah planned for Plantation of saplings at our rCC netaji sangha, Panchla More, howrah. As there was plenty of land for Plantation and volun-teers of rCC, I invited other rotary Clubs to be associated with the project. on 24th July afternoon, DG Brojo Gopal Kundu declared it as a District project as rI President Ian h. riseley has given the objective for Planta-tion of tree by each rotarian. DG gave the entire responsibility to rC howrah as host Club. tremendous response come from all stalwart rotary Clubs as the plan of Planta-tion increased from 150-5001 saplings. 20 other rotary Clubs and Inner Wheel Club of howrah Bridge joined as Co-host and 5 clubs joined as partner of the project.

ARANYA UTSAV – District Plantation Project

local Panchayet Pradhan Mr. tapan hazra, MlA Mr. Gulshan Mallick were present throughout the program. DG Brojo Gopal Kundu, District rCC Coordinator rakhal roy, District secretary Coordination sandip Banerjee, District secretary events Ashim Kumar roy were present along with District trainer PDG Pinaki Prasad Ghosh and a galaxy of rotary Dignitaries.on sunday, 30th July, 2017 the plantation started by MlA Mr. Gulshan Mallick along with DG and rC howrah planted saplings. total 400 trees were planted and 160 sap-lings distributed, rest 4440 saplings were planted by rCC volunteers. DG in his short speech expressed his joy to be the part of this occasion in such a remote place with

beautiful arrangements by rC howrah along with rCC netaji sangha. the morning star-ted with serving breakfast to all present and even to the patients who came for health Check up and nutritional Counseling Camp organized by rC howrah. Food packets and saplings were distributed to all patients by rC howrah & rC Calcutta renaissance. At the request of DG Brojo Gopal Kundu, the representatives of all clubs were invited to speak for a few minutes and share the exper-ience. the plantation program was followed by fellowship and lunch. All dignitaries were felicitated with beautiful indoor plants in decorated pots by rC howrah

– a report by President Samik RoyRotary Club of Howrah


Ballygunge1st July: Doctors’ Day celebrated at Institute of handicapped and Backward People, Behala. President susanta K sarkar felicitated Dr. M.A hassan sahani, founder

Barrackpore2nd July: 56th installation ceremony was observed with a mega Mother & Child health Check Up Camp with distribution of prescribed medicines at Baba loknath

machine was installed at Baidyapara Girls high school.15th July: 54th Installation Ceremony was held.23rd July: Annual event of Blood donation camp in association with Gajantala sporting Club, held at their Club premises was organised 28th July: Installation ceremony of the club sponsored Interact Club of Bridge International school was held.

Calcutta 1st July: 2 health Camps were sponsored at Masterda surya sen and Kavi nazrul Metro stations, led by our member Dr Amal

Rotary in Motion in RI District 3291

of the Institute and our doctor, rtn. Dr. Amlan Bhattacharya. 2 water purifiers were donated and a Magic show and food packets were organized for the children. 10th July: Blood Donation Camp was organized at tCs-Ion campus at salt lake with the help of People’s Blood Bank and 50 units of blood were donated by our members, tCs Management, Administrative and house Keeping staff. 26th July: Installation ceremony was held and souvenir Flame was released. A new member was inducted.

Barasat Metropolitan1st July: on Doctors’ Day, Birthday of eminent Dr. Bidhan Chandra roy was observed by flag hoisting and distribution of 250 food packets to under-privileged mothers and children of the bustees in Barasat locality. 18th July: 12th Installation Ceremony was held. 3 new members were inducted.

Brahmachari Mahamandal Ashram Compound, Muragachha, sodepur, Kolkata. 6 doctors, 2 pharmacists, one eCG technician checked 260 children and mothers from 8am to 1pm. our rotaractors felicitated the doctors to honour Doctors’ Day.30th July: Participated in the District plantation program ‘rotary Aranya Utsav’ as a co-host club at Panchla, howrah with rC howrah.

Behala 1st July: An air-conditioning machine was installed at children’s ward of Mohananda Brahmachari sishu seva Pratisthan. Bed covers, bed sheets and pillow covers were provided and chocolates were distributed to the child patients. the doctors of the hospital were honoured to celebrate Doctors’ Day. A sanitary napkins vending

Chakravarty, healthcare Committee Chair and Amit Ghosh, Co-Chair. 1st July: Medical help by way of financial assistance was extended to 5 needy & economically underprivileged patients at rotary sadan. 11th July: 98th Installation meeting was held. Chief Guest was Justice Mr Pinaki Chandra Ghose. 29th July: the 1st ever integrated rainwater harvesting project supplying safe drinking water and ground water recharge was inaugurated at Jodhpur Park Boys’ school. the project was funded by the Club with support from Inner Wheel Club of Calcutta.22nd July: Annual Blood Donation camp at rCC the refuge was sponsored. the nrs Medical College & hospital’s Blood Bank collected approx 160 units of blood.

Calcutta Charnock City3rd July: Change over Ceremony was held along with joint projects with rC Kabitirtha


Calcutta at south Calcutta national school. leD tube lights handed over to the Principal of the school. text Books (from class 5-10) were also given with participation from rC Kasba and rC Cal Cosmopolitan. Inaugurated Water Cooling tower installed at the school jointly with rC Kabitirtha Calcutta.Inaugurated 2 Wash rooms at the school – a joint project of rC Calcutta Charnock City & youth Activity Com. of District 3291.

an e-instant reader utilizing a PC system was installed and demonstrated at the Braille library of the university of Calcutta. Dr Kanchan Gaba(Blind) in-charge of the library and internationally known activist was felicitated with a vocational excellence Award. A leaflet on ‘rotary & the 4 Way test’ in Braille Form was also released for Distribution to all blind schools.

Calcutta DalhousieA health Checkup Camp was organised for the underprivileged at vivekananda society hall in association with Peerless

computer teacher at the Baghbazar school from 3 pm to 4 pm.30th July: Installation ceremony was held.

Calcutta Inner City7th July: Installation Ceremony was held. special guest was Mr. sanjay K thade, Principal secretary of tribal Development Department, Govt of West Bengal.

Calcutta ChowrengheeInstallation ceremony was held at the 804th meeting of the club. 15th July: 3rd Installation Ceremony of the club sponsored sri sri Academy Interact Club was held.22nd & 23rd July: the fund raising Fashion & lifestyle exhibition Parampara Boulevard was held at the oberoi Grand. over 70 participants from all over India took part.

Calcutta Cosmopolitan26th July: e-literacy for Blind students was enabled under District Grant (2016-17), as

hospital. the beneficiaries from nearby localities were made aware of the camp by distributing leaflets and door-to-door campaign. In the camp, Blood Pressure, Blood sugar, Weight measurement, eCG, hepatitis-B & C check-up done. eye check up was also carried out and spectacles were given to 36 beneficiaries. Club sponsored the District health screening Project at sovabazar Metro station.

Calcutta Endeavour1st July: sponsored the District health screening Project at the esplanade metro station. 154 patients were registered and blood pressure, PP sugar and doctor’s consultation was done.9th July: Donated more than 300 books and study materials to the students of an underpriviledged school at Baghbazar. 20th July: rtn niel hirjee volunteered as a

23rd July: 50 saplings of Mahogany, neem, Jarul, Arjun, Kaju Badam, Palash, horitoki, Kanchan, Krishnachura, radhachura and sonali were planted at the Maidan area. tree guards have been arranged so that the trees can grow with care.

Calcutta Jadavpur29th July: Distribution of seeds & fertiliser at rCC Chowbaga wherein 50 bags each of seeds & bio-fertiliser worth rs 12,500 were distributed to 100 underprivileged farmers.

Calcutta Kankurgachi1st July: Celebrated Doctors’ Day by garlanding the statue of Dr. Bidhan Chandra roy at Bidhan sishu Udyan and felicitating 3 doctors, Dr. Debashish roy, Dr. Deboproshad Majumder and Dr. Madhuri


Das for their outstanding humanitarian service with all medical projects of the club.2nd July: Polio ravivar was observed.9th July: In association with colours organization, organized a health check-up camp with the support of Fortis hospital and blood donation camp for the thalassemic children at sahid nagar. Dr. r. home Chowdhury gave an awareness talk on thalassemia and lifestyle diseases. 49 units of blood were collected.13th July: 1 new member was inducted.20th July: Family Get together was organised to celebrate the birthday of 4 members.23rd July: Co-hosted the rCC Assembly.29th July: Co-host for rIlM program “ProJeCt AnnAPUrnA“, which was launched at rotary sadan. Club members were accompanied by 4 students and 2 teaching staff from a school for underprivileged “AnAnDAtIrthA” which has been adopted by the club during ry 2016-17 for all rlIM programs.30th July: Planted 26 saplings at CG Block, salt lake. Members of CG Block Association and Councillor Anita Mondol were present.

Calcutta Lake Town1st July: health check up camp was held at Protham Padakhep school with autistic children. Club felicitated dental surgeons Dr Biswajit Biswas and Dr saikat Basak and Dr shubodeep laskar, a General Physician.7th July: A laptop was given to Mr rohit Makal, a student of commerce.14th July: study materials were given to needy girl students.26th July: Fans were donated to Adi Mahakali Pathsala.23rd July: Co-hosted the rCC Assembly.

Calcutta Mahanagar 1st July: Project Gst- Grow & save tree was launched. 50 saplings were distributed and trees planted. PrID sang Koo yun, planted

a tree at rotary Mahanagar Peace Park. 6th July: 27th Installation ceremony of the club was held which was graced by PrID sAnG Koo yUn from south Korea as Chief Guest.8th July: A free Dental check-up camp was organized in association with Cognizant at Kasba Modern Institution for Girls. Around 80 children were checked and treated by rtn Dr. nipa Gandhi and her team.165 Cataract surgeries have taken place during this month at h. C. Garg rotary Mahanagar netralaya with patients from nGo Uttar howrah seva samity (Gopal Bhawan), & Pranabananda netralaya (Gobardanga).7th July: Under the flagship project ‘healing little hearts’, 7 year old Amit sardar, son of a labourer has undergone heart surgery.9th July: Blood Grouping Camp was conducted at nowa Para, sonarpur and 39 sos donors registered. We also met need of four patients.15th July: Under Project Food Bank, 1200 packets of Milo health drink were distributed to the students of Chapna high school. 29th July: Project Annapurna was launched at rotary sadan in association with Food security Foundation of India ltd. 7 other rotary clubs are co-hosts. these Clubs collectively are feeding 1600 students every day and have received rs.18 lacs as grant money under the umbrella of rotary India literacy Mission.Under Project Dignity, around 977 low cost toilets were constructed at Basirhat-II block, Magrahat-II, swarupnagar, hingalgunge, Kulpi, Murshidabad, Farakka and east Midnapur this month.

Calcutta Maidan1st July: Installation held jointly with the change over ceremony of District Governor, Brojoi Gopal Kundu.

Pulse polio immunisation was done.Cultural evening organised at sovabazar natmandir by terminally ill downtrodden children. health and service camp at sraban Mela at tarakeswar was organised.

Calcutta Majestic1st July: General health and eye check up of 15 inmates of the old age home santi nivas and doctors were felicitated.

Arunima hospice is a shelter for 41 AIDs affected and infected children. Protein rich food is supplied throughout the month. stationery items and inner garments were distributed among the children.health Checkup Camp was organised at Maidan Metro station where more than 100 patients visited and Blood pressure,

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Blood sugar were checked by the doctors along with free consultation.Free medicines were provided for 80 patients who visited Achinta Mohan homeopathy Clinic and eye check up of 15 patients was done.2nd July: Club installation was held. 1 new member was inducted. literacy beneficiaries vishnu and sreejita were felicitated for their achievement in class X Board exams this year and a cheque of rs.10,000 was given to each of them.15th July: visit to the Adult literacy program where 20 adults will sit for examinations to be held in August.30th July: Participated as co-hosts in District ArAnyA project held at Panchla howrah.

Calcutta Metro City30th July: Participated in rotary Aranya Utsav at Panchla as a co-host of the project.

Calcutta Mid City16th June: Installation of the club was held.

Calcutta Millenium17th July: the 2nd Installation meeting of the club was held. the Guest of honour was sri Arun Kumar Gupta, IPs, Director General of Prison, Inspector General of Police who was felicitated by the Club for his guidance and support in the club projects. 24th July: With rakshak Foundation in association with the Directorate of Correctional services, West Bengal promotion and exhibition of Jute products made by the inmates of Correctional services, trained by rakshak Foundation, was held at Indian Council of Cultural Affairs under the banner “Jute story Beyond Bars”. the program was graced by sri Arun Kumar Gupta, IPs, DG, IGP, Correctional services, Govt. of West Bengal; Padmashri Ms Usha Uthup, singer; Mr Wasim Kapoor, renowned painter, and Ms shuchandra vaaniya, actress, Bishop P.s.P. raju, head of the Church of north India’s Diocese of Kolkata and Brig. Balbir singh, Advisor rakshak Foundation. 30th July: Co-hosted District program rotary Aranya Utsav at Panchla.

Calcutta North East1st July: took charge of Girish Park Metro station for District Mega health Camp. over 100 Metro commuters had their health check which included random sugar test. Few were advised to have eCG done which was also done at a clinic nearby free of cost. 20th July: 2 wheel chairs were donated.23rd July: visited the club sponsored rCC at Kakinada where 5 Wheel Chairs were distributed. Books under Wisdom library were handed to the teacher of Panpur Makhanlal high school. toilet constructed at Belle was also visited.30th July: tree plantation was done at sukea street in association with Brindaban Matri Mandir who will maintain the trees. Mr. Dhananjoy Chakraborty (Bapi), a taxi driver was felicitated as he drives a taxi named soBUJ rAth which has grass planted on top. local councillor Mrs. sadhana Guha and local MlA Mrs. smita Bakshi attended the program.

Calcutta North Suburban25th June: 26th Installation was held. one

new member was inducted.1st July: smart health Check Up program of District 3291 was conducted at Belgachia Metro station. 2nd July: Pulse Polio program was conducted at sinthi More and at club sponsored rCC Baruipara Jubak Brinda & rCC nootan Pally Dankuni. 248 children were immunised.

Calcutta Metro South28th July: 27th installation of the club was held. Around 12 kathas of land has been acquired in Bamonmollarchak village for the construction of a school building.

16th July: With the club sponsored rCC Baruipara Jubak Brinda, health check up, spectacle distribution & voluntary blood donation camp was organised. 48 patients had their health check up, blood sugar test & uric acid test. eCG was done on 32 patients. the diagnostic tests were done in collaboration with Doyen. 17 pairs of spectacles were given to the needy. 52 units of blood was collected and the donors were given gifts and certificates.30th July: Co-hosted District program rotary Aranya Utsav at Panchla.

Calcutta Old City1st July: Doctors’ Day celebrated by felicitating Dr. Biswajit Bandyopadhyay h.o.D of Paediatric Cardiology, r.n. tagore hospital. Gifts of toys were given to the little children during their health check.

Rotary in Motion.....


Calcutta Park Point1st July: health Check-Up Camp was conducted at netaji Metro station. Approximately 200 beneficiaries attended the Camp.22nd July: 23rd Installation ceremony of the club was held where special Guest of honour was Mr. Jagmohan, IPs, Director General, Fire & emergency services, WB. saplings were given as gifts to the guests. Charter was presented to the newly formed rCC of the club, Janasiksha Prochar Kendra. An authorisation letter was handed over for the collection of 100 Bengali Books from rotary India literacy Mission.Mrs. Chayanika Banerjee Paul, a renowned news reader & Anchor of Channel eight was felicitated.

Calcutta Presidency1st July: Club took charge at esplanade station and successfully conducted check ups for 155 passengers which included Doctor’s consultation, B.P. check up and random sugar testing

Calcutta Renaissance8th July: eye check up and Dental camp with nutrition and Diet Counselling was conducted at Modern school, Kasba which is an orphanage for girls.14th July: 12th Installation Ceremony of the Club was held.30th July: Co-hosted District program rotary Aranya Utsav at Panchla

outstanding contribution for services to rotary and to the club.

Calcutta South City4th July: A cervical cancer screening camp was organized by Chittaranjan national

Calcutta South City Towers24th June: Installation ceremony was held. A new lady member was inducted1st July: the club participated in the District “smart health screening Camp Project” and was allotted Kalighat Metro station. the number of people who benefitted from this free Camp was 101.30th July: With the club sponsored rCC Divine Destination scholarships were given to 75 meritorious students of BPl families. this was held at Behala Blind school, at a total cost of approx rs 2 lacs.

14th July: 24th Installation ceremony of the club was held. 6 new members were inducted, out of which 2 were ladies.

Calcutta South Central24th July: Installation ceremony was held.A special award was conferred upon rotary stalwart rtn shantanu Bose for his

Cancer institution, Kolkata & howrah Green World at Jagatballavpur, howrah, where 50 women between the age group of 30 to 50 were examined.6th July: Distribution of 107 spectacles to the employees of Alpine distillery, who participated in the Iol camp conducted by the club.

Calcutta South Extension9th June: 17th Installation ceremony was held.1st July: the club participated in the District “smart health screening Camp Project” and was allotted netaji Metro station. total beneficiaries were 93. 2nd July: Pulse Polio camp at tarak Bose Memorial at Bhawanipore. 137 children were immunised and gifts given to them.21st July: Food distribution to the students of the club’s school for street children nabadiganta, as celebration of birthday of rtn Animesh Kanti Ghosal and rtn somnath Mookerjee. Financial support provided to a Medical student as part of an ongoing project which is sponsored by PP Mrinal Kanti Pal.


Calcutta Victoria1st July: Doctors’ Day health check-up camp held at the Park street metro station. Doctors & nurses from Apollo Gleneagles conducted the camp. 139 commuters as well as metro staff had their blood pressure, blood sugar and BMI checked.

7th July: PehChAAn in association with “nAMe” was organised at G D Birla sabhaghar where 135 under privileged children were given an opportunity to showcase their talent on stage.13th July: 2nd installation ceremony of the Interact Club of Calcutta visionaries was held at the Calcutta Punjab Club.29th July: Fellowship program ‘sindhara Celebration’ was organised by the lady members at the Calcutta Cosmopolitan Club.In the month of July, at the sunday weekly free health camp organised at the club sponsored rCC sukantapally United samity at subhashgram, sonarpur, 196 patients were examined by Dr. Basudeb naskar, and free medicines were given.

Calcutta West Ridge2nd July: 2nd Installation Meeting jointly with rotary Calcutta Majestic was held.15th July: Inter school Football tournament was sponsored with “Bijoyee samsad Atheletic Club”. An exhibition match was played between Calcutta West ridge XI and Bijoyee samsad XI which the club won 2 to 1.

the projects were carried out at Matri Mangal Pratisthan (Popularly known as Bol haspatal).12th July: Mid day meal was organised courtesy PP shri ratan Jhawar at the school rotary siksha Kendra for the 350 students there.16th July: 34th Installation Ceremony of the club was held. 17 new members were inducted along with 1 honorary member. 19th-24th July: Charlotte Penney and eleanor hammett, International guests from UK were hosted by the club. 30th July: Co-hosted District program rotary Aranya Utsav at Panchla.

Contai1st July: Doctor’s Day was observed by felicitating 12 eminent Doctors of Contai town.15th July: 31st Installation was held. 5 sewing machines were distributed to needy women under Interest-Free Microcredit. 3 personalities (Painter, Flute Player & nGo-tree

Calcutta Yuvis1st July: the club participated in the District “smart health screening Camp Project” and was allotted rabindra sadan Metro station. total beneficiaries were 128. Passengers were checked for Blood Pressure and Blood Glucose.4th July: 7th Installation Ceremony was held.

Central Calcutta1st July: Polio Drops were administered to children. 3 5-star Invertor Air Conditioners of 2 tons capacity each were installed at the Paediatric ward. to commemorate Doctors’ Day, Dr. s. r. saha, Dr. seva Mukherjee, Dr. sumit Khatod and our member Dr. Ankur Gupta were felicitated. Financial assistance was provided to four mothers for their pre/post-natal medical treatment and expenses. All

planter) were felicitated. two students who ranked within 10 in the state level Madhyamik & hs examinations were felicitated.29th July: saplings were planted at Contai s.D. hospital.

Cossipore27th June: Installation meeting was held where Blind Musicians of Anne sullivan Institute for the sightless, Kalyani mesmerized all present with their performance. President Jayant Basu donated rs. one lakh for service Projects.

Pilot project to vaccinate 500 adolescent girls between 9–14 years with hPv vaccine was launched at Chittaranjan national Cancer Institute (CnCI). Dr sankaranarayan, one of the world’s leading experts on this disease made a presentation on Global scenario of hPv.

Calcutta Visionaries29th June: 5th installation ceremony was held. the board of the newly formed rotaract Club of Calcutta visionaries was

also installed. Project “Choti si Aasha” seeking adoption of 234 Children of the club sponsored free school “rotary Kishlaya shiksha niketan” at village Parasmani, sunderban, at a cost of rs 37800 per child for the 1st eighteen months, and thereafter at rs 500 per month was launched. 2nd July: visit to project “Parasmoni” at village shantigachi, sunderbans where a new jetty was inaugurated.


16th July: Club Assembly and Cots were held at Dalhousie Athletic Club, Maidan.

Dumdum Metropolis20th June: 25th Installation was held.1st July: the club participated in the District “smart health screening Camp Project” and was allotted noapara Metro station. the number of people who benefitted from this free Camp was 110.

East Calcutta28th June: 50th Installation Ceremony was held where sarod recital was presented by Dr. Avijit Ghosh and recitation by Ann Jyotsna Das.

surgeon Dr. M. Depenbu assisted the entire camp. Members of the rCC made all the arrangements for the camp.

Eclub of Kolkata Connect1st July: Installation was held. 6th July: organised a vocational workshop at rotary sadan, for students to enlighten them about choice of career. the Chief resource person was shri sudip Patil,

the target audience for the session was adolescents of classes vI-XII.

Geetanjali Kolkata 1st July: District “smart health screening Camp Project” was conducted at Gitanjali Metro station. the number of people who benefitted from this free Camp was 114.Apart from General Medical Check up, ent check was also provided by the Club

President Dr sudipta Chandra . rotaractors also participated.Club sponsored 9 rCCs we l co m e d t h e n e w rotary year through tree Plantation at their locations. rCC Dhakuria new Panacea Welfare society launched

special yoga classes for the children. 2nd July: Polio Immunization day was observed by visiting various Polio booths. Polio Awareness posters and banners were placed in strategic locations in and around Dhakuria railway station.3rd July: rCC Dhakuria new Panacea Welfare society members and PP Utpal Bhattacharyya went to two kindergarten schools and identified students who did not take the Polio vaccine. the list was handed over to school authorities and a copy to local KMC Councillor.14th July: the club sponsored rCC - rescue And oxygen society ( ros) along with ”Paschim Banga nari o sisu Bikash o somaj Kalyan dept launched a self help program for women , where initially 50 women were being trained on making ready Made Garments. this course is designed for 6 months. 16th July: 4th Installation of the club was held. Fellowship Program with rotary e-Club of Melbourne (rtn Madhumita Bishnu) and rotary Club of Khulna (rtn sk Abdul hadi) was done. 2 rotarians from rID 3240 attended along with Mr Ajit ranjan sarkar (sr Advocate–hC). 2 new members were inducted. rabindra sangeet was performed by Kaberi Choudhury, recitation of Drama Kadambari by Four Wings and Band Music by 2nd Innings. the chief guest was Mr sutirtha Bhattacharya (IAs, Chairman of Coal India).23rd July: Co-hosted rCC District Assembly JAGorAn.

1st July: the club participated in the District “smart health screening Camp Project” at Central Metro station. Blood Pressure and CBG along with minor ailments check was done for 101 people who visited this free camp.19th July: Daughter of Mr. Ashok Karak stood first in the higher secondary exam this year. he is a very poor man thus members collected a fund of rs. 5400 and donated for financing her further studies.23rd July: nabodisha was organized by the club for street children with the help of Beliaghata police, mothers health checkup was also organized. 29-30th July: A free eye surgery camp was successfully completed by rtn Dr. Bikas Bhattacharya at club sponsored rCC Bankrishnapur, hooghly. visiting eye

General Manager sales of Greaves Cotton Mills. students from various colleges attended the workshop. 8th July: organized a literacy project “Knowalledge Mind sport Grand Finale” at Jyotirmai hall, where students of various schools in Kolkata participated to test and analyze their knowledge and vocabulary efficiency. 53 schools and 15000 students participated. the event was attended by Principals and teachers of schools. Awardees were felicitated with scholarships.21st July: organised a panel discussion on how sports is instrumental in empowering women today “World at her feet” along with the German Football Academy. the panelists were from different fields of life from both India and abroad - sara romert (Former player of FC Bayern Munich), sabina Pandey (regional Director of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce), neha Bhatnagar (Mountaineer and Chief Fun officer of Fun Pickle and Friendlytoyz.com), Mrinalini Mukherjee (Fitness Instructor and Columnist), suranjana Basu Das (President of the lake Gardens Women and Children Development Centre), Manoshi roy Chowdhury (Co-Chairperson of techno India Group) and IPDG shymashree sen.28th July: A two hour talk show, quiz and inter-active session on Anti-addiction was organised in association with Interact Club of Calcutta Public school Bidhan Park. It was conducted by Mr. Bobby Chakraborty.


24th July: Club sponsored rCC, Bira Angikar Welfare society organized an exhibition where various products made by the students were displayed, a part of Women empowerment program. 26th July: Club sponsored rCC, Bira Angikar Welfare society organized a thalassemia awareness program at Beraberi Panchyet for the local youth.31st July: Club sponsored rCC, Bira Angikar Welfare society organized tB (Bot’s) program at Guma nibedita Pally along with health Department.

Greater Calcutta2nd July: to celebrate Doctors’ Day, the club felicitated the doctors of its Chetla Medical Project who render free service to the clinic all through the year at Bimal Mitra Academy at Chetla. Doctors from national Medical College, r.G.Kar Medical College and other hospitals and few private doctors were felicitated at the gathering.7th July: A pain clinic was inaugurated which will be further expanded in due course of time and the club has earmarked a budget of approximately 1 lac for expansion.19th July: 16th Installation ceremony of the club held. to commemorate the event the club felicitated noted theatre personality and natya Akademi recipient sri Meghnad Bhattacharya, national Award winning film director Ms satarupa sanyal and legendary guitarist Pandit swapan sen for their contribution to art and culture. Ms satarupa sanyal was inducted as honorary member of the club. Four new members were inducted.22nd July: 60 students from around 30 schools of Kolkata were felicitated for topping the class X and XII Board examinations. trophies and Certificates were given on behalf of the club by shri Kailash nath tripathi, hon’ble Governor of West Bengal who was the chief guest for

the evening. other dignitaries present were Former Bishop of Kolkata rev Bishop raju, Archbishop of Calcutta rev thomas D’souza.

Howrah5th July: Installation ceremony held. 1 new member was inducted.

20th July: Books were distributed to rCC secretary. 30th July: Installation was held. one new Member was inducted.

Kabitirtha Calcutta 1st July: A health check up camp was organised with Andhra Association at the Andhra Association school. total no of beneficiaries was 200. An awareness program on thalassemia and WIns was also held and eminent Doctors spoke on the subjects to the students of classes vIII to X with an Interactive session. 8 Doctors were felicitated on the same

A needy meritorious student of class IX, Ms. ekta Pal was given a financial assistance of rs. 5000 (Five thousand only) for continuation of further studies by President elect rtn Maya Pal. Charter was presented to a newly formed club sponsored rCC Krittibas. the rCC runs a school which is in a dilapidated condition. rC howrah proposes to make it a WIns compliant happy school.30th July: 2 health check-up projects were done simultaneously at rCC netaji sangha, Panchla. Weekly mother & child health check-up camp was inaugurated. Doctors of the club were present and 86 patients were checked up and free medicines were given along with breakfast.With rC Calcutta renaissance a camp was held for health check-up and nutritional Counselling of adolescent girls. 70 patients were checked up with nutritional counselling by the club’s doctor members rtn Dr. sandhya Mondal, rtn Dr. Pamela Ghosh, and nutritionist Ms. enakkhi Chakraborty. All the patients received a packet of nutritional food and a fruit bearing sapling to plant in their home.

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day in presence of Chief Guest sri sutirtha Bhattacharya, Chairman of Coal India.3rdJuly: A joint project with rotary Club of Calcutta Charnok City was organised at south Calcutta national school. 750 english books & one water cooling machine as donated & existing toilets repaired.

Kamarhati1st July: A Blood donation camp was organised with IMA Kamarhati and 43 units of blood was collected by Institution of Blood transfusion Medicine & Immuno-hematology (Central Blood bank).

30th July: tree Plantation program was organised. 40 saplings of different trees were planted around the boundary of Bani Mandir no 5 GsFP school ground, Belghoria.

Kasba4 bathrooms were inaugurated after


renovation at a Primary school situated at Bantala, south 24 Parganas. 1st July: Dr snehasis Basu, FrCs (edin), Ms, D.n.B., eye surgeon of Insight eyecare at Kasba was felicitated on Doctors’ Day. Dr A.K.Das, MBBs, General Physician having his chamber at rathtala crossing in Kasba for 30 years was also felicitated. Donated medicines collected from local Kasba Doctors to Indian red Cross society as required for their regular health check up camps in and around Kolkata.

Madhyamgram

15th July: A Mother and Child & General health Check Up Camp was organized. Dr. Keya Majumder examined 55 patients including 15 children with their mothers. Prescribed medicines were distributed. 23rd July: Co-hosted District rCC Assembly held at Moulali yuva Kendra.27th July: Installation ceremony of the Club sponsored Interact Club of Gokhale Memorial school for Girls was held.30th July: Club members celebrated Barsha Mangal & Monsoon Picnic with hilsa Festival at the house of PP Pranati roy.

6th July: 40th Installation ceremony of the club was held.

Purulia1st July: 50 years of “service to the Mankind” was commemorated with Peace March which was attended by rotarians, Inner Wheel members, rotaractors, students from different schools, staff of rC Purulia service Center, Purulia Municipality and the Police Band. tableaus demonstrating

North Calcutta1st July: Wheel chairs donated and 200 breakfast packets were distributed among the children admitted at Institute of Child health to celebrate Doctors’ Day.

30th July: Installation Ceremony was held. the club runs a free computer training center and sewing training school for ladies at Badamtolla Ashoknagar, habra.

Madhyamgram Metropolitan2nd July: sUBhArAMBhA, the stone laying ceremony of Global Grant Project of a rotary Clinic for treatment & Prevention of Diseases and vision care was held at najrul sadan.

New Ballygunge21st June: Installation ceremony held. 6th July: Bicentennial birthday of Maharshi Debendranath tagore - who made a difference in education, social life and religious scenario during his time – was observed.

different projects of the club and the ICU on Wheels also participated. Awareness campaign was held on saving girl child, cleanliness and not using plastic bags. Pens, chocolates and handbills highlighting rotary’s contribution to the community were distributed. tiffin packets and water were served to the participants.More than 60 doctors of Purulia were felicitated. 366 Umbrellas have been distributed among the inpatients of the two hospitals – rotary Club of Purulia service Centre and rotary lalpur eye hospital. 9th July: 50th Installation Meeting was held. Members from rC Bokaro also joined. 3 new members were inducted along with 2 honorary members. 23rd July: 300 saplings of different fruit trees were planted at rotary lalpur eye


hospital with Inner Wheel Club of Purulia and rotaract Club of Purulia Central. 25 rural free eye screening camps were organized, 898 patients screened and 255 selected for Iol surgery in the month of July.

Rabindra Sarobar Calcutta1st July: A mega health check up camp was held at rabindra sarobar Metro station in association with Apollo Gleneagles hospital. 205 individuals were checked up. rtn Dr Avijit Banerjee was felicitated on the occasion of Doctors’ Day.23rd July: 25th Installation ceremony was held. Finacial assistance was provided to 4 students for continuing their further education.

Salt Lake Central1st July: observed Doctor’s Day by garlanding the statue of Dr. B. C. roy, near Karunamoyee,

Salt Lake Downtown7th July: tree Plantation project was done at Jal vayu towers, new town, Kolkata.Plant saplings were gifted to rC Kankurgachi.30th July: tree plantation was done at Kulberia village, new town.

salt lake and distributing food packets to the patients of Bidhannagar hospital and IB Block subodh Mitra Cancer hospital.7th & 9th July: eye camp was held at D. n. De homeopathic hospital at tangra.22nd July: homeopathic Clinic was attended at Dum Dum Correctional home.23rd July: Mega health( general & Child, eCG, Blood sugar test etc) & eye check up camp was held at Baguihati. All Medicines were provided free of cost.

Serampore24th June: 58th Installation ceremony of the club was held. 11 students who had brilliant results in Madhyamik – Uchha Madhyamik, ICse & CBse were felicitated. 17 well wishers who became patrons of the club and donated funds for social service were also felicitated. 2 new lady members were inducted.1st July: the club sponsored health check-up Camp at shyambazar Metro station.30th July: took part as a partner club in the tree Plantation project at Panchla, howrah.organized two Blood Donation Camps, jointly with local clubs wherein 150 units of blood collected.the project taken up last year for arranging monthly ration for 35 inmates of Uttamananda Matri Ashram, Konnagar is continued and food items worth rs. 10,000 supplied for the month of July. tree Plantation at Konnagar organized.

Salt Lake Midtown 1st July: the statue of Dr Bidhan Chandra roy was garlanded. one of the club members co coordinated the health check camp at Girish Park metro station along with rC Calcutta north east. 9th July: health check up camp and blood donation camp was held at tangra, where nearly 600 people donated blood and eye, random sugar, blood group was checked for 1000 people.19th July: tree plant-ation, stationery and food packets were distributed at Mahisbhatan Jaitya Pathsala. Payel Maji, daugher of PP Mouli nath Maji donated the stationery and food packets.23rd July: Co-hosted rCC District Assembly held at Moulali yuba Kendra.25th July: Club installation was held. renovation work for Mahaisbhatan is in progress.

educational assistance to the tune of rs. 5000 donated by rtn. leena Ganguly, handed over to Ms. shreya Mukherjee who stood 19th in hs exam. Also, assistance assured to Ms. reena Khatoon for her further education by rtn. Kabir sur Chaudhuri.

Sonarpur8th July: Installation ceremony held


Aananda Dhara Kolkata Friday, September 1

Calcutta Renaissance Saturday, September 2

Barasat Sunday, September 3

Calcutta Bhowanipore Monday, September 4

District Governor visits in SeptemberPurbalok Tuesday, September 5

Calcutta New Town Wednesday, September 6

Calcutta Majestic Tuesday, September 12

Ballygunge Uptown Wednesday, September 13

Forthcoming District ProgramsSaturday, September 9: Seminar on Cancer Awareness

Wednesday, September 20: Seminar on Rabies

Jodhpur Gardens Calcutta Thursday, September 14

Kabitirtha Calcutta Friday, September 15

Calcutta Old City Thursday, September 21

Calcutta Dhakuria Friday, September 22

PresidentsCalcutta Mega City Ashok Kr Hawelia 9830020245 [email protected]

Calcutta Metro City Bandana Das 9830058226 [email protected]

Calcutta North West Gautam Dutta 9830173846 [email protected]

Calcutta Presidency Pawan Bagaria 9830040791 [email protected]

Calcutta South Central Pradip Gaine 9830271450 [email protected]

Kolkata Elgin Sumita Dasgupta 9831622941 [email protected]

Kolkata Pearls Sultan Singh 9830222449 [email protected]

Nowda Murshidabad Amit Ghosh 9474321037 [email protected]

SecretariesCalcutta Millennium Rajesh Jhunjhunwala 9830092474

E-Club of Kolkata Konnect Protichi Sengupta 9830484503 [email protected]

Kolkata Elgin Saikat Majumder 9831444096 [email protected]

We have Changed……

Our meetings have changed....this is for your information that rC new Ballygunge meets on 2nd & 4th thursday instead of 2nd & 4th saturday at 5.30 pm. at snDMA.

With regards

yours in rotary

Rtn Anuradha Bysack President, RC New Ballygunge

Applause....To, Rtn Meeta LakhotiaRC Central Calcutta

My dear Meeta,

I have just received your GML. My heartiest congratulations of bringing out excellent GML. You have also put the R.I President’s Message in the year of Past Govn.year.

With best wishes.

Vijay Bhandari

District 3291 Grows…..Rotary Calcutta AvyannaMembers: 52Meeting at The Conclave / Wednesday / 7.30 PMPresident: Srabanee ChakrabortyMob: 9830220204E-mail: [email protected]: Dolly GuptaMob: 704444144E-mail: [email protected]

Rotary Calcutta New Town CentralMembers: 20Meeting at Jalvayu Towers / Wednesday / 7 PMPresident: Arindam BanerjeeMob: 9903318148E-mail: [email protected]: Swapan ChatterjeeMob: 8116089643E-mail: [email protected]

Rotary Calcutta Eco-MetropolitanMembers: 20Meeting at Saturday / 5 PMPresident: Jayanti NeogiMob: 9830502737E-mail: [email protected]: Sukanya DasMob: 9748018722E-mail: [email protected]

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