Volume XXIX Issue No. 5 30th August, 2019

AUGUST IS THE MONTH From the desk of PRESIDENT OF ROTARY Dear Friends, SERVING HUMANITY take this opportunity to thank all the members AND spouses for attending and participating in all the events, fellowships, meetings and projects in the last 2 months starting from 1st of July 2019. I heartily thank all committees , board members, members and spouses for their whole heartedly support ,cooperation and joining hands in all the work we could do. I look forward for the same manner with zeal and enthusiasm which has been reflected and splashed all over. THANK YOU SO MUCH MAHANAGARIANS. I take this opportunity to thanks our Club Secretary Ashok Agarwal for his excellent support and cooperation. Truly speaking It has been a dream come true for me and every ounce and iota of it has been possible and possible only because of you all MAHANAGARIANS. Today, 30th August 2019, we are having our first Club Assembly and yes friends, it is the best time to share the gist of various activities of the Club done so far in the current Rotary Year and the planning to be done to achieve the targets and think beyond that . It’s a time to really connect with the members and hear them , their opinion, their mind and to understand their aspirations. Club assembly gives an excellent opportunity to understand and connect with the work culture of the club. Dear friends, please let us know where we went wrong, and what more we can do to improve the working thereby get the optimum results and satisfaction in whatever we have been doing. I request each and every member to come forward and share their views. EVERYONE IN MAHANAGAR MEANS A LOT TO US and we promise to do our best . Thanking You once again Vinod Mahipal Mahanagar Bloodline President (2019-20) Our Club carried out six Blood Grouping C a m p s i n b e t w e e n 7.08.2019 to 26.08.2019 and Natural calamities are certainly unavoidable and beyond human control.But all that we can registered 241 SOS donors. do is find ways to cope up with the situation during the hour of need. Flood is a type of natural Requirement of calamity. This year the rain god has been showing its fury almost all over India and as we all f i v e n e e d y know flood has affected many states, but we in Mahanagar are always ready to help those patients were in distress due to natural calamities through our flagship project SHELTER KITS. Shelter met.The camp was conducted in following kits of Rotary Calcutta Mahanagar are saviors during natural disasters. In the month of locations: August,Rotary Club of Calcutta Mahanagar distributed 100 Shelter kits to the people of the Ÿ Sriguru Sangha”, 11/2 Durga Prasanna flood affected areas of Dharwad and Hubli. Paramhansha Deb Road, Naktola, We have already despatched 500 kits either through us or through some other organisation -700047 on 07th August, 2019. to the flood affected people of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bihar and Kerala. We will be Ÿ Rajjya Sarkari Karmachari Fedaration. Jalasampad packing 200 new kits shortly and we will send them by this weekend to the affected areas. Bhawan Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091 on Report by 09th August 2019. PP RTN. AJAY LODHA Ÿ Kasba Sammannay” 115/1 B B Chatterjee Road, Kolkata-700012 on 11th August 2019. Ÿ “Belgachia Sadharan Durgotsav”, 7A Manmatta Dutta Road, Kolkata- 700037 on 17th August 2019. Ÿ “West Bengal Youth Congress Committee”, Balai Dutta Street, Kolkata-700073 on 20th August 2019. Ÿ “Yogipara Puja Kalyan Samiti”, 19 Yogipara Road, Kolkata-700006 on 23rd August 2019 Tumhi Ho Bandhu Sakha Tumhi ....

“Tumhi ho Bandhu sakha tumi....each Rotarian’s heart was overwhelmed with the warmth of friendship on the gala event organised by Calcutta Mahanagar. Friendship Day- a celebration of strong bonding shared between friends was the opportune moment to express the care and connect each Rotarian shares with each other. The event started with the normal RWM proceedings followed by felicitation of members with 100% attendance in past events. Details of upcoming service projects was also shared with the members. Soon, the entire hall was basking in happiness and enjoyment. The pleasure of companionship was evident on everyone’s faces. No one could help but move their feet on the tunes of live music. The event concluded with sumptuous food after capturing glimpse of golden moments in camera roll.” Report by Rtn Babita Agarwal Saraogi

Homeopathy Report of the month August 2019 During month of August 2019 total 156 patient treated free in our homeopathy clinic "Shree Ramkumar Memorial Homeopathic Charitable Vande Mataram Dispensary", Rabindra Sarani, Kolkata. Our club celebrated our country’s 72nd Independence Day with due diligence and enthusiasm at Peace Park on Sunday 15th August. Programme was well attended by club members, spouses and children. Peace Park was well decorated with flags and flowers. It started with flag hoisting by PP Satish Bansal and PP Anand Sureka. There after, all present sang patriotic songs led by Pp Deepak Choudhury . Light refreshments were arranged at the park by President Vinod Mahipal. It was a day aptly celebrated with nice drizzling by mother nature along with friends and family. Yoga trainer Mr Garg was also present along with his wife and daughter. He gave nice tips for healthy and happy lifestyle. Report by PP Rtn. Sanjay Dugar Azadi ke Rang , Mahanagar ke Sang

73rd Independence Day Celebration A new team A new venue And Renewed enthusiasm !! "Azadi ke Rang Mahanagar ke Sang" was celebrated on 11th August 2019 at 4A Short Street from 7 pm onwards. Members,spouses and children came dressed in various zonal outfits adding colour, excitement and Josh to the event.The stage was set on fire by east west, north south dance sequence by members and spouses. The surprise duo of Yash and Varidhi elevated the already vibrant and celebratory atmosphere. The dance performance by all male pack raised was simply outstanding. The icing on the cake was the love ,affection and bonding of the members towards club Superstar Shekhar Mehta. Rajat Baid kept everyone engrossed with his unique style of hosting antakshari. Cheers to our president Vinod- Jyoti Mahipal and secretary Ashok-Usha for hosting a memorable program for years to come. PP Deepak Choudhury and Fellowship Chair PP Ajay Lodha were the master mind of the event ensuring good participation of maximum members, spouse and children. The venue, decoration and arrangements were par excellence as always by Rtn. Raj Somani. The only answer to “How's the Josh" could have been " Super High - Just Unmatchable" Report by Rashmi Jain Baithe baithe Kya Kare , karna hain kuch kaam ! Manaye Jashne Azadi ,leke watan ka naam ! Friends,Mahanagar has tradition of celebrating Independence Day with Musical game Antakshari. Our Fellowship committee presented a wonderful evening -Azadi ke Rang Mahanagar ke sang ‘to celebrate Independence. What a spectacular performance by our members to make this evening a memorable one !!!! I along with Vinod express heartfelt thanks to each and every participant for coming for rehearsals,cooperation and enthusiasm. A special thanks to Fellowship committee Chairman, Co -Chairman and all coordinators for their consistent efforts and taking lead from front !!! An Event truly gave an opportunity to connect with each other with great camaraderie!! by Rtn. Jyoti Mahipal

PROJECT URJA "Heart Touching Experience” It was really very touching to get the blessings of elders early in the morning.Yes friends on Senior citizen day i.e. 8th August Rotary club of President Vinod Mahipal Calcutta Mahanagar arranged breakfast at ‘Little sisters for poor’. All the inmates were feeling so happy when we were serving typical South Indian along with secretary Ashok food to them and while talking we came to know one of them was a brigadier Agarwal and Anu Vidhawan , he very enthusistcally said I am going paid a visit to dialysis centre. to join army again and fight against terrorism. The inmates of the home requested us to come and spend time with them more frequently. Report by Seema Somani

On 4th August,dialysis was done to one Under our Project Urja dialysis was done of the beneficary Rita Sircar under our to one of the beneficiary Ajay Shaw aged PROJECT URJA at Shankarnath 34 years,son of a security guard at Dialysis Centre. Shankarnath Dialysis Centre. Project Activities of Mahanagar for last 2 months Project- Health Check-up Date Report Place A mega health check-up camp was organized in association with “Shree Ram SevaSamity Trust”, Howrah at “Shree RamkrishnaMaaSaradaSwasthaSevaPariseva”, atAgarhati, North 24 Parganas with the initiative of PP Aagarhati, 28.07.19 Rtn. Dr.RampalVidhawan. Approximately 900people registered for the check-up. Our Club also distributed N24PGS free medicines. A mega health check-up camp was organized with “Agarhati Shree Ramkrishna Maa Sarada Swastha Seva Aagarhati, 25.08.19 Pariseva” and “Shree Ram Seva Samity Trust”, North 24 Parganas with the initiative of PP Rtn. Dr.RampalVidhawan. Apprx. 800 people registered for the check-up on that day. In this camp various types of N24PGS check-up was done by the medical team, such as eye vision testing, diabetes, thalassemia, dental check -ups etc.

Project- Urja Date Report Place On the first day of Rotary year 2019-20, Rotary Calcutta Mahanagar launched our Dialysis unit in the name “PROJECT URJA”. Two Dialysis machines were sponsored by President Vinod Mahipal and inaugurated by RID Shankar Nath 01.07.19 Kamal Sanghvi and DG Ajay Agarwal along with PRID Shekhar Mehta. We will be doing Dialysis @ Rs. 500 per Dialysis Centre dialysis for all the needy people. Kolkata First dialysis was done under our Project URJA. The family members of the beneficiary patient Mrs Gouri Sarkar were overwhelmed by this gesture of Rotary Club of Calcutta Mahanagar.First dialysis was done under our Shankarnath 15.07.19 Project URJA. The family members of the beneficiary patient Mrs Gouri Sarkar were overwhelmed by this Dialysis Centre gesture of Rotary Club of Calcutta Mahanagar. Kolkata

Rtn. Ashok Agarwal and Mrs. AnuVidhawan visited Project Urja at Shankarnath Diagnostic Centre, Kolkata and Shankarnath 03.08.19 met with the patients. Diagnostic Centre Kolkata Form 1st July to till 31stJuly, 17Dialysis were carried out under this project.We have also Donated Rs. 1 lac for Shankarnath 27.08.19 setting up the DOUBLE RO facility at the same hospital. The same was sponsored by President Vinod Mahipal. Diagnostic Centre Kolkata In the month of August, 35 dialysis were carried out under this project Shankarnath 30.08.19 Diagnostic Centre Kolkata Project- Vocational Centre Date Report Place Our Vocational Centre at Netaji Nagar Bustee is a hub of wonderful activities. On Sunday we visited the centre Netaji Nagar 07.07.19 and took a stock of what improvements can be done and the same is going to be carried out. We also planned Vocational for two more vocational training centres on similar lines. Center Netaji Nagar 22.08.19 Rotary Calcutta Mahanagar Donated 3 Computer setup to our vocational centre. This computer totally sponsored by President Vinod Mahipal Vocational Center Project- Healing Little Hearts Date Report Place Master Prince Yadav aged 8 years was operated for heart ailments. 23.07.19 International Institute of Cardiac Sciences Supriya Batabyal aged 7years was operated for heart ailments. PP Rtn. Rampal Vidhawan and President Rtn. Rabindranath Tagore 26.07.19 International Institute Vinod Mahipal met children who had undergone heart surgeries of Cardiac Sciences Master Sudin Das aged 10 years was operated for heart ailments. Rabindranath Tagore 20.08.19 International Institute of Cardiac Sciences Master Sudip Mondal aged 17 years was being operated for heart ailments. Rabindranath Tagore 21.08.19 International Institute of Cardiac Sciences Project- Bloodline Date Report Place Our club carried out one Blood grouping camp and registered 69 SOS donors for our Bloodline. One needy 08.07.19 Diamond Harbour patient was met. “South 24 Parganas Our club carried out Blood Grouping camp and registered 64 SOS donors for our Bloodline. We also met need Auto Rickshaw Union 19.07.19 for 11 patients. (INTTUC) Garia Station Road, Kolkata-700084 “New Town South Mondal Our club carried out Blood Grouping camp on and registered 29 SOS donors for our Bloodline. We also met 21 No. Word, 27.07.19 Promodhghar need for 03 patients. New Town Kolkata-700159 Our club carried out Blood Grouping camp and registered 28 SOS donors for our Bloodline. “Nandi Famili” 311/1 28.07.19 Lenin Sarani East Kodalia. New Barakpur Kolkata-700159 Our club carried out Blood Grouping camp and registered 31 SOS donors for our Bloodline. We metneed for Federation of Traders organization of West 31.07.19 01 patient. Bengal” North – West District Committee Kolkata-700006 SriguruSangha”, 11/2 Our club carried out Blood Grouping camp and registered 93 SOS donors for our Bloodline. We met need for Durga Prasanna 07.08.19 01 patient. Paramhansha Deb Road, Naktola, Kolkata-700047 Our club carried out Blood Grouping camp and registered 59 SOS donors for our Bloodline. West Bengal RajjyaSarkariKarmach 09.08.19 ariFedaration. JalasampadBhawan, Salt Lake, Kolkata-91 “Belgachia Sadharan Our club carried out Blood Grouping camp and registered 24 SOS donors for our Bloodline. We also met need Durgotsav”, 17.08.19 7A Manmatta Dutta for 03 patients. Road, Kolkata-700037 Lake Garden Falguni Rotary Club of Calcutta Merlin organised 23rd blood donation camp with Lake Garden Falguni Sangha. Our Sangha at Black 18.08.19 Garden Bangur Park, club also participated and sponsored this camp with an amount of Rs 7500. Kolkata-700054 “West Bengal Youth Our club carried out Blood Grouping camp and registered 26 SOS donors. We also met need for 01 Patient. Congress Committee”, 20.08.19 Balai Dutta Street, Kolkata-700073 “Yogipara Puja Our club carried out Blood Grouping camp and registered 28 SOS donors for our Bloodline. KalyanSamiti”, 19 23.08.19 Yogipara Road, Kolkata-700006 Project- Udaan Date Report Place Udaan project is flying high. After being thoroughly convinced with the process, utilization, and benefit of the project, the management of charitable trust Nopany ’92 has agreed to be partner to this project and sponsor 30.07.19 100 children initially during 2019-20 with a contribution of Rs 8 lakhs. An MOU was signed between Nopany ’92, and Rotary Calcutta Mahanagar Trust, to sponsor 100 children in the year 2019-2020. With this, we plan to sponsor 250 children by the end of 2019-20. Project- Teacher Training Date Report Place 19th Teachers’ Training workshop was organised and around 17 schools were invited and 26 teachers participated. & Rotary Sadan, Kolkata 20th July 25th & Teachers’ Training workshop was organised and around 17 schools were invited and 26 teachers participated. Rotary Sadan, Kolkata 26th July Project- E-Learning Date Report Place Our club have installed 50 e-learning kitsand completed the training. Received next 50 kits. 17 kits already 21.08.19 dispatched. Installation of kits is under process. Five projector has been distributed in presence of District Various Govt. Aided Inspector of School, South 24pgs and Education Head. School in West Bengal Project- Skill Development Date Report Place Certificate distributed to 45 successful candidates at Emporium Centre. IPP Chitra Agarwal and PRID Shekhar Emporium Centre 24.07.19 Mehta were present in the program. A meeting with 3 NGOs held on 23rd August at IPP ChitraAgarwa’sl office. Presently LabourNet is running 1 Labournet, Rishra, 23.08.19 center at Rishra with 18 beneficiaries. Hooghly Project- Shelter Kits Date Report Place 100pcs of shelter kits dispatched to Dharwad and Hubli, Karnataka, in the presence ofRtn Ashok Agarwal and Tangra, Kolkata 14.08.19 Rtn Ajay Lodha Project- Peace Park Date Report Place President Vinod Mahipal along with RID Kamal Sanghvi, District Governor Ajay Agarwal, PRID Shekhar Mehta Peace Park, Kolkata 01.07.19 along with our members planted trees in Peace Park. Project- GST Date Report Place 01.07.19 500 plant saplings were distributed to District officials and members on Installations Day. Hyatt Regency Project-Food Bank Date Report Place 1st July Under our Project Annapurna, food is being distributed on regular basis to 1000 students of Arya Vidya Mandir Arya Vidya Mandir to for Girls School. 30th Aug. Project- Tripti Date Report Place Rtn. Ashok Singhvi and Neelam sponsored a Lunch for the residents who were about 100 in numbers at Navneer- 14.07.19 NavNeer, Kolkata Old Age Home Club sponsored a special breakfast on senior citizen day for the 100 elderly people of “Little Sister of the Little Sister of The Poor, 08.08.19 Poor”, an old age home. AJC Bose Road,Kolkata Project- Happy School Date Report Place 2 school construction is almost complete, painting is in process (1. EB & EC Primay School and 2. Adarsh GSFP & Swami Vivekananda GSFP School). 5 school’s construction had been completed (Kochpukur Free Primary School, Noabhanga Free Primary School, 27.08.19 BidyadhariVidyalaya, Adarsh Hindi High School and Sir Ramesh Mittar Girls HS) 5 school received the e-learning kit with Inner wheel Mahanagar. Installation of 4 kits are completed as on 26.08.19.Kochpukur Free Primary School, Noabhanga, Free Primary School, BidyadhariVidyalaya, Adarsh Hindi High School Project- Dental Camp Date Report Place 27.07.19 88 children had the benefit of being checked by our Dr. Nipa Gandhi at Subhas VidyaMandir School Bagmari, Kolkata Project- Netralaya Date Report Place 04.07.19 Our new eye hospital to be started at Rajpur near Baruipur very soon. Baruipur, Kolkata Fellowship & RWM Date Report Place Hyatt Regency, 01.07.19 Installations-UTSAV Kolkata 11.07.19 RWM at HHI. Guest Speaker Dr.Hrishikesh Kumar HHI 20.07.19 1st Board Meeting at Hindustan Club. Hindustan Club 26.07.19 RWM at HHI. Guest Speaker Dr. Pritee Ganatra. HHI 04.08.19 RWM & Friendship at Williams Court. Williams Court 08.08.19 Felicitations and welcome of PRID Shekhar Mehta and Rashi Mehta at Swabhumi. Swabhumi 11.08.19 Antakshari on Independence Day anchored by RajatBaid 4A, Short Street 15.08.19 Flag Hoisting at Peace Park on Independence day. Peace Park 18.08.19 Nikitha Gandhi concert at ICCR. ICCR BULLETIN Top Total Attendance Date Report Sl.No. Name Attendance 1 Ashok Agarwal 25 01.07.19 5 Weekly Bulletin already published. TO 2 Vinod Mahipal 24 11th July, 21st July, 26th July, 4th Aug, 30th Aug. 3 JyotiMahipal 15 30.08.19 Hyatt Regency, 4 Ashok Singhvi K14olkata MEMBERS RECRUIMENT 5 Shyam Modi 13 6 Raj Somani 13 Date Report Place 7 Deepak Choudhury 13 8 Dr.RampalVidhawan 13 New Members has 4. Sashi Agarwal 9 NeelamSinghvi 12 been inducted 5. Manoj Baheti 6.Babita Agarwal 10 Usha Agarwal 12 Hyatt Regency, 11 Shekhar Mehta 11 01.07.19 1. Rita Singh Saraogi Kolkata 2. Rishi Bhatter 7. GirirajRatanBinani 12 Seema Somani 11 3. Sahil Jain 8. GovindBinani 13 AnuVidhswan 11 14 AnandSureka 11 "Nikhita Gandhi Mesmerized all at ICCR for RCC Mahanagar”

Bollywood Playback Singing heart throb sensation Nikhita Gandhi daughter of our RCC Mahanagar member Nipa Gandhi and Udey entertained our club members to an enthralling evening of music and Bollywood hits along with Shaswat Singh another uprising Bollywood playback singer at ICCR Auditorium Kolkata on Sunday 18th August 2019. The hall was packed to the core with audience who were even found standing as entire seating arrangements we're chock o block. Yester years singing super lady Usha Uthup was present on invitation and from whom Nikhita drew her Inspiration at her early years. Nikhita Gandhi is a student of Mr A.R.Rahman who is an institution in himself. We also heard our club member Rtn. Aditi Ray and her daughter Arthita sing various Bengali and Hindi numbers .Udey Gandhi too sang many old melodious numbers and duet with Aditi. The musicians were fantastic and the whistles after every song alongside claps justified the event. After the show all RCC Mahanagar members took a groupfie with Nikhita and Usha Uthup apart from all artists being felicitated by our club RCC Mahanagar as we were the office Hosts to the program which was merged with our Regular RWM. Report by Rtn. Sandeep Shah

MINUTES OF 1244TH RWM OF ROTARY CLUB OF The Ebullience CALCUTTA MAHANAGAR HELD AT WILLIAM’S Rotaract Club of Heritage Institute of Technology held their COURT, KOLKATA ON SUNDAY, 04TH AUGUST 2019 11th installation ceremony, The Ebullience, on the 24th of August. The event was lit up by the presence of Ÿ representatives from RID 3291, DRR Rtr. Soumyadeb President Vinod Mahipal called the meeting to order. Ÿ Barman, District Secretary (Events), Rtr. Madhurima Barman, National anthem was led by Mrs. Usha Agarwal. District Secretary (Admin) Rtr. Ritom Ghosh, and Rtn. Ÿ President Vinod Mahipal welcomed the members, Sandeep Saha, RCC of our parent Rotary, Rotary Club of spouses and children to the special meeting with Calcutta Mahanagar, as well as representatives from various friendship day event. organisations we work with - Briti Sundar Bhattacharjee, from Ÿ President Vinod Mahipal informed members regarding Paripurnata Halfway Home, and Ankita Sengupta, from the projects and events of the club during the last week. Prantakatha. The Ÿ Club Secretary Rtn. Ashok Agarwal conducted club proceedings started with a welcoming address, which talked about the 10 years of journey of the club, followed by business. Ÿ the auspicious lighting of the lamp by our guests and The minutes of 1243rd RWM was put before the house honourable dignitaries. Next, outgoing President Rtr. and confirmed by PP Rtn. Ajay Lodha. Satyam Chulania gave his farewell speech and introduced The forthcoming club events were announced by the the President for the new term, RY 2019-20, Rtr. Alankrit Secretary: Verma. After this, the President's collar was handed over to Ÿ Breakfast will be served to old age home at “Little the incoming President, and she took the dais to deliver her Sister of The Poor” on 08th August. acceptance speech. She then introduced the board for the Ÿ Independence Day special event “Antakshari” upcoming term, as each member came up on stage to (Merged with RWM 1245) at 4A, Short Street, Kolkata- receive their letters of appointment. Following this, outgoing Secretary Rtr. Anwai Archit addressed the gathering to share his words of experience, as 700016. well as to introduce the incoming Secretary Rtr. Gaurav Mishra, who then took over from him. He gave Ÿ Blood Grouping Camp at KasbaSammanay Club on the secretarial report and announced the Year Plan for the following term. Then, a video was played, 11th August. displaying the projects of the club from the previous term. Our respected guests were then requested Ÿ Independence Day flag hoisting ceremony on 15th up on stage, one by one, to address the crowd. Their encouraging speeches and words of support August. inspired us greatly. Next, a few of our past Rotaractors shared their experiences and set a nostalgic, Ÿ Musical program of Dr.Nikhita Gandhi (Merged with yet anticipatory tone. RWM 1246) at ICCR on 18th August. The ceremony was concluded with some Ÿ Hands on Service Project on 25th August. performances of song, dance and poetry, by our Ÿ 1st Club Assembly at HHI on 30th August. members, ending on an energetic and celebratory Ÿ note. Finally, Vice President Rtr. Rishav Mehta came Dr.UdeyVir Gandhi briefed and invited all members for up to the stage to give a vote of thanks to the gathered musical program on 18th August at ICCR. crowd, thanking them for their presence and kind Ÿ Rtn. JyotiMahipal briefed about our next exhibition wishes. ‘Sandook’ on 19th October at 27, Ballygunge Park Road. by Rtr. Alankrit Verma Ÿ Mahanagar celebrated friendship day with musical President, Rotaract Club of Heritage Institute Of program. Technology Ÿ There being no other business, President terminated the meeting. MAHANAGAR STATION

MAHANAGAR'S LOG BOOK MAHANAGARCOACH MINUTES OF 1245TH RWM OF ROTARY CLUB OF CALCUTTA MAHANAGAR HELD AT Happy Birthday GANPATI, 4A, SHORT STREET, KOLKATA ON SUNDAY, 11TH AUGUST 2019 Ÿ President Vinod Mahipal called the meetingto order. Rtn. Payal Agarwal on 02nd September Ÿ Mrs Aparna Biyani (Spouse of Rtn Manish National Anthem was sung. Biyani) on 3rd September Ÿ President Vinod Mahipal welcomed themembers, spouses & guests to the meeting. PP Rtn. Ajay Lodha on 05th September. Ÿ President Vinod Mahipal, appreciated theefforts and the hospitality of the program Mrs Rashi Mehta (RIPN Shekhar Mehta) on Committee. 5th September Ÿ President Vinod Mahipalmerged the meeting with fellowship “Antakshari-Azaadike RangMahanagarKe Sang”. MAHANAGARROCKS Ÿ There being no other business, President terminated the meeting. LIMELIGHT

MINUTES OF 1246TH RWM OF ROTARY CLUB OF CALCUTTA MAHANAGAR HELD AT ICCR, KOLKATA ON SUNDAY, 18TH AUGUST 2019 Ÿ President Vinod Mahipal called the meeting to order. Ÿ National anthem was sung. Ÿ President Vinod Mahipal welcomed the members, spouses & guests to the

meeting. The coverage of the programme on the 18th of August was published by The Times of India on Ÿ President Vinod Mahipal merged the meeting with Musical Program of “Nikhita 23rd of August and by The Telegraph (T2) on 29th of August respectively. Gandhi”. Ÿ There being no other business, President terminated the meeting.

We congratulate Rtn Sunil Agarwal Rotary Connects as ‘WabiSabi’ gets the Best SahilJain- Aadinath Laminate Vegetarian Restaurant Award from Manish Biyani- Mobel Furniture The Times of India. We are into manufacturing and trading Our company Aadinath of home, office furniture and modular Top Attendence Laminate is involved in kitchen under the banner of Mobel Mahanagar July Attendence (RWM) manufacturing and trading of Furniture. We also deal in furnishing, Ashok Agarwal Neena Agarwal plywood, laminates, flush flooring and other interior products. We have 30 retail outlets across East Usha Agarwal Praveen Jain doors and Corian Solid Surface. India and our flagship store is in Homeland Neelam Singhvi Veera Jain We are Super Distributors of Merino Mall, Kolkata. We also serve lot of corporate with turnkey Deepak Choudhury Pramila Dugar Laminates. We are located in Central Avenue in furniture and interior solutions. Last Year opened store called ‘Ffover’ showcasing complete range of luxury Jyoti Mahipal Shekhar Mehta Kolkata with our warehouse in Dulhagarh. Our furniture. Our major clients include RBI/SBI/Allahabad Seema Santhalia Rashi Mehta major clients include - Ambuja Neotia, Merlin, Bank/Ambuja Group/Merlin Group/Indian Oil/ONGC and Naresh jalan Shyam Modi South City and Primarc. many more. I also have a software development and IT services Pranay Agarwal Vinod Mahipal company called MindEdge Solutions. We provide 360 degree Digital Marketing solution to our customers Our Senior member and Past including Social Medial management / SEO and digital President Pradeep Rawat has got advertising campaigns and also website design and a stent to clear a blocked artery development. at Medica on the 21st of August. Contact : 9836391911 Contact : 9830908068 E-mail : [email protected] E-mail : [email protected] We pray for his speedy recovery

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