Registered with Posted at Mumbai Patrika Channel Sorting Office Mumbai 400001. Registrar of Newspaper under RNI NO. 47090/88 Licensed to post on 10th or 11th of every month Published on Regd. No. MCS / 151 / 2019-21 Total12 Pages 10th of every month. Volume 32 # 10 Volume August & September 2020 Issue Price Rs. 1 From the Vice President 's Desk Dear Readers, Warm Greetings to you all!!! Hope all our members are safe with their families in this lockdown period. With the unlocking of the lockdown, our Panchayat's office has started working regularly as usual. We are catching up with our backlogs. It’s the time of the year for our AGM, as per the Government instructions we shall be having a digital virtual AGM this year. We will announce the dates soon. We request all the members to kindly forward their contact details as we would communicate our future correspondence through email and WhatsApp media. We would also be sending a separate communication to each member individually. Our place of worship has been severely affected due to this Covid closure. Maintaining our Gurdwaras have caused a serious concern particularly the establishments in our Sindhi societies.We sincerely request our Sindhi brethren to come forward to support the cause to create the resources to help them in these trying times. We were approached by few of them as they needed donations, the Panchayat can collectively support the cause by your generous contributions. As all donations to the Panchayat gets us the 80 G benefits in Income Tax, let's show our solidarity towards our place of worship, the Gurdwaras.If any information is required on any issues please feel free to contact us on our official email: [email protected]. Hoping to meet all of you through the Zoom meeting of AGM. Till then please be safe and healthy. Warm regards MR. C.H. RAMCHANDANI VICE PRESIDENT THE KHUDABADI AMIL PANCHAYAT OF BOMBAY Amil Samachar August & September 2020 Continued from Page 1 COVID-19 PANDEMIC - A GLOBAL CRISIS The Covid-19 nightmare was a crisis no one projected or even imagined would change the lives of 7.8 billion humans on the planet. Covid is a crisis on three fronts: 1. It is a major healthcare challenge 2. It is a huge economic crisis 3. Above all it is a humanitarian catastrophe From the world's most advanced economies to the poorest , those with most advanced medical technologies or those with rudimentary services were equally hit in the first wave. Whether it was cities teaming with millions or areas with sparse populations - the virus spared no one. It was an enemy which needed no passport to cross any borders! As a healthcare challenge - first of all there is as yet no vaccine developed against the virus and it is likely it will not be available - even if ready in the next six months - to large swathes of populations Mr. Ranjit Shahani across the world on account of sheer logistics and pricing As an economic challenge the global GDP is expected to be negative and India down by 7% against a projected growth of 5% . With economic activity near standstill we are looking at the worse recession of many decades. As a humanitarian challenge the conundrum of lives vs livelihoods became a national debate as millions of workers lost their jobs and migrants trudged on feet walking unimaginabale distances on foot to reach their villages Pandemics have afflicted mankind through the biblical ages - when they were initially labeled as the wrath of the Gods and then later as plague and now pandemic. Black death, Spanish Flu, Great plague of London , Hong Kong Flu, Swine Flu, Avian Flu and now Corona Virus or Covid-19. The only difference is that this strain of Corona Virus is highly contagious – human to human. Although for the majority of the people this virus causes mild symptoms it can make some people very ill and also in a certain percentage death. It was not possible to imagine just in January 2020 that by March 2020 the world will be on its knees. What was tried initially: · Home Remedies · Homeopathy · Camphor · Vitamin C and Vitamin D · HCQ Hydroxychloroquine · Gilead's Remdesvir August & September 2020 Amil Samachar All these until a Vaccine is discovered. Today over 80 Vaccine candidates are under active clinical trials with some promising candidates notably the Oxford University Collaboration with the Serum Institute Pune is likely to be the first of the block. Meanwhile Four easy steps for safe Personal Hygiene 1. Keep your Distance - social distancing of 6 ft. 2. Wash your hands regularly – with soap and water for 30 seconds 3. Using a surgical mask – correct mandatory wearing of masks 4 Cleaning Surfaces - sanitisation should be followed scrupulously, Wear gloves during cleaning We are all learning to adjust, changing behaviours post covid may be irreversible, but all our spirits are up for a fight !! Mr. Ranjit Shahani Former Vice Chairman & Managing Director Novartis India Ltd. ICONIC LEADERSHIP AWARDS Honouring the GURUS!! Mr. Kunal Ramchandani Associate Vice President Student Experiences ISME Invites the Hon able Governor of Maharashtra for the Teachers Day Celebrations hosted by Dr Indu Shahani President & Chairperson ISDI & ISME on 12th September 2020 .25 leading Principals from the Schools will be given Iconic Leadership Awards in the presence of the Hon able Governor of Maharashtra Shri Bhagat Singh Koshiyari. Amil Samachar August & September 2020 One Day International Faculty Development Program One Day International Faculty Development Program was jointly organized by HSNC Board's Nari Gursahani Law College and Bombay Teachers Training College, on 24th July, 2020. The theme of the program was “Social Construction of Gender”. The program was organized through Webinar. Teachers from colleges of throughout India joined this program. Various experts from different fields were invited to deliver their opinion on the subject. Trustees of HSNC Board also participated in this program, including Dr. K.H. Mansukhani, President, HSNC Board. Extracts of his Speech: The main feature of this international faculty development program is to help faculty in understanding processes of the social construction of gender and its impact on society at large concerning educational, social, economic and its global impact. The outcome of this program will help faculty to reflect on their perspectives and pedagogies used by them to educate the younger generations. This will also motivate the faculty to contemplate on their understanding of the subject and take a more liberal and broader approach while discussing gender issues with younger generations. With Indian context, we are an emerging society, still, we need to get away with dogmatic methods of gender empowerment. Surely deliberations of experts will help faculty to review the practices and approaches before teaching gender-related issues in their respective disciplines. In the Indian context social construction of gender evolve in the following manner: · Preference to male child. Girl child more often than not is considered liability in many social circles. · Thus early marriages of girls have put female gender vulnerable in rural India. · Dowry system although illegal still prevails in rural areas and some of the urban areas. · We need to be proactive and take bold holistic measures by bringing reforms in all sectors and create opportunities for the girls to get the education and attain financial independence. · We have to teach new lessons to the parents not to distinguish between the male and female child in the process of their upbringing. · All the efforts should be made to eradicate illiteracy. The panel discussion that came up next, engaged a panel of both young and veteran business visionaries, owners and drivers in a round of Q&A to unearth the real secrets of successful scale-up. The core themes that came out as biggest secrets behind pushing through the ideation phase to successful execution, and scaling-up instead of stagnating were having a clear market positioning, long-term strategy, a strong core team, resilience and, once again, astute finance management. The panelists included Shantanu Bhadkamkar (President - AMTOI, MCC, Founder -ATC Global Logistics), Vivek Subramanian (Co- founder, ED - Fourth Partner Energy), Sourabh Bansal (Founder, MD - Magicrete), Anuraag Srivastava (an IndusGuru consultant), and Samir Sathe (EVP Wadhwani Foundation). Ending with a round of applause and discussions carried on until late night over dinner, the event saw the speakers and panellists share gems that we hope will stay the audience members long enough to make an impact on their functioning. To read about the event and the panel discussion in detail, please refer http://gurukul.indusguru.in/secrets-of-successful-scale-up It was indeed an enriching and insightful session by our esteemed speakers. Participants in the Webinar Dr. K H Mansukhani addressing the audience August & September 2020 Amil Samachar An Inspiration to BEING FIT Malika shows you the way..... By Mr. Hiren Mansukhani Malika Rajani nee Bhavnani believes exercising shouldn't be restricted to working out in the gym. Instead, she says it can be done anywhere. “Be it in a hotel room, garden, terrace, home or wherever you are.” Since working out is “integral to our well-being”, the 34-year-old public relations executive, who considers herself to be a “fitness freak” and has won several fitness competitions along with her husband Rishabh, believes it has now become even more important to exercise and focus on one's fitness during the pandemic, especially outside a gym. Experts have repeatedly stressed how exercising could be an antidote to all kinds of physical and mental issues, a common element associated with surviving the pandemic and being confined to the walls of one's house.