'SWA'-ROOPWARDHINEE ANNUAL REPORT - 2016 Contact Details : Address : 22/1, Mangalwar Peth, Parge Chowk, Pune-411 011 Tel. Nos. : 020-26121704, 26134310, 9011386386 E-mail ID : [email protected] Website : www.swaroopwardhinee.org Names of Contact Persons- Shri. Shirish Patwardhan 9822675765 Smt. Pushpa Nade 9822823757 Shri. Dnyanesh Purandare 9822675760 Shri. Nilesh Dhayarkar 9029074521 Registration Details : PAN No. AAATS5461K Bombay Public Charitable Trust Reg. No. F/1694, Pune The Societies Registration No. MAH/588/Pune/80 Income Tax Exemption Details 50% Income Tax Exemption under Section 80-G (perpetual) 100% Income Tax Exemption under section 35-AC of the I.T.Act,1961 and is valid up to Financial Year 2016-17 Donation Cheque may please be drawn in the name of 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee For online donation facility, please visit our website www.swaroopwardhinee.org Cover concept by Design by Shri. Jayant Kavthekar Shri. Ravi Deo - Graffi Advertising & Mktg. LIST OF OFFICE BEARERS & MEMBERS OF THE TRUSTEE BOARD HONOURABLE MEMBERS v Padmashri Shri. Prataprao Pawar v Shri. Pramod Choudhari TRUSTEE BOARD v Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar : President v Shri. Shirish Patwardhan : Vice President v Shri. Uday Gujar : Vice President v Shri. Ram Dimble : Chairman v Shri. Vishwas Kulkarni : Joint Chairman v Shri. Sanjay Tambat : Joint Chairman v Shri. Vilas Kulkarni : Treasurer v Shri. Sumit Dole : Joint Treasurer v Shri. Dnyanesh Purandare : Secretary v Smt. Pushpa Nade : Joint Secretary v Shri. Vinod Bibwe : Joint Secretary v Shri. Arvind Kelkar : Joint Secretary v Shri. Amol Undre : Joint Secretary v Shri. Kanhaiya Baldota : Member v Dr. Vinesh Nagre : Member NON TRUSTEE MEMBERS v Padmashree Milind Kamble v Shri. Sudhir Darode v Shri. Avinash Dharmadhikari v Cap. Sanat. Bhate 6 From the Desk of the President Dear Well-wishers, In the development of any nation, no doubt the role of the Government in office is very important. However, there are number of persons in the society, whose selfless contributions create new land marks for the society, even more than the Government. Social reformers are one of them, whose contributions bring happiness in the lives of common man. They don’t expect any praise from the society or the Government. They live and die for the cause. The year 2016 reminds all of us of the pioneering contribution of two 'Rishis' of this era, namely Padmabhushan Dr. Banoo Coyajee and Padmavibhushan Shri.Nanaji Deshmukh. 2016 is their birth centenary year. I was fortunate to have worked closely with both these incredible icons. The centenary year is an opportunity to remember and salute the path breaking work done by both of them for the welfare of the society. Dr. Banoo Coyajee through the medical field and Nanaji through his dream project of 'Swawalambi Gram Yojana' brought happiness in the lives of lacs of people of the underprivileged sections of the society. On this solemn occasion, we all bow before them and seek their blessings. We are presenting the annual work report for year 2016. Wardhinee is also working on the integrated development of underprivileged sections of the society. The readers will get an idea of our humble effort to make a difference. Your response on how we could serve better will be deeply appreciated. Wardhinee will continue to work with a missionary zeal to make that much needed difference to the society. (Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar) President 7 What is 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee? 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee is a registered public charitable trust and a society, under the concerned Laws. What is the meaning of 'Swa'-Roopwardhinee? Development of 'Self'. The main activity of the trust is the integrated development of students, through informal educational activities. The main object of running this activity is to give opportunities to students to know who they are, what their abilities are and how to improve them. Is it a school? No. The main activity of integrated development of students is run after the formal school hours. So it can be described as an after school activity. In which area 'Swa"-Roopwardhinee works? The main project of 'Swa"-Roopwardhinee is the Integrated Development of intelligent students from under privileged strata of the society. The trust concentrates more on intelligent students from slums or slum like areas. Along with this main project, the trust runs the following activities/projects Montessori School Vocational Training Courses for needy women (Tailoring, Fashion Designing, Rugnasahayak Course etc) Other activities for women are- Literacy Class, Self Help Groups, Health Care Center & Family Counseling etc. Mobile Laboratory Project for Village Schools around Pune Coaching Center for Competitive Examinations (Mainly MPSC) Self Study Centers What is the outcome of these efforts ? The outcome of the humble efforts of the trust can be seen on page no. 21 of this annual report. What is the income source of the trust ? Does the trust get any sort of Govt. Grants? No fees are charged to the students in most of the projects run by Wardhinee and Wardhinee also does not get any sort of Govt. Grant or aid. Donation is the only source of income for the trust. Does the trust avail any income tax exemption facility? Yes. The trust enjoys income tax exemption facility. The donation to the trust is exempted as detailed below 1. 50% exemption under Sec. 80-G of the Income Tax Act, 1961 2. 100% exemption under Section 35-AC. of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Is there any expansion plan of the existing projects outside Pune? Yes. The ‘Swa’-Roopwardhinee model is replicable outside Pune and Maharashtra. The trust desires to expand its activities outside Pune and outside Maharashtra. Rather this process has already begun. The Project integrated development of student has started in Satara, Kolhapur and Latur, whereas the Rugnasahayak Course has also started at Daund, Sangli and Barshi. What are the future plans? The trust has decided to construct a Multifaceted Training Center for Women on its land at Charholi Budruk and also develop a Camp Site on its land at Katawadi in Mulshi Tehesil. 8 Regular activities during the year You may be aware that Wardhinee runs various projects, mainly educational projects; and covers the following age groups - Kids of 2.5 to 5.00 years age (through Montessori School, namely Pakoli.) Children of 5+to 15+age group (through integrated development project, namely Shakha Project) Youths (through Leadership Development and Coaching Class for Competitive Examinations) Women (through Vocational Training Courses, Literacy Class, Self Help Groups,) Running all these projects daily needs planning. There are number of activities that are run daily. The festivals, holidays, vacations give opportunity to the volunteer team to think to do some different. The overall effect of the daily work and the special programs/ activities, help the volunteers to nurture the beneficiaries, slowly but steadily. Here is the list of few programs organized during the whole year. v Sankrant Utsav (Annual Gathering) v Celebration of Republic Day & Independence Day v Warsharambh Upasana (on the auspicious day of Gudhipadwa) v Blood Donation Camp (14th April). v Celebration of World Science Day. v Study Tours & Visits v Ganeshotsav v Shakha Wardhapan Din v Lectures v Residential Camps v Annual Sports Day Residential Camps Shardamani Mahila Vibhag: The orientation camp for Montessori Teachers was organized in the first week of June. Lectures on Value Education, How to develop a story for kids, Importance of Organization, were delivered by experts from respective fields. Shakha Vibhag : Summer Vacation Residential Camps Vibhag Duration of the Central Theme Total camp attendance Bhag 1 21st to 23rd April,2016 • Training in Art & Craft 110 Bhag 2 21st to 23rd April,2016 • Disaster Management 125 • Career scope in Defense Field Bhag 3 18th to 21st April,2016 • Skill Development in Story Telling 90 Bhag 4 22nd to 25th April,2016 Cultural, Social & Political history of India 103 Bhag 5 1st to 3rd May, 2016 Scientific Concepts & Experiments 36 Youth Wing 2nd to 5th May, 2016 • Positive usage of social media 115 (Boys Section) • Sarv Vyapi Dr.Ambedkar • Self evaluation, Planning • Team building, Communication skill (Girls Section) 10th to 12th June, 2016 • Interview with Smt.Trigunaait 17 • Skill Development 9 Winter Vacation Residential Camps Vibhag Duration of the Central Theme Total camp attendance Students of 2nd to 6th Importance of Reading 195 5th to 7th std November,2016 Students of 2nd to 6th Janiwancha Vikas 8th to 12th std November,2016 175 Girls Section 2nd to 6th Making & Selling of Gift Articles 65 November,2016 v Annual Sports Day- Sanghik Surynamaskar Winners 5th to 7th std. Swami Abhedanand Shakha 8th to 10th std. Ramkrishna Shakha Youths Swami Dayanand Shakha Sanghik Games(Team Events) This year, instead of selecting one shakha as winner, best players from different shakhas were selected as 'best players for the event.' Event Competition between Winners Langdi 5th & 6th std 1 student from Ramkrishna Shakha, 2 students each from Swami Akhandanand Shakha, Shradhanand Shakha,Dayanand Shakha 3 students from Swami Brahmanand Shakha, 4 students from Abhedanand Shakha, Kho Kho 7th & 8th std 8 students from Bhag 3, 5 students each from Bhag 4 & Bhag 1 2 students from Bhag 2 Kabaddi 9th & 10th Std 2 students from Bhag 1, 4 students from Bhag 2 7 students from Bhag 3 1 student from Bhag 4 Kabaddi 11th & 12th Std 4 students from Bhag 1, 3 students each from Bhag 2 & Bhag 3 5 students from Bhag 4 Kabaddi Youths 2 students from Bhag 2 & 3, Individual Events for girls Event Std Name of the Winner 100 meter 5th std 6th std Miss Manasi Mhetre, running Miss. Kajal Thapa 7th Std Miss Aishwarya Jadhav 8th & 9th Std. Miss Vaishnawi Shinde 10th std Miss Samrudhi Yadav 11th & 12th Miss Deepali Saka Sr.