BOARD 2018-19 PRESIDENT’ MESSAGE President Rtn. M. Jagadeesh It is with a great sense of humility that I accept the responsibility of Immediate Past President leading this unique and wonderful Rotary Club as its 38thPresident. I carry Rtn. Harish Kumar Anand with me the sacred heritage of the enormous work done by 37 of my President Elect Rtn. Manoj Agarwal illustrious predecesso₹ I would like to salute all of them for their Vice President leadership. A special one for our Charter President PDG Udaya Kumar. Rtn. Dr. A.V.S. Srikanth Club Secretary I wish to thank Mr. C M Pai and Rtn Ramani Aiyer for ensuring that I joined Rtn. Fazal Ur Rahaman the Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar family eleven years ago. Joint Club Secretary Rtn. A.K. Sugunan This year, we have the unique privilege and honour of being the District Treasurer Rtn. Sanjay Srivastava Governor’s Home Club for the fourth time. We wish our dear Suresh Hari Director Club Service and Anitha an awesome year, full of service. We will support him and the Rtn. Balakrishnan Narayanan District in whatever ways needed. Director Community Service Rtn. Supriya Kandhari Over the last 37 years, Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar has been reaching Director Youth Service Rtn. Ambica Motupali My dearout to Fellow the community Annes and throughRotarians many service initiatives. Our ongoing Director Vocational Service projects like Karunashraya, BBMP Bhavan School, Scholarships, Senior Rtn. Vipin Labroo We observeCitizens Hometoday, at the BGMS, joyous Nethdradeep occasion ofEye the Care 38 Hospital,th Anniversary have beenof Rotary Director International Service Rtn. Guna Thantry Bangaloreoffering Indiranagar. significant careThe Clubto a multitudeAnniversary of ispeople. an opportunity We will continue to look backto at Sergeant At Arms the year gone by, and to savoursupport the these elation projects. of having made a little difference Rtn. Narssimhan Kannan to our fellow human beings. But more importantly, it is to offer our Bulletin Editor appreciation and thanksThis year,to all wethose have wonderful ambitious people plans. that supported us in Rtn. Gopinath Narayanan Co-opted Directors this excitingTowards journey. good care And for finally, mothers to andbow children in gratitude from ectoonomically the Universe for PP Rtn. Shashank Kekre consideringchallenged us worthy families, of serving we intend others. to renovate at least one hundred PP Rtn. Ambika Narayan PP Rtn. Peeyush Jain ThisA yearnganwadis. has been We an will exciting complete journey, the Cardiac and we Rehabilitation were privileged Centre to serve with the Mentors communityJayadeva in aCardio significant Vascular manner. Institute. The Secretary’sThe Nethradeep report Eye gives Hospital the details. in PP Rtn. N. Krishnamurthy Tumkur will become fully functional. PP Rtn. Dr. S.N. Simha We were honoured to be the District Governor’s Home Club and we PP Rtn. C.M. Narayanan Karunashraya has been playing a seminal role in fostering palliative care Advisors congratulate Governor Suresh Hari for his outstanding leadership. PP Rtn. Dr. Krishnan Menon services in India. We will also support the setting up of a formal palliative PP Rtn. Mahesh Parikh I welcomecare training our Chiefcentre Guest there, ADGP which Mr. will Bhaskar be a Centre Rao ofand Excellence all our distinguished in India. Fundraising & TRF Chair invitees. PP Rtn. Suresh Patel A Vocational Training Centre at BGMS will add great value to the excellent Dy. Director Community Service Mywork fellow being Rotarians done there. and AnnesWe plan- we to have begin lived work up on to this this as year’s soon theme as possible.- Be The Rtn. S.K. Chakraborty Co-ordinator Club Service Inspiration. Let us celebrate that today! PP Ran. Karthikeya Reddy We have received enormous support from the Rotary Foundation of Co-ordinator Community Service Rotary International. And contributed in substantial measure. We will PP Rtn. O. P. Khanna continue to do so this year too. Co-ordinator Youth Service ANNIVERSARY PP Rtn. Col. R.V. Subramaniam (Retd.) As we march forward and write one more page in our history, I seek in Co-ordinator Vocational Service great abundance, the blessings of the Almighty and the support of my PP Rtn. Shirish Mathur ISSUE 2019 Co-ordinator International Service fellow Rotarians and Annes. PP Rtn. Prabhakar Bothireddy Let us Be The Inspiration!! SECRETARY’S REPORT (2018-19) CLUB SERVICE Programs Strategic Planning & Succession Planning 48 Weekly Club Meetings & 12 Board Meetings were held this Rotary year as on 11th June 2019. The strategic planning & succession planning committees met regularly to ensure the good health of The 48 Weekly Club Meetings included 1 Installation Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar. A ‘Leadership Building Night, 1 GOV, 1 Anniversary Night, 1 condolence Program’ was conducted for the Club’s future leaders meeting, 27 guest speaker meetings, 10 monthly and 31 Rotarians participated. review meetings & 7 fellowship meetings. Membership Development & Extension Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar was well represented at all District Programs like ICGFs, District Assembly, 17 members were inducted this year against 3 District Training Sessions, etc. resignations during the year. One member passed away during the year. The membership strength of the Attendance, reception & protocol club, which was 127 as on 1st July 2018, is presently Maintenance of Club protocol as per the Board’s 140. guidelines and Bye Laws was diligently followed. Fellowship Arrangements for our weekly club meetings and fellowships were well taken care of. The attendance register was updated weekly with make-up attendance & e-attendance. List of chronic absentees was prepared and submitted to the Board for remedial action so as to maximize member’s involvement. Public Relation & Public Image Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar were the winners of the Inter Club Antakshari - ‘Funtakshari’ organized by Rotary Bangalore and the ’15 overs a side tennis ball Cricket Match’ with Rotary Bangalore Cantonment. Eleven fellowship events were organized during the year, namely ‘Quimbola’, ‘Felicitation of RBI’s Brave Hearts’, ‘Annual Picnic’, ‘Movie Show’, ‘Magic Show’, To improve public image, four Display Boards were ‘Christmas Social’, ‘Dakshin Bharatiya’, ‘Cricket Match’, installed at our Rotary House of Service and carry ‘Musical Tombola’, ‘Wine Tasting’ & ‘North meets information about a specific Rotary Bangalore South’. Three of these fellowships were Inter Club Indiranagar project. Fellowships. All fellowships were well attended with To raise funds for our Scholarship Project, Rtn. great bonding. Chandra Mouli T.K. came up with a novel fundraising Five joint meetings were held during the year involving idea, namely "Talkathon". He made use of his terrific a total of 17 Rotary clubs of RI District 3190. The joint public speaking skills and spoke for 24 hours non-stop meetings were well attended with wonderful inter on various interesting topics. The Talkathon was held club fellowship. at the Rotary House of Service and commenced at 8 am on Saturday, 16th March 2019 and ended at 8 am on Sunday, 17th March 2019. Besides raising funds, it also generated terrific public image. Many of our projects received very good publicity in Workshop at Hoskote on 18th July 2018. 175 teachers the print & television media on numerous occasions. of Hoskote Taluk participated. Bulletin, Website & Social Media 11 monthly issues & 3 special issues of our Club Bulletin SEVA were released this year as on 11Th June 2019. Members of the Club have been very active on social media and the club website has been updated regularly. Finance The year has witnessed efficient collection of subscriptions and timely payments of RI Dues, District Dues & Dues to Rotary News. The statutory GST dues have also been remitted in time. Monthly account 30 school teachers each of the Army Public School, ASC statements have been presented for approval at the Centre & College, Bangalore and Army Public School, Board Meetings. K. Kamaraj Road, Bangalore participated in workshops conducted for them on 22nd September 2018. The Fund Raising topics covered in the workshop titled "The Heart of a An amount of around ₹ 3.52 Crore has been raised this Teacher" were Enhancement of Emotional Stability & far during the current year through events, CSR Creative Ways of Teaching. funding, crowd funding campaigns, souvenir Child Development collections and donations from Rotarians and their family, friends and associates. 60 high school students of the Army Public School, ASC Centre & College, Bangalore, participated in a Spirit of Rotary workshop titled "To Develop Leadership Qualities" conducted for them at the school on 22nd September 2018. Happy Schools School uniforms, Schools Bags & Shoes were presented to all the students of the Government Primary School, Huttings Colony. The Club continued to be actively involved with the Government Girls High School in Hoskote. The school is doing exceedingly well. Many of the students have excelled in academics, sports & cultural activities thereby bringing laurels to the school. The Spirit of Rotary team visited 6 senior Rotarians & 1 past Rotarian and their Anns, at their homes, with prior Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar’s involvement with the intimation. Quality time was spent with them over high Bhavan’s BBMP School in Srirampuram continues and tea and melodious tunes. The visits were well this school is also doing extremely well. A fresh global appreciated and brought a lot of cheer. grant has been