August 2014 @ rd 23 Issue An initiative by Youth Wing of Global Bhatia Foundation For Private Circulation Only Shri Shailesh Vaidya completes 1 year as a President of Indian Merchants Chambers Inside this issue 1. Shri Shailesh Vaidya 2. Dr. Harshad L. Udeshi 3. HSUÒ ~É{{ÉÖÅ 4. zL ,B]EF. KLKL VF 5. eÉHÉàù{ÉÉà +¶ÉGlÉÉ¸É©É 6. Celebrations for August 7. The Streets of Monaco 8. Zohra Sehgal 9. American Corporate World 10. Vision of Modi 12. We Proud Of You Shri Shailesh Vaidya with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Shri Shailesh Vaidya and Mrs. Leena Vaidya with Shri Shailesh Vaidya with Chief Minister Shri Prithviraj Chauhan Shri Mukesh Ambani Page 1 Editorial Dear Readers, The festive season is on and the Rain god has showered a new life on the earth. Real travelers venture out now to fill their eyes and life with greenery.Our best wishes for the festivals, thanks for the encouraging feedback and joyful reading of this issue. Editorial Team Editor : Haridas Raigaga, Design & Layout : Dharmesh Gandhi, Correspondent : Nisha Gandhi Major Initiatives & Achievements of IMC: 2013 – 2014 During Tenure of Shri Shailesh Vaidya as President of IMC ?Setting up of a state of the art International Alternate Dispute Resolution Centre in IMC Mumbai ?Information Technology (“IT”) awards with 150 applications was a great success and will become a regular flagship event. ?Support to traders for removal of Octroi / LBT. ?Two new Certificate courses planned – Shipping Management and Maritime Laws and Pharmaceutical Sales Management. ?Joint programme in February 2014 with the Government of Gujarat and the Gift City – A National Summit on “Financial Services – A Key Driver for Economic Growth”. Chief Guest was then Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Narendra Modi. ?First Lecture on “Current Economic Environment” under the “IMC Pravinchandra Gandhi Chair in Banking and Finance” by Mr. K.V. Kamath, Chairman, ICICI Bank Ltd. ?IMC supporting rebuilding of Adarsh Vidyamandir School, located in Chamoli District of Uttarakhand. ?Effective networking with the Central and State Governments and Multilateral agencies, etc. ?IMC website restructuring. ?10 new publications of IMC during the year. ?India Calling Conference at Yangon, Mayanmar (Burma). ? ACHIEVEMENTS ?Record Surplus of Rs. 3.10 crores for the financial year. ?Sponsorship income of Rs.2 crores for 2013-14. ?Record donation of Rs.2.45 crores received in the IMC Centenary Trust. ?115 events held at IMC. ?IMC President attended the Swearing in Ceremony of Mr. Narendra Modi, as Prime Minister of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan. ?Improved Media Coverage. ?Oral evidence before the 14th Finance Commission (Chairman: Dr. Y.V. Reddy). ?Oral evidence before the Tax Administration Reforms Commission (Chairman: Dr. Parthasarathi Shome). Meetings of the Commission with associations, chambers of commerce and corporates in Mumbai held at IMC. ?IMC President invited for an Interactive meeting with Mr. P. Chidambaram, Former Finance Minister, on VCES Scheme of Service Tax. ?Celebrating Foundation Day at IMC with Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Prithviraj Chavan in September 2013. ?Mr. Mukesh Ambani, attended as Chief Guest at IMC's 107th Annual General Meeting at Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai on 19th June 2014. ?Interactive meeting with Shri Uddhav Thackeray, Pramukh Shiv Sena at IMC, Mumbai. ? MAJOR INITIATIVES & ACHIEVEMENTS OF IMC LADIES WING - 2013 – 2014 DURING TENURE OF MRS. LEENA VAIDYA AS PRESIDENT ?Women's Entrepreneurs Exhibitions at Hotel Taj Vivanta President, Mumbai and Hotel Hyatt Regency, New Delhi were successful with over 8000 visitors. ?Workshop for Women's Entrepreneurs by leading designers. ?Factory visit and Trip to Welspun Factory at Anjar, Kutch and Rann Utsav, Kutch, Gujarat. ?Trips to Vietnam, Cambodia and also to Croatia and Montenegro. ?Celebrated Women's Day with Impact programme Shiamak Dawar troupe and Usha Uthup entertained. ?Held more than 50 seminars, talks from spiritual to personality development, legal rights of women etc. ?Participated with 20 consulates in Oberoi Melting Pot event for world cusines – all proceeds donated to charities, including for Utarakhand victims. Page 2 Dr. Harshad Laxmidas Udeshi Dr. Harshad Udeshi was born on 13th October, 1952 in fortunate enough to have arranged Inter-District Family Bhatia family in Mandvi Kutch. The family of Dr. Harshad Exchange with District in Calcutta from our District in 1992-93 Udeshi is usually recognized as HAMAL family. His grandfather during his Chairmanship begging best Chairman's Gold Medal was popularly known as Damodar Bhimji Hamal. His father for the same. He was adjudged best GGR for the year 1986-87. He Laxmidas Damodar Udeshi went to Zanzibar (East Africa) in was adjudged best committee member for GSE Team Selection 1958. Harshad as a kid also shifted to Zanzibar with the family for the year 1998-1999. He was adjudged best Zonal District and was there till 1964 and returned to India due to the revolution Secretary for the year 1997-98.Dr. Udeshi has the privilege of in 1964. editing THREE District Directories in year of PDG Mohan Shah He did his primary schooling first in Zanzibar upto 6th in 1994-95 and PDG Bharat Dholakia in 2001-2002 and then his Standard and then at Mandvi in Sheth Gokaldas Tejpal High own. He has to his credit three publications on Rotary. He has School, (more than 100 years old school) from 7th to 11th written number of articles in Different bulletins, souvenirs, local Standard and always stood first. He did is Preparatory Science newspapers and AIR Bhuj on various Rotary and medical from Vithalbhai Patel Science College of VallabhVidyanagar and subjects. Dr. Udeshi had the privilege to lead the GSE Team of stood 9th in the University that secured him a direct admission to our District 3050 to District 4170 Mexico in the year 1995-96. He Pre-Medical at Vadodara. He did his MBBS from Baroda is also the recipient of prestigious THANCHAND MEHTA Medical College in 1975. He started his career as Resident GOLD MEDAL for the year 1994-95 for the best community Medical Officer at Anti TB ser vices rendered by an Clinic Maska near Mandvi and individual Rotarian. He is also then started his private clinic in t h e r e c i p i e n t o f F O U R 1981 as Family Physician and AVENUES OF SERVICE Chest Physician and since than CITATION FOR i s c o n s i d e r e d t h e m o s t INDIVIDUAL ROTARIAN by successful General Practitioner Rotary International. He is at Mandvi-Kutch. He has recipient of The Rotar y honorarily served as Medical Foundation's DISTRICT Superintendent at Anti TB Clinic SERVICE AWARD for the year at Maska, near Mandvi. Dr. 1994-95. He is Executive Udeshi even today investigates Committee Member of Rotary and treats at least 5 TB patients Charitable Society and pioneer in a day and arranges for free President of Rotary Charitable treatment for these poor TB Society for seven years from 1998. patients near their home through He has been instrumental in RNTCP program. He is starting Rotary Community associated with more than 17 Centre which has been named public institutions. after Late Shri Dharmsey He is Vice President of Jankalyan Medical Society Nensey. established in 1993 working against Cancer. Every year nearly He is honorary Physician to the inmates of Deaf & Dumb 5000 new cases of Cancer are detected in district of Kutch. School inhibiting 30 inmates for last 25 years. Dr. Udeshi and all Jankalyan Medical Society started the work by having Cancer the inmates have developed such an intimacy that without Diagnostic Camps at different villages and all the nine taluka spoken language they can communicate very easily with each headquarters of Kutch. Dr. Udeshi used to teach the patients other. He has started permanent project of participating and about Self Breast Examination and Self Oral Examination so as involving the inmates on the day of Raksha bandhan. Now this to have early diagnosis. has become the permanent project of Rotary Club of Mandvi Dr. Udeshi is the Charter Member of Rotary Club of Kutch. Mandvi from 1st January, 1979.He has been pillar behind Dr. Udeshi had been instrumental in starting a Women bringing up Rotary Community Centre and Vaccination Centre Empowerment Project of Family Planning Association of India & Rotary Children's Park at Mandvi at the cost of Rs.25 lakhs at Mandvi covering nearby 18 villages of Mandvi taluka in the under the banner of Rotary Charitable Society. He is person radius of 15 km covering the population of around 65 thousand behind the Permanent Vaccination Centre run by Rotary Club of from 1993 upto 2000. The women empowerment programs were Mandvi Kutch for the last 25 years. As a contact person, he was arranged regularly in addition to giving Family Planning advices instrumental in preparing and successfully completing and doing vaccination of the children of the area covered. Matching Grant Project of Rotary Club of Mandv-Kutch worth Dr. Udeshi is the President of Sheth G.T. High School Rs. 6.5 lacs with RC Evanston Lighthouse and Rotary Bhutpurva Vidyarthi Mandal. He is Executive Committee Foundation for providing Air-conditioned Ambulance to Anti TB member of Gokaldas Khimji & Mathradas Khimji Charitable Clinic, Maska. Trust which runs three high Schools and Auditorium at Mandvi. He has served the district as Governor's Group More than 3000 students are studying in Sheth Khimji Ramdas Representative (GGR), Governor's Aid, Member of various Kanya Vidyalaya, Sakarbai Khimji Ramdas Memorial English District Committees and Chairman of various committees. He Medium School and Ramkrishna High School. was Assistant Governor for the year 1999-2000. He has been Counselor for Youth Services, Chairman Rotary Volunteers and He is happily married to Bhavna who is a Social Worker Vice Chairman for District Conference Resolution Committee.