President s Message Dear SouthWestars, March is usually a quiet month, with most of our Annets and perhaps their parents more, busy with the annual exams. Some of the events that were on the cards, have had to be postponed to April. I am eager, once again, to go full steam, on our community service programs and look forward to your continued enthusiasm and support. Rtn Murali Dutt G K, President Events & Programs Union Budget 2015! 3rd March, 2015: E-Meeting, a Webinar: Panel Discussion On Union Budget 2015, was conducted online, with Rtn PP Dr Sameer Hariani as the Moderator, in lieu of 36th Weekly Meeting, courtesy Dr Sameer Hariani. The detailed discussion was elucidative and enlightening. Panelists Mrs Kavitha Parmesh of M/s TSMT, Bangalore and Rtns, Chandra Babu, Ritesh Mehta and Prakash Bhat s active participation, comments and observations, made it very illuminating and interesting. Swatch Bharat Abhiyan! 8th March, 2015: In support of Prime Minister s initiative, RBSW, one among 20 participating clubs of Rotary District 3190, joined hands with Bangalore Politicians Action Group (BPAC) in its Swatch Bharat drive at Ward No 165, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore. Mr Vinay Garudaa, Civic Leader, BPAC coordinated the program with Mr J R Bhaskar, AEE, BBMP. A few SouthWestars lead by Rtn PE Shashikant V Pobbathi and about 19 enthusiastic Rotaractors from RVTI Rotaract Club, lead by its Convener, Mrs Aswathy Manish, Vocational Instructor, Architecture, RVTI, endeavored to clean up the area. A few local residents came forward to give some constructive suggestions. The first time event, helped the Team to review some perceptive shortcomings to make necessary amends in future programs. Residents of Ward 165, Banashankari Stage 2, owe it to the women Pourakarmikas & Auto driver, who work very hard every day, without wearing any safety masks and hand gloves, to keep the roads free from the garbage and the surroundings clean, indiscriminately thrown by residents living in the area. In token appreciation, the women Pourakarmikas were presented with a saree and male Pourakarmikas with cash, a well thought out gesture of good will of Rtn Shashikant V Pobbathi. SH 1 OF 5
Volume 34, Issue 8 How Much You Know Of Rotary? 10th March, 2015, 37th Weekly Meeting, with an exciting Quiz on Rotary, was held at Ma na n d i Sa m skr ut i Sadana. The meeting was chaired by Vice President, Rtn Amarchand Rander in the absence of the President who is way on medical l ea ve of absence. The Quiz Master was none other than ever alluring, Rtn PP Dr Sameer Hariani who conducted the quiz p r o gr a m with 25 exacting questions on Rotary, with the help of Rotarian At Heart, Mr Girish Krishnaih. The level of participation and how much the quiz program was enjoyed by all the participants, is all too visible from the pictures! It was a tie among four w inner s, shining SouthweStars Rtns, Karthik Kittu, Shashikant V Pobbathi, K N Vasuki & E P Venkatesh, who walked away home with a bottle of fine wine. Community Service At Its Best! 19th March, 2015: Blood Donation, Eye Checkup & Dental Checkup, all held by RBSW at PESIT, 100 Ring Road, Banashankari 3rd Stage, Bangalore, jointly with its service partners, St Johns Blood Bank, Rotary TTK Blood Bank, VS Dental College and Sunetra Hi-Tech Eye Hospital (owned and run by Rtn Dr Arun Adkoli) with PESIT as the hosts. Over 240 units of blood have been donated by many March, 2015 Samaritans and, SouthweStar, Rtn PP S K Bhagawan was one. Over 10 Rtns from Rotary Bangalore Metro with its President, Rtn Korapati Srinivas, actively joined hands with RBSW. Kudos to SouthweStar Trio for their efforts in organizing the camp! RVTI Rotaractors active and enthusiastic role, in the medical camp which was held on the 3rd day of the 3 Days Sports Fest, Estafio and also, managing RBSW s CASCO-2 stall, is noteworthy. Dr Balaji Singh B N, Dean and, Prof Venugopal Naidu, Head of the BBM, Department of Business Administration, PESIT, graced the camp with their presence. Blood Donors were presented with a certificate of commendation. As conceived by the President, a Virtual Blood Bank is being set up with blood donors data collected by the Rotaractors. RBSW was awarded Certificate of Appreciation by Dr Latha Jagannathan, Medical Director & Managing Trustee, Rotary Rotary Bangalore Southwest meets every Tuesday at 7: 00 pm at Manandi Samskruti Sadana, 9th Main Road, 42nd Cross, 5th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore 560011. President Rtn Murali Dutt G K, Cell: 9448494145, mail: muralidutt@gmail.com., Secretary Rtn Venkatesh E P, Cell: 9886202349, mail: epv@eragam.in SH 2 OF 5
Volume 34, Issue 8 March, 2015 Afsane! And, 1st Runners Up: Deewane, 2nd Runners Up: Parwane, 3rd Runners Up: Mastane. Bangalore TTK Blood Bank and also, Sitalakshmi S, Professor & Department of Clinical Pathology, St Medical College Hospital Blood Bangalore. by Dr Head, Johns Bank, Family Fun Time! 31st March, 2015: 40th Weekly Meeting, Family Meet with some great fun, Fantakshari. Thanks to the multitalented Hariani Family, all the SouthWestars, Anns, Annets, Inner Wheelers of Bangalore SouthWest lead by it s President Srimathi Master and some prospective member guests, had some rollicking fun! The four c omp et ing t e a m s: Deewane, Mastane, Parwane & Afsane, were all SouthWestars, Anns, Annets & Inner Wheelers. They were The finale to the Family Fun, was a sumptuous traditional Ugadi dinner, served on Banana leaf! Key Board Decisions-8th Board Meeting The board meeting was held at Hotel Bangalore International, Bangalore on 26th March, 2015. Rtns, PP P C Ray and Raghunanda S A were the magnanimous hosts. Two schools identified in Kolar District, will be provided with classroom Benches in one and UPS Lighting in another. RBSW will have its own meeting place of about 1,500 Sq.Ft with parking space around, elevator access and as far as early as possible, in and around Jayanagar 4th Block /Banashankari. Star Performers - SouthweStars, Anns & Annets Buck up! all too enthusiastic and exuberant, is quite evident from the pictures. Some SouthWestars from the audience side, were all too excited to come up with answers, even before the participating teams could come up with the answers! Guess, which was the winning team? None other than SH 3 OF 5 SouthWestars are waiting to get some good news and celebrate! Perhaps, the all the Annets were busy with their annual exams and their stellar performances could be expected to be announced in April! Membership Development, Update & Status Membership still stands at 52, as of March,2015. Efforts being continued to increase membership, some are expected to enroll shortly.
100 Percenters Of RBSW March, 2015: 100%ers - 2 against 5 in February, 2015, namely, Rtns, Chandra Babu and Dayanand U R. From 1st Meeting to March, 2015: 3 against 3 up to February, 2015, Rtns, K N Chendra Shekher, Dr Sameer Hariani & Shashikant V Pobbathi. Kudos to the Trio! Patronage, Charity, Donations & Fund Raising Rtn PP P C Ray, Bangalore Rtn PP K N Chendra Shekher, Bangalore Smt Sudha Shah, Bangalore M/s Impress Printal, Bangalore Mr G S Arun Kumar, Bangalore: CASCO-2 M/s Vyas Group, Bangalore: CASCO-2 Smt Nandhini R, Bangalore: CASCO-2 CASCO-2: 423 Smile Coupons Smt Lakshmi Bhat, Bangalore: Pandu Memorial Scholarship Fund Moog India Technology Center, Bangalore Forthcoming Programs & Events - Planned In April Joint Weekly Meeting with Rotary Bangalore Cubbon Park club, with bonus music & art program, Kuncha Geete. Family Outstation Picnic, subject to requisite minimum response. Setting up UPS Lighting System in Sri Morarji Desai Model Residential School, Ganjigunte, Kolar. Handing over classroom benches to Govt. Higher Primary School, Kodikannur, Kolar. SouthWestars bulletin is produced and edited by Rtn Ramesh Bhat, Bulletin Editor on behalf of Rotary Bangalore Southwest. Cell: 98453 50222, mail: mrameshbhat@hotmail.com. Content of the bulletin is compiled and reproduced here in, as accurately as possible. Omissions & errors are purely unintentional. SH 4 OF 5
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