ROTARY CLUB OF DULIAJAN

ROTARY CLUB OF DULIAJAN

29th Installation Ceremony





President & Members

of

ROTARY CLUB OF

DULIAJAN

cordially welcomes

Distinguished Guests,

Visiting Rotarians,

Annes and Rotarylets

to


on 27th June, 2014



1942-2014

Rotary club of Duliajan

pays homage to the departed

soul of

Bihu Samrat Khagen Mahanta

and

all the

deceased Rotarians



Gary C.K. Huang

RI President 2014-15

Dear Friends in Rotary

Rotary is an organization that has something for everyone. All

over the world, in cities and towns, for well over a century,

Rotarians have come together to serve. And in the years since

Rotary was founded, countless Rotarians and others have

discovered the joys of Rotary service, through Rotaract, Interact,

Rotary Community Corps, Youth Exchange, and many other

programs.

All of us are part of the family of Rotary. And we have all gained

so much from our Rotary service. We've made friends, helped

our communities, and made the world a better, safer, and healthier

place.We've become part of a truly international network of

volunteers, and we've learned how much we can achieve when

we put our differences aside and work together.

Many of the ideas and values that we cherish in Rotary are not

unique to Rotary. Perhaps the reason Rotary resonates so deeply

with me is that I find many traditional Chinese values reflected in

Rotary: values of service and responsibility, of respect for family

and for others.

It is not surprising, then, that the ideas of Confucius so often

guide me in my Rotary service. To me, Confucius was the original

Rotarian. More than two thousand years before Paul Harris was

born, he said: To put the world in order, we must first put the

nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family

in order; to put the family in order, we must first set our hearts

right.

In Rotary, we set our hearts right by putting Service Above Self.

And we recognize that in order to be ambitious in our service,

we must first care for our own organization and expand our family

of Rotary. In 2014-15, I will ask all of you to Light Up Rotary -

by sharing our service, Strengthening our clubs, and letting our

light shine in our communities.

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In this Rotary year, we will Light Up Rotary by reaching our goal

of 1.3 million Rotarians, bringing in new members while working

to keep the members we have. To do this, we'll need to approach

membership in new ways, and try new ideas. Hold a Rotary Day

to give your community a chance to learn more about Rotary.

Remember that Rotary is a family and is for the family: Encourage

your spouse and other family members to consider joining, and

reach out to Youth Exchange and Foundation alumni. Focus on

your own club, and look realistically at why members stay, and

why they leave. What can you do to make being a Rotarian an

appealing and attractive opportunity for busy professionals and

those with young families?

We will also Light Up Rotary - and make history - by eradicating

polio. Polio eradication within the next few years is absolutely

realistic - if we keep up our momentum. So tell your friends,

associates, and elected officials how critical it is that we End

Polio Now. Donate to the Polio Plus Fund and encourage others

to do so as well. By meeting the newest challenge issued by the

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we can make our money work

three times as hard. Be an active part of the greatest public-

private health partnership in the history of the world, and share in

the pride when the job is finished.

In 2014-15, as we strengthen our clubs and Light Up Rotary in

more than 34,000 communities, our commitment and our service

will light up the world.

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Swapan K Choudhury

District Governor

2014-15

To

The President Elect

Rotary Club of Duliajan, RI Dist. 3240 ( India)

Dear Silver President Partha,

Greetings from the District Secretariat (14-15) of Rotary

International District 3240, India, for getting prepared

for taking up the challenge to lead your club.

You have attended the PETS at Lataguri where I was given

the opportunity to share my District Goals for the first

time and I am happy that you have promised to dedicate

your time, talent, energy and support to make this Silver

Jubilee year of our District memorable.

Our world Leader Gary C K Huang is a dynamic Rotary

leader and looking differently to bring changes in

everything in Rotary, be it membership growth, be it more

contribution to Rotary Foundation or any other area and I

am sure under his leadership we are going to achieve

everything we want to achieve.

Rotary year 14-15 is going to witness lot many changes

with the introduction of 'ROTARY DAY' and other

programs and you will appreciate that in the District level

we have also introduced so many new things to bring more

attraction and make people feel good to great about

ROTARY.

As we, all the District of our country, are under one

opinion that we will begin our journey on 1st of July with

" ANNODAN PROGRAM" and I know each and every club

are going to observe this day in different way and your

club is going to be no exception.

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As, I understand, your club is going to release the souvenir

"PHOENIX" during 29th Installation of New Board of

your club on 27th June and I have all my best wishes to

you, the new board and all your club members and I am

sure your club will show us " The Ray Of Hope" in the RY

2014-15.

Shanta joins me Congratulate you for your achievement

and appeal to you to motivate your members by taking up

humanitarian projects.

I am looking forward to working together as we " LIGHT

UP ROTARY".

Swapan K Choudhury

Subhadra Tower C, S.B.Gorai Road, Asansol-713304, West Bengal, India,

( M )+91 9933037707/+91 9434037707 Tele: (O) +91 341 228 2692, ( R) +91 341 2283638

E mail : [email protected], Web-site : www.rotary.org

Rtn Swapan K. Choudhury, MPHF.

District Governor, 2014-15, RI Dist.3240

Chair - District Promotion Committee, Rotary South Asia Literacy Summit,2013, New Delhi.

Co Chair - Gift & Memento Committee. Rotary South Asia Literacy Summit,2013, New Delhi.

Co Chair-House of Friendship, Rotary South Asia Summit 2013, Hyderabad.

Assistant Governor, Zone I ( 2011-12)

Dist Chairman - Rotary Alumni ( 2010-11)

Dist. Chairman - TRF Alumni & GSE Hospitality ( RY 2009 -10)

Dist. Chairman - Correspondent to Rotary News ( 2008-09)

GSE Team Leader, 2007-08

Member : DG Selection Committee ( 2005 -06 & 2006-07)

Centennial President

RC Asansol Greater

R I District 3240,India

Phone No +91 341 2283638

Mobile +91 9933037707,+91 9434037707

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Rtn. Nakshatra Bijoy Choudhury

AG Zone 12

2014-15

Dear,

Rtn Partha Pratim Hazarika,

I congratulate you on being installed as

the President of Rotary Club of Duliajan. I know

you as a man with a broad heart, a thoughtful person,

and someone who carries his folks together. Your

becoming the President, particularly in the Silver

jubilee year of RID 3240 will auger well for your

club and the district. I am sure Duliajan Club will

light up rotary, bright and visible by its multi faceted

activities.

My best wishes shall always be with you.

Sd/-

Rtn. Nakshatra Bijoy Choudhury

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Arijit K Endow

District Governor, 2013-14

R.I.District 3240

TEL +91-3842-234601

Mob: +91-9435012244

FAX +91-3842-234601

[email protected]

AKSHOYSMRITY", Nazirpatty,

P.O.SILCHAR-781001, ASSAM Arijit K Endow

Dear Rtn. Partha,

My heartfelt congratulations to you and your team onassuming leadership responsibilities as 29th Presidentfor Rotary Club of Duliajanfor the year 2014-15.

This is a year for Rotary action, a year where across thedistrict and at a global scale, Rotarians will respond toRIP Gary C K Huang's call to "Light up Rotary". Light tome symbolizes hope and as established professionals allover our district, I truly believe we know the needs of ourcommunity and how we can best bring hope to the livesof those in need. For this year to be a meaningful Rotaryyear, I will encourage you to immerse yourself in service,strengthen our clubs and let our Rotary light shine brighterthan ever through passionate service to the community.

This is also a year where some of our most importantglobal programs reach their significant milestones - thesuccessful completion of the Polio eradication programand the commencement of the challenging T.EA.C.Hprogram to eradicate illiteracy in South Asia.Additionally, at the district level, we continue to pursuea series of key community service projects under theglobal grant model.

It is heartening to learn that you are publishing a Specialbulletin 'PHOENIX' to commemorate the occasion.

I get immense pride in how we have engaged Rotary andchanged lives in 2013-14 and I am eagerly looking forwardto working with you all in some of the key aspirationsfor the district in 2014-15.

Minaxmi joins me in wishing you and your team all thevery best again for 2014-15 and we hope to hear aboutyour success in the days ahead.

Yours in Rotary,

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Chandu Kumar Agarwal

District Governor Elect.

RID - 3240

2015-16

Sd/-

Chandu Kumar Agarwal

My Dear President,

Greetings ! It is a delight to pen a few lines in your

Souvenir Magazine, on the occasion of your 2014-15,

Club Installation. Sanjana joins me in congratulating you

on assuming the important role as President of your club

and we also extend this congratulation to the rest of your

Board of Directors.

The clubs are indeed the 'Core of Rotary' and it is in

strengthening them that Rotary itself will achieve the full

potential of what it is capable. The opportunities for

service are endless and every Rotarian, every Club can

achieve unimaginable good in this world of ours. Our

Programmes are as relevant today as it was when we first

began more than a 109 years ago. When we hear of the

good it has done all these years, we are all indeed proud

to be known as 'Rotarians'.

Every Rotary Club is different and there is tremendous

'Unity in Our Diversity'. This is hardly found in any other

organizations. The ties that bind us is a common desire

to do good and bring happiness. Indeed, 'The Magic of

Rotary is that Rotary allows ordinary people to do

extraordinary things' !

Rotary is a light in our hearts and communities, which

create hope in the world and gives satisfaction & meaning

to our lives.

With Best Wishes to every members for a Great Rotary

Year ahead to LIGHT UP ROTARY....

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Sd/-

Manas Chaudhuri

Installation ceremony in Rotary Clubs all over the world

is perhaps the most important event of the year, signalling

as it does the end of one term and beginning of a new

one. It is a happy occasion for all concerned to be able to

applaud the out-going leader and greet the in-coming

President and his team. The occasion provides a perfect

opportunity to focus on the myriad achievements of the

year that was and, at the same time, enumerate the

priorities of the year ahead. I believe this is a twilight

zone for Rotary pregnant with new hopes and aspirations.

This is a moment to cherish.

Rotary Club of Duliajan is one of the active Clubs of RI

District 3240 with several feathers on its cap. It has a

proven track record. I commend the Club's unwavering

support and commitment to Rotary movement.

On this happy occasion, I send my best wishes to all

Members of the Rotary Club of Duliajan. I am absolutely

sure that the Club will continue to achieve newer

pinnacles of glory during the new Rotary Year under the

new Leader Rtn Partha Protim Hazarika.

Godspeed to the new Team of RC Duliajan for a

wonderful year ahead!

Manas Chaudhuri

Past District Governor

2003-04

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Rtn. Prabhat K. Kedia

District Governor

2007-08 & 2011-12

To

Rtn Partha Pratim Hazarika

President 2014-15

Rotary Club of Duliajan

Dear Rtn Partha ,

I am happy to learn that ROTARY CLUB OF DULIAJAN

is celebrating its Installation Ceremony on 27th June

and publishing a special issue of PHOENIX on this

occasion. The various community service works being

carried out by your esteemed club deserve applause from

all and sundry.

"Each of us will one day be judged by our standards of

life - not by our standard of living; by our measure of

giving - not by our measure of wealth; by our simple

goodness - not by our seeming greatness" said William

Arthur ward, a famous writer from USA. The installation

function of a rotary club not only celebrates the

achievement of the previous year but also reinforces the

goals that have to be met during 2014-15. The act of

service comes out of love for humanity and that is what

we have to imbibe in the minds of Rotarians.

A small tip on leadership - A leader has to be firm yet

flexible. Flexible yes but no compromise with the values

we cherish, principles we live by, ideals of the

organization we have embraced. Integrity, honesty,

dignity, sincerity are not redefined. Rotary club is an

association of individuals coming from different walks

of life having different mind set up, different

temperaments, different reasonings. What we learn by

association with these members is their perspective as

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to how they look to Rotary and to the world. By

association, we learn tolerance and mutual respect. We

must afford to understand each other. The association can

remain an association only when we develop that feeling

of togetherness, and then and then only we can provide

meaningful service to the community and to our rotary

organization.

I am reminded of the words of T.S.Eliot who said "Only

those who risk going far will ever know how far they can

go". I am sure Rotary Club of Duliajan will go far beyond

the confines of their club and LIGHT UP ROTARY during

Rotary Year 2014-15 under your strong leadership and

shared vision.

With my best wishes to you all,

Sd/-

Rtn. Prabhat K. Kedia

Rotary Clubs bring these benefits :

t Friendships with other professional leaders in the community.

t Higher ethical standards to your business or profession.

t Prestige of belonging to a worldwide organization.

t United efforts to carry out projects which enhance your community.

t Help for individuals and communities worldwide.

t Ongoing education through interesting programs.

t Networking with people who can help you become more successful.

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I am very glad to know that a special souvenier is to be

published on the 29th installation of the Rotary Club of

Duliajan.

Rotary Club of Duliajan, in its 28 years of existance has

touched the lives of many, not only in Duliajan, but in

surrounding rural areas through its humanitarian service.

The projects undertaken particularly with the support of

Oil India Ltd. reflects how an effective partnership can

be very meaningful.

With Rotary's new emphatic thrust on Literacy, starting

from this year, I hope the Rotary family of Duliajan will

Light Up Rotary by the light of Literacy which will bring

dignity to countless lives.

Rtn. Dr. Kalyan joints me in congratulating Dr. Dr. Amal

Kumar Deka and his team for a very successful tenure

and we wish Rtn. Partha Pratim Hazarika and the Board

of Directors 2014 a great Rotary year.

With best wishes,

Sd/-Kalpana Khound

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Rtn. Kalpana Khound

Dist. Governor 2005-06

& Chairperson RI Dist. 3240

Literacy Committee

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It is indeed a pleasure to know that Rotary Club of Duliajan is organizingits 29th Installation Ceremony on 27th June, 2014 and publishing the Club Bulletin"PHOENIX" to commemorate the occasion.

With deep appreciation, I must congratulate all the past and present members ofRotary Club of Duliajan for having achieved a glorious milestone of 29 years in providingdedicated service to the community in and around Duliajan. It is very pleasant to see thatwith every passing years, Rotary Club of Duliajan is becoming much more responsiblein taking up many prestigious projects where community participation is very muchessential.

I convey my heartiest greetings, good wishes to all the members of Rotary Club ofDuliajan on completion of 29 glorious years of the club and for its 29th Installationceremony. I also wish Rotary Club of Duliajan with its multifarious activities wouldprove itself as one of the best NGO in the Country and would keep its flag always high in

serving the mankind.

(B. Borpatragohain)

Managing Director

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Gary C.K. Huang was born in southern China and grew up in Taiwan. He is a graduate ofEastern Michigan University, U.S.A. and holds an MBA from the College of Insurance(New York).

He is currently Honorary Chairman of Taiwan SokShinkong Security Co., Ltd. He is apast president of the Malayan Overseas Insurance Co.

Gary has been awarded the National Civic Service Award by the Federation of Non-Profit Associations and the Outstanding Community Service Award by the Ministry ofInterior, R.O.C. In 2001, he was named "Honorary Mayor" by the City of San Antonioduring Rotary's convention.

A Rotarian since 1976, Gary is a member of the Rotary Club of Taipei, Taiwan. He hasserved RI as district governor, director and vice-president, Trustee of The RotaryFoundation, and as chairman and member of numerous international committees andtask forces.

He has been instrumental in the area of membership development throughout Asia. As aRotary Foundation Trustee, he set the goal of recruiting 100 new Foundation MajorDonors in Taiwan to help celebrate Rotary's centennial, which resulted in 106 MajorDonors in 2005 and another 103 Major Donors in 2006 contributing more than US$2million to the Foundation's Annual Programs Fund.

Gary has recounted his experience in business and his life within Rotary in a 2004 bookentitled Finding Solutions, Not Excuses.

He is a recipient of the RI Presidential Citation and the Service Above Self Award,Rotary's highest honor. He also received the Rotary Foundation's Citation for MeritoriousService and Distinguished Service Award. Gary and his wife Corinna have one son andtwo daughters. They are all major donors to The Rotary Foundation.

GARY C.K. HUANG, Taipei, Taiwan

Trustee, The Rotary Foundation, 2004-06

Vice President, Rotary International, 2001-02

Director, Rotary International, 2000-01

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RTN. SWAPAN K. CHOUDHURYDistrict Governor 3240

2014-15

With an "Attitude to Altitude" Rtn Swapan was born in 1954 in Bihar and did his schooling fromBihar School Examination Board and then completed his Graduation from The University of Burdwan.He subsequently did his Diploma in "Marketing Management" from Kolkata.

Rtn Swapan joined the movement of Rotary in the year 1995 and served his club, RC AsansolGreater, in various capacities and became the President in the Centennial year of Rotary. During histenure as President, he took his club to a new height, receiving Presidential and Governor's citationof being one of the best clubs in RI District 3240. Beyond the club level he served the District asChairman of many important committees,especially in the field of Rotary Foundation. He lead theGSE (Group Study Exchange) Team in the year 2007-08 to RI Dist. 9130 in Nigeria. Mostsignificantly, under his leadership this GSE Team were declared as the best team out of 13 GSEteams the Nigerian had hosted so far. He was also adjudged as the Best Assistant Governor in histenure in the year 2011-12. In the same year he was elected to lead the District as District GovernorNominee.

Rtn Swapan had started his career in a small company at Kolkata. Afterwards, having worked formany reputed national and multi national corporate in Marketing Dept. with dedication and loyalty,he left his salaried job in 1990 to start his own business. Banking on his own caliber, inner goodnessand business goodwill, he became a vibrant figure in his field in a short span of time.

Besides his business, he played a very important role in many other areas. He has been the Hony.Secretary of South Bengal Electronics Traders Association, Governing body member of AsansolAnandam - a school of special children, a life member of Asansol Chamber of Commerce and ofAnandalok Hospital, Vice President of Asansol Mega City Citizen's forum and President of DurgaMarket Traders Association.

His hobbies includes talking to people, travelling, public speaking, making new friends, singing,dancing, cracking jokes, keeping fit and spending quality time in surfing the NET. He has widelytravelled to different parts of this world and made friends all over.

His spouse Shanta, a pleasant lady of homely personality, a very successful Past President of InnerWheel Club of Asansol Greater and still an active Inner Wheel member, are blessed with a sonSoumo, who after completing his MBA worked for HDFC Bank and Himalaya Health Care as anExecutive at Bangalore and following his father's foot step he has started his own business andgrowing day by day .

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Rtn Dr. Nakshatra Bijoy Choudhury was born on 17th March 1964 to Mr. NikhileswarChoudhury and Mrs Asha Choudhury in the picturesque oil town of Digboi. He had hisschooling at Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Digboi and thereafter did Medical studies and gothis MBBS degree from Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh.

He established a Diagnostic centre under the name and style of Ultralab, at RangagoraRoad, Tinsukia, which was the first computerized laboratory of the town. He did postgraduation training in endoscopy at few centers at Kolkata, as well as had short stint ofhands- on training at Chicago, USA. At that time, and many years thereafter his endoscopyunit was the only endoscopy facility in and around Tinsukia town.

He is a life member of Indian Society of Gastroenterology, Society of GastrointestinalEndoscopy of India, and Indian Medical Association.

He is an executive body member of Golap Chandra Rabi Chandra Natya Mandir, a centuryold cultural organization of Tinsukia.

He is also the secretary of Sri Aurobindo Society, Tinsukia centre,

He is a dog lover. He finds time to pursue his hobby in music and poetry. He is an ardenttraveler and has traveled for pleasure to many parts of India, and abroad

Rtn N.B. Choudhury is Multiple Paul Harris Fellow and Rotarian to the heart.

He was a member of the Rotary Medical Mission team to Madagaskar.

He is married to Smti Sumana Choudhury, an active Inner Wheel member and is blessedwith two daughters, Ananya and Anasua.

RTN. NAKSHATRA BIJOY CHOUDHURYAG Zone 12

2014-15

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Kalpana Khound hails from an illustrious family of Assam. Her fatherLate Dr. Dharani Nath Phukan was a pioneer of Medical education andCommunity Medicine in Northeast India and her mother

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Mrs Nirupama Phukan is a well known writer of Assam and is also the recipient of Sahitya AkademiAward. She has been associated with the Rotary movement since 1987 when her husband PastPresident Rtn Dr Kalyan Khound joined Rotary Club of Dibrugarh. It was in 1992 that she joinedthe same club and was recognized as an outstanding Rotarian by the District Governor of the Rotaryyear 1993- 1994.In 1999-2000, she took the stewardship of the Rotary Club of Dibrugarh. During the eventful year,there were many firsts in the then 35-year-old home club.In the Rotary year 2005-2006 she served as the Rotary District Governor of Rotary InternationalDist. 3240. She was also the Rotary International's Presidents Representative to R.I Dist. 3020 in2007.She has been the Zonal Coordinator for Rotary Internationals Youth Resource Group for 03years. She was also a coordinator for the 'Gift of Life' program.Rtn. Khound has also been rendering her service in the field of education since more then thirty-fiveyears. She was a faculty member and also Principal i/c of D.H.S.K Commerce College, Dibrugarh.Presently she is serving as the founder principal of Salt Brook School of Commerce. She is also associated with many social and cultural organizations. She was the Vice Chairperson,Assam State Social Welfare Advisory Board. She is the Life Member of the Dibrugarh branch ofIndian Red Cross Society, Asom Sahitya Sabha, and International Buddhist Mission etc. She hasserved the Vivekananda Kendra as chairperson of the Dibrugarh Cultural Centre and also theDibrugarh Ladies Club as the President. She also served Dibrugarh Municipal Board as WardCommissioner. She is closely associated with the Inner Wheel Club of Dibrugarh which was startedduring her tenure as President of her Club.She is the secretary of an N.G.O Jonak which is providingvocational training to youths living in remote rural areas. As a member of the state committeerunning twenty free rural schools in interior parts of Assam under the guidance of Sri Sri RaviShankar of the Art of Living foundation she is contributing to the cause of education of the underprivileged.She has traveled widely. Her husband Rtn Dr. Kalyan Khound is a Professor of Radiotherapy atAssam Medical College. They are blessed with three children, Rtn. Sudarshan, a Tourism professionalmanaging his own Travel Company, Sunandan, an advocate at Guwahati High Court and Supriya,is a Development Consultant. Their elder daughter-in-law Madhusmita is an executive with Oil IndiaLtd. and younger daughter-in-law Sruti is an Advocate.

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Chief GuestPDG, Padmashree

RTN. MANAS CHAUDHURI2003-04

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PDG Manas Chaudhuri has been a Rotarian since 1980 .HisClassification is Journalism and has served as the Editor of Meghalaya'spremier English Daily The Shillong Times for 30 years.

Rtn Chaudhuri was part of the Prime Minister's Press entourage to UK, Germany, Pakistan, Thailand,Cuba, Philippines, Russia, Brazil and USA.

In recognition of his contribution to journalism, he was awarded the "Padmashree Award" in 2005and the "Pride of Shillong" Award instituted by Geetali---a reputed cultural organisation of Shillong.

He is associated with a host of educational and cultural institutions of Shillong. He has been theHony Secretary of the Rilbong PN Chaudhuri Secondary School, Shillong uninterruptedly for 35long years (which is a record of sorts) and helped the school grow almost from a scratch to aposition of respectability. He is the President of the Governing Body of the Lady Keane Girls'Higher Secondary School. Sri Chaudhuri is a Trustee of Sri Aurobindo Institute of Indian Culture.He is the President of the Rilbong Sports & Cultural Club, one of the most active youth organisationsof Meghalaya engaged in multi-dimensional social, cultural and sports activities. . Rtn Chaudhuri is aPast Master of the Freemasons' Lodge.

In 1998, PDG Manas Chaudhuri who is a Major Donor to TRF, led Group Study Exchange Teamfrom District 3240 to Ohio, USA. He also led a Rotary Friendship Mission to Bangladesh in 1996.

He was elected as a Member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly for two terms as an IndependentCandidate. In 2008, PDG Manas Chaudhuri served as a Cabinet Minister holding portfolios likeHigher & Technical Education, Information & Public Relations etc.

He is also the Managing Trustee of Ardhendu Chaudhuri Charitable Trust (created to perpetuatethe memory of his brother who died in helicopter crash while on tour as an MLA). The Trust hasbeen undertaking multifarious welfare activities in the spirit of "Service Above Self" out of his personalcontributions. He is one of the few elected public representatives in the country who has donated allhis earnings as MLA for serving the less fortunate .He is the only legislator of Meghalaya who hassubmitted complete accounts of the MLA Funds received by him.

He is happily married to Anne Shobha Chaudhuri and the couple is blessed with two daughtersand a son.


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Guest of honourSHRI VARUNODAY SHARMA

RCE, Oil India Ltd.

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Shri Varunoday Sharma, Group General Manager (Exploration & Development),

Oil India Limited (OIL) has taken over as the Resident Chief Executive (RCE)

of Oil India Limited's Field Headquarter at Duliajan from 1st of February, 2014 after

the superannuation of Shri K K Nath, RCE, OIL on 31st January, 2014.

A Geoscientist with over three decades of wide ranging experience in the hydrocarbon

Exploration and Production sector, Shri Sharma had joined Oil India Limited in the

Company's Geological Department on 22nd November, 1982. An M Tech in Applied

Geophysics, he has worked in various Departments and Projects of OIL with great

distinction and was promoted to Group General Manager (KGB & BEP) on August,2011

at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.

Certified as Data Warehousing Specialist by Brainbench, worlds' largest provider of

high quality structured, skills certification exams in 2000, Shri Sharma has represented

OIL and presented papers in several International symposiums, conferences and seminars.

He also played a pivotal role in OIL's successful adoption of International best practices

in the domain of state-of-the-art management information systems.

Member of distinguished professional bodies like Association of Exploration

Geophysicists (AEG) and Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG), Society of

Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Computer Society of India), Shri Sharma, a keen golfer and

voracious reader brings with him a gamut of diverse knowledge and exposure which will

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With tremendous potentials as a capable singer, the musically inclined Partha completed his academiccareer in Science stream from Guwahati University in 1989. At the same time he had also completedhis graduation in Music from Bhatkhande Sangeet Vidyapeeth, Lucknow in 1985 and presentlyhaving the privilege to sing for both Doordarshan and All India Radio. He has also participated inseveral cultural functions in and out of the State.

But destiny had different plans for the immensely enterprising young man, as the latent desire toliterally stand on one's own feet, saw the making of a successful entrepreneur in Partha.

First, it was the bold entry into the world of computerised offset printing business in the small butgrowing oil town in Duliajan. And eventually his entrepreneurial prowess led to the establishment ofa Petro-Chemical Plant at Naoholia under the name & style as East End Petro-Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.which is first of its kind in upper Assam. It is a processing and manufacturing unit of Industrial andAgricultural grade lubricating oil. Presently the Company is marketing its product in entire NorthEastern region under the brand name as "Pulse Lubricants". Rtn. Partha is now serving as ManagingDirector of the Company.

Success didn't come easily. Especially in an industry starving place like Assam, it required longyears of relentless perseverance, dogged determination as well as blessings and cooperation fromall his well-wishers. Today Partha has been able to curve a distinct place for himself in the society asan example for others to emulate.

Since joining the Rotary fraternity in 1997, Partha has been ably serving the Rotary Club of Duliajanand also District 3240 in different capacities. He took the responsibility as Club Secretary for twicein the year 2001-02 and 2011-12.

In addition to above, Partha is an acclaimed poet as well. Hitherto, his poem has been published inthe various prestigious magazines of Assam, like 'Prantik', 'Purbachal', 'Sambhar'and also in newspaperslike 'Pratidin, Aamar Asom', 'Janasadharan' etc.

Partha is married to Ann Indira who is working in Planning Dept. of Oil India Limited and alsoserving President of the Inner wheel Club of Duliajan. The loving couple is blessed with a daughtername Anibarsana (Nupur) who is a student of Class IX, in DPS Duliajan.

Rtn Partha Protim Hazarika was born in the year 1966, on a day asauspicious as 2nd October in the Oil township of Moran to RetiredOilindians Shri Pratap Chandra Hazarika and Smt. Rameswari Hazarika.

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schooling and graduation from Gurgaon. He completed his post graduation in EnglishLiterature from Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Rtn Gulati worked for very short period in Punjab National Bank at Agra and then inReserve Bank of India at New Delhi. In 1983, Rtn Gulati joined UCO Bank as ProbationaryOfficer at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Since then, he has been ascending the ladders ofsuccess in the bank as Manager, Senior Manager, Chief Manager and now Rtn Gulati isAssistant General Manager. During his 30 years of career in UCO Bank, Rtn Gulati hasworked throughout the length and breadth of India ranging from Himachal Pradesh, NewDelhi, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai, Raipur, Kolkata, Ahmadabad and now in Assam.Besides on short assignments, Rtn Gulati has visited deep south of India.

As a seasoned, meticulous and successful banker, his areas of strength are Core Banking,Corporate Finance, MSME finance, Foreign Exchange, Financial Risk and DebtRestructuring.

Rtn Gulati has many laurels to his credit:-

--- Rtn Gulati has written many papers on Banking and Finance. He has also writteninspirational articles which have been published in various magazines. However,his recent write-ups can be accessed on 'www.itstrgulati.blogspot.com'.

--- He has remained 'Guest of Honor' and 'Panelist' in seminars organized by ICSI,D&B, DSE, ECGC and management colleges in different states.

--- Rtn Gulati has also been a Guest Speaker in many management colleges in India.

--- He was the Editor, Rotary Club of Duliajan in RI year 2013-14.

Rtn Tilak Raj Gulati is married to Ann Geeta. They have two children. Daughter Richastudied B. Tech and MBA; now she is happily married. Son Varun, after completing hisB.Tech, is pursuing his Masters of Science.

Rotarian Tilak Raj Gulati was born as sixth and the youngest childto Shri Baldev Raj Gulati and Smt Shanti Devi on 3rd August,1957 at Gurgaon, Haryana. His father was in government job andthe only earning member in the family. Rtn Gulati did his

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Rtn. Dhrubajyoti Bhuyan

Editor 2014-15

Rotary, a word of few letters which opens the door for an entire life and great achievements.

People may bond together with different relations, for business, for education or for many otherpurposes, but it is a rarity to find people gathered for all those purposes which is what ROTARYdoes. The same has become applicable for our members who come from different backgroundsand classifications, but are united for a single cause.

We serve, bond, socialize, learn, develop ourselves and develop others, meet new people, gainknowledge and experiences, open up to the world and ultimately become friends for life.

RI President Gary C.K. Huang chose Light Up Rotary as his theme for 2014-15. Huang wasinspired by the teachings of Chinese philosopher Confucius who said: "It is better to light a singlecandle, than to sit and curse the darkness."

Gary C.K. Huang -"The Rotary way is the Confucius way. The Rotary way is to light a candle. Ilight one, you light one, 1.2 million Rotarians light one. Together, we light up the world,"

With this goal in mind, we need to assume leadership for building strong clubs. The same is applicablefor Rtr Partha Pratim Hazarika who is taking up the mantle of leadership this year. Best wishes tohim for the year ahead.

Bowing to the Rotary year 2013-14 that has passed off with brilliant assuredness. I welcome theyear 2014-15 which in all probability will be a forerunner of goodwill, service and companionship.

Our ex-president Rtn. Dr. Amal Deka's incessant hard work and dedication has taken the club togreat heights.

My thanks to President Partha for bestowing upon me the Editor's responsibility.

It is my pleasure to present before you the 29th installation bulletin "PHOENIX" of our club. I alsotake this opportunity to congratulate and thank all involved in publishing of this bulletin.

Looking forward to your positive contribution and encouragement in the days to come to directindividual accomplishments towards organizational objectives.

Happy reading,

From the Editor's Desk

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RTN. DR. AMAL KR. DEKA

President 2013-14

Respected Chief Guest, dignitaries, AG, Zone 12, distinguished guests, fellow

Rotarians, Annes, members of the Inner wheel Club, members of interact clubs,

Rotarylets, members of the Press, ladies and gentlemen.

I welcome you all to this 29th Installation ceremony of Rotary Club of Duliajan.

A short while from now we are going to hand over charge to the incoming committee.

I do not know how far we have been able to live up to the expectations of our fellow

Rotarians. Last year on the day of installation, I expressed my desire to start some new

projects to focus our attention to the backward villages where they need us most.

All our activities will be reflected in the secretary's report however I would like to

mention some of them.

Most of our activities were influenced by the Rotary motto for 2013-14,

'Engage Rotary Change Lives.'

We started a permanent project of adopting a remote backward village Chapatoli

Bangali Gaon, which is about 25 Km away from Duliajan. The project was inaugurated

by DG Arijit Kr. Endow. We wanted to pay our attention to Rotary's six areas of focus in

that village in a phased manner. To start with we did need assessment and a base line

socio economic study. We have addressed some basic needs in that village and hope;

the new committee will continue their activities there so that the village could be

transformed into a model village and made a benchmark within a reasonable time, so that

it could be applied in case of other villages as well. On the whole, apart from continuation

of other permanent projects of our club, we paid more attention to the have-nots.

During our tenure we have taken few other projects with Rotary 3240 Foundation

and TRF grants namely 'Sahanubhuti' and 'Parivartan'. We also started another project

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called 'Swampurna swaystha' with financial grant from Oil India Limited. Under this

project, for the first time in the history of Rotary Club of Duliajan we have organized a

Cataract detection camp followed by free cataract operations.

Ladies and gentlemen, whatever we have done so far may not be enough, but even if

we were able to bring about some change to the lives of few and bring some happiness to

them then that is our greatest reward.

I take this opportunity to thank all the board members, committee chairpersons

and Rotarians of RC Duliajan. As usual some Rotarians helped me out of the way but I

will not mention their names. I will remain grateful to them. I thank IPP Dr. J. K. Goswami

for his help and for organizing successfully 'Sampreeti', the seminar on Peace and

Conflict Resolution. I thank all the Annes, the Inner Wheel Club and Interact Club

members for their cooperation and help. I thank our AG of Zone 12, Sri Aditya Goswami

for his guidance in all our activities. I will fail in my duties if I do not thank the members

of Duliajan Press Club and Sanmilita Sangbadik Mancha for their coverage of all our

activities. We are grateful to Oil India Limited without whose support Rotary Club of

Duliajan wouid not have been able to attain its present state.

I offer my best wishes to the incoming Committee under the stewardship of

Partha Pratim Hazarika, who will take over from us after a short while from now.

Ladies and gentlemen, I once again welcome you all.

Long live Rotary Club of Duliajan.

Why Join a Rotary Club ?

t To help communities here & globally.

t To network with men and women who represent different business and

professional community activities.

t To belong to a service club where outstanding vocational representatives

in your community come together.

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ANNUAL REPORT BY CLUB SECRETARYFOR THE ROTARY YEAR 2013-14

RTN SANJIB GOGOI, BE (ELECT.)

Rotary year 2013-14 with rotary theme " Engage Rotary Change Lives"

by RIP Ron D Burton & 8 (eight ) points " Rotary code of conduct" and chronological 21

(twenty one) points agenda for the rotary year movement laid by District Governor

Arijit Endow of Rotary District 3240 how professionally engaged our fellow Rotarians

under the whips of Club Presidents.

The team RC Duliajan has taken up the events / activities time to time under the

leadership of our President Rtn. Dr Amal Deka as per the designated months of the

rotary year which are summarily described in the chronological order.

As the rotary year 2103-14 has kicked off from the month of July'13 , the official wheel

of rotary movement started on 6th July with the colorful installation ceremony of the

new committee under the leadership of President Rtn Dr. Amal Deka & Secretary Rt.

Sanjib Kr. Gogoi , which have witnessed by a record number of attendance of more than

150 including visiting Rotarian guests from neighboring clubs & invited dignitaries

followed by dinner & fellowship as always in our club.

Ø In July, which happened to be the month for installation of new leaders of

the club, the installation day ceremony was held on 6th July under the President

Rtn. Dr. Amal Deka , Secretary Rtn. Sanjib Kumar Gogoi and team members in a befitting

way. Although the induction of new member is in the month of August, we have inducted

three new members into rotary fraternity during installation ceremony . Out of three

members, two are lady members namely Nazma Bagam & Mazoni Goswami and iconic

artist cum director of Assamese film industry Mr. Jadumoni Dutta. The team RC Duliajan

also reciprocated the invitations of neighbouring Clubs by attending their installation

ceremonies in the month of July.

Ø In August, the month for membership & extension of membership, the newly

inducted members were oriented about the protocol of rotary by the President in weekly

meetings . The three members of team RC Duliajan namely Rtn Sunil Buragohain ,

Rtn. Pallab Pran Duwara ant Rtn. Aditya Goswami (AG of zone 12) have participated the

District Polio -Plus orientation meet on 4th August at Raiganj on behalf of team

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RC Duliajan. The members of Our Club have celebrated 67th Independence Day

by hoisting national Flag by the President and a day long activities such art competition

amongst the rotarians and rotary lets , extempore speech and patriotic poems etc.

and prizes were given according to the merits.

Ø In September, the month of new generation month, five members (Rtns. Pallab

Duwarah, Aditya Goswami AG, zone 12, Rtn. Pabin Saikia , Rtn. Sunil Borgohain) of the

team RC Duliajan have participated the Rotary Foundation Seminar -I on 8 Setember'13

held at Tejpur. The project of 'Raksha bandhan " by the interactors of Interact Club of

St. Xavier's School at our RCC for their fund raising was highly praised by the members

of our club & a hefty amount was generated to their cause. Meanwhile, the whole day

official visit of our District Governor of 3240 District on 23rd September to our club

was also on card. The president and team RC Duliajan have garnered the accolades of

District Governor Rtn. Arijit Endow on presentation of our club activities & projects

"VOCATION TRAINING INSTITUTE, PARIBARTAN, BAIKUNTHA SARATHI,

BAIKUNTHA DHAM, BT & DULIAJAN CLUB MAINTENACE PROJECTS". A new

Interact club of Spring Dales School, Duliajan sponsored by RC Duliajan has been

accorded by the District Governor in the official meeting later in the evening and induction

of a lady member Rina Ahmed Mazumder wife of late Rtn. A.H. Mazumder to rotary

fraternity by the Governor. The Governor was so touched , he spelt out his opinion by

saying "the members of Rotary Club of Duliajan enjoy rotary rather mere doing it".

The first lady of District 3240 Minaxmi Endow also shared the dais of the meeting with

speech on her profound experience of her visit to RC Duliajan and paid gratitude towards

the gesture of the inner wheel members for visiting their projects and their

accompany with her. The District Governor has insisted our club participation for

District Conference at Silchar in large numbers by saying I feel pride having company

with you people and also demonstrated the slide presentation of District Conference

venue at Silchar.

Ø In October, the month of Vocational Service, the very 1st day of October'13,

the team RC Duliajan have welcomed the spiritual Brahma Kumaris leaders of existing

zonal centers & delegates of Akhil Bhartia yuba cycle yatra of The Brahma Kumaris

World Spiritual University (Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya) at

RCC Duliajan for their event " Spreading peace & harmony" and blessed by their spiritual

messages .The President has called for the review of the last quarter of the rotary year

in the first weekly meeting and asked the members to share for any new projects for

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implementation . In turn, team RC, Duliajan has taken up the project of renovating the

existing permanent banner displaying the Four Way Test within the periphery of Duliajan.

Vocational award was given to Mr. Rajak for his outstanding contributions over four

decades in the field of laundry to Duliajan society.

Ø In November, the month of rotary foundation, five members (Rtn. Dr. Amal

Deka, the President, Rtn Sanjib Kr. Gogoi, Secretary, Aditya Goswami AG, zone 12,

Rtn. Pabin Saikia , Rtn. Sunil Borgohain) of the team RC Duliajan have participated the

Rotary Foundation Seminar -I on 10th November held at Sibsagar .The TRF grant of $

750 was awarded to RC Duliajan.

Ø In December, the month of family, the team RC Duliajan have observed the

World Aids day (1st December), Human Rights Day (10th December). The President

has organized the general meeting with the team RC Duliajan to elect the next new club

officers and a new team under the new leader Rtn. Partha pratim Hazarika (President

Elect) and secretary Rt. Tilak raj Gulati was elected by the team RC Duliajan and reported

to the District Governor elect. Since the December is the last month of every year and

a leisure month to celebrate , we the team RC Duliajan organized a family get together at

Green land Dhaba to celebrate the year ending and welcome of new happy year .

Ø In January, the month of Rotary Awareness , the team RC Duliajan have celebrated

the new year by organizing picnic in Buridihing River with excellent foods and fun fare

. The team RC Duliajan has also geared up to attend the District conference at Silchar

and round twenty Rotarians of our club attended the District Conference held at Silchar

from 3rd to 5th January. The President has called in the 4th meeting of the month for a

general assembly to discuss half yearly accounts, past six months working and future

projects and programs.The team RC Duliajan have been informed of RI dues and

subsequent completion of SAR.

Ø In February, the month of world understanding , the team RC Duliajan have

observed the Rotary Birth Day and the participation of President elect at PETS was

finalized. The team RC Duliajan have participated the District zonal event " Inter club

meet on rotary image held at Margherita, organized by the Rotary Club of Margherita on

23rd February, 2014.The team RC Duliajan have official inspection visit to our permanent

project Baikuntha Dham, a Hindu Cremation Ground for upliftment & maintenance.

Ø In March, the month of literacy, the Interact Club of St. Xavier's school was

sponsored by our club for RYLA Camp held in Shillong where Interactor Joydeep Phukan

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have participated for three days (3rd to 5th March' 2014 .The team RC Duliajan have

organized the annual event of RC Duliajan i.e. "3rd Late Rtn. Ranjit Dutta memorial

talk" on 16th March'2104 at our RCC Duliajan where the key note speaker of the evening

Rtn. Dr.Mainak Mukherjee from the Rotary Club of Burdhaman delivered spectacular

speech on positive mental health. The seminar for "Peace & Conflict Resolution" a

District event of RI District 3240 was organized on 30th March'2014 in a grand way by

inviting galaxy of speakers with the inaugural note of spiritual leader Dr.Pitamber Deva

Goswami, Satradhikar of Auoniati Satra followed by the notable journalist Mr.Samudra

Gupto Kyshab, District Governor Rtn. Arijit Endow in the inaugural session, the peace

scholars of RI District 3240 Mrs. Sampritty Goswami, Circle Officer of Naharkatia by

profession , Dr. Rajib Handique , Professor of Guwahati University, & Mrinal Hazarika,

pro-talk ULFA leader in the business session and Rtn. Gyatri Bhatacharjee, Dr.Aparna

Mahanta, Professor of Dibrugarh University ,Dr. Satya kam Borthakur , professor of

Dibrugarh University cum a columnist of regional Assamese daily papers in the closing

session. The inaugural, business & plenary sessions were convened by the District

Governor Arijit Endow, PDG Rtn. Kalpan Khound and PDG Rtn. Kirti Dey . At the outset

of the seminar , the Chairman of the seminar Rtn. Dr. Jayanta Goswami IPP of RC Duliajan

apprised his welcome speech, The MOC Rtn.Fowzia Tasneem of Tinsukia Club invited

dignitaries on the dais and followed by the delivered agenda of the seminar by the President

Rt. Dr. Amal Deka .

Ø In April, the month of magazine , the special magazine "SAMPRITEE" published

for the "Peace & Conflict Resolution" was distributed among the Rotarians and the

team RC Duliajan have observed World Health Day (7th April) and the "Rangali Bihu"

with lot fun with traditional dresses & foods at our RCC & birthday of Paul Harris

(19th April'14). The team RC Duliajan have official inspection visit to our adopted village

for further implementation of projects of humanity to the villagers of our adopted village.

The complied club reports for the rotary activities of our club were sent to the

District award committee chairman.

Ø In May, The team RC Duliajan have organized the first ever project of eye cataract

screening at RCC Duliajan on 3rd May in association with an NGO "Dibrugarh District

Blindness Prevention Society & Oil India Limited, Duliajan," where more than 150

patients have enrolled and 52 paients were sort listed for cataract operation.

The team RC Duliajan observed World Red Cross Day (8th May) and Anti Tobacco Day

(31st May'2014. The President hold the general assembly with the team RC Duliajan to

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approve the next year's budget and Committee plan and advised the new committee

members to attend the District Assembly at Tejpur.

Ø In June, the Rotary year last & Fellowship month, the team RC Duliajan have

started 1st day of the last rotary month of the rotary year 2013-14 by donating a tricycle

to Mr Bagadhar Das , physically challenged person & have formally donated 3 nos. of

drinking water tube wells and 2 nos. of sanitary facilities in one roof building for villagers

of Nawholia under our " "SAHANUBHUTI PROJECT" against Rotary District Grant of

RI District 3240. On 8th June'2014, The team RC Duliajan have formally handed over

the charter Certificate to Interact Club of Spring Dales School in their school premises

and a presentation of Interactor Jodeep Phukan about his experience of RYLA Camp in

Shillong for the interactors of Spring Dales school in the morning session and later in

the afternoon session, the team RC has taken a project for distribution of mosquito nets

to around 282 nos. of families of our adopted Sepatoli Bengali Gaon & Fakela Gaon

because of its topography of location near to Chairaipung reserve & highly prone to

Encephalitis disease. The President then called for a joint board meeting to take the

overview of the whole year rotary activities including final accounts and thanked the

team RC Duliajan for their engaged rotary activities to change lives of many . The

President advised to the team RC for a dental camp under Rt. Dr. Navneet Swargiri, dentist

by profession, to organize a dental camp at our adopted village Sepatoli Bengali Gaon and

the dental camp was organised on 22nd June and witnessed by registration of villagers

with prescribed free medicines and tooth pastes to raise the better living of villagers. The

President advised the team RC Duliajan to gear up the preparation for the installation

ceremony of new committee on 27th June'2104 for the rotary year 2014-15.

Summery of the Projects for the Rotary year :

v PARIBARTAN :

After assuming the portfolio of President, the very next weekly Monday meeting,

Rtn. Dr Amal Deka has instantly taken the consent of fellow Rotarians and a resolution

for a daunting task of adoption of a remote village in the fields of drinking water, sanitary

& hygiene of human livings as one of the permanent projects of Rotary Club of Duliajan

apart from our ongoing existing permanent projects ( Baikuntha Sarathi, Baikuntha Dham,

BT park, Duliajan Club park etc.).

The race for the project called "PARIBARTAN" has started with the initial survey

of number of inhabitants, the existing habits of drinking & sanitation of a very backward

village called "Sepatoli Bengali Gaon".The village have a hardly one communication

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road with iron sleepers in one junction. Subsequently, the village have been provided

with two numbers of tube well for drinking purpose for the villagers in one go and later

on , another six numbers of tube well are provided and a medical camp for health checkup

of the villagers was organized by fellow Rotarians cum doctors with the paramedical

staffs of Oil India Limited and lending hands of our rotary members with a registration

of more than 300 ( Three hundred ) patients with free prescribed medicines and a record

of the health details of the members of the families are well maintained in our record

register for future tracking. Our District Governor Arijit Endow, during his official

visit to our club, has witnessed our long term permanent adopted village "Sepatoli Bengali

Gaon" by inaugurating officially and the District Governor has acknowledged the warm

welcome by the villagers with traditional "Zumur" dance and thanked them for their

gesture shown to him and asked their corporation to integrate the step of adoption their

village by Rotary Club of Duliajan. Equally he has highly praised our Club for such a

noble service to humanity. Later on , our club members have visited the villagers on

number of occasions for awareness of the living standards and for their participation of

our rotary events.

v SAMPURNA SYSTHA SCHEME :

l Around 300 plus patients were registered and free health check up were done by

Doctors and free prescribed medicines were distributed with the help of paramedical

staff of Oil India Limited during Medical health check up camp at Fakela ME

school premises of our adopted village.

l Around 200 plus patients were registered and free health check up were done by

Doctors and free prescribed medicines were distributed with the help of paramedical

staff of Oil India Limited during Medical health check up camp at our Sachoni

Merbeel rotary community Corps club of our adopted village

l More 152 needy villagers of Sepatoli Bengali village and other villages in around

of Duliajan vicinity have responded to our first ever project of RC Duliajan " Free

eye cataract screening at RCC Duliajan and operation of eye cataract at Assam

Medical College ,Dibrugarh " in association with an NGO "Dibrugarh District

Blindness Prevention Society"& Oil India Limited, Duliajan. Out of 152 patients,

52 patients were sent to Assam Medical College for Cataract operation and they

were successfully operated.

l Distribution of mosquito nets to around 282 nos. of families of our adopted

Sepatoli Bengali Gaon & Fakela Gaon because of its topography of location

is close to Chairaipung reserve & highly prone to Encephalitis disease.

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l Dental health camp in our adopted Sepatoli Bengoli gaon, where more

than 200 plus patients were registered and free dental check up along with

free prescribed medicines were provided.

v SAHANUBHTI SCHEME :

l Donating a tricycle to Mr Bagadhar Das, physically challenged person of

surrounding village Kachari Pathar and witnessed by the resident Doctor of Kachari

Pathar Hospital.

l Formally donated 3 nos. of drinking water tube wells and 2 nos. of sanitary facilities

in one roof building for villagers of Nawholia.

v EXISTING PERMANENT PROJECTS :

l VOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE : The infrastructure of institution was

revamped with the installation of Air Conditioner and the new sewing machines to

incorporate the no. of students and handed over the inner wheel club to run & maintain

the institute with our financial assistance. A batch has warded with the certificate of

proficiency.

l BAIKUNTHA DHAM : The Hindu cremation ground was inspected by our team

RC and a major up-liftment of gardening and dressing up of the inner periphery with

additional soil was done for people sitting arrangement & provision of music system

for playing spiritual songs in the evening apart from monthly maintenance.

l BAIKUNTHA SARATHI : The crops carrying van was well maintained and

managed upto the requirement and people's satisfaction with adequate care with fair

communication.

l MAINTENANCE OF PARK : We have dedicated few people to uplift & maintain

our parks on periodical basis.

It was privileged on my part to be Secretary under the President Rtn. Dr. Amal

Deka, a soft spoken person with bold & determined mind who actually focus for the

visible and transparent ultimate benefits to humanity. I also salute to the rise of team RC

Duliajan in time for planning & implementation of events/ projects of Rotary Club of

Duliajan and big applause of thanks to Oil India Limited for enhancing hefty financial

amount annually to our club.

LONG LIVE ROTARY : LONG LIVE ROTARY CLUB OF DULIAJAN

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Honorable Chief Guest, Padmashree PDG Rtn. Manas Choudhury, Asstt. Governor

Rtn. NB Choudhury, Guest of honour Shri Varunoday Sharma, RCE,OIL, Installation

Officer, PDG Rtn. Kalpana Khound, my fellow Rotarians, Annes, Inner Wheel members,

Interact members, Invited guests, Members of the Media - a warm good evening to you all.

This is indeed a very special evening for me and my team. In this august moment

I do feel myself most fortunate enough to have this magnificent opportunity to serve

my very own Club from front and also the community at large with my utmost capacity.

I do offer my sincere thanks and gratitude from the bottom of my heart to all my Rotarian

colleagues of our Club for showing conviction on my ability and gifting me with this

lovely opportunity to be the leader of the team that has constantly been chasing a dream

to serve the have-nots and also keeping an indomitable desire of bringing positive changes

and raise hope into the society.

I did start my personal journey as a Rotarian in the last millennium. One shiny

summer Monday of June 1997, our Charter member Rtn Golap Sharma, whom we lovingly

call "Bhisma Pitamaha", one of the strong pillars of our Club as well, took albeit a young,

tall and timid bachelor boy having a sincere attitude to serve the community, to the

Rotary Club of Duliajan, pursuing its temporary office at AGCL Guest house in those

early days and inducted him into the amazing and incredible family of Rotary. Since that

very day, long seventeen eventful years have so far been rolled down and during this

course of time Rotary has not only played a pivotal role in shaping and nourishing his

personality, but also offered him such ample of opportunities to boost up his inner vigor

and self-confidence that the boy is now going to shoulder the responsibility as the

President of the Club. Thanks a lot Rotary, for all your incomparable endowment !

RTN. PARTHA PROTIM HAZARIKA

Incoming President 2014-15

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I shall truly remain indebted to you and dotingly cherish your belongingness till I walk in

this earth.

In the yesteryears, I had the privilege to serve the Club in various capacities under

the stewardship of some very accomplished leaders whose selfless and relentless affords

have brought enviable achievements to the Club. Its indeed owing to those visionary

leaders, we are going to inherit a Club that can justifiably afford to serve the

underprivileged populace of our society.

In many ways, this Rotary year 2014-15 is very exceptional for all of us Rotarians

from District 3240; as this year our District is celebrating twenty five years of its selfless

service towards community, a long and persistent journey packed with saga of triumph

and accomplishment. I am really privileged to congratulate you all for such wonderful

attainment.

An ancient Chinese scholar, Confucius, said "It is better to light up a single candle

than to sit and curse the darkness". With relevance to this perpetual philosophy, Rotary

International President Rtn. C K Huang ably said, "Rotarians have always believed this to

be true. When we are confronted by the world's problems, we are not paralyzed by despair,

we are called to action". The momentous theme for this new Rotary year "Light up Rotary"

best reflects the action what we Rotarians ought to do in order to carry forward the

Rotary Motto of "Service above self" in true spirit of the words. Putting service above

oneself is most valuable, and has both social and personal importance. This importance

is installed within every one of us from the very early age: the sharing attitudes of children

with their friends, participating in random acts of kindness are couple of examples. These

initial principles seem to become lost, however, as we age. Once learned, even with

prideful acknowledgement, but as we get older, because of our self-interest, these eternal

values of service above self turns into intentional, purposeful choices that we make.

In current state of affairs, the world around us is in desperate need of those willing to

serve others. There are uncountable students around us that need education, full of

underprivileged that need helping hands to serve food, provide shelter, and find work.

I say, we every Rotarian with our humble affords can be a great source of help and hope

to those have-nots. But most importantly, we should not think that to serve humanity is

a sacrifice on our part. Right from our birth to death, we all go on receiving things from

society. We are indebted to the society for what we receive from it and it is our moral

duty to repay the debt back. But the debt is so heavy that it can never be fully paid up.

We can only repay a tiny portion of what we have taken from it through our selfless

service. Service to the society is not only the act of kindness but it is a social obligation,

a sacred duty and the most requisite way of making payments against our debts.

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Opportunities for community service to do well to others are ample. It needs only realization

of our duty and goodwill to perform it and our acts of kindness may put sunshine into a

dark life. The great saying of Mother Teresa well goes in this relevant- "At the end of life

we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have

made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by "I was hungry, and yougave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you tookme in."

At the end of the day, the big luxurious car we drive, those imported brand ofclothes we wear, the multistoried home with all modern amenities we reside in or howmuch acres of land and volume of wealth we left for our offspring - will not matter.

It all depends how we want to be remembered. After our departure, people will notremember us by the size of our wallet, but by the size of our heart. Our positivecontribution to society will be our personal benchmark of success. The greatest and

most memorable achievement we can imagine is helping another person.Service without self-interest is a great educational discipline. It lifts us out of our

petty selves. It elevates our minds, hearts and spirit. It is spiritual training. It makes our

lives richer and fuller. It gives us profound spiritual satisfaction and makes us really andtruly happy. There is no greater happiness than the happiness that comes to us throughthe happiness of others.

Before I signoff, I must confess- Rotary means a lot to me as it has made me dareto dream and I am sure collectively we can make good things happen and can raise peace,prosperity and glee in society. In ensuing future, I would love to see my beloved Rotary

fully vivacious and vibrant Institution extending all its care and affection towards allclass of people. Let us all resolve to put in the best we can and generate an insatiabledesire in the heart of all Rotarians to hurtle the image of Rotary into an unexplored

horizon of growth, affluence and all round brilliance. I am optimistic that, future ofRotary will be as bright as the pole star in a starry cloudless night sky.

I would also take this privilege to welcome all the invited dignitaries to this 29th

Installation Ceremony of the new office bearers for the year 2014-15 and urge them to

confer their blessings to the incoming team for their all round of excellence and success.

Finally, let me wind up with this thought, "to love without condition, to talk without

intention, to give without reason and to care without expectation-this should be heart of

a true Rotarian"

Once again thanking you all,

Long Live Rotary

Long Live Duliajan Rotary Club

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Born in the year 1972 to late Durgeswar Saikia and Mrs Minakshi Saikia in Duliajan,

Indira Hazarika joined Oil India Limited only at the young age of 18 just to take care of

her family, as her Oilindian father left his family and made his premature journey to

heavenly abode in 1981. Despite encountering severe tough situations in those ill-fated

days, Indira was very much determined and resolute about her studies and completed her

graduation in Arts stream as a private student under Dibrugarh University. At the same

time her passion towards Indian Classical music had also inspired her to take Bachelor

of Music (Bisharad) degree in Sitar from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya,

Mumbai. She has already staged several modern and classical Instrumental and vocal

programs in and around the state and also showcased her talent in Doordarshan and in All

India Radio as well.

Intensely inspired by the perpetual motto of Rotary International, "Service above

self" and also with a deep sense of obligation towards underprivileged people of our

community, Mrs. Indira joined Inner Wheel Club of Duliajan as a charter member and

ably served the Club as Vice President for two years and as the President for 2013-14.

Besides above, she is actively associated with the forum of WIPS (Women in Public

Sector) by serving as Secretary in 1999 and 2008.

Her hobby includes playing musical instruments, travelling, shopping, internet

surfing and making friendship with fellow people.

Indira already became a Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) in the year 2012 and has attended

several Rotary Programs since she has married to Rtn Partha Protim Hazarika, a leading

entrepreneur of the locality and also the President of RC Duliajan this year.

The couple is blessed with a lovely daughter Miss Anibarsana (Nupur), who at present

is studying at class IX of Delhi Public School, Duliajan.

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Profile ofMRS. INDIRA HAZARIKA

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Mr. Bimal Borgohain originally hails from Borbil no.2 village, Digboi, in the district of Tinsukia.

Born to Late Manik Chandra Borgohain and Smti. Lilay Borgohain in the year 1968, he spent his

childhood days in his native place of Digboi. His father was an employee of then Assam Oil Company

and retired as a Sr. Engineering Supervisor in 1995.

After completing HS in Science stream from Digboi College, owing to the tough economic

conditions in those early days and with an honest intention to give financial support to his feeble

family up to some extent, Bimal took his admission in a professional course of Stenography &

Secretarial Practice at ITI, Tinsukia and successfully completed his course in 1990. He then again

joined BA 1st year course at Digboi College. But eventually, after encountering tremendous procedural

adversity, Bimal seceded to get a Government post as a Stenographer at the Deputy Commissioner's

office of Tinsukia in the year 1991. However, despite pursuing a hectic working schedule at his

professional place of DC office, Tinsukia, Bimal once again decided to continue his academic career

in Digboi College and succeeded to get his BA degree in 1993. Coupled with this, he had also

completed the Diploma course on "Public Relations Officer Training" from Oxford College of

Education, Lake Town Kolkata in 1998.

Bimal Borgohain is a keen quizzer as well. He got several awards in quiz competitions organized

by various organizations during his school & college periods. He preferred to play badminton also.

So far he has organized severel badminton competitions at Digboi under of "Pioneer Youth Club."

On 23rd April,2000, Bimal married to Mrs.Mitali Borgohain, who is also an employee of

Planning Department of Oil India Limited, Duliajan. The couple is blessed with a lovely son and a

charming daughter. At present his son Master Abhinav is studyig in Class-VI at DPS, Duliajan and

daughter Miss Anupragya is in Pre-Nursery Class at Tiny-Tots, Duliajan.

Mr. Bimal Borgohain is also an acclaimed writer. His Several articles have already been

published in the Dainik Janambhumi, The Sentinel and other local magazines. He was also awarded

with the 2nd prize in literary competition held on All Assam basis organized by "Adhar" megazine

published from Jorhat, Assam. He is planning to bring out a book of his articles in near future.

Profile ofMR. BIMAL BORGOHAIN

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Besides all these, he was also recognized by the Rotary Club of Tinsukia for his dedicated

service to his vocation on 31.10.2013 after due recommendation from Mr. Puru Gupta , IAS,

Deputy commissioner, Tinsukia.

He attended several workshops on RTI Act, 2005 and Human Rights as Resource Person

organized by District Administration, 2nd APBN Makum, NGOs and Nehru Yubak Kendra,

Tinsukia.

He has already completed 23 years of his service and had experiences of working in different

fields during the tenure of his service, like P.A & Confidential Assistant to DC, Planning &

Development Deptt, I/C of Backward Area Development Cell, Magistracy, Passport, Arms &

Explosives, Jail Matters, Cinematography, Census, Personnel Cell, organizing of various meetings

in all G.P. Levels with all Heads of the Departments, especially in some not easily accessible areas,

like Amarpur, Sunpura (Sadiya) and Wara, Hunjuwara etc.

Presently, Shri Borgohain is working in Administration Department of Deputy Commissioner's

Office, Tinsukia, which is very important & sensitive Deptt. of the District Administration. He is also

pursuing a P.G. Course on Human Rights from the Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi.

His hobby is travelling. He loves to experience the multicolored ethnicity of different caste &

communities living across the country.

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He is happily married to Mrs. Bulbul Adhyapak who is a PRT in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Duliajan.Mr. & Mrs. Adhyapak are blessed with two daughters - Snigdhachaya & Raktimava.

Snigdhachaya is married to Kamal Talukder of Tinsukia and now settled in Kolkata and Raktimavais married to Probin Bora of Guwahati and now settled in Kulalampur.

During his student life he was the General Secretary of Duliajan Anchalik Chatra Santha.He was activity associated with the All Assam Student's Union during his student life. He has beenactively associated with different social service works . Mr. Adhyapak is also keenly interested ingraphical creativity work.

He is superannuated from is service on 31st March, 2014 and now engaged in his ownbusiness house of Ramdhenu Graphics, a designing and art work centre in Duliajan.

Mr. Jiten Adhayapak was born to Shri Bipin Ch. Adhyapak and LateMina Adhyapak of Duliajan.

After completing his academic carrier, he joined in Production Dept. ofOil India Ltd. in 1979.

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The Modi-fication of India !

Tridiv Hazarika visited the Metropolitan Rotary Club in Den Haag when he was

undergoing a PFDM course in Sustainable Local Economic Development in

International Institute of Social Studies, Den Haag, Netherland in April-May, 2014.

It is but very rare when one man occupies the mental

landscape of a nation with over a billion mortals...when the cyber

space, satellite television follow one man's story 24/7...when

smart political slogans and cleverly crafted jingles becomes

popular amongst kindergarten kids who are still memorising

nursery rhymes...when one man can generate such extreme

responses from those who swear by his name and others who have

reasons to loathe his growing stature. The point is rather very

simple, be it the sheer magnetic persona or oratory skills, the

strong anti incumbency of the outgoing government or the

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strategic brilliance of a smart electoral

campaign, the connect with the aspiration

driven youth of the country or just the

mood of the nation, you just can't deny the

fact that the whole world is looking at

Narendra Damodardas Modi with rapt

attention.

For someone who like to discuss life

skills, you just can't overlook this very

defining moments in our country's political

history and the impact that one single

leaders in the past have had the advantage

of listening to such prophetic

pronouncements. Modi can very well

decide how he wants the world to remember

him down the years.

Sometime you are left with no option

but to be awestruck by the meteoric rise of

individuals from very humble backgrounds.

When someone without a B School degree

to flaunt or an illustrious lineage rises

above all odds to occupy a position of envy,

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person can have on an entire

nation. There are already

enough discussion and in

depth material on the life and

growth of Modi as a person

as well as a political leader.

In fact, I doubt if any political

leader has undergone such

scrutiny by his followers as

well as his detractors. While

critics continue to harp on

Modi's right winged

ideological stance and

dictatorial leadership, the

Modi fan club has ample reasons to believe

that Modi can give the decisive leadership

that India desperately needs. I believe in a

way, the critics have done Modi a great

favour by foretelling all the wrong that he

can do in the days to come. We have read

and heard quite a lot how according to

certain political commentors Modi could

play a divisive role and damage the

delicate social fabric of India. Very few

it implies that the person is blessed with

certain very special skills. In many ways,

these skills are horned not in the closed

space of conventional classrooms but

under the open sky amidst the company of

diverse people, where the hard lessons

imparted by abject poverty and social

prejudices at times ends up stirring the

infinite capabilities that remains dormant

in every person. If determined enough, we

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can convert adversities into an advantage

and sharpen the god gifted natural instincts

to yearn for a better life and succeed in

converting such desires into a reality. In

many ways Modi has epitomised this

incredible journey of a person who could

convert all the challenge thrown at him to

his advantage in a manner which could

influence an unprecedented number of

people in India and actually translate this

endorsement of Modi as a leader into what

many calls a turning point in India's

political life.

Now whether this euphoria and faith

reposed by such a large percentage of

voters on the new government actually live

up to their expectations or the critics of

Modi have the last laugh, only time will

tell. As common citizens, we can hope that

the very simple and basic needs like good

roads, clean drinking water, steady power

supply, affordable education and sense of

security becomes a reality in India under

the new leader. I believe despite all the

intellectual cacophony about the "Idea of

India" and complex jargons of the world of

business, good governance and visible

development, essentially will give enough

reasons for the people of India to give

Modi the thumbs up.

But there is a catch here. While all

of us have more or less in the past few days

are clear as to what we expect from the new

government or even may be dismissive of

what we may feel is too much of a Modi

hype, have we set ourselves our own agenda

as to how will we contribute to the cause

of a India of our dreams? The onus lies

equally on each of us to pledge our

contribution as a citizen of this great

country. India can only change if all of us

are prepared to do our bit. It is therefore

not said without reason that people get

the leader / government they deserve. For

the time being, let's pray that India wins !

Rtn. Tridiv Hazarika, PHF

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"Smiles cost nothing, but they illuminate

life's pathway wonderfully"

"My Road to Rotary" --- PAUL HARRIS

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The book 'The Winner Stands Alone',

narrates a story which goes like this. A

small country surrounded by snow and

jungle was ruled by a section of corrupt

people whose image in the eyes of their

subjects had reached its nadir. To

rejuvenate their image, they decided to

appoint a new king -a willing common man

- for a term of four years. But after

completion of his term as king, he would

have to leave the kingdom empty handed

into the dense forest covered with deep

snow. It was a known fact that anybody

going to the forest could not survive for

more than a few days. (The corrupt people

had thought that no common man would

come forward to risk his life).

A young man- married and having

two kids- came forward and offered

himself to become the king. The corrupt

people discouraged him saying that he had

full life before him and he had young &

beautiful wife and two small kids. His wife

herself discouraged him but he insisted to

be a candidate. So he was crowned the king.

During his tenure, he took keen

interest for the welfare of his subjects. The

kingdom prospered. There was peace and

brotherhood everywhere. Everybody was

so happy to the extent he had never

experienced during their life time. The king

was loved by everyone.

At the end of his term, when he was

leaving -along with his wife and kids- he

was given a tearful farewell by lacs of

people. (Up to this I liked the story- the

young king, his determination, his

administration and his concern for his

subjects After that I became a little sad)

After leaving the kingdom , his wife

became sad to realize that they would die

soon in the forest. But he was not perturbed

and beckoned his wife to come along. After

walking the whole day, they reached a hill

top and saw a beautiful township down the

hill. He told his wife "From the very first

day of my crowing as king , I realized that

corruption was so deep that it could not be

eradicated. So I smuggled the wealth of

nation and built my own kingdom. Now we

will rule this kingdom forever. (And I

became sad)

RTN. TILAK RAJ GULATI

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ENCOUNTER

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HISTORY

OF

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INDIA

Calcutta was the home town for the

first Rotary club in the mainland of Asia.

R.J. Combes, the manager of a steel

products company while on a business trip

to U.S.A. was so impressed by the

"Friendship, fellowship, and service" that he

wanted to introduce the idea to his friends

in Calcutta also. There was no difficulty for

him to convince enough people and

convene the first meeting on 26

September, 1919. The new club was

chartered on the New Year day of 1920 to

be exact. All the twenty charter members

were non-Indians.

The first Indian member was

S.C.Rudra who was inducted in 1921. In

1921 itself Sir Surendranath Banerjee was

made an honorary member. The first Indian

to become the club secretary was Nitish

C. Laharry (1926) who climbed all steps

to reach Rotary's top slot viz. R.I. president

ship in 1962-'63.

A.FM.Abdul Ali was the first Indian

to adorn the collar of a club president. Club

chartered in Lahore (in Pakistan now) in

1927, and then things changed when James

Wheeler Davidson of Calgary, Canada

arrived on Indian shores with a firm

determination to spread Rotary in India. In

fact he was responsible for establishment

of Rotary clubs in different countries

including Australia, New Zealand,

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Amritsar and to Bangalore in 1934. By

1936 Ahmedabad, Baroda, Jamshedpur,

Poona and Sholapur had Rotary clubs.

Three clubs were chartered in 1937,

Lucknow, Surat and Cochin. R. C. Of

Cochin had by the time India became

independent, there were 71 Rotary clubs

(14 in Gujarat, 10 in Maharashtra, 10 in UP,

seven in Tamil Nadu, seven in Karnataka

and 23 in another 10 states) with a total

membership of 3121 members. Up to

1931-32, Rotary clubs in India were non-

districted. From 1932 to 1935 clubs in

India, Burma and Ceylon were grouped

under provisional District A. On 1 July

1935 District 89 was formed with clubs

in Afghanistan, Burma, Ceylon and

undivided India. The first district governor

was Sir Frederick E James (1935-36).

The first conference of Provisional District

"A" was held in 1932 at Calcutta with Sir F.

E. James as the first governor with a total

registration of 39. The 1934 conference

was held at Bombay and 1936 at Bangalore.

Southern Europe, Egypt, Siam and Japan

and was known as 'Marco Polo of Rotary.'

Jim Davidson planted Rotary in Bombay as

well as Madras (now Chennai) in 1929.Of

the 38 charter members of the club in

Bombay, 37 were non-Indians. The only

Indian was Sir Phiroz Sethna, a legislative

member, who later served as district

governor (1937-'38). The formation of the

Madras Club was on 10 May 1929, Even

though Davidson organised a Rotary club

in Delhi also in 1929, in a couple of years

the club had to be closed down as the

membership tapered off due to one or other

reasons. In 1930 two clubs were formed-

Etah and Meerut.

Mahatma Gandhi addressed Rotary

Club of Calcutta which had only non Indians

on the rolls even then. The growth of

Rotary in India was rather very slow for

many years, due to the predominance of

foreigners in the clubs and other reasons

such as agricultural nature of Indian

economy.

In 1933 Rotary branched out to

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WOMENEMPOWERMENT

Success of women leaders reflect

that now women are not lagging behind the

man in any sphere, as it is earlier believes

that it is only made for men. It proved that

they are equal in every sphere of life.

Though they have pride place in households

and society, women still lagging behind the

men in the some arena. Many women come

forward and compete with the male and get

a remarkable victory. This is a good sign

for the entire women community.

Now, the scenario of all sphere has

changed. In various countries the nation is

headed by a female. In the first instance we

can point out the victory of Pratibha Devi

Singh Patel who sworn as the President of

India, the worlds largest democracy. It is

not new for India that women ruled the

nation. The trend has begun with the Razia

Begum, who sworn as the Sultan of Delhi

in 1236 A.D.

A Long delayed and a much needed

Step - Achieving the goal of equal

participation of women and men in decision

making will provide a balance that more

accurately reflects the composition of

society and is needed in order to strengthen

democracy and promote its proper

functioning…without the active

participation of women and the

incorporation of women's perspectives at

all levels of decision-making, the goals of

equality, done Women's Day (March 8),

India witnessed the high voltage drama over

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much talked Women' Reservation Bill in

the Parliament. The Women's Reservation

Bill is the most essential bill to empower

women in Indian politics. According to the

bill, women will enjoy 33 percent of the

reservations in the Lower House of the

Parliament and Assemblies.

Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the

Parliament has passed the Women's

Reservation Bill on 9 March 2010, this day

in India can be termed as one of the historic

days in Indian politics. Major political

parties were in favor of the bill.

An empowered woman can change a

lot in the society. Unlike other Women

Empowerment programs, we believe that

Money as an energy is one of the most

powerful empowerment tools. The

practical steps to create income for

women, who are capable and intelligent and

willing to work, however due to various

reasons are unable to do it today.

The reasons could be varied for

various women, some women could be

deprived of these opportunities because

their men dont want them to work, the

others may be restricted due to family

pressures or peer pressures. Well, its time

to let go of all pressures and work towards

becoming empowered with regular income

coming your way.

It is amazing that from an early age,

women start to learn about some of the

finest human qualities like compassion,

self awareness, sacrifice, service, devotion

by observing their own mothers,

grandmothers and other women in their

lives.

The four pillars of business which are

dedication, consistency, hard work and

honesty are also attributes of women. For

many centuries, the role of woman was to

be the nurturing institution for her children,

to be the solid foundation for her spouse.

Then came the times when women got to

the space of equality in the work place,

achieving their own dreams, and becoming

equal financial contributors within their

households.

Women Empowerment India is an

initiative to take practical steps to make

Women of India financially independent

through various initiatives. Despite the

odds women can overcome all obstacles.

In the past, women have desperately

struggled because they were belittled by

men. They were thought of as ignorant

beings that only knew how to manage

housework.

In today's society women do not have

a very prominent role as there male

counterparts. It seems as if men are looked

upon as born leaders who should hold

power. They look strong and confident.

People feel safe that males will lead them

in a strong, protective way. Women are

looked at very differently. People see them

as weak in heart and afraid of doing things

in a forceful manner.

The need for women's empowerment

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arises from the subordinate position they

have been accorded for a long time. The

empowerment has been felt as a tool to

bring about changes in their socio-

economic condition. It has been felt on the

part of nation as well as individual that no

society can progress till women, a major

constituent of society, lag behind.

When a ruler runs his or her empire

successfully it means that throughout his

or her rein as king or queen everything ran

smoothly. This means that no one would

try to over throw him or her and that the

people were happy. Effective is very

different than successful. If a ruler is

effective he or she understands what the

people want. An effective ruler gives his

or her people what they want and

understands the needs of his or her

people.

Therefore, our efforts should be

directed towards the all- around

development of each and every section of

Indian women, not confining the benefit to

a particular section of women in society,

by giving them their due share. It is a must

to protect their chastity, modesty and

dignity and ensure their dignified position

in society. Without removing social stigma,

enduring progress and development could

not be achieved. For this, the governmental

and non-governmental organisations

including media should come forward and

play an active role in creating awareness in

society.

The task is not too difficult to

achieve. The honesty and sincerity on the

part of those involved is a must. If the lots

of women change, definitely it will have a

positive impact on society. Hence, the

women's empowerment is the need of the

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Compiled by :

Rtn. Reena Hussain Mazumder

Planning Department

OIL, Duliajan

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least

don’t hurt them.

--- Dalai Lama

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continue in many countries. Today

International Inner Wheel links together

members in different parts of the world

including Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia

& the America's. The organisation has more

than 100,000 members in about 103

countries and geographical regions

worldwide.

Mrs. Oliver Golding in 1923 took the

first step to form an organization which

today is considered as one of the largest

organization of women in this world. The

objects of Inner Wheel is - i) to promote

true Friendship, ii) to encourage the ideals

of Personal Service, iii) to foster

International understanding.

Birth of Inner Wheel in India

The first Club in India was formed at

Ahmedabad in 1955. Mrs. Minnie Camma

was the Charter President of Inner Wheel

Club of Ahmedabad. Slowly the Inner

Wheel movement spread its wings to other

cities in India. Four Districts, Dist. 75,Dist.

317(S), 315, and Dist. 310 were formed in

the year 1966 - 67. IW District 324 was

chartered in the year 1992 and PDC Mrs.

Purabi Roy from Asansol, WB was the

Charter Chairman.

The Structure of Inner Wheel

International Inner Wheel Governing

Body à Association or National

Governing Bodyà District Committee

INNER WHEEL CLUB

Inner Wheel is an international

organisation closely linked to Rotary that

was founded to unite wives and daughters

of Rotarians. Inner Wheel concentrates

upon Friendship and Personal Service. It is

not what is termed a money raising

organisation but each club selects it's own

charities and channels of service.

One of the greatest features of Inner

Wheel is the opportunity given to members

the world over to get to know one another

thus contributing to the International

Friendship and Understanding.

Before year 1989, Rotary generally

prohibited women as members. Therefore

another organisation was established for

the wives and daughters of Rotarians, known

as Inner Wheel. Despite women now being

able to join Rotary, Inner Wheel Clubs

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(District Governing Body) à Club

Executive Committee (Governing Body)

The Membership Rules

u Women related to Rotarians/former

Rotarians

u Women related to Inner Wheel members

/ former Inner Wheel members

u Women who have been invited to join

- provided that a majority of the Club

members agree.

INNER WHEEL LOGO

Logo or emblem is a symbol of an

organization. It instantly carries the

structure of an organization. Logo of Inner

Wheel is very progressive, meaningful and

describing about its detail, clearly.

Description of Logo :

Two gear wheels one inside the other

Six spokes radiating outward from the

other

24 cogs on both inner and outer wheels

Rims are in royal blue and caramel

colour and words Inner and Wheel are

in gold lettering

Outside teeth represents clubs around

the world

Six spokes represents officers and

service committees.

International Inner Wheel Theme

(2014-2015) :

Light the Path

Compiled by : Indira Hazarika, PHF

President IWC, Duliajan

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What did Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa have in common ?

They all knew that how YOU see the world is how YOU create the world!

but it's quite simple really. How you see the world is how you create the world. If you

believe the world is a dark and dangerous place you will perceive (which means see and

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YOU can change the world sounds

like an impossible claim

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create) events and circumstances as a

threat. Where? In your own mind. Your

thoughts and feelings will be negative and

you will radiate fear into your relationships

and into the world. Your perception is your

reality. It is also your choice.or !

On the other hand, if you believe the

world is an adventure playground you will

'see' and 'create' (perceive) events and

circumstances as an opportunity to play and

be creative. Your thoughts and feelings will

be consistently positive, and you will

radiate a natural joy into the world. And

that's called love.

How you see the world shapes what

you bring to the world. Do you bring fear

or love ? You can positively affect the

world 'out there', but only when you

change how you see the world 'in here',

and that's entirely your choice. In a world

where we are largely taught to believe the

worst and see the negative, making that

positive and creative choice will, for

many, require power, practice and new

perceptions at a personal level. Are you

ready to change your mind ? Are you

prepared to change how you see the

world ?

Sometimes, after practicing

meditation for a while, especially on our

own, we may find ourselves thinking, "Why

am I doing this anyway?" Especially if we

feel we are making slow progress. In

moments like this it's useful to remind

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Yes YOU are a WalkingRadiator !

It's Entirely up to You

The Ripple Effect

When you make the conscious shift

from 'world as a dark and dangerous place'

to 'world as playground with infinite

creative possibilities' you are the first to

'feel' the positive effects. Those around

you receive a positive energy, and you

create what is known as the 'ripple effect'.

In that moment you would be called 'a

leader'.

Gandhi knew this as he walked his talk

of absolute non-violence.

Mandela knew this when he forgave

his captors.

Mother Teresa knew and expressed

this through her compassion.

They didn't ignore the reality of

others situations, they didn't deny the

suffering around them.

They changed how they saw their

world and that changed our world …

forever.

WHY MEDITATION ?

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yourself of some of the most important

reasons and benefits that come from

sustained practice.

The simplest definition of meditation

is the cultivation of self awareness.

Without self awareness you cannot see

what you are doing wrong at the levels of

your own thoughts and feelings. In fact,

you cannot even see that it is you and not

someone else who creates your thoughts

and feelings! When you fall under the

illusion that others are responsible for what

you feel you condemn yourself to a

stressful life as you become dependent on

external sources of stimulation in order to

'feel' OK, and then perform your very own

award winning performance of The Victim!

Meditation raises your self-awareness and

therefore self-responsibility.

In the external world we tend to define

control as getting a grip on things and

handling people and issues firmly. In the

internal world of our thoughts and feelings

control does not come with a tight grip, or

a struggle, or 'trying' to make certain

thoughts and feelings go away. Control on

the inside comes from doing the opposite

i.e. letting go, and being more like a

detached observer of our thoughts and

feelings. This is the first step in the practice

of meditation which will eventually give

you the ability to be the master of our own

thoughts and feelings.

In a world almost totally focused on

action it is easy to forget that we are a

human being first, and humans doing

second. It is easy to forget that everything

we do flows from our state of being. Few

of us learn how to create our state of being,

yet we all know that if we start the day in a

grey and grumpy mood it doesn't matter how

beautiful the day may be, it is still a grey

and grumpy day!

Once you become more aware of

your thoughts and feelings, once you see

why they emerge (self awareness) and once

you restore the power of choice and

control, you can work at a deeper level and

consciously create your state. Just as the

miner works deep underground at the coal

face, so meditation gives you the ability to

work at the deepest levels of your

consciousness, at the coal face of the soul.

It is there that you find your original states

- peace, love and a natural joyfulness that

are not dependent on anything external.

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1. Cultivation of

Self Awareness

2. Self Control

3. Creating Your State

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blocks, barriers and burdens that distort our

communication with others. Meditation

allows us to dissolve our blocks and heal

our hearts in our own time, at our own pace

in our own way.

As you practice with patience and

Managing Time

Every morning credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night rules off as "lost"

whatever you have failed to use toward good purposes. There are no carry forwards,

no overdrafts. You cannot hoard time, save it, store it, loan it or invest it. You can

only use it.

Here are six terrific truths about time :

l Nobody can manage time. But you can manage those things that take up your time.

l Time is expensive. As a matter of fact, 80 percent of our day is spent on those

things or those people that only bring two percent of results.

l Time is perishable.

l Time is measurable. Everybody has the same amount of time.....pauper or king.

l Time is irreplaceable.

l Time is a priority. You have enough time for anything in the world, so long as it

ranks high enough among your priorities.

Life is relationship, and relationship

is communication. Both our success and

satisfaction in life will depend to a large

degree on how well we communicate with

others. Our ways of communication are

largely learned from external influences

like parents and society, which means many

of us have difficulty in connecting and

communicating from our own heart, our

true heart. The practice of meditation,

which is essentially a journey to the heart,

helps you to see and understand the internal Compiled by : Rtn. Dr. Navneet Swargiri

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4. Communication from

the Heart

perseverance, the process of learning

meditation takes you towards perfection.

As it does, the journey also becomes

the destination.

Meditation is a journey

not a destination

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109 Years of Rotary

1905: First gathering, on Thursday evening, 23 February

1905 at Gus Loehr's office, in Room 711 of Unity

Building in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Attorney Paul P.

Harris. and Silvester Schiele walked over to that cold

winter night in 1905, almost 9 years from his arrival in

Chicago. Several weeks later, Schiele was elected the

First president of Rotary when the meeting was held in

his office. Paul Harris suggested several names, one of

them being "Rotary."

1906: Rotary "Wagon Wheel" emblem adopted, the first

of many variations of "wheel emblems" to be used by

different clubs, until 1912, when a geared wheel was

adopted, this to be follow by authorization of an official

emblem (1924), a wheel of six spokes, twenty-four cogs,

and a "keyway."

1908: Second club formed in San Francisco California,

U.S.A. by businessman Homer Wood.

1910: First club formed outside of the USA in Winnipeg,

Canada First Rotary convention was held in Chicago, 15-17 August, with sixteen clubs

in Rotary. The National Association of Rotary Clubs was formed. Paul Harris was elected

president of the Association and served two terms. Rotary becomes "international" on 3

November 1910 with the "organization" of Rotary Club of Winnipeg, Canada. Winnipeg

then was chartered as Club #35 on 13 April 1912 prior to the Duluth, Minnesota USA

convention when Rotary become the International Association of Rotary Clubs.1910

On one of the club's early hikes a beautiful young woman from Edinburgh, Scotland

points out a tear in his jacket and offers to fix it. Jean Thomson and Paul Harris were

married several months later.

1911:31Clubs were organized in Dublin and Belfast in Ireland, and London and

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Manchester in England. These were

followed in 1912 by clubs in Glasgow and

Edinburgh.

1911: The National Rotarian magazine was

born with General Secretary Ches Perry as

the editor. 22 August 1911, Rotarian Frank

Collins, introduced what was to become

"Service above Self" to Rotary. At the same

convention, "He Profits Most Who Serves

Best" was introduced to the convention by

Arthur "Fred" Sheldon.

1912: 50 Clubs meet in Duluth with

delegates from Winnipeg, Manitoba,

Canada and the organization becomes "The

International Association of Rotary Clubs."

London joins the same year as the 50th

club. 5,000 members. Paul Harris is named

President emeritus.

1912: First districts (then called divisions)

are established, 8 in U.S.A., 2 in Canada,

one in Britain and Ireland. By year's end

there were 54 Clubs.

1913:89 Clubs. Rotary contributes

$25,000 active relief funds to help flood

victims in Ohio and Indiana 30 October

1913, the first meeting of British Clubs

which would become RIBI (Rotary

International in Great Britain and Ireland)

1914:100th Club- The 100th club of the

International Association of Rotary Clubs

is formed on 1 March in Phoenix, AZ,

USA. "Four Way Test" as a guide, has

created /clubs/100+ to recognize the

"other five" clubs of that day.

1914: The term "Rotary Ann" to call Wives

of Rotarians started in San Francisco

Convention (123 Clubs15, 000 Rotarians)

1915: The term "Governor" is established

for districts. Columbus, GA., U.S.A. is

Charter #200 Standard Constitution

adopted Code of Ethics adopted

1917: In 1917, Arch C. Klumph, Rotary's

sixth President, proposed to the Rotary

International Convention in Atlanta,

Georgia, USA, the creation of an

"endowment fund for Rotary / Rotary

Foundation... for the purpose of doing good

in the world First contribution of $26.50

from the Rotary Club of Kansas City,

Missouri, USA.

1919: First Rotary Club in Asia is chartered

in Manila. 1 June 1919.

1921: First Club of Europe (except Ireland

and Great Britain) 1 January 1921 RC of

Madrid. First Rotary Club of Australia 21

April 1921 RC of Melbourne

First Rotary Club of Africa 1 July 1921,

RC of Johannesburg.

1924: The International Association of

Rotary Clubs is shortened to Rotary

International, Official Rotary Wheel

adopted.

1928: Rotary Foundation adopted.

1932: 4-Way Test was formulated by

Chicago Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor the

"Four Way Test" was adopted by Rotary

International in January of 1943.

1934: First Council on Legislation

1943: January, 1943 Adoption of the Four

Way Test, written by Chicago Rotarian

Herb Taylor: "Is it the truth? Is it fair to all

concerned? Will it build good will and

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better friendships? Will it be beneficial to

all concerned?"

1945: ROTARY AND THE UNITED

NATIONS: Forty-nine Rotarians help draft

the United Nations Charter in San Francisco.

Many of the delegates from around the

world were also members of Rotary clubs.

1947: After a many years of ill health,

Rotary founder Paul Harris dies on 27th

January.

1955: Rotary's Golden Jubilee is

celebrated on 23 February with much

fanfare in Chicago.

1962: First Interact club was formed by

Melbourne, Florida U.S.A.

1965: Rotary Foundation launches

Matching Grants and Group Study

Exchange programs.

1968: First Rotaract club was formed.

1972: Council on Legislation becomes RI

legislative body.

1985: Rotary announces Polio Plus

program to immunize all the children of the

world against polio.

1987: US Supreme Court rules women can

be members of Rotary.

1989: Council on Legislation changes the

constitution and MOP to include women.

1990: Rotary Club of Moscow charted

first ever club in then Soviet Union.

1994: Western Hemisphere declared

Polio-free.

1999: Rotary Centers for International

Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

established.

2000: Rotary Global History is organized

11 October 2000 The first Rotary Global

History Day.

2001: 30,000th Rotary club chartered.

2005: 23 February 2005: The Rotary Club

of Chicago and Rotary International

celebrated the centennial of the first

meeting of four men whose gathering

became a worldwide movement. Rotary

International convened the Centennial

Convention 19-22 June 2005 in Chicago,

Illinois, the birthplace of Rotary.

2006: Rotary opens extension to China and

Cuba. Only four countries remain polio-

endemic: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and

Pakistan. Polio cases worldwide have

dropped by 99 percent since 1985.

2008: Rotary officially launches its effort

to match a US$100 million challenge grant

from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

to help eradicate polio. In 2009, Rotary

receives another grant of $255 million

from the Gates Foundation and launches

Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge to

match a portion of the grants and further

support efforts to End Polio Now.

2010: COL approves a Fifth Avenue of

Service, e Clubs become permanent.

2013: Resolution of RI: No child should

ever go to bed hungry. Gates foundation joins

with Rotary to boost Polio end game support.

2014: Rotary along with WHO, CDC and

Govt. of India made India Polio Free.

Downloaded & Compiled from Rotary Web:

Rtn. Pranjal Kumar Baruah, MPHF

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What is

Online

Shopping

???Online shopping is the process of

buying goods and services from merchants

over the Internet. Since the emergence of

the World Wide Web, merchants have

sought to sell their products to people who

spend time online. Shoppers can visit web

stores from the comfort of their homes and

shop as they sit in front of the computer.

Consumers can buy a huge variety of

items from online stores, and just about

anything can be purchased from companies

that provide their products online. Books,

clothing, household appliances, toys,

hardware, software, and health insurance are

just some of the hundreds of products

consumers can buy from an online store.

Many people choose to shop online

because of the convenience. For example,

when a person shops at a brick-and-mortar

store, she has to drive to the store, find a

parking place, and walk throughout the store

until she locates the products she needs.

After finding the items she wants to

purchase, she may often need to stand in

long lines at the cash register.

In contrast, online shopping helps

consumers avoid these disadvantages. A

person only has to log onto the Internet,

visit the store's website, and choose the

items she desires. The items are held in a

virtual shopping cart until she is ready to

make her purchase. The shopper can remain

in her nightgown as she does her shopping,

and the process can be conducted in the tiny

hours of the morning or late into the night.

Online stores almost never close.

Despite the convenience, not

everyone chooses to purchase items and

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services online. Some people like the idea

of physically going to a store and

experiencing the shopping process. They

like to touch the goods, try on clothing, and

be around other people. Online shopping

doesn't permit shoppers to touch products

or have any social interaction, and it also

doesn't allow them to take the goods home

the same day they buy it.

Other people may worry about

shopping online because they fear their

credit card information will be

compromised. Since it's necessary to

provide credit card information when

purchasing products online, it is possible

for individuals to become victims of

identity theft. Using secure servers can

help, but it's no guarantee that credit

information will remain private.

Another reason some consumers

avoid shopping online is the fact that they

worry that the products they purchase are

not accurately portrayed in the website's

picture or that they will be of lesser quality.

It's also impossible to try on apparel bought

over the Internet, so a consumer has to rely

on body measurements in order to make

sure the clothing will fit properly. If the

clothing arrives in the mail and it's too

small, it must be mailed back, which is a

potential inconvenience that some shoppers

may not wish to face.

Few Online Shopping Sites of India -

Flipkart, Amazon, Ebay, Snapdeal,

Shopclues, Myntra, Homeshop18, Yebhi,

Jabong, Bestylish, Pepperfry etc.

Compiled by : Indira Hazarika, PHF

President IWC, Duliajan

The Funny Hidden Meanings

Smile : A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

Boss : Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.

Politician : One who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.

Doctor : A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with his bills.

Etc. : A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.

Tears : The hydraulic force by which masculine power is defeated by feminine power.

Father : A banker provided by nature.

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Compiled by: Rtn. Pranjal Kumar Baruah, MPHF

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It is hard to believe that from 1905 until 1989, the Constitution and Bylaws of

Rotary International stated that Rotary club membership was for males only. In 1978,

the Rotary Club of Duarte, California, USA, invited three women to become Rotary

members. The RI Board withdrew the charter of that club for violation of the RI

constitution. The RI attorney argued that "… [The decision] threatens to force us to take

in everyone, like a motel. The club brought suit against RI claiming a violation of a state

civil rights law that prevents discrimination of any form in business establishments or

public accommodations. The appeals court and the California Supreme Court supported

the Duarte position that Rotary could not remove the club's charter merely for inducting

women into the club. The United States Supreme Court on 30 March, 1987upheld the

California court indicating that Rotary clubs do have a "business purpose" and are in

some ways public-type organizations. This action in 1987 allowed women to become

Rotarians in any jurisdiction having similar "public accommodation" statutes. In October

of 1987, the Rotary Club of Angels- Murphys District 5220 inducted three women and

in spite of threats to quit Rotary by some of the older male members - none did. Two of

these three women went on to lead their Rotary Club as president and one completed

over two years as charter president of the Angels Camp Centennial Rotary Club (a club

which is very proud of its 50% female membership). That president on 23 June, 1987

Dr Sylvia Whitlock was inducted by DGE Dr Kim K Siu as the first woman Club president

in the history of Rotary has completed 19 years of perfect attendance. The RI

constitutional change was made at the 1989 Council on Legislation in January, with a

vote to eliminate the "male only" provision for all of Rotary. At this time there are now

over 215,000 women who have become members and leaders of clubs and districts

throughout the world. On 1 July1995 Mimi Altman of the Deerfield, Illinois club became

the first woman District Governor of District 6440.

History of

Women's

Membership

In ROTARY

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BELOVED

ROTARACTORS

butterfly for several hours as it struggled

to force its body through that little hole.

Then, it seemed to stop making any

progress. It appeared as if it had exhausted

all its strength & it could not go any

further. The man decided to help the

butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and

opened the cocoon. The butterfly emerged

easily. But it had a withered body with tiny

and shrivelled wings. The man continued to

watch as he expected the wings to open,

enlarge and expand any time and would

support the butterfly's body and become

firm.

Neither happened. In fact, the

butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling

around with a withered body and shrivelled

wings.

What the man in his kindness,

ignorance and goodwill did not understand

that the restricting cocoon & the struggle

required for the butterfly to get through the

tiny opening were the God's way of forcing

fluid from the body of butterfly into its

wings, so that it would be ready for flight

once it achieved its freedom from the

cocoon.

Dear Rotaractors,

In 2002 after taking her Xth Board

exams, my daughter wrote a letter to her

friend, which I am confident is very

inspirational for our beloved Rotaractors.

I reproduce the letter hereunder:-

Hi, How r u ? Enjoying your holidays.

So, we are expecting our results of

class X anytime at the end of this month.

Our heart beat is increasing with the

approaching of our results. Whatever is the

result, we should accept it with equal zeal

& courage. If we get our result as per our

expectations, we will have much

opportunity lying ahead and a smooth road

to walk upon. If we get the result contrary,

we should not be disheartened since

failures give us opportunities to work harder

and imbue in us a sense of challenge. This

sense sometimes gives us a strong feeling

to fly high in our life as difficulties refine

our personality. Now I tell you a story.

A BUTTERFLY'S STORY

One day, a small opening appeared on

a cocoon. A man had been watching the

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Sometimes, struggles are exactly

what we need in our life. If God allow us to

go through our life without any obstacles,

it would cripple us. We would not be as

strong as we could have been. Never been

able to fly.

"I asked for strength....

And God gave me difficulties

to make me strong.

I asked for wisdom....

And God gave me problems to solve.

I asked for prosperity....

And God gave me Brain &

Brawn to work.

I asked for courage....

And God gave me obstacles to

overcome.

I asked for love....

And God gave me disheartened

people to help.

I asked for favour....

And God gave me opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted....

But I received everything I needed"

Live life without fear, confront all

obstacles and evince that you can overcome

them.

Best of Luck for the Results.

Your friend

RICHA GULATI

Now my good wishes to you all ----

l The difference between a topper and an average student is not much in terms of

knowledge but more in terms of mental preparation, in terms of attitude, in

terms of KILLING INSTICT.

l If you can perceive it, your mind can believe it, only then you can achieve it.

THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE !

Rtn Tilak Raj Gulati

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INTERNATIONAL RYLA2014

Youth being guided by Rotary is really praiseworthy. Rotary Youth Leadership

Awards (RYLA) is one of the best gift I have ever received. New friends, new atmosphere,new and adventurous activities, leadership training, fun, games is what it is all about.

What an experience it was ! The journey on 23rd April to RYLA

venue(RRTC,Umran, Megalaya) itself was exiting .Exiting in the sense that it was a place

that I was travelling for the first time and all by myself . It helped me explore the placesthat I had been hearing since my childhood.

Being there was another special feeling with the company of unknown beings,

followed by roomates and new friends. A Khasi guy from Meghalaya and another from

Kalimpong were the first two to interact with me .The evening was special for us too asthe Governor of Meghalaya Mr. K.K. Paul inaugurated the RYLA 2014 .I was very much

surprised and pleased to know that he is a great fan of cricket and a music lover. The key

words of his speech were 'Thinking ahead ', 'Planing', 'Focus' followed by 'Commitment'.

Moreover it was because of that evening I came to know from Past Dist. Governor(3240)Rtn. A.K. Endow Sir about the TEACH initiative of Rotary, which is to eradicate illiteracy

from South-East Asia by 2017.

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Training started from the morning of24th April. I shall always remember the

Yoga Session because it was one of the

most enjoying and fun one. Fun in the sense

that the way (tone) our Yoga instructordirected us the steps ,it was kind of very

funny.

Each session on 24th was full of

content and unique activities. Group

and one unsuccessful story was shared byeach of us.This activity helped us realizing

what we had in common and how special

each one of us are . Next was a hike to

different units of Rural Resource TrainingCentre (RRTC) like food proccessing

unit,fishery,piggery etc.I really felt proud

when I got to know that RRTC has been

providing training to the school dropouts

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dynamics, Socialization

skills, Exercises, Group

Familiarization weresome of the activities

that included in the first

session.Presentations

too were shown onM . K . G a n d h i ' s

smartness in answering

to each comment ofdiscrimination by his

Proffessor Peter and

another on Gursharan

Kaur's(wife ,Ex-PM Dr.Manmohan Singh)

personality about how

she maintained a low-

profile .They were truly

praiseworthy and inspiring. Also there were

activities like 'Discovering Myself',outdoorgames in which we had the opportunity to

implement our ideas in making the game

more easy,smooth and less time consuming.

The following day 25th started withyoga followed by activities of interaction

with group members where a successful

and village people so that they become self

dependent.The best part of the day was thecultural evening organised by Rotary Club

of Orchid City Shillong.Best as we had the

opportunity to enjoy the Traditional Dances

of Garo and Khasi Tribe live . Theseperformances enlightened in us a spirit of

dance and music.

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The 26th of April was another powerpacked day with some very good sessions.

On this day , the presentations on 'Life

Skills for Youth Development' , 'Career for

21st Century', 'Netiquette-etiquttes to bemaintained on internet(mails)' and 'Role of

Youth in peace building' did help me a lot

in accepting myself as who I am .This was

perhaps the first time I Iistened to myinnerself and realised what I had been

missing in my life .The camp fire at night

after the valedictory function was the best

night of my life.Unlike the RYLA,2012 inSikkim ,this time I danced whole heartedly

and started the Camp fire session with a

Bihu Song . I still remember how

enthusiastically the Past Dist. Governor of

3240 Rtn. Endow danced bihu with us.Ah ! Finally the day of departure was

the 27th of April . A day that started slow

and steady but had a fast and emotional

ending .The RYLA 2014 ended with theSight Seeing of the places like 'Elephant

Falls' ,Umiam lake( Barpani) ,Shillong Peak

and other in Shillong .

To all the youths please do try toattend such special gifts of Rotary called -

RYLA and RYE (Rotary Youth Exchange).

RYLA has gifted me a new life, a life full

of fellowship, friends,confidence anddedication. A hearful thanks to the Rotary

Family.

"Rotary - Service above Self"

Itr. Joydeep Phukan

Charter President IC St. Xavier';s H.S. School

ZIR Zone 8 ,10,11 and 12,2014-15

Dist 3240

THE 4 -WAY TEST

One of the most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics in the world is the

Rotary "4-Way Test." It was created by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932 when he was asked

to take charge of the Chicago based Club Aluminum Company, which was facing bankruptcy

Taylor looked for a way to save the struggling company mired in depression-caused financial

difficulties. He drew up a 24-word code of ethics for all employees to follow in their business

and professional lives. The 4-Way Test became the guide for sales, production, advertising and

all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company was credited to this

simple philosophy.

Herb Taylor became president of Rotary International during 1954-55. The 4-Way Test

was adopted by Rotary in 1943 and has been translated into more than 100 languages and

published in thousands of ways. The message should be known and followed by all Rotarians.

Of the things we think, say or do:

t Is it the TRUTH ?t Is it FAIR to all concerned ?t Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS ?t Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

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JULY

Ø Complete your Installation function as soon as possible.

Ø Organize Club Assembly to discuss future projects and programmes.

Ø Prepare SAR and send RI dues, Magazine dues and District dues.

Ø Arrange B.O.D. meeting to finalise new membership.

Ø Participation in District Polio workshop.

AUGUST - MEMBERSHIP AND EXTENSION MONTH

Ø Meeting for induction of new club members.

Ø Classification talk / classification survey.

Ø Orientation of new members/meeting on Rotary information.

Ø Survey for sponsoring new Rotary club.

Ø Participation in Polio NID.

SEPTEMBER - NEW GENERATION MONTH

Ø Focus on youth related projects such as inter school debates, painting or cultural

competition.

Ø Joint meeting and projects with Rotarct and Interact clubs.

Ø Honour to meritorious students/scholarship distribution.

Ø Participation in Rotary Youth Exchange Programme.

Ø Attend Zonal Meets.

OCTOBER - VOCATIONAL SERVICE MONTH

Ø Club Assembly to evaluate last quarter and to discuss future meetings and projects.

Ø Promotion of Four Way Test.

Ø Presentation of Vocational Awards/Vocational Seminars

Ø Carrier Guidance Seminar for Counselling of 10+2 students.

Rotary Designated Months andsuggested Activities

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NOVEMBER - ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH

Ø Honour of TRF Contributors of the club (PHF/MPHF/Major Donor).

Ø Talk on Rotary Foundation.

Ø Contribution to TRF through EREY or APF

Ø Observe World Interact Week.

DECEMBER - FAMILY MONTH

Ø Arrange a family meeting of the club members.

Ø Honour Chartered Members.

Ø Organize annual general meeting to elect new club officers

Ø Report the names of newly elected President/Secretary to Dist Governor elect.

Ø Observe World Aids Day (1st December).

Ø Observe Human Rights Day (10th December)

JANUARY - ROTARY AWARENESS MONTH

Ø Club Assembly to be organized to discuss half yearly accounts, past six months

working & future projects and programmes.

Ø Hosting 'Rotary Day' with non-Rotarian Public, on any day of any

Ø Complete the SAR and send the RI dues and magazine dues.

Ø Attend District Rotary Conference in maximum numbers.

Ø Participate in POLIO NID.

Ø Celebrate New Year.

FEBRUARY - WORLD UNDERSTANDING MONTH

Ø Celebrate Rotary Birth Day.

Ø Invite a speaker or TRF alumni to celebrate World Peace and Understanding Day.

Ø Attend intercity meet of Rotary Family.

Ø Welcome the newly elect DGND.

Ø Encourage President/Secretary elects to attend PETS

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MARCH - LITERACY MONTH

Ø Organise a literacy project or encourage other related literacy activities.

Ø Observe Rotaract Week/Joint meeting or project (13th)

Ø Observe International Women's Day (8th).

Ø Observe World Consumer's Right Day (15th).

Ø Apply for Presidential Citation Award.

APRIL - MAGAZINE MONTH

Ø Special issue of club bulletin with Rotary Information can be published.

Ø Rotary information can be arranged.

Ø Promote District Assembly in the Club.

Ø Observe World Health Day (7th).

Ø Observe Birth Day of Paul Harris (19th).

MAY

Ø Joint BOD meeting to approve next year's Budget and Committee plan.

Ø Attend District Assembly along with all new BOD members.

Ø Send yearly club reports to claim the District Awards.

Ø Observe World Red Cross Day. (8th).

Ø Observe Anti Tobacco Day (31st).

JUNE - ROTARY FELLOWSHIP MONTH

Ø Hold last Club Assembly and Board meeting to take overview of full year activities

and / Final accounts.

Ø Promotion of Fellowship activities.

Ø Thanks to Club members for their contribution and cooperation throughout the year

and recognized them accordingly.

Ø Observe World Environment Day (5th).

Ø Preparation for Installation function.

Compiled by: Rtn. Pranjal Kumar Baruah, MPHF

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LIST OF MEMBERS

1986- 87

v Col. T. B. B. Lahkar

Managing Director, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

v Dr. Dijendra Kr. Talukdar

Physiotherapist, Oil India Hospital

v P.V. Ranganathan

Manager, State Bank of India

v Rakesh Kr. Singh

Stone Crushing, C/o SBI Complex

v Debashis Chandra

Road Construction, HL Chandra & Co.

v Horigopal Daga

Cloth Retailer, Sree Dresses

v K. Prabhakar Sekhar

Accounting Service, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

v Tarun Chandra Bordoloi

Brick Manufacturing, Bordoloi Brick Industry

v E.C. Mascarenhans

Christianity, St. Xaviers' Community Centre

v Arun Kr. Senapati

Galvd. Con. Manufacturing, BOC Gate

v Liladhar Bora

Industrial Welfare, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

v Dr. P. C. Rajkhowa

General Medical Practitioner, Station Road

v Golap Ch. Sarmah

Printing, Associated Printers

v Kedar Nath Agarwala

Saw Mill, Manka Industries

v Jatindra Nath Tamuly

Tank Fabrication, Techno Craft

v Sekhar Sarkar

Road Transportation, Assam Valley Enterprise

v Nagen Dehingia

Hotel Management, Hotel Sanjukta

v Dr. C. K. Kalita

Geologist, Oil India Ltd.

1987- 88

v Purna Kanta Hazarika

Principal, Duliajan College

v B. C. Daslala

Teacher, Oil India H. S. School

v Avatar Singh

Pipeline Construction, Bordubi

Engineering Works

1989- 90

v Mrinal Ch. Duarah

Oil Exploration, Oil India Ltd.

v Chitta Ranjan Rajkhowa

Physician, Monkhoosi Tea Estate

1990- 91

v D. N. Banerjee

School Education, Oil India H. S. School

v Nripen Baruah

Hotel Management, Prarthana Hotel

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v P. D. Gogoi

Civil Engineering, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

v Kirti Rajkhowa

Adult Education, Mohmari Village

v Ashok Singh

Building Construction, M/s. AD Singh & Sons

1993- 94

v B. K. Dowerah

Gas Management, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

v Lakhi Gogoi

Tea Management, Balijan Tea Estate (H)

v Dr. Malamoni Hazarika

Pathologist, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

v Karunjyoti Saikia

Journalist, Kalibari Road

v Aditya Goswami

Stationary Traders, Oil India Market

1994- 95

v S. K. Bora

Administration, Oil India Ltd.

v P. C. Khaund


v Uddhab Sarmah

Tea Plantation, Rajahali Tea Estate

1996- 97

v Dr. Atul Ch. Baro

Surgery, Assam Medical College & Hospital

v Dr. Jyoti Bhuyan

Health Service, Naharkatia

v Prasanta Borkakoty

Public Relations, Oil India Ltd.

v Nakul Ch. Barmah

Drilling Contractor, Duliajan 48 No. Well

v Phanu Baruah

Printing, Duliajan Printing Works

v Ranjit Kr. Dutta

Magazine Publication, Trisul Enterprise

v Bhupen Barpatra Gohain

Mech. Engineering, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

v Bhaskar Khound

Personnel Management, Oil India Ltd.

v Dipti Dayal Khound

Industrial Relations Management, Oil India Ltd.

v S. Krishnamurty

Bank Manager, State Bank of India

v Kunal Mazumdar

Computer Engineering, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

v Manmohan Mishra

Banking, Allahabad Bank

v Ratul Neog

Tax Consultant, Perfect Computer

v Wg. Comdr. Taranga Rajkhowa

Security Management, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

v Anil Kr. Saikia

Well Logging, Oil India Ltd.

v Aditya Kr. Sarmah

Financial Management, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

v Ved Prakash Sarmah

Gas Management, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

v Sushil Kr. Singh


v Surya Tamuly

Civil Engineering, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

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1998- 99

v Shyam Sundar Agarwala

Automobile Dealer, Gupta Motor Stores

v Pranjal Kr. Baruah

Printing, Tipling

v Ajit Dutta

Electronics Trader, Aasha Electronics

v Ashok Das

Civil Engineering, Oil India Ltd.

v Partha Protim Hazarika

DTP Computer, Zero Error Graphics

v Hem Chandra Kalita

Life Insurance, LICI Naharkatia

v Bhaskar Ch. Khaund

Banking, Allahabad Bank

v Dr. Anjan Kr. Phukan

Public Health, Oil India Hospital

v Jyotisikha Talukdar

Telecommunication, Duliajan Telephone

Exchange

v Lajpat Rai

Gen. Engg. Management, Oil India Ltd.

v Kanakeswar Dowerah

LPG Dealer, Rituraj Gas Supply

1999- 2001

v Madalasa Baruah


v B. N. Doley

Personnel Management, Oil India Ltd.

v Thaneswar Dowerah

Pharmacist, Modern Medicare

v Tridiv Hazarika

Corporate Communication, Oil India Ltd.

v P. Hazarika

LPG Marketing, LPG Bottling Plans

v Amal Phukan

Sports Management, Oil India Ltd.

v SMI Zamir

Mechanical Engg. Service, Oil India Ltd.

2001- 2002

v Akashdeep Baruah

Fleet Owner, Baruah Camp, Tipling

v G. Govinda Rasu

Mech. Engineering, Oil India Ltd.

v SK Chanda

Chemical Engineering, Station Road

v Navajit Dutta

College Education, Naharkatiya College

v Amrit Kr. Khatoniar

Tech. Administration, Oil India Ltd.

v Ahmed Hussain Mazumdar

Contract Business, Sabbir Enterprise

v Jiba Kanta Neog

Fabrication Job, Tipling Road

v Probin Saikia

Civil Contractor, Duliajan Namghar Road

v Krishna Sarmah

Teacher, St. Xavier's School

v CM Pakhale

Natural Gas Production, Oil India Ltd.

2002- 2003

v Ranjit Kr. Borkotoky

Bank Management, State Bank of India

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2003- 2004

v Deepika Dutta Saikia

College Education, Duliajan Girls'

College

v Dr. S A Sabir

General Practitioner, Oil India Ltd.

v Siddartha P. Hazarika

Petro Chemical, East End Petrochemicals

v Diganta Changmai

Computer Education, Near Kendriya

Vidyalaya

v Pijush Paul

Pharmaceutical, Drug Home

v Pankaj Goswami

Petroleum Survey, Near Well No. 16

v Biswajit Saha

Well Logging, Oil India Ltd.

v Sanjib Kr. Gogoi

Electrical Engineering, Power Grid Associates

v Dr. Jayanta Kr. Goswami

Surgeon, Oil India Hospital

v Rina Nag

Hospital Management, Oil India Hospital

v Dr. Bimal Kr. Sarmah

General Practitioner, Oil India Hospital

v Krishna Borthakur

Fleet Owner, Borthakur & Co.

v Ramesh Phukan

Sports Official, Oil India Ltd.

v Gautam Kr. Baruah

Contractor, Baruah Industries

v S. C. Sen


v Amarendra Kr. Sarmah

Tea Planters, Naoholia Bazar

2006- 2007

v Dr. Santanu Baishya


v Dr. Amal Kr. Deka


v Ajit Kr. Khatoniar


v Rabindra Nath Neog

Civil Engineering, Oil India Ltd.

v K. Krishna Rao

Education, Delhi Public School

v V. K. Verma

Employees Relations, Oil India Ltd.

2008- 2009

v Amalendu Bhattacharjee


v Manik Ch. Dutta

Material Management, Jeutipur

2009- 2010

v Dr. Navneet Swargiri

Dentist, Oil India Hospital

v Ashes Kr. Roy


2010- 2011

v Hiren Borah


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v Dipak Chetia Phukan

Public Relations, Assam Gas Co. Ltd.

v Bhudev Goswami

Accounts Management, Cito Accountancy

2011- 2012

v Purnajyoti Phukan

Businessman

v Md. A. S. Naser

Technical Auditor, (Internal Audit)

`Oil India Ltd.

v Raju Moni Gogoi

Businessman & Correspondent "The

Assam Tribune"

v Jayant Bormudoi

Corporate Communication

v Nayana Madhu Dutta

Corporate Communication

v DhrubaJyoti Bhuyan

Crude Oil Production, Oil India Ltd.

v Nipon Kumar Sarmah

Production Engineer, Oil India Ltd.

2012- 2013

v Sunil Borgohain

School Management

v Dr. Bakul Ch. Saikia

School Management

v Tilak Raj Gulati

Banking

v Tripti Dhar

Nursing

v Indira Sarma

Nursing

v Pallab Pran Duarah

Chemical Trading

2013-2014

v Nazma Begum

Management civil engineering, oil india ltd.

v Jadumoni Dutta

Flim Producer, Director

v Majoni Goswami

Teacher,Oil india higher secondary School.

v Reena Hussain Mazunder

Management, Planning,Oil India Ltd.

VERY INTERESTING UNKNOWN FACTS :

Here are some interesting, but true facts, that you may or may not have known.

t The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet long.

t Rain has never been recorded in some parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile.

t A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years.

t Boeing 747's wing span is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. The

Wright brother's invented the airplane.

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ROLL OF HONOURCharter : 23rd August, 1986

Year President Hony. Secretary

1986-1987 Col. T.B.B. Lahkar D. K. Talukdar & J. N. Tamuli

1987-1988 Col. T.B.B. Lahkar J. N. Tamuli

1988-1989 E. C. Mascarenhas L. D. Bora

1989-1990 E. C. Mascarenhas L. D. Bora

1990-1991 J. N. Tamuli P. D. Gogoi

1991-1992 Avtar Singh P.D. Gogoi

1992-1993 L. D. Bora Golap Sarmah

1993-1994 B. K. Dowarah J. N. Tamuli

1994-1995 B. K. Dowarah Golap Sarmah

1995-1996 V. P. Sharma Bhupen B. Gohain

1996-1997 K. N. Agarwalla Kunal Mazumder

1997-1998 D. D. Khound Karun Jyoti Saikia

1998-1999 Golap Sarmah Sushil Kr. Singh

1999-2000 Bhupen B. Gohain Aditya Goswami

2000-2001 L. D. Bora Sanjay Baruah

2001-2002 D. D. Khound Partha P. Hazarika

2002-2003 Surjya Tamuli Pranjal Kr. Baruah

2003-2004 Karun Jyoti Saikia A. H. Mazumder

2004-2005 Golap Sarmah Navajit Dutta

2005-2006 Aditya Goswami Tridiv Hazarika

2006-2007 Dr. S. A. Sabir Sidhartha P. Hazarika

2007-2008 Pranjal Kr. Baruah Pankaj Goswami

2008-2009 Navajit Dutta Karun Jyoti Saikia

2009-2010 Kunal Mazumder Gautam Kr. Baruah

2010-2011 A. H. Mazumder Gautam kr. Baruah

2011-2012 Tridiv Hazarika Partha Protim Hazarika

2012-2013 Dr. J. K. Goswami Dr. Navnet Swargiri

2013-2014 Dr. Amal Kr. Deka Sanjib Kr. Gogoi

2014-2015 Partha Protim Hazarika Tilak Raj Gulati

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ZONE 12 (2013-14)

RI Dist. 3240

AGS FROM THIS ZONE - 12

2001-02 Rtn. Basant Garodia R. C. Dibrugarh

2002-03 Rtn. Kalpana Khound R. C. Dibrugarh

2003;.04 Rtn. N. C. Dutta R. C. Tinsukia

2004-05 Rtn. Dr. Binit Kr. Baruah R. C. Dibrugarh

2005-06 Rtn. Dipti Dayal Khound R. C. Duliajan

2006-07 Rtn. Jugal Kishore Jitani R. C. Naharkatia

2007-08 Rtn. Pankaj Dhar Baruah R. C. Digboi

2008-09 Rtn. Dr. Mufiduz Zaman R. C. Dibrugarh

2009-10 Rtn. Dr. Gauri Sankar Gogoi R. C. Tinsukia

2010-11 Rtn. Pranjal Kr. Baruah R. C. Duliajan

2011-12 Rtn. Achintya Roy R. C. Margherita

2012-13 Rtn. Dr. M. S. Konwar R. C. Tinsukia

2013-14 Rtn. Aditya Goswami R. C. Duliajan

2014-15 Rtn.(Dr) Nakshatra Bijoy Choudhury R. C. Tinsukia

R. I. PRESIDENT : Rtn. Gary C K Huang

DISTRICT GOVERNOR : Rtn. Swapan Kr. Choudhury

ASSISTANT GOVERNOR : Rtn. N. B. Choudhury

Club Date of Charter President Secretary

R. C. Dibrugarh 13-03-1965 Rtn. Jiban Agarwalla Rtn. (Dr) Pranjal Tahabildar

R. C. Tinsukia 21-09-1970 Rtn. Sailesh Sarmah Rtn. Fowzia Tasneem

R. C. Doomdooma 01-06-1981 Rtn. Sujit Kr. Baruah Rtn. Sandeep Agarwal

R. C. Duliajan 30-06-1986 Rtn. Partha Protim Hazarika Rtn. Tilak Raj Gulati

R. C. Margherita 25-06-2003 Rtn. Shibdas Bhattacharjee Rtn. A. Billy W.M.

R. C. Digboi 13-06-2004 Rtn. (Dr) Mukul Dutta Rtn. Hitajit Bhattacharyya

R. C. Naharkatia 12-02-1986 Rtn. Saurav Bajoria Rtn. Bijay Jaiswal

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Agenda Meeting No. 1458

29TH INSTALLATION CEREMONY

1. Announcement by Rtn. Dr. Navneet Swargiri - invite President, Secretary, Chief Guest, Guest of

Honour, Installation Officer and Assistant Governor to take their seats on the dias

2. Request Sgt-At-Arms Rtn. Pallab Pran Doarah to put collars to the President and Secretary

3. President calls the meeting to order and National Anthem

4. Felicitation of Guests on the dias and off the dias

5. Presidential address - Rtn. (Dr.) Amal Kr. Deka

6. Financial help to the meritorious students

7. Awards / gifts if any

8. Secretary's report by Rtn. Sanjib Kr. Gogoi

9. Introduction of new President by Rtn. Pankaj Goswami

10. Introduction of new Secretary by Rtn. Bakul Chandra Saikia

11. Introduction of the Installation Officer PDG Rtn. Kalpana Khound by Rtn. (Dr.) Navneet Swargiri

12. Installation of President and Secretary and Board members by Installation Officer

13. Collar and Banner change between outgoing & incoming President/ Secretary

14. Address by new President- Rtn. Partha Protim Hazarika

15. Introduction of the new Office bearers and Board members.

16. Introduction of new Members by Rtn. Sanjib Kr. Gogoi

17. New member Induction and Oath taking by Installation Officer

18. Release of Phoenix by the Chief Guest

19. Introduction of AG Rtn. (Dr.) N. B. Choudhury by Rtn. Reena Hussain Muzumder

20. Speech by Asstt. Governor

21. Introduction of Guest of Honour Shri Varunoday Sharma by Rtn. Jayant Bormudoi

22. Speech by Guest of Honour

23. Speech by Visiting Rotarians & Guests

24. Introduction of Chief Guest Padmashree PDG Rtn. Manash Choudhury by Rtn. Tridiv Hazarika

25. Speech by Chief Guest

26. Announcement of club matters by the Secretary Rtn. Tilak Raj Gulati

27. Club announcement by Sgt-At-Arms Rtn. Jadumoni Dutta

28. Vote of thanks by Rtn. Krishna Borthakur

29. Adjournment of meeting followed by Fellowship and Dinner

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