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Bulletin of Rotary Club of Calcutta R I Dist 3291

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The Chaka

Volume 89

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TODAY IS THE UMBILICAL CONNECTION :

A THREE- CLUB JOINT MEETING

“THE GRAND DAUGHTER”

“THE MOTHER”

“THE GRAND MOTHER”

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2Rtn. Deepankar Tuladhar did his schooling from St. Paul's Darjeeling and graduated (B.Tech in Civil Engineering) from Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology. He was a part of the Engineering

Team in IL&FS and looked after various prestigious projects including the Kolkata Metro Rail Project. Later he co-founded Nexgen Constructions which is engaged in design and building structures which are economical yet perfectly safe. His goal is to integrate these components pragmatically and bring about a radical change in this industry. Fulfilment comes when we live our lives with purpose!

He also enjoy painting, football and an occasional game of chess. He is looking forward to working with the Rotary

Family and bringing about a change with all endeavours!

Rtn, Gopal Khemani was born and brought up in Darjeeling. He completed his graduation from St. Joseph's College in the year 1975.Rtn. Khemani served as Sergeant at Arms and Treasurer of

Rotary Club of Darjeeling.

He is married to R-Ann Punam in 1977. The couple is blessed with son Saurav and daughter Sneha, both of whom are married and settled in Delhi.

Dr. Mohan Shyam KonwarDistrict Governor, RI District 3240

Prakash MundraAssistant Governor, RI District 3240

Prabir ChatterjeeDistrict Governor, RI District 3291

Purnendu RoychowdhuryAssistant Governor, RI District 3291

Club of Calcutta

President

President

DEEPANKAR TULADHAR

GOPAL KHEMANI

PresidentSUJATA PYNE

IN THE AUGUST PRESENCE OF

Rotary Club of Darjeeling Himalayas

Rotary Club of Darjeeling

Rotary Club of Calcutta

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No. 18Volume 89.

DONATE TO CHANGE LIVESDear Members,

Greetings of the day!

As you are aware that November is the Rotary Foundation Month and the continuous service to society is made possible only through the contribution of donors like you.

The Rotary Foundation uses your 'Donations' for service projects that help change lives close to home and around the world.

By giving to the Annual Fund, you make these life-changing projects possible so that Rotary can keep 'Doing Good in the World' and support activities in areas of operations like 'Water Sanitation and Hygiene', 'Basic Education and Literacy', 'Disease Prevention and Treatment', 'Maternal Health and Treatment', 'Peace Building and Conflict Resolution', 'Community Economic Development'.

'Rotary International' recognises Donors as;

Sustaining Members for donations up to $ 100 or more;

Paul Harris Fellow for donation up to $1,000 or more;

Paul Harris Society Member for a commitment to donate $1,000 or more annually.

Members are requested and encouraged to donate generously to the 'The Rotary Foundation by Cheque drawn in favour of 'Rotary Foundation India' and depositing the same at Rotary Sadan Office for onward transmission to Rotary International.

All donors must mention their PAN while contributing to the TRF. Donations to Rotary Foundation are eligible for deduction U/S 80G.

Members may also donate in INR to The Rotary Foundation using “On-line or Credit/Debit Card” options available at < http://www.rotaryfoundationindia.org/ >

Please come forward to donate at least US $500 to TRF. Rotary Club of Calcutta will match your donation with 500Foundation Recognition points in your 'My Rotary Account' to enable your recognition as Paul Harris Fellow (PHF).

It will be a distinct achievement for Rotary Club of Calcutta to be recognised as a 100% Paul Harris Fellows Club !

Looking forward to your benevolent contribution and support in this endeavour.

Yours - in –Rotary,Sujata Pyne President

To meet the target set by RI President Shekhar Mehta for RY 21-22 through his slogan: “Each One Bring One”, President Sujata and the Membersh ip Commit tee appeals to every member to support the Club in this membership augmenting drive.

A competition for the performance of the Selai School. The Community S e r v i c e C o m m i t t e e announces the Bes t Performance award for t h e S e l a i S c h o o l trainees/tailors from now onwards till end of this Rotary Year. This is an initiative to make them motivated. The evaluation will be done by a jury from the Club.

AN APPEAL from

Membership Committee

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Field Visit to Birbhum leads to extension of Wash 4 Global Grant with Rotary Foundation approval for sustainability

Place: Birbhum Date: 27 October 2021

As part of this project we provided 121 toilets and 13 bore-wells, followed by 25 additional toilets with the surplus monies from this Global Grant project. These are now complete and we have visited the site and photographs taken.

During our project field visit and mind-set change training on 26th and 27th October 2021in Birbhum villages, , the community identified a need for three extra toilets and Nitayanagar village. This adjoining village had been made open defecation free a couple of years ago by an earlier Global Grant. However, new families have come in and if we can build these 3 toilets, the village will benefit.

The existing water source will be adequate to support three toilets. The proposed three toilets would be at the houses of Dasarath Soren, Clubendi Konra and Sanaka Konra; all of these families belong to the Adibashi (Tribal) group in Nityanagar village.

The total cost would be INR 17,500 x 3 = INR 52,500.00, as per the Global Grant project GG 1874131 rates. Rotary Foundation have approved our appeal as follows.

PP Saumen Ray wishes to thank our project team members and international Rotarians for this success.

Re: Wash 4 Global Grant GG 1874131 - appeal for extension of scope with the surplus money - for 3 Toilets

From: Jennifer Berg <[email protected]> replied on Thu, 04 Nov 2021 01:29:16 Add to address bookTo: You & 7 others | See Details

Dear Rotarian Ray:

Greetings! Thank you for your detailed request . This request is approved.

With warm regards,

Jennifer

Reported by PP Saumen Ray, Chair, International Services Committee

Thursday, 25 November 2021


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REPORT ON AYODHYA PAHAR VISITPP Saumen Ray, Chair, International Services and Long-term Projects Committee, reports:

Ayodhya Pahar School Rotary Dormitory extends to Tree Plantation, Vocational Training, and Eye Clinic for two hundred resident students and their families

Place: Ayodhya Pahar, Purulia Date 12-14 November

A perfect recipe for making it a Rotary Community Corps- says Arindam Roychowdhury, Samiran Sen, PP Haladhar Dey and Dr Debnath Chattopadhaya and PP Saumen Ray

Our visit from 12th to 14th November revealed that student hostel is complete as per our contract and we are grateful to PP Vikram Somany for his donations. We are also thankful to Rotary Club of Battersea Park (London) for the District Grant to provide furniture (beds, blankets, bedsheets, pillows etc.) for the dormitories. During our visit, we planted six trees as a token of our project in which Rotary Club of Battersea Park will be funding plantation of 200 trees, one named after each student, which will be maintained by the students themselves supported by the school authority.Some additional works have been identified for which we are preparing an estimate for which funds are yet to be sought. Most importantly we have made plans for additional services as follows:

1. An eye clinic will be set up at the School Pharmacy, to be funded by AB4, Dr Debnath Chattopadhyay and PP Saumen Ray. The clinic will be supported by Nanritam Lokeswarananda Eye Hospital, Purulia

2. Community Chair Arindam Roychowdhury proposed to install a Selai (sewing) School with 8 Sewing machines at the vocational training centre, 5 computers at the school library and form a new Rotary Community Corps at the schoolJust to go down the memory lane – Rtn Sudarshan Jalan gave the first set of solar lights approached by Rtn Kamal Nandy, Rtn Dr Samir Banerjee gave the spirit, Rtn Dr Ashok K Basu helped us with ideas, Centenary President Purnendu gave the support, Rtn Dr Amal Chakravarty was the first person climbing to the school, Rtn AB4 and Meena provided teachers training, Rtn Subrata Kumar Basu provided sports equipment and legal support, and PP Haladhar Dey and Dr. Debnath Chattopadhya were the lynchpins. And, of course, VP Samiran rendered all the engineering supports needed.I have left out at least another 20 Rotarians and Past Presidents who have contributed immensely, whom we would to thank profoundly. Community Chair Arindam Roychowdhury concluded : “My dream is coming true after my visit to the school late last year”.Finally, PP Vikram Somany has been the cantilever of the entire project, and President Sujata has consented for a formal inauguration on a mutually convenient day in the se cond week of February 2022.



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Inauguration of Centenary Relief Project

The Transformation

Venue: Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata Date: 16 November 2021 Time: 4 p.m.

The Club's Centenary Relief Project (Global Grant project No. 2015247) was inaugurated with the donation of one PCR machine and two ventilators to Institute of Neurosciences, Mallick Bazar , Kolkata on 16 November. This is a joint project of Rotary Club of Calcutta with partner clubs : Rotary Club of Singapore and Rotary Club of Singapore North, R I Dist. 3310.

Total project cost is $53,000 out of which each of you members paid $ 8800 which gave us the power of multiplication of 6 times from foreign donors. That is the power of Global Grant!

The school at Baramangwa, Darjeeling as we found it in early 2019. A team of explorers visited there and worked very hard mapping the place as well as one amongst us sat and drew up the draft sketch of the layout plan. That was the when the initial seed of doing the project was planted.

To what we did in a short span in 2021. With difficulties of Covid lockdown, with no labour fo r ce and i nnumerab le challenges including the hilly terrain. 2100 square feet with 5 classrooms, 2 toilets, 1 hand wash station and now adding a computer classroom with 5 computers initiated by Arindam and Sujatadi.

Reported by CYP Purnendu Roychowdhury

The Planner

BEFORE AFTER



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Venue: Geeta Basu Training Centre, Alipore Date: 17 Nov, 2021 Time: 12.00 Noon

Charter hand over to new RCC, Welfare Society for the Blind

The Welfare Society for the Blind, an NGO established in 1970, serving and training visually impaired people, was inducted into Rotary Club of Calcutta's 'family of RCCs', and the Charter handover ceremony took place on 17th Nov,'21. RC Calcutta's team for the occasion was led by President-Elect Raj Kumar Agarwal and comprised Rtn Partha P Mukherjee, the prime mover of the event, along with Rotrarians Shampa Ghosh, Soma Basu, Arunima Dey, Yogesh Dasani, Rajiv Khandelwal, Suresh Agarwal and Amit Ghosh. On arrival the team was cordially welcomed by Prof. Dr Amita Chatterjee, President of the Society, Ms Puspa Agarwal, Treasurer, and Ms Pallavi Sarkar, Asst Manager. Rtn Sanjib Basu of RC Calcutta and Past President of the Society, graciously did the introduction of both teams.

Prof. Chatterjee briefly introduced the Society and its basic objective of bringing visually handicapped people into the mainstream by assisting them in acquiring educational qualifications – (examples of Grads / Masters in Culture & Arts, CA etc were cited), attaining different skills: music, dance, computer-trained back office, ledger work. etc – all focused to extend employability. She proudly announced that during the past 2 – 3 years, over 103 Society-trained visually challenged pass outs have been successfully placed in pvt & pub sector organisations including schools, postal services, banks, railways, WB State Electricity Board, FCI, Port Authority etc.

Ÿ The main program commenced in the Geeta Basu Training centre, named in the fond memory of the Founder (and departed mother of our Rtn Sanjib Basu), with musical presentation of a Baul song by Samrat Mondal, followed by a Manna Dey number by Gobinda, followed by a dance skit by Silpa Biswas, all three performers being visually handicapped and trained by the Society. Then PE Raj Agarwal handed over the Charter to Society Prez. Amita Chatterjee, both hoping to extend the relationship created further and working together to the betterment of visually handicapped people in the neighbouring community. Then at the request of Prez. Amita, Ms Pallavi made a PPT presentation on the brief history of the Society and its various activities. On conclusion, the RC Calcutta team was taken on a familiarisation tour of the facilities at the Society.

Ÿ The Computer Centre and the Recording Studio were trainees are trained through a software “Jaws” which converts text to audio and vice-versa, using OCR (optical character recognition) software, a process commencing from 2002 – 3 when Braille started getting obsolete, and now totally replaced. Over the years a number of organisations and corporates have supported in building up the current computer bank and audio facilities, [chief donors include HSBC, Jana Mangal Trust (Vikram Somani), TSDPL (a Tata Steel subsidiary Co.), Port Trust Authority, Jute Corp of India, I-Merit].

Ÿ Class rooms for conducting regular tutorial classes for competitive exams, conducting online classes, imparting communication skills and other soft skills like 'mobility skills'

Ÿ Weaving room with looms with regular classes for training in the operation of looms for weaving cloth ('gamcha', material for lungi, etc)

Ÿ An eye testing centre, with an ophthalmologist in attendance, specially structured for people with impaired vision, and open to public from neighbouring community, with a linkage to eye hospitals for surgical operation (IOL type) for rectification of sight.

Ÿ Fitness centre cum gym with special attendant, for training in treadmill, PT, etc, and also open to public from the community.

Ÿ Resource centre (cum Data room) wherein all details are warehoused of students on-roll and pass outs, to assist and enable placement in job openings.

On completion, the RC Calcutta team departed with warm and cordial words of gratitude to the Society officials.

Reported by Rtn Amit Ghosh, Co-editor



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Venue: TKS, Thakurpukur Date: 19 Nov, 2021 Time: 12.00 Noon

In its ongoing GATI Campaign – empowerment of underprivileged women in the community, Rotary Club of Calcutta inaugurated The Selai School #4 at Transcendent Knowledge Society (TKS), an NGO working in Thakurpukur, Behala. The RC Calcutta team was led by Sriranjani Joshi, Hony. Secretary, and accompanied by Rtn Arindam Roychoudhury, Chairperson Community Service, who spearheaded the project, along with Debjani Ghosh, Hony.Treasurer, Rotarians Atindra Sen and Amit Ghosh. Upon arrival at the Society the team was cordially received by Ms Amrita Roychowdhury, Founder & Secretary of the NGO, and Ms Aditi Santra, CFO.

After a formal round of introduction Ms Amrita, Secy of the NGO briefly related the objectives and activities of TKS. Established in 2015, TKS is an organization for “Education, Empowerment & Equality for people with Disabilities”. Their activities are 3 pronged, viz.

Ÿ BACHPAN - early education program for children (2 – 10 years) with intellectual disability,

Ÿ Pre-vocational training for children (10 – 16 years) who are especially gifted (autistic),

Ÿ Livelihood program for adults with disabilities, from marginalised section of society including transgenders.

'Bachpan' vehicle utilised is a crèche with trained attendants; pre-vocation training is extended for recitation, singing through an hybrid system of on-line classes as well as physical; while livelihood programs are in stitching, block painting and dye printing with finished products marketed through e-commerce site and direct to fashion houses. The RC Calcutta sponsored Selai School will bolster their livelihood programs many fold, and create opportunities for varied vocational training.

Secy. Srijanjani performed the formalities of ceremonial ribbon cutting and inaugurating the Selai School. RC Calcutta's Selai School gift comprised 8 Singer sewing machines, each with a kit containing needle, threads, lubricating oil, each machine 'embossed' with 'asset No.' and stating 'gifts from RC Calcutta'. For TKS, Singer agreed to provide Singer-trained & affiliated trainer. Prez. Amrita explained that they intended to commence a comprehensive 1-year training program for 40 students in 2 batches, comprising stitching, handloom weaving, block painting and dye printing, each module of 3 months each, with a comprehensive certificate to pass outs awarded by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

On conclusion of the formal inauguration, TKS presented a brief sampler of their trained students, with a recitation by Sutershi Banerjee, a dance by Shivanshi Santra, and a song by Ishita (over video), all the performers being especially abled (autistic) and trained at TKS. The RC Calcutta team then departed after exchange of good wishes with the promise of long-term relationship.

Reported by Rtn. Arindam Roychoudhury with Rtn. Amit Ghosh

GATI – INAUGURATION OF SELAI SCHOOL # 4 AT TRANSCENDENT KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY



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THE ROTARACT CLUB OF GEORGE COLLEGE - “ HATHE KHORI 2.0”

THE INTERACT CLUB OF SILVER POINT SCHOOL - “ BOOK DISTRIBUTION DRIVE”

ROTARACT CLUB OF CALCUTTA –“DUGGA SOHAY “Description: The biggest Bengali festival Durga Puja ended with few high and low notes this year amid the world wide pandemic. But Rotaract Club of Calcutta, RID 3291 brought smiles to our lives with its innovative cultural celebration “Dugga Sohay”, jointly with Rotaract Club of Kolkata Krishti on 7th November 2021 . More than 75 Rotaractors from 25 and more clubs registered and came that day to make this event even more great. The team arranged a grand get-together wrapped with few amazing events. Few of them were much enjoyed by all the members participated, such as 'break the pot', 'word lipsing', 'lit the candles', 'reverse phrase', 'blow the conch' and many more. Apart from all these fun games there was a well organised cultural program. Classical dance and music performed by the very talented club members. This event not only brought a fresh air to us but also rightly kept with the festive- vibe intact. All the props and decorative designs were a result of relentless efforts of the club members. The money collected will be spent for upcoming community service based projects and other donation drives.

In collaboration with the Rotary Club Of Calcutta Duttapukur, the Interactors of Silver Point School distributed 200 books ( story books, GK, grammar books) among the students ( between 6 to 12 years) of the locality enabling them to pursue their academics. A set of 3 books was given to each student. The smile on the faces said it all.

Interact Rotaract Newsletter – NOVEMBER'21



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LESS IS MORE: ADDING UP MAY BE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE

Through the Lens of PP Haladhar Dey

Says Rtn Bodhibrata Das

Our minds always think linearly. Whenever we encounter an issue, we plan to bring more to the table, adding up more strength, scaling up resources, and so on. Hold your breath, the paradox I will talk about will unsettle the age-old belief and jostle you to think on a new trajectory.

Let me brief you about an incident in Seoul, South Korea - when the city was suffering snarl of traffic and the authorities decided to demolish the bridge, which was passing through the center of the city and everybody got the jolt due to the contrarian move. Demolition of the busy bridge brought the much-needed panacea to the traffic issue and it surprised everyone around. A similar incident happened in New York, Germany - those facts lend more credence to the thought “Less is more”.

German mathematician Dietrich Braess postulated this Paradox in 1968. He observed that adding one or more roads to a road network can slow down traffic flow through it. This is Braess Paradox. This can be applicable in a few other areas as well.

Hence, before you choose to improve upon something, ask yourself, will that bring a positive result or it will go southward.

We should thank Mr. Braess for waving the red flag! Braess's paradox can also be found in biological systems, electrical engineering, sports strategy, and computer science.

In sports parlance, there is something called the Ewing paradox which is strangely analogous to Braess's paradox. It describes how teams mysteriously play better when their star player is not on the court or field.

Now, the question for you, do you think - the premise of Braess's paradox is contextual to Politics- where you are taking off the face of the political party from the election campaign. Will it work or won't it?

MEMBERS BOX



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NEXT WEEKLY MEETING (Hybrid) SATURDAY, 4 DECEMBER, 2021 AT 6 P. M.

The next Regular Weekly Meeting will be held on Saturday 4th December at 6 p. m. physically at Rotary Sadan with Zoom facilities, followed by fellowship and dinner. There will be a panel discussion as under

REPORTING & ANNOUNCEMENTS

ATTENDANCE REPORT (16.11.2021)

Total Members 242

Members Present 52

Exempted Members 70

Visiting Rotarians & Guests 5

We remember with good wishes Rotary Club of Darjeeling and

Rotary Club of Darjeeling Himalayas, India , RID 3240

Wish you many happy returns of the day

Birthdays

Wedding Anniversaries

Vikram Aditya Mody & R-Ann Sanchita 25 November

PP Nandita Sen & Mr. Biswajit 26 November

IPP Debashis Mitra & R-Ann Sambi 27 November

Abhijit Neogi & R-Ann Moumita 27 November

Anjali Saraogi & Mr. Arvind 27 November

IPS Bodhi Brata Das & Rtn. Anusua 28 November

Amrita Banerjee & Mr. Somnath 29 November

Dr. Parthajit Das & R-Ann Shreerupa 29 November

Nishant Shah R-Ann Nupur 29 November

Anand Vardhan Bhuwalka & R-Ann Shalini 30 November

Dilip Kumar Bose & R-Ann Putul 01 December

P.S.Chauhan & R-Ann Kitty 01 December

Dr. Sadip Chatterjee & R-Ann Dr. Uttara 02 December

Bithal Das Mundhra & R-Ann Yamuna 02 December

Krishna Kumar Kothari & R-Ann Sashikala 03 December

H.V. Patodia 25 November

Rachana Nahata 28 November

Jyoti Bhatia 29 November

Subhasis Ghatak 30 November

Rekha Kanojia 30 November

Yogesh Dassani 01 December

Shree Kumar Bangur 01 December

Suvamoy Saha 02 December

Dr. Ranabir Mukherjee 03 December

Wish you many happy returns of the day

OTHER RECENTLY HELD EVENT

Hony. Secy Sriranjani

ANNUAL CHILDREN'S TREAT - 2021-2022The Club's Flagship Programme namely Annual Children's Treat in Rotary Year 2021-2022 will be held in Two Phases – on Saturday, 11th December 2021 at Rotary Sadan as a Christmas Party and on Sunday, 9th January 2022 at our Six RCCs namely RCC Bisnupur, RCC Dara, RCC Duttapukur, RCC Joygram Social Welfare Society , RCC Krishnanagar (Jangipara), & RCC Kanaidanga. About 750 children in all will be participating this year and the programme is being spread out to avoid large gathering of children at a single venue in line with COVID-19 guidelines issued by the authorities.

Members are requested to generously donate or Sponsor Breakfast, Lunch, Ice Cream, Caps, Utility Bags, Gift Items like Biscuits, Potato Chips, games items etc to make this a “Day of Sunshine” for these Children. Donation in Cash or by Cheque made to “Rotary Children's Welfare Trust” will be eligible for Income Tax Exemption U/S 80G of the Income Tax Act.

Date Place Project

16 Nov. Rangabelia, Gosaba Block, Sundarbans

Visit to Tagore Society-run hospital to explore the possibility of opening an eye clinic and other prospects

21Nov. RCC Kanaidanga Inauguration of Selai School # 5


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No. 18Volume 89.

MINUTES OF THE 4835TH REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING HELD ON 16TH NOVEMBER, 2021 AT 1 p.m. AT ROTARY SADAN.

1 1 President, Rtn. Sujata Pyne welcomed all Members and Guests and called the 4835th Regular Weekly Meeting of the Club to order.

2 National Anthem was led by Rtn. Shampa Ghose. 3 Minutes of the 4834rd meeting of the Club held on 9th November, 2021 were confirmed.

3 President, Rtn. Sujata Pyne welcomed Professor Chandrima Roy as the speaker .

4 The President then welcomed all visiting Rotarians and Guests who were attended the meeting and conveyed greetings to their Clubs.

5 President Reported

a. Club celebrated “ Children Day” at RCC Duttapukur and donated School Bags with Story Books and Food packets to the Children on Sunday, 14th November,2021.

b. On the same day, inaugurated Selai School – Empowering Women Economic Development at RCC Duttapukur. It was the projects of Community Service Committee.

6 President Announced :

a. Inauguration of Centenary Relief Project (Global Grant project No. 2015247 ) donation of one PCR Machine and two ventilators to Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata. It would be the joint project of Rotary Club of Calcutta and partner Clubs, Rotary Club of Singapore and Rotary Club of Singapore North, R I Dist. 3310 and requested members to join the inauguration programme.

b. Inauguration of the School at Baramangwa, Darjeeling on 25th November,2021 by Dist. Governor, Prabir Chatterjee.

7 Hony Secretary Sriranjani Joshi thereafter conducted the Club business thus :

a. Hony. Secretary welcomed all Members and Guests.

b. She announced the names of Rotarians celebrating their birthdays and wedding anniversaries during the week ending 24th November and conveyed best wishes to them.

c. She informed that the Umbilical Connection three-Club joint meeting would be held on 25th November at 6 p.m physically at Darjeeling and also zoom with Grand Mother - Rotary Club of Calcutta, Mother- Rotary Club of Darjeeling and Grand Daughter - Rotary Club of Darjeeling Himalayas .

d. She announced that the Fifth Meeting of the Board of Directors for the Rotary Year 2021-2022 would be held on Monday, 22nd November, 2021 at 6.30 p.m. on zoom and requested all Board members to make a note of it and attend.

8 President, Sujata Pyne then conducted the Club Election formalities. The President invited Nominations proceeding for the Board for the Rotary year 2022-23.

a. Rtn. Raj Kumar Agrawal already elected as the President –Elect for the Rotary 2021-22 and under the bye laws, he would take over the office of the President from 1st July,2022 (Rotary year 2022-23).

b. The following Nominations for the posts of Vice –President, Hony. Secretary, Hony. Treasurer and five Directors on the Club's Board for the Rotary year 2022-23 were received at the Regular Weekly Meeting held on 16th November,2021. The corresponding final confirmation of the Board of Director would be held at the Regular Weekly Meeting of the Club on Tuesday, 21st December,2021.

Contd. to page 12


The CHAKA

Sujata Pyne President

Rtn. Sriranjani JoshiHony. Secretary

Published by Rtn. Sriranjani Joshi, Hony. Secretary, Rotary Club of Calcutta

No. 18Volume 89.

Name Post Rotary year Proposed by Seconded by

Rajkumar Agrawal President 2022-23 Sujata Pyne Subrata De

Subrata De Vice-President 2022-23 Raj Kumar Agrawal Hirak Ray

Anand Sharma Hony. Secretary 2022-23 Sriranjani Joshi Dr. Sourabh Khemani

Shampa Ghose Hony. Treasurer 2022-23 Debjani Ghosh Sriranjani Joshi

Sriranjani Joshi Director 2022-23 Anand Sharma Shampa Ghose

Nilima Joshi Director 2022-23 Sushil Kumar Bagla Rajeev Gupta

Dr. Sourabh Khemani Director 2022-23 Purnendu Brij Gopal Roy

Dr. Pranob Dasgupta Director 2022-23 Rajeev Gupta Amit Ghosh

Renuka Shah Director 2022-23 Nilima Joshi Rajeev Swaika

There being no other Nominations received, President declared Nominations for the Board for the Rotary year 2022-23 as closed.

9 Green Badger, Rtn. Satarupa Ghosh Mukherjee introduced Speaker Professor Chandrima Roy.

10 Professor Chandrima Roy addressed the audience on “ Exploring the confluence of Poetry, words and communication “. Questions raised by many members which were answered by the speaker.

11 Green Badger, Rtn. Priti Patel offered the formal vote of thanks to Professor Chandrima Roy on behalf of the Club.

12 Sunshine collection Rs. 1000/- with special contribution from President Sujata Pyne and Hony. Secretary, Sriranjani Joshi .

13 The Club remembered with good wishes Rotary Club of Hiland Park, India , RID 3291

14 Meeting was adjoined at 2 .00 p.m.

Subject to no objection received within seven days from the date of publication of this notice, the following candidates will be inducted as members of the Club:

Mr. Sudip Banerjee

Vice – President, Business Development Hindusthan Composites. Ltd, Rosoi Court, 20, R.N. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata – 700 0 01

Residence : 162/ 3, Lake Gardens, Kolkata – 700 0 45 Age : 53 Years

Classification : Friction Materials Manufacturing

Proposer : Rtn Subha Pal

Mrs. Sumangala Murarka

Director

Potato King Foods Ltd., 4, D.L. Khan Road, Kolkata – 700 025

Residence : 1 C, Mandeville Gardens, Kolkata – 700 0 19 Age : 60 Years

Classification : Food Processing

Proposer : Rtn Renuka Shah

Mr. Shaurya Veer Himatsingka

Chief Executive Officer

India Carbon Ltd, Temple Chambers , 6, Old Post Street( 4th Floor), Kolkata – 700 001

Residence : Prabhuniket , 13, Gurusday Road, Kolkata – 700 019

Age : 39 Years

Classification : Calcined Coke Manufacturing

Proposer : Rtn Shinjini Bose

SEVEN DAY NOTICE


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