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Annual Report2012-2013

 

What is Rotary? ROTARY is an organization of business, professional and government leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and promote goodwill and peace in the world – encapsulated in its motto of Service before Self.

The first Rotary club was founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 23rd February 1905, and currently comprises approximately 1.2 million service minded men and women belonging to more than 34,000 Rotary Clubs in virtually every nation in the world.

Rotarians meet weekly for fellowships and interesting, informative programs dealing with topics of local and global importance. Membership reflects a wide cross-section of community representation. Rotarians plan and carry out a wide variety of humanitarian, educational and cultural exchange programs that touch people’s lives in their local communities and our world community. Rotary is widely regarded as the world’s largest private provider of international educational scholarships.

At the heart of Rotary is the Rotary Foundation, which each year provides approximately US $ 90 million for international scholarship, cultural exchanges and humanitarian projects, both large and small that improve the quality of life for millions of people. One of the most spectacular achievements of Rotary is its focus on Polio Eradication around the world, working with national and international health organizations. More than one billion children in developing nations have been immunized against polio through Rotary’s Polio Plus grants – the success of India’s fight against polio is largely due to the efforts of Rotary and government working together.

Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City

An affiliate of Rotary International, the Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City was chartered in 1989. One of the most active Rotary Clubs in the Delhi/NCR area, its membership represents a wide cross-section of society and includes prominent citizens, ambassadors, diplomats, industrialists, private businessmen, educationists, professionals from legal, healthcare, hospitality, social & public service, information technology etc.

The primary mission of the Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City is

“To promote children’s health & education”

RC Delhi Garden City has been serving the community for the last 23 years by managing a number of successful community service projects, as well as contributing to Rotary International’s key initiatives – Polio Eradication and Blood Donation. Our Club has the organizational and process maturity to not only sustain its community service projects (some of which have been in operation for the last 14 years), but also initiate new pilot projects from time to time.

 

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Outgoing PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Dear Rotarians, R’Annes and Friends,

As another year at Rotary draws to a close I would like to thank the entire membership of the Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City for their relentless efforts and support towards our mission of promoting Children’s Health and Education.

In addition to our regular support for our community service projects, several new initiatives were launched during the year - the first comprehensive health camp at the Balgram Orphanage, funding for a full-time teacher, setting up a new computer lab at the Gairatpur-Baas Panchayat School in Gurgaon, and new medical and arts/crafts rooms at the 800-student MCD Girls School in Sriniwaspuri. We launched a unique program - Make-A-Child-Successful – that saw 16 members stepping up to pledge financial support for a child of their choice at one of our community service projects till he/she graduates from Class 12. And finally, our Club’s new website – www.rcdgc.org – launched in July 2012 made it to the topmost searched website amongst all the 130 clubs in District 3010.

We made significant strides in growing our membership this year – a total of 12 members and 9 honorary members were inducted in 2012-13. It was particularly gratifying that our members volunteered their time and assisted in fund-raising for our community service projects. Additionally, attendance at our regular Club meetings grew by 19% compared to an identical period the prior year.

I would like to thank the Board of Directors, our Committee & Project Chairpersons and our donors for their support and guidance throughout the year. I would also like to wish incoming President Anita Bhardwaj and her team the very best for yet another great year ahead for the Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City.

Thanks for all your support. Sanjiv Narayan President 2012-13

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Outgoing SECRETARY’S MESSAGE

Dear Friends, Thank you all for your time, commitment and dedication towards our projects. I am truly honoured to have been given an opportunity to collaborate with you on many of our projects this year. All your efforts and support helped us exceed the goals we had set out to accomplish during the 2012-13 Rotary year. I have had the pleasure of meeting truly remarkable people and of forging deep and lasting friendships at RC Delhi Garden City. Once again, thank you all for enlisting in this mission to spread smiles all around Warm Regards, Deepika Venkatesh Babu Secretary 2012-13

 

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Incoming PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Dear Rotarians & R’Annes, You have done me a singular honour in making me the President of this illustrious Club, I shall do my very best to honour your confidence and fulfill the trust reposed in me. The Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City has a proud legacy of 24 years and each year has strengthened our commitment “To Promote children’s Health and Education”. Our Club personifies the spirit that has become the R.I. Slogan for the Rotary movement as we endeavour to “Engage Rotary-Change Lives”. Our Club strives to make the change, not necessarily in seismic earth shattering ways but with steady steps we try to give the children in our care a healthy and better life. Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan and his team have handed over a club which is vibrant and active and innovative and it will be my earnest endeavour to achieve new heights with the cooperation and support of all the members. Looking forward to a great Rotary year. Anita Bhardwaj President 2013-14

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2012-13 LEADERSHIP TEAM

Office Bearers

President Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan Immediate Past President Rtn. Bhupinder Singh Suri President Elect Rtn. Anita Bhardwaj Vice President Rtn. Umesh Sood Secretary Rtn. Deepika Venkatesh Babu Treasurer Rtn. Sadeev Sandhu Sergeant at Arms Rtn. Paul Kaelin

Directors

Club Service & Administration Rtn. Pradeep Verma Community Service Rtn. Monisha Babbar International Service Rtn. Dr. Felix Schmidt Vocational Service Rtn. Shyam Uttamsingh New Generation Rtn. Sundeep Khanna Rotary Foundation Rtn. Admiral IJS Khurana Rtn. Ajay Verma Rtn. Dr. Hardeep Singh Rtn. Hari Mamak Rtn. Krishan Kumar

Project/Committee Chairpersons

Charity Ball Rtn. Suneeta Trivedi / Rtn. Shanti Kohli Club Trainer Rtn. Vinod Bhola Hospitality R’Anne Guddi Khurana Interact Club Rtn. Dr. Veena Bali Membership Rtn. Dr. Kimberley Chawla Polio Plus & Blood Bank Rtn. Dr. Rajinder Bali Program & Guest Speakers Rtn. Dr. Hardeep Singh Rotaract Club Rtn. Amrit Dhingra Balgram Orphanage Rtn. Pranav Ranade Basti Vikas Kendra Slum School R’Anne Soma Mamak / R’Anne Nanu Puri Don Bosco Ashalayam Rtn. Doug Breckenridge Hepatitis-B Program Rtn. Vibhuti Sharma MCD Girls School Rtn. Rajni Sood / R’Anne Kavita Sharma

Special Board Invitees

Rtn. Ashok Walia Rtn. B.M. Bhatia Rtn. Hari Pargal Rtn. Lalit Malhotra Rtn. Manmohan Bhagat Rtn. Ram Narula Rtn. Prem Soi Rtn. Satish Kaura Rtn. Seita Vaidialingam

 

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2013-14 LEADERSHIP TEAM

Office Bearers President Rtn. Anita Bhardwaj Immediate Past President Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan President Elect Rtn. Sundeep Khanna Vice President Rtn. Deepika Venkatesh Babu Secretary Rtn. Sundeep Khanna Treasurer Rtn. Sadeev Sandhu Sergeant at Arms Rtn. Shyam Uttamsingh

Directors Club Service & Administration Rtn. Pradeep Verma Community Service Rtn. Ameeta Ranade / Rtn. Monica Kumar International Service Rtn. Hardeep Singh / Rtn. Dr. Felix Schmidt Vocational Service Rtn. Hari Mamak New Generation Rtn. Chirag Jain / Rtn. Savita Wakhlu Rotary Foundation Rtn. Admiral IJS Khurana

Rtn. Rtn. Ajay Verma Rtn. Ashok Sharma

Rtn. Pranav Ranade Rtn. Rtn. Seita Vaidialingam Advisory Board Rtn. Ashok Walia Rtn. Brij Mohan Bhatia

Rtn. Krishan Kumar Rtn. Lalit Malhotra

Rtn. Ram Narula Rtn. Satish Kaura

Rtn. Umesh Sood

Project/Committee Chairpersons Club Mentor Rtn. Manmohan Bhagat Club Trainer Rtn. Vinod Bhola Charity Ball Rtn. Suneeta Trivedi / Rtn. Shanti Kohli Fund Raising Rtn. Bhupinder Suri Hospitality R’Anne Guddi Khurana Interact Club Rtn. Dr. Veena Bali / R’Anne Madhu Nanda Membership Rtn. Savita Wakhlu Newsletter Rtn. Sonu Sandhu

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Polio Plus & Blood Bank Rtn. Dr. Rajinder Bali Program & Guest Speakers Rtn. Dr. Kim Chawla / Rtn. Deepak Verma Public Relations Rtn. Suneeta Trivedi Rotaract Club Rtn. Amrit Dhingra / Rtn. Meena Sethi Website Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan

Balgram Orphanage Rtn. Pranav Ranade / Rtn. Sanjiv Nangia Basti Vikas Kendra Slum School R’Anne Soma Mamak / R’Anne Nanu Puri Don Bosco Ashalayam Rtn. Monica Kumar / Rtn. Manjari Saksena Gairatpur-Baas Panchayat School Rtn. Paul Kaelin / Rtn. Michelle Kalsi Hepatitis-B Program Rtn. Vibhuti Sharma / Rtn. Monisha Babbar Make-a-Child Successful Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan / Rtn. Sathi Nanda MCD Girls School Rtn. Rajni Sood / R’Anne Kavita Sharma

2012-13 RC Delhi Garden City Leadership Team with District Governor Ramesh Aggarwal at the GOV held on 29th July, 2012

2012-13 Leadership Team at the Installation Ceremony held on 29th July 2012

 

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Past CLUB LEADERS

President Secretary Year

Rtn. M.M. Bhagat Rtn. Ashok Walia 1989-90 Rtn. M.M. Bhagat Rtn. Ashok Walia 1990-91 Rtn. Hari Pargal Rtn. A.D. Manchanda 1991-92 * Rtn. Prem K. Soi Rtn. S.P. Singh 1992-93 Rtn. Ashok Walia Rtn. Seita Vaidialingam 1993-94

Rtn. Gurdial Singh Rtn. Inderjit Singh 1994-95 Rtn. Satish Kaura Rtn. Nirmal Rakyan 1995-96 Rtn. Lalit Malhotra Rtn. Ashok Walia 1996-97 Rtn. Pranav Ranade Rtn. Sadeev Sandhu 1997-98 Rtn. Hari Mamak Rtn. S.P. Singh 1998-99

Rtn. S.P. Singh Rtn. Manjari Saksena 1999-2000 Rtn. VADM IJS Khurana Rtn. Pradeep Verma 2000-01 Rtn. Sadeev Sandhu Rtn. Subhash Sawhney 2001-02 Rtn. Seita Vaidialingam Rtn. Ameeta Ranade 2002-03 Rtn. Martin Howard Rtn. Ameeta Ranade 2003-04

Rtn. Ameeta Ranade Rtn. Dr. Rajinder Bali 2004-05 Rtn. Pradeep Verma Rtn. Kristen Easter 2005-06 Rtn. M.M. Bhagat Rtn. Dr. Gaganjit Singh & 2006-07

Rtn. Dr. BBL Madhukar Rtn. Hari Mamak Rtn. Ameeta Ranade 2007-08 Rtn. Ajay Verma Rtn. Anita Bhardwaj 2008-09

Rtn. Shyam Uttamsingh Rtn. Dr. Hardeep Singh 2009-10 Rtn. Dr. Hardeep Singh Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan 2010-11 Rtn. Bhupinder Singh Suri Rtn. Amrit Dhingra 2011-12 Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan Rtn. Deepika Venkatesh Babu 2012-13 Note H.E. Tae Zhee Kim, Ambassador of Republic of Korea was the President of the Club for

part of the year in 1991-92 before he was posted out.

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Our HONORARY MEMBERS The Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City has always had a strong tradition of promoting international peace, goodwill and service. We are proud to have as Honorary Members, the following Heads of Diplomatic Missions in India:

H. E. Tariq A. Karim, High Commissioner of Bangladesh H. E. Viljar Lubi, Ambassador of Estonia H. E. Gennet Zewide, Ambassador of Ethiopia H. E. Feilim McLaughlin, Ambassador of Ireland H. E. Doulat Kuanyshev, Ambassador of Kazakhstan H. E. Dato Tan Sen Sung, High Commissioner of Malaysia H. E. Marian Tomasik, Ambassador of Slovak Republic H. E. Gustavo de Arístegui, Ambassador of Spain H. E. Tareq Azouz, Ambassador of Tunisia H. E. Cesar Ferrer, Ambassador of Uruguay H. E. Chung-Kwang Tien, Representative,Taipei Economic & Cultural Center

Clockwise from top-left: Honorary Member inductions of H.E. Doulat Kuanyshev, Ambassador of Kazakhstan and H.E. Tarek Azouz, Ambassador of Tunisia; Nizami Bandhu being felicitated by H.E. Marian Tomasik & Mrs Alexandra Tomasikova at a performance at the Embassy of Slovak Republic.

 

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Our PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS Rtn. Ajay Verma Rtn. Ameeta Ranade Rtn. Amrit Dhingra Rtn. Anita Bhardwaj Rtn. Anshuman Magazine Rtn. Ashok Walia Rtn. Bhupinder Singh Suri Rtn. Brij Mohan Bhatia (One sapphire) Rtn. Deepika Venkatesh Babu Rtn. Dr. Gaganjit Singh Rtn. Dr. Hardeep Singh Rtn. Hari Pargal Rtn. H.S. Mamak Rtn. IJS Khurana (Three Sapphires) Rtn. Lalit Malhotra Rtn. Man Mohan Bhagat Rtn. Meena Sethi Rtn. Pradeep Verma (One Sapphire) Rtn. Pranav Ranade R’Anne Preeti Verma Rtn. Dr. Rajinder Bali Rtn. Ram Nirula Rtn. Sadeev Sandhu

Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan (One Sapphire) Rtn. Satish Kaura (Two Sapphires) Rtn. Seita Vaidialingam Rtn. Shyam Uttamsingh R’Anne Sunita Malhotra (One sapphire) Rtn. Surinder Soi Rtn. Vinod Bhardwaj Rtn. Vinod Bhola Rtn. Umesh Sood Rtn. Savita Wakhlu

Former Members Amar Deep Manchanda Anand Jain Brig. Harjit Singh Dilbagh Singh Dipin Kumar Gurdial Singh Martin Howard (One Sapphire) Prem Soi (Four Sapphires) Rajeev Gupta Satish Kumar

Mid-day meal at our Srinwaspuri Slum School project

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In Memoriam PREM SOI

1932-2013

Shri Prem Soi was born in New Delhi to Manmohan Nath and Kunti Soi. Hailing originally from Batala, Punjab, his grandfather Rai Bahadur Mulk Raj Soi shifted the family to New Delhi in 1901 where he was the first Chief Engineer of DESU (then known as the Indraprastha Power Station). Shri Soi studied at Modern School till 1949. He graduated in 1953 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the New Delhi Polytechnic (now known as the Delhi College of Engineering). His professional career included setting up the Pilibhit Electric Supply Co. Ltd., Pilibhit Cold Storage, Bombay Neon Signs, Champion Neon Signs and Crown Corks Manufacturing Co.

Shri Prem Soi was a Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City and served as the President of the Club in the year 1992-93. Being an avid sportsman, he excelled in golf and helped organize many Rotary Goodwill Golf Tournaments with heads of diplomatic missions in India and served as the Captain of the RC Delhi Garden City Golf team. He passionately espoused and actively worked for a number of causes such as promoting a craft training centre for women and adults, literacy programs in a number of slum localities and other community service projects supported by the Rotary Club. Additionally, Shri Soi helped promote vocational service awards from time to time to recognise extraordinary and exemplary service by the people from various fields.

Shri Prem Soi loved horse riding, hunting, fishing and playing squash. A charismatic and charming man, Shri Soi traveled around the world and made friends easily in every part of the globe that he visited.

As the largest contributor to the Rotary Foundation from Rotary Club Delhi Garden City, he was recognised by the Foundation for his contributions as a Paul Harris Fellow (plus 4 Sapphires).He was also recipient of "Four Avenues of Service” citation from Rotary International in recognition of the service carried out by an individual Rotarian thereby reinforcing the importance which Rotary places on the personal involvement of each Club member in Rotary service activities.

 

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In Memoriam DR. JAGJIT SINGH

1932-2013

Doyen of Marketing in India, Dr. Jagjit Singh, Founder & Executive President, IMM, had a dream to set up a Marketing Institute five decades ago at a time when there was no awareness of the meaning and potential of marketing.

Starting with a small set-up in Delhi’s Sujan Singh Park, he worked tirelessly to establish the Institute of Marketing Management at Qutab Institutional Area, with over 50,000 sqft area and a state of art infrastructure. The Institute today trains hundreds of students for key corporate positions.

A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Singh received his Ph.D. in Business Organization & Management, majoring in marketing and minoring in agricultural economics, from the University of Nebraska, USA. Dr. Jagjit Singh has been organizing World Marketing Conferences every year – the 39th conference was hosted at IMM in October 2012.

Dr. Jagjit Singh co-authored books on business statistics and advertising, and published several articles published in national and international journals. He was a visiting Professor, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University of Bombay; University of Delhi; Marquette University and University of Alabama, USA.

He was a consultant and adviser in India and overseas to more than 120 organizations in the public and private sector such as FAO, UNIDO, ICA, USAID, Peace Corps, International Wool Secretariat and various departments / undertakings under Government of India.

Dr. Jagjit Singh was also the founder chairman, Delhi-NCR Chapter of the Association of Indian Management Schools, and had served as Director on Companies for BIFR, Ministry of Finance, as Chairman, Expert Group Meeting on Marketing Strategy for UNIDO at Vienna and as Vice President (Asia-Pacific) of the International Marketing Federation. He also served as an Honorary Commercial Attache in India, appointed by the Hon’ble Governor, State of Nebraska (USA) and was a Vice President of the Fulbright Alumni Association.

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Report on 2012-13 CLUB ACTIVITIES The 2012-13 Rotary year has been an eventful year for the Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City with club meetings/assemblies, fellowships, project visits, annual Charity Ball, International Goodwill Golf Invitational, and polio/blood-donation/health camps. Details of our ongoing community service projects and several new initiatives are highlighted below.

CLUB SERVICE Membership

Active Members: In 2012-13, we inducted 12 new members from different demographic groups, some which were not represented earlier in our Club. Our membership increased to 65 as on 30th June, 2013 (a net growth of 7 members from the prior year).

The following inducted in the Club in 2012-13:

Chirag Jain (Information Technology) Michelle Kalsi (Corporate Consulting) Nivedita Bhasin (Aviation) Sanjiv Nangia (Engineering Consultant) Sathi Nanda (Logistics Support) Savita Wakhlu (Corporate Consulting) Sonu Singh (Artist) Surinder Soi (Social Service) Vivek Katariya (Office/Financial Automation Manufacturing) Deepak Verma (Human Resource Consultancy & Banking) Russel Stamets (Venture Capital advisory & Consultancy Services) Wilfried Lux (BMW Financial Services)

Honorary Members: In 2012-13, we inducted nine heads of Diplomatic Missions as Honorary Members of the Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City

H.E. Gennet Zewide, Ambassador of Ethiopia H.E. Gustavo de Aristegui, Ambassador of Spain H.E. Feilim McLaughlin, Ambassador of Ireland H.E. Tariq A Karim, High Commissioner of Bangladesh H.E. Cesar Ferrer, Ambassador of Uruguay H.E. Tarek Azouz, Ambassador of Tunisia H.E. Doulat Kuanyshev, Ambassador of Kazakhstan H.E. Chung-Kwang Tien, Representative, Taipei Economic & Cultural Centre H.E. Viljar Lubi, Ambassador of Estonia

 

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Club Meetings

Members voted overwhelmingly to move our lunch meetings to Fridays – resulting in a 19% increased attendance for the January-June 2013 period, compared to the same period in the prior year. We were privileged to host a variety of eminent speakers from diverse backgrounds who addressed the members on a wide range of interesting topics. We would like to express our gratitude to the management and staff of the Shangri-La’s Eros Hotel, New Delhi for their support in conducting our Club meetings.

Club Meeting addressed by art historian Dr. Alka Pande on 3rd October, 2012

Special Lunch Meetings

1001st Meeting: RC Delhi Garden City celebrated its 1001st meeting on 19th

September, 2012. A special toast was raised by Charter President Manmohan Bhagat to celebrate this milestone in the Club’s history in the presence of Distinguished Guest and Honorary Member, H.E. Guatavo de Aristegui, Ambassador of Spain.

Christmas Lunch: A special Christmas lunch was organized at Shangri-La Eros Hotel, New Delhi on 22nd December, 2012. We would like to acknowledge the efforts of R’Anne Guddi Khurana & Ravina Khurana for their efforts in creating a festive atmosphere and an impeccable menu for a memorable event.

Donald-Lu, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy at our Lunch Meeting

Exchange of Flags with Rtn. Gayle Jones, President, RC Moose Jaw Wakamow, Canada

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Installation Ceremony

Members & Guests at the Installation Ceremony held on 29th July, 2012

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3 (1) Justice J.S. Verma, Former Chief Justice of India, being felicitated by Charter Member Lalit

Malhotra, (2) Ethiopian Ambassador H.E. Gennet Zewide after her induction as Honorary Member,

 

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(1) Induction of Rtn Savita & Bharat Wakhlu; (2) Fellowship hosted by Mamaks/Kumars/Meena Sethi; (3) Bangladesh Ambassador H.E. Tariq Karim addressing members (4,5) Dinner at Embassy of

Slovak Republic; (6) Tom Richardson, IMF at our Lunch Meeting (7,8): Christmas Lunch at Shangri-La

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Charity Ball

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(1) Charity Ball hosts Ambassador of Spain H.E. Gustavo de Aristegui & Mrs. Nadia Jalfi Aristegui, (2) Silent auction, (3, 4) Ambassador Aristegui welcoming Charity Ball guests, (5) Rtn. Geeti Bhagat, Charity Ball M, (6) Flamenco dancer Sharmini Thamaratnam, (7,8,9) Guests at the Charity Ball

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(1 to 5) Participants at the 21st Annual International Goodwill Golf Invitational. (4,5) Guests at the Awards Dinner hosted by Deepika & Venkatesh Babu (8) Rtn. Surinder Soi presenting the

Prem Soi Memorial Trophy to the winning team – RC Delhi Garden City.

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RC Delhi Garden City: 2012-13 Distinguished Speakers at Lunch Meetings

Name Affiliation Topic

Prof. Pawan Sinha Prof. of Vision Neuroscience, Mass. Institute of Technology

Project Prakash

Justice J.S. Verma Former Chief Justice of India Installation Address

Mr. Atul Dev Founder Director, Indian Institute

of Public Relations I Love my Delhi

Mr. Nayan Chandra Yale Center for the Study of

Globalization, Yale University History of Globalization

Mrs Nayana Garodia Noted Historian & Vice

Chairperson, The Indian School Calcutta to Delhi: Transfer of a

Capital – Vignettes from the Raj

H.E. Gustavo De Aristegui

Ambassador of Spain India’s Economic & Geo-Political

Importance in the World

Dr. Alka Pande Consultant Art Advisor & Curator

Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat CtrThe ABC’s of Art

Mr. B.K. Taimani Former Secretary, Department of

Food & Public Distribution, Govt. of India

Efficacy of Consumer Disputes Redressal & Public Distribution

System

Mr. Prakash Chandra Former Chairman, CBDT Role of Ombudsman in Income

Tax Department

Mr. Prakash Singh Former Director General of Police, Assam/UP & Director General BSF

India’s Emerging Internal Security Scenario

Mr. Syed Shahid Mahdi Former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia University

Right to Education & Educating Under-privileged Children

Mrs Gillian Sorensen Senior Advisor to UN Foundation -

Mrs Maja Daruwala Executive Director,

Commonwealth Human Rights Police Reforms

H.E. Tariq A. Karim High Commissioner of BangladeshReconfiguring & Transforming

Bangladesh-India Relations

Mr. Martin Howard Gairatpur-Baas Panchayat School Village Schools in India

Mr. Donald Lu Dy. Chief of Mission

Embassy of United States The Next Big Thing in

India-US Relations

Mr. Gardiner Harris South Asia Correspondent

New York Times

Developmental Challenges for India : A Foreign Journalist's

Perspective

H.E. Tarek Azouz Ambassador of Tunisia Arab Spring & Recent

Developments in Tunisia

Mr. Thomas Richardson Senior Resident Representative,

International Monetary Fund IMF’s Global Outlook and

Implications for India

 

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Club Assembly We held 4 Club Assemblies during the year, enabling members to participate in discussions, share their views and help debate and shape the Club’s programs, policies, and activities. Board Meetings Board meetings were conducted regularly once a month. Our sincere thanks to all Board members for taking an active part in these discussions and for their support and guidance throughout the year. Fellowship Lunch/Dinners Our grateful thanks to the following members for hosting Fellowship lunches/dinners during the 2012-13 year:

R’Anne Sunita & Rtn. Lalit Malhotra R’Anne Anshu Sharma & Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan Rtn. Meena Sethi R’Anne Soma & Rtn. Hari Mamak R’Anne Veena & Rtn. Krishan Kumar Rtn. Deepika & Venkatesh Babu Rtn. Suneeta & Dilip Trivedi

Members Directory Our biennial Members Directory was printed in a new concise and clear format. Club Website In July, 2012, the Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City launched its new website – www.rcdgc.org. The website is updated once a week with information about our meeting calendar, special events and community service projects. It also contains a wealth of information on our Club’s history – including information on past Charity Balls, International Goodwill Golf Invitationals, matching grants etc. We also automated our Club mailing lists that allow our members to be contacted in a reliable and timely manner. Given that the website is regularly visited by our members and other visitors, it has been ranked by search engines as one of the top websites amongst all 130 clubs in District 3010. Charitable Trust The Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City Charitable Trust supports the community service projects of our Club. We are very grateful to the trustees for their valuable advice and support in the execution of our service projects throughout the year. In 2012-13, the Trustees conducted a comprehensive review of the functioning of the Charitable Trust and effected changes that were required to put the Trust on a stronger administrative footing for the future.

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Balgram residents with new glasses

Household supplies donated by US Embassy

. .COMMUNITY SERVICE

The Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City has a number of community service projects that it has been involved with - some since as far back as 1999. In the 2012-13 Rotary Year, we not only sustained these ongoing projects, but we were able to launch a number of new initiatives. A brief description of these projects and initiatives can be found below.

Balgram Orphanage, Village Rai, Sonepat Our Club adopted the Balgram Orphanage in 1999 and has focused on three areas at the orphanage – Health, Education and Infrastructure. Our Club has been funding dietary and nutritional supplements by providing a daily supply of milk and fruits for all 120 children at Balgram. We have also been providing support for additional tuitions in Maths, English, Science & Computers to these school going children.

In 2012-13, in association with the Lanco Foundation, we organized a comprehensive Health Camp on 13th October, 2012, comprising a physical examination, pathology tests, gynecological consultation, and a computerised eye check for all Balgram children & staff. Medicines were provided for all children diagnosed with health issues and 24 children/staff were provided with reading glasses.

Several of our members stepped in to donate much-needed infrastructure upgrades. Rtn. Meena Sethi donated a music & public address system that would allow the children to participate in music competitions. Thanks to a donation from Rtn. Ram Nirula, our Club undertook a comprehensive repair of all fittings and fixtures at all 9 homes at Balgram – exposed wiring was concealed in channels, broken fittings were replaced, and all exposed switches/sockets were covered with face plates. Supported by a donation by Rtn. Sonu Sandhu, the rusted and non-operational playground equipment such as swings, rocking boats, see-saws, slides and jungle-gym were repaired and repainted. In addition four new swings were installed.

We facilitated a donation of kitchenware, cutlery, bed-sheets, pillow and towels from the Property Management Office at the US Embassy in Delhi.  We would like to acknowledge Rtn. Pranav & Ameeta Ranade for their unstinted involvement and personal supervision of Balgram.

 

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MCD Girls School, Sriniwaspuri The 800-student Nigam Pratibha Girls School was assigned to our Club by MCD in 2011. Last year a complete renovation of the interiors was done (4 floors, 27 class rooms), including painting, repair of electrical fitting and fixtures, installation of notice boards etc.. In April 2012, we worked with the Boy Scouts of America to set up a Computer Lab and a Library Room.

For 2012-13, we renovated and delivered a new Arts/Crafts and Medical room in association with Scrubs Club at the American Embassy School. A doctor is now regularly visiting to provide medical checkups for the children.

Project Chairpersons Rtn. Rajni Sood donated the tiles and R’Anne Kavita Sharma donated electrical supplies for the Medical & Arts/Crafts rooms. A donation from Rtn. Veena & Shyam Uttamsingh will be deployed to setup a science room at the school - scheduled for implementation by August 2013. Don Bosco Ashalayam, Dwarka

Our Club has supported the Ashalayam since 2008 in its effort to support to run away and destitute children – providing them with shelter, food, clothing, vocational and formal education, thus paving the way for them to become responsible citizens of the society. An emphasis is also placed on reuniting children with their families when the latter can be traced.

Our Club supports 12 children at the Ashalayam annually. Additionally, benefiting from tuition waivers and scholarships arranged by our Club, 3 students are currently attending college courses. Rtn. Amrit Dhingra supports one student for a 4-year

Don Bosco Ashalayam girls in new t-shirts & trousers

Children in new Arts/Crafts Room New Medical Room

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hotel management course.

In 2012-13 we supported dedicated 1-1 tuitions for two underperforming students in Class 10 & 11. We are thankful for the efforts of Rtn. Sundeep Khanna and financial support from Mr. Sachin Gupta, CEO of Mindmill Software to fund the special tuitions.

Rtn. Manjari Saksena donated T-shirts & trousers to over 130 children at the Ashalayam. Rtn. Deepika Venkatesh and Rtn. Amrit Dhingra arranged for a supply of sanitary napkins for the girls at the Ashalayam. Rtn Monica Kumar donated a congo to augment the musical instruments already donated by the Club in previous years. Finally we facilitated a donation of kitchenware, cutlery, bed-sheets, pillow and towels from the Property Management Office at the US Embassy in Delhi.

We would like to acknowledge the efforts that Project Chairperson Rtn. Monica Kumar put on this project throughout 2012-13. Basti Vikas Kendra Slum School, Sriniwaspuri The Slum School provides a full day’s day care for children (between the age group of 3 to 6 years) of casual labourers. 60 children are provided primary education, mid-day meal, uniforms, toys, and medical check-ups. This project has been 100% funded by our Club since 1999 – we provide for teachers, maids/cooks, infrastructure maintainance and teaching supplies.

In 2012-13 we celebrated Independence Day, Diwali and Christmas with the children. Troop 60 of the Boy Scouts of America based at the American Embassy School have embarked on a project paint the school in Fall 2013.

We would like to thank Ms. Stacy McCarthy of the Rotary Club of Seattle and Ms. Diane Davis for their contributions for the Slum School infrastructure renovations in 2012-13. We would like to thank Rtn. Soma & Hari Mamak and Rtn. Nanu Puri for planning various events at the Slum School in 2012-13. Gairatpur-Baas Panchayat School, Village Tikli, Gurgaon Guided by our Club’s Past President Martin Howard, this school seeks to bring an English medium education using the Montessori system of teaching by specially trained teachers to village children. We have been providing support since 2007.

In 2012-13, our Club took the several new initiatives at the Gairatpur-Baas Panchayat School. Rtn. Amrit Dhingra’s support was instrumental in painting the entire school. Thank you Mrs Dhingra!!

 

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As its enrollment grows, the school requires additional facilities and staff. RC Delhi Garden City decided to fund the Rs 1,20,000 salary of a teacher for the 2013-14 academic year. We estimate an additional 20-25 children can avail education from the school from the additional teacher we will be funding.

Jayant Gopalan of the Boy Scouts of America Troop 60 set up a Computer Lab at the school in partnership with our Club. A sum of Rs 1,76,000 was raised to fund infrastructure enhancements, furniture, setting up a wireless network, and development of teacher training and aids. In addition, 16 Samsung Galaxy tablet computers were purchased for use by the children in the new Computer Lab. We would like to acknowledge the gracious support of Meera & Raja Gopalan, Deepak Raghavan,

Gaurav Malik, Mukund Rajagopalan, Nitin Seth, Shailendra Verma, Srinivasan Raghavan, TV Srinivasan, Vish Kolur & Usha Rajagopalan. We would like to thank Sridhar Rajagopalan's of Educational Initiatives for providing a no-cost Mindspark software subscription for three years. Great job, Jay !! 

Cleft Lip Surgery, Noida & Agra In June 2012, our Club decided to fund Cleft-Lip surgeries for underprivileged children with a grant of Euro 4,000 equivalent . Matching funds were provided by Rotary International District 1830, and Rotary Club of Stuttgart-Solitude.

In 2012-13, 45 underprivileged children suffering from cleft lip & palate received free treatment comprising cost of surgery, hospital stay, pharmaceutical expenses, travel cost for the patient and any follow up orthodontic or speech therapy. The surgeries were carried out at Prakash Hospital in Noida and Jai Devi Hospital, Agra by the Maaya Foundation, Bangalore, under the supervision of Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe, Germany.

We would like to express our gratitude for Rtn. Sadeev Sandhu for initiating this project in coordination with Rotary Club of Stuttgart, Germany. Make A Child Successful (MACS) This new 2012-13 initiative seeks to increase our member’s involvement with our community service projects. Under MACS, a member selects a child from our projects, and agrees to sponsor that child’s expenses till the child graduates from school. The Club will facilitate 1-in-1 contact between the sponsor member and the child, providing progress reports and arrange interactions during project visits and special occasions.

Gairatpur-Baas Panchayat School’s new Computer Room

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We are happy to report that our members responded overwhelmingly to this new initiative – the following members signed up to adopt a child each and committed themselves to contribute Rs. 10,000/- for each year going forward:

Rtn. Ameeta Ranade

Rtn. Anita Bhardwaj

R’Anne Anshu Sharma-Narayan

Rtn. Chirag Jain

Rtn. Deepika Venkatesh Babu

Rtn. Hardeep Singh

Rtn. Meena Sethi

Rtn. Rajni Sood

Rtn. Sadeev Sandhu

Rtn. Sanjeev Nangia

Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan

Rtn. Sathi Nanda

Rtn. Savita Wakhlu

Rtn. Sonu Sandhu

Rtn. Surinder Soi

Rtn. Vivek Katariya

Hepatitis B Immunisation Program

Last year we had completed the immunization of 15,000 children under a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant. For 2012-13, our Club decided to sanction funds to further immunize another 1,500 children. The vaccination will take place in fall 2013, when the migratory labour force return from their villages. We would like to acknowledge Rtn. Vibhuti Sharma for driving our Club’s Hepatitis-B immunization program.

Polio Plus & End Polio Drive Program

Recognising Rotary’s resolve to eradicate polio, our Club has been extending active support in the polio campaign. We have been allotted the Badarpur Area on each National Immunization Day (NID). We are responsible for logistic support and transport of vaccines to different polio booths in the area in conjunction with RC Delhi South East and RC Delhi Chanakyapuri. Our members visit the area to oversee smooth functioning and timely allocation of medical staff and vaccine to different booths scattered all over the constituency.

In 2012-13, we went the extra mile by accompanying vaccination staff on multiple occasions to the Bhatt Camp slums on Mathura Road in Badarpur. Our members not only dispensed the vaccines, but also distributed the promotional material like caps, balls, whistles, masks etc. to the kids. Our thanks to the members and students from IMM Rotaract Club, who spared their Sundays to participate in the NID.

Club members administering polio vaccines

 

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We are pleased to share with you that India has been Polio-free since January 2011 and at a recently concluded Polio Summit organized by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of India in partnership with Rotary International, India has been declared as “Polio Non Endemic” country. Blood Donation Camps

During the year we conducted 5 blood donation camps held at:

GLA University, Mathura on 9th October, 2012

Syndicate Bank, Delhi on 20th October, 2012

Haldor Topsoe, Delhi on 18th February, 2013

Institute of Marketing Management, Delhi on 9th April, 2013

State Bank of Patiala, Delhi on 23rd April, 2013

A total of 696 units of blood was collected in 2012-13. The camp held at GLA University was the largest single camp in the history of our Club - where we collected a record 464 units. Also we would like to acknowledge the donation of blood by Club members Rtn. Chirag Jain, Rtn. Sanjeev Nangia and Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan during the year. 

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

Group Study Exchange : GSE

It is a matter of great pride that Jaskaran Singh Lamba, recommended by our Club was selected by Rotary District 3010 to be a part of the Rotary Foundation’s GSE Team that visited Germany in May & June 2013. Visiting Rotarians

Our Club also hosted several visiting International Rotarians in 2012-13:

Rtn. Gayle Jones, President, RC Moose Jaw Wakamow, Canada (D-5550) Rtn. Gabariel Hamard, RC Paris Champs-Elysees (our international sister club) Rtn & R’Anne Bormonia, RC Mississauga Meadowvale, Canada Rtn. Stacy McCarthy, RC Seattle, Canada

Blood donation camp at GLA University

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International Goodwill Golf Invitational

To promote International Peace & World Understanding, we organized our 21st Annual International Goodwill Golf Invitational played between Club members and Heads of Diplomatic Missions at the Delhi Golf Club on March, 15th, 2012. The trophy was named after the Late Shri Prem Soi as recognition for the services rendered by him as a Charter member, Past President, and Captain of the our Club’s Golf team.

Prizes were distributed at a memorable awards dinner hosted by Rtn. Deepika & Venkatesh Babu at their residence on 16th March, 2013. We would like to acknowledge the organizational efforts of Rtn. Sadeev Sandhu, Rtn. Hardeep Singh & Rtn. Sundeep Khanna and would also like to thank the management and staff of the Delhi Golf Club for their valuable support.

ROTARY FOUNDATION

Contribution to Rotary Foundation: This year we contributed US $ 2,759 equivalent to Rotary Foundation, including a Rs. 50,000 contribution by our Club and individual Paul Harris Fellow contributions by our members. In addition, our Club also contributed Rs. 50,000 to the District 3010 Rotary Foundation Ball. New Paul Harris Fellows In 2012-13 we added five new/multiple Paul Harris Fellows to the elite list:

Rtn. Brij Mohan Bhatia (PHF + 1 Sapphire) Rtn, Meena Sethi Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan (PHF + 1 Sapphire) R’Anne Sunita Malhotra (PHF +1 Sapphire) Rtn. Umesh Sood

A full list of our Paul Harris Fellows is given elsewhere in this Annual Report.

VOCATIONAL SERVICE

Our club furthered the cause of Vocational Service in 2012-13 in several ways :

Many of our members lead large business houses including manufacturing units, hotels, Chartered Accounts, Advocates and these members provide internship at their facilities to large number of college students including management and engineering students.

In our Members Directory and the Annual Report the Four Way Test message is printed on the front inside page.

 

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We have set up computer training facilities at our project Balgram, Rai, Sonepat, MCD Girls School in Sriniwaspuri, and more recently at the Gairatpur-Baas Panchayat School in Gurgaon to impart computer literacy to the children.

In a new initiative from the 2012-13 Rotary year, our Club instituted a Vocational Service Award of Rs. 10,000 each year to be given to outstanding persons in their respective field of service from one or more of our projects. The 2012-13 Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City Vocation Service Award was awarded to Mrs. Kausar Parveen, Principal of the MCD Girls School in Srinwaspuri, unanimously chosen for her spirit of excellence and dedication in practice of one's vocation to serve society and benefit their Community. Under her guidance and leadership, her school has become one of the best schools under the Delhi Municipal Corporation.

NEW GENERATIONS

Rotaract Club of Institute of Marketing & Management (IMM)  Our Rotaract Club organized a blood donation camp at their campus and participated actively in our projects throughout the year. They visited Balgram and assisted in the organization of the Health Camp. They also participated in the Polio campaign and worked with us shoulder to shoulder on each NID. At the Don Bosco Ashalayam, they volunteered to manage the cleaning of bathrooms at the street shelter.

Kulachi Hansraj Model School (KHMS) Interact Club

Our Interact Club continues to shine as one of the leading Interact Clubs in Rotary District 3010. They have been actively participating in DILA/RYLA and other district programs. At the DILA they presented a skit play “Autism”, which was widely appreciated. Every year our Interact Club visit St. Mary Old Age Home on Christmas, and organize a traffic awareness program conducted by Delhi Traffic Police. Our Interactor Ms. Ananya Chatterjee has been elected as Zonal Interact Representative (ZIR). Our Interact Club also participated in the District Interschool Play competition. Interact Inter-School Extempore Debate Competition

The 3rd Annual Inter School Extempore Debate Competition organized by the KHMS Interact Club. Over 20 schools participated in the extempore debate where the topic was given just an half an hour prior to the start. As in the past, Rtn. Umesh Sood contributed Rs. 10,000 towards the prize money which was matched by a contribution from our Club.

Debate winners receiving trophy from Rtn. Umesh Sood

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FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES

13TH Annual Fund Raising Charity Ball To raise funds for our community service project, we organized the 13th Annual Charity Ball on 1st December, 2012 at the residence of Ambassador of Spain, New Delhi. The function was attended by over 300 dignitaries including ambassadors, diplomats, leading businessmen, senior bureaucrats, professionals and other prominent citizens. The guests at the gala evening were treated to a wonderful performance of Flamenco/Rajasthani dance entertainment by Sharmini Tharmaratnam.

Our special thanks to our gracious hosts, H.E. Mr. Gustavo de Aristegui and Mrs. Nadia Jalfi Aristegui and the staff at the Embassy of Spain for their support and help to make our Charity Ball a grand success. The event raised Rs 30.78 lakhs to fund the community service projects of our Club for 2013. We also would like acknowledge the hard work put in by Charity Ball Chairpersons Rtn. Suneeta Trivedi & Rtn. Shanti Kohli, all our members, advertisers, donors, contributors of items for the silent auction – we could not have done it without their support.

Qawwali & Sufi Musical Evening

A Qawwali & Sufi Musical Evening by Nizami Bandu was hosted by the Ambassador of Slovak Republic, H.E. Marian Tomasik and Mrs. Alexandra Tomasikova at their residence on 25th May, 2013. The memorable performance was followed by dinner. We are also grateful to Rtn. Lalit Malhotra, Rtn. Sathi Nanda, Rtn. Saeed Qureshi and Srikanth Rajagopalan for their support in organizing this event.

Corpus Fund This year we have added Rs. 15 lakhs to our Charitable Trust Corpus fund, which currently stands at Rs. 80 lakhs.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

None of the above achievements listed herein would have been possible without the support of each and every member of the Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City. Our deepest gratitude to each of you and to all the Board of Directors and Committee Chairpersons for their guidance, support, cooperation, fundraising, and most importantly participation in all our club activities throughout 2012-13.

Finally, we would like to thank Mr J.C. Taneja, our Executive Secretary for his behind the scenes work at the Club office. Thank you all Sanjiv Narayan Deepika Venkatesh Babu President 2012-13 Secretary 2012-13

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2012-13 CLUB FINANCES

Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City : Club Service Account Income & Expense for the year ending 30th June, 2013

Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City: Charitable Trust Account Income & Expense for the year ending 31st March, 2013

Expenses Current Yr  (2012‐13) 

Previous Yr (2011‐12)   

Income Current Yr  (2012‐13) 

Previous Yr (2011‐12) 

R.I. Dues  284,290  213,761  No. of Members  65  59 

Club Meeting Expenses  973,991  758,620  Opening Balance  94,080  31,424 

Christmas Lunch   105,969  93,579  Annual Subscription  1,733,821  1,448,950 

Installation Expenses  14,416  13,055  Sunshine Collection  239,000  109,100 

Golf Tournament  188,280  ‐  Guest Collection  38,200  22,000 

Courier Expenses  14,281  23,995 

Printing & Stationery  65,523  35,230 

Club Monthly Expenses  ‐  6,582 

Telephone Expenses  6,881  8,756 

Salary   314,000  285,000 

Misc Exp  15,788  13,651 

District Events  59,300  68,000 

Bank Charges  ‐  165 

Closing Balance ‐ Bank  59,084  90,691 

Cash in hand  3,299  390 

2,105,102  1,611,475  2,105,102  1,611,475 

Expenses Current Yr (2012‐13) 

Previous Yr (2011‐12)   

Income Current Yr (2012‐13) 

Previous Yr (2011‐12) 

Bank Charges  3,797  965 Ball ‐ Donors Auction 2,892,130  2,792,300

Balgram Expenses  448,310  450,014  Ball ‐ Sponsors  450,000  1,450,000 

Charity Event Expenses  1,971,309  1,143,035  Ball ‐ Advertisement  590,000  280,000 

Polio Plus Expenses  39,200  60,000  Interest on FDR's  677,328  566,026 

Other Charity Activities  132,593  56,150 

Rotary 3010 Foundation  50,000  ‐ 

Rotary Blood Bank  ‐  1,392,500 

Cancer Foundation  ‐  50,000 

Cleft Lip Surgery  276,850  ‐ 

Hepatitis B Vaccination   149,977  210,236 

Don Bosco Ashalayam  90,775  86,400 

Slum School  Srinivaspuri  144,996  167,149 

MCD School Srinivaspuri  161,594  420,207 

Excess of Income Over Exp  1,140,059  1,051,669 

4,609,458  5,088,326  4,609,458  5,088,326 

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2012-13 RI / District CLUB AWARDS

In recognition of outstanding services during the year 2012-13, our Club has been honoured with the following Awards/Recognitions presented at the District Thanks giving function held on 16th June 2013: Governor’s Diamond Award to Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City Governor’s Diamond Award to President Sanjiv Narayan Governor’s Diamond Award to Secretary Deepika Venkatesh Babu RI Presidential Citation 2012-13 to Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City RI Presidential Citation 2012-13 to Interact Club, Kulachi Hansraj Model School RI Presidential Citation 2012-13 to Rotaract Club of Institute of Marketing &

Management Governor’s Citation for outstanding service and unflinching support to build

Peace Through Service Certificate of Appreciation to the Club in appreciation of promoting

International Understanding and Goodwill by Sponsoring GSE Team Certificate of Appreciation to the Club in appreciating of dedicated service &

support to the community by organizing Blood Donation Camps Certificate of Appreciation to the Club in appreciation of support towards New

Generation Avenue of Service by sponsoring Youth to RYLA 2012 Certificate of Appreciation to the Club in appreciation of service and support by

organizing Community Welfare programs Certificate of Appreciation to the Club in appreciation of undertaking Literacy

Projects for Underprivileged Children Certificate of Appreciation in appreciation of dedicated service by adopting a

school for Underprivileged Certificate of Appreciation of deep commitment and support towards

Conservation of Water by sponsoring Interact Club to participate in the District Short Skit Competition - Jal Hai to Kal Hai.

Certificate of Appreciation for support towards New Generation by sponsoring Interact Club to DILA.

Certificate of Appreciation towards cause of Rotary by participating in District Tuberculosis Seminar

Certificate of Appreciation in promoting Family of Rotary Programs Certificate of Appreciation in promoting The Four Way Test Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding service and generous contribution to

The Rotary Foundation Certificate of Appreciation for dedicated service and support in organizing

Health Check up Camps Certificate of Appreciation for dedicated service and support in organizing Eye

Check up Camps

 

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ROTARY CLUB OF DELHI GARDEN CITY

97, Anand Lok New Delhi 110049

Tel: +91-11-26266730

Email: rotary@rcdgc.org Web: www.rcdgc.org

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1) Is it the TRUTH?

2) Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3) Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

4) Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

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