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ROTARY CLUB OF BERHAMPUR, RI DIST. 3262
THE CHILKA WEEKLY CLUB BULLETIN Vol. LXII
No. 1
Monday, 4th July 2016
Today’s Program : 62nd Installation Ceremony Next Week’s Program : (8th July‘16) : Talk on R.I Theme “Rotary Serving Humanity” by PP Rtn. Dr. D.J.J.Swamy & PP V.V.R.N Rao.
The Editorial.....
board, and determine the proper number of club delegates to the convention. The executive committee concurred, and at its April 1913 meeting, designated 30 June as the end of the fiscal year. This also allowed for changes to the schedule for reporting club membership and payments. Even The Rotarian changed its volume numbering system to correspond to the fiscal year (beginning with vol. 5, July 1914).
Ever wonder why the Rotary year begins 1 July? The international convention initially played a key role in determining the start date of our fiscal and administrative year. Rotary's first fiscal year began the day after the first convention ended, on 18 August 1910. The 1911-12 fiscal year also related to the convention, beginning with the first day of the 1911 convention on 21 August. At its August 1912 meeting, the Board of Directors ordered an audit of the International Association of Rotary Clubs' finances. The auditors recommended that the organization end its fiscal year on 30 June to give the secretary and treasurer time to prepare a financial statement for the convention and Editor Rtn. Doki Laxminarayana Sano Bazar Main Road Berhampur (Gm.) Cell : 9437260397 / 9040217475
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Rotary continued to hold its annual conventions in July or August until 1917. Delegates to the 1916 event in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, approved a resolution to hold future conventions in June, mainly because of the heat in cities where most of them occurred. The next one was held 1721 June in Atlanta, Georgia. The term "Rotary year" has been used to signify Rotary's annual administrative period since at least 1913. An article in The Rotarian that July noted, "The Rotary year that is rapidly drawing to a close has been signalized by several highly successful joint meetings of Clubs that are so situated as to assemble together easily and conveniently." Since the executive committee's decision in 1913, the end of the Rotary year has remained 30 June. Co Editor Rtn. Basant Ku. Sahu C/o. Basanta Academy Housing Board Berhampur - 2 (Gm.) Cell : 99371 85395
KNOW YOUR R.I PRESIDENT JOHN F. GERM PRESIDENT 2016-17 ROTARY CLUB OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE, USA John F. Germ is board chair and chief executive officer of Campbell and Associates Inc., consulting engineers. He joined the firm as an engineer in 1965 after four years in the U.S. Air Force. He serves on the boards of several organizations, including the board and executive committee of the Public Education Foundation, Orange Grove Center Inc., and as board chair of Blood Assurance Inc. He also is founder and treasurer of the Chattanooga State Technical Community College Foundation and president of the Tennessee Jaycee Foundation. He was Tennessee Young Man of the Year in 1970; Engineer of the Year, 1986; Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year, 1992; and Tennessee Community Organizations Volunteer of the Year, 2009. He is a recipient of the Boy Scouts Silver Beaver Award and the Arthritis Foundation Circle of Hope Award. In 2013, the White House recognized him as a Champion of Change. Germ joined Rotary in 1976 and has served Rotary as vice president, director, Foundation trustee and vice chair, aide to the Foundation trustee chair, chair of Rotary’s US$200 Million Challenge, RI Board Executive Committee member, RI president’s aide, Council on Legislation representative and chair, membership zone coordinator, chair of numerous committees, area coordinator, RI training leader, and district governor. Germ has received RI’s Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award. He and his wife, Judy, are Benefactors and members of the Arch Klumph Society of The Rotary Foundation. They have four children and six grandchildren. Half a century after landing his last C-124, Germ sees himself as Rotary’s navigator, plotting a course toward a bright future. “It’s going to be a team effort,” he says. His main target after polio will be Rotary’s static membership. On that issue, he says, “The fault is with us, the current Rotarians.” He wants members to “step up their outreach. I really think one of our main problems is that we don’t ask enough people to join. Why? For fear of rejection. We need to get over that – to get out there and bring in new members we’ll be proud of.”
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R.I PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, JULY 2016 Dear Fellow Rotarians, Today, we look ahead toward a Rotary year that may one day be known as the greatest in our history: the year that sees the world’s last case of polio. Wild poliovirus caused only 74 cases of polio in 2015, all of them in Afghanistan and Pakistan. As we continue to work tirelessly toward our goal of eradication, we must also look beyond it: preparing to leverage our success into even greater successes to come. It is tremendously important to Rotary’s future that our role in the eradication of polio be recognised. The more we are known for what we’ve achieved, the more we’ll be able to attract the partners, the funding, and, most important, the members to achieve even more. We’re working hard at RI headquarters to be sure that Rotary gets that recognition. But it can’t all happen in Evanston. We need you to get the word out through your clubs and in your communities about what Rotary is and what we do. We need to be sure that our clubs are ready for the moment when polio is finally eradicated — so that when people who want to do good see that Rotary is a place where they can change the world, every Rotary club is ready to give them that opportunity. We know that if we want to see Rotary Serving Humanity even better in the years ahead, we’ll need more willing hands, more caring hearts and more bright minds to move our work forward. We’ll need clubs that are flexible, so that Rotary service will be attractive to younger members, recent retirees and working people. We’ll need to seek out new partnerships, opening ourselves more to collaborative relationships with other organisations. Looking ahead, we also see a clear need to prioritise continuity in our leadership. We in Rotary are all playing on the same team, working toward the same goals. If we want to reach those goals together, we all have to move in the same direction — together. Every day that you serve in Rotary, you have the opportunity to change lives. Everything you do matters; every good work makes the world better for us all. In this new Rotary year, we all have a new chance to change the world for the better, through Rotary Serving Humanity. John F Germ President, Rot ary International
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION TRUSTEE CHAIR'S MESSAGE JULY 2016 At the end of the movie — the cowboy rides away The start of a new Rotary year is always an exciting time. We have a new inspirational theme, new club officers and exciting new projects to work on. In 2016–17, we also have a very special occasion to celebrate: the 100th anniversary of our Rotary Foundation. Since 1917, when Arch Klumph proposed an endowment “for the purpose of doing good in the world,” The Rotary Foundation has grown into a world-class humanitarian organisation. Few other charitable foundations can claim a 100-year history — all the more impressive when you consider its humble beginning of only $26.50. The fact that our Foundation now has $1 billion in assets is a testament to the remarkable generosity of Rotarians worldwide. I often wonder just what our Foundation will look like when all Rotarians, everywhere, give it their sustained support. I hope each of you will take the time to consider our Foundation’s many successes, achievements we can all be proud of. Over the past century, we have provided $3 billion to tackle a wide range of problems, large and small, in thousands of communities worldwide. Our global and district grant projects are saving and transforming lives, and we are educating scholars and training professionals to carry on this vital legacy. Our centennial offers an ideal opportunity to remind our -members — and tell the rest of the world — about our -Foundation’s rich history of humanitarian work. It’s time that everyone knew about our leading role in the battle to end polio, a fight that Bill Gates and others agree would never have been possible -without Rotary’s extraordinary dedication. Let’s also spotlight the many ways we’re fighting other devastating diseases, providing cleaner and safer drinking water, spreading education by promoting -literacy and helping local economies grow. However you celebrate our Foundation’s centennial, I hope you will make that celebration as public as possible. Hold an event that involves your entire community and showcases The Rotary Foundation’s good work. You’ll find many ideas for centennial celebrations at www.rotary.org/foundation100. RI President John Germ’s theme, Rotary Serving Humanity, speaks directly to the work of our Founda-
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tion, which for years has enabled Rotarians to embrace humanity and serve those in need. This year, let’s commit to sharing those inspirational stories, just as we continue to write more and more of them.
Kalyan Banerjee Foundation Trustee Chair
KNOW OUR DIST. GOVERNOR RTN. BRIG. NARAYAN NAYAK Brigadier Narayan Nayak, a Commissioner Officer of the Indian Army, commanded a Battalion on the LC with POK in North Kashmir and Brigade on the Chines Border at Nathu La. He participated in 1971 Indo- Pak War, Operation Blue Star in Punjab, Operation Rhino in Assam and Operation Rakshak in J & K and took action at the Mynamar Border again Naga hostiles. He has been a Commando Instructor of the Indian Army and a Faculty Member of Army War College. He is the Founder Vice President of the War Veteran Officers’ Association, Odisha and past President of Odisha State Ex-Servicemen League. He has been a trained Mountaineer and climbed Mountain Harmukh in North Western Himalayas. He joined the Rotary Movement in 2001 as the Charter President of RC Bhubaneswar Metro. As the District Level he was the Chief Sergeant-at-Arms, Assistant Governor,MDTC, Dist Chair Rotary Fellowships and Dist Chair World Understanding & Peace, Dist Chair Adult Literacy, Dist Coordinator of Rotary Leadership Institute, Dist Chair Paul Harris Society. Brig Nayak, a Major Donor Level 4, Bequest Society Member, Benefactor and Paul Harris Society Member, has created a name Endowment Fund. He is recipient of Avenue of Service and Club Builder Awards. Brigadier Nayak graduated from Bhadrak College with Maths (Hons) and studied Statistics in Patna University. Played football & Cricket for his College. He is also a graduate from Defense Services Staff College, Wellington and an M.Sc. in Defense Studies from Madras University. He is the Managing Director of Industrial Security & Allied Services Pvt. Ltd. His spouse Sunanda is a Director of this Company. She is an Alumnus of Sailabala Womens College, Cuttack. Being an active member of Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA), she has managed Vocational Training Centres at Bikaner, Jalandhar, Danapur and Pithoragarh. She is the charter president, IW club of Bhubaneswar Metro, also a Rotarian and a Major Donor. Both Brig Nayak and Sunanda are golfers. Son Adarsh is an Army Major and daughter a Textile Designer.
DIST. GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE It is heartening and a matter of pleasure that you will become the Rotary Foundation Centennial President and Office bearers of your club at the midnight of 30 June 2016. The formal installation ceremony may happen later. On this occasion, I wish to unfold my vision through this message. The first and foremost essential ingredient of the leader is to take everyone with you, to love every one, to involve everyone, to listen to their views, to utilize their talent and expertise correctly and to develop a bonding and emphasize on team work. Secondly, you should strengthen your club, by attracting members, by engaging members, by making your plans and progress transparent i.e, uploading your goals and progress in Rotary Club Central and registering everyone in My Rotary. Majority of India’s population live in the villages. To develop our nation, it is necessary to develop our villages. Hence the third essential requirement is that each club to adopt atleast one village and carry out all activities under the six areas of focus. Fourthly, after eradicating POLIO, the South Asia Rotary Leadership has set the goal to make this Region fully literate. While all verticals of TEACH are significant, the need is to give more importance to adult literacy and Child Development. Fifthly, make your community open-defacation free, plant and nurture trees, dig tubewells, preserve water bodies inculcate a habit of hand washing and take actions to change the mindset of people to keep their surroundings neat and clean. Sixthly, celebrate the Foundation Centennial year by actively participating in Global and District grant projects and contributing to the Foundation. Seventhly, enhance public image of Rotary by publicising your projects and activities and by involving media and local populace. While, I thank the outgoing team of 2015-16 for their excellent performance, I wish that all of you, together, will take your club to greater heights of achievement through team work. Alone you may walk, but together you will run. Yours in Rotary Brig Narayan Nayak (Retd) District Governor 2016-17
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CLUB’S SNAP SHOTS
KNOW OUR CHIEF GUEST
DGE Rtn. AJAY AGARWAL IS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN, YOUNG LEADER, SOCIAL CONTRIBUTER AND OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY. Rtn Ajay Agarwal DG- 2017- 18, RI District.3262, Odisha Major Donor was born in the renowned family of Agarwals at Jaipur, Rajasthan in 1967 and is the youngest son of Sri Ramdasji Agarwal and Smt.Manvatiji Agarwal. He started an aluminium product export unit and proved his mettle as a successful exporter cum entrepreneur in Odisha and went on to become the youngest member of the Executive Body of Engineering &Export Promotion Council of India (EEPC) from 1993 to 1998. Currently he is looking after his family business of mining. Rtn.Ajay’s illustrious father, Sri Ramdasji Agarwal, has been a Rotarian since 1974 and Sri Ramdasji & his spouse became the 1st Rotary PHF couple of R.I.Dist.326 in the year 1978 Ajay’s two older brothers, Ashok & Arun and their spouses are also active Rotarians and members of the Inner Wheel. Ajay has been involved in Rotary since childhood and he became a Rotaractor in 1990. He was a well-known& active Rotaractor of R.I.Dist.326 and had organized the Rotaract Assembly at Bhadrak in the year 1993. He was recognized as Outstanding Rotaractor and also received the Best President Award from PDG. Lalit Surjan and was also the DRR. Club of Midtwon Bhadrak He was President of Rotary Club Bhadrak and twice President of Rotary Club of Midtown Bhadrak. During his presidency service projects of the clubs in the fields of Literacy, Health &Environment were highly appreciated. He was twice recognized as Outstanding President and for his outstanding Rotary Service& Contribution to Membership, he received the Club builder’s Award from the R.I.President in 2012. Besides his social and business activity, Ajay was very active in the field of students movements form his young day. He was very actively involved politics in his student career. As a student leader he successfully organized seminars and create movement against drugs in the college campus.
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He had participated and taken lead in students demonstration for the welfare of students. Under his leadership the National Conference of ABVP was successfully organized at Bhubaneswar in 2015, Odisha. 2000 collage students, lecturer and delegates from across the country participated in this conference. Ajay is recently nominated as President of Friends of Tribal Society (Bana Bandhu Parisad) of Bhubaneswar Chapter. He is dedicated to uplift the quality life of the poor tribal children and women’. He successfully organized MOU between Rotary International & Friends of Tribal Society for joining hands to provide free education to 15000 tribal students from North East to Odisha, at recently held Rotary India Literacy Presidential Conference at Kolkatta. He married Rtn. Smt. Ritu Agarwal who is the daughter of the reputed businessman & religious personality Sri KishanLal Bhartiya. Both Ajay &.Ritu are Major Donors and they also encourage and motivate fellow Rotarians to support the Rotary Foundation. Spouse Rtn. Ritu Agarwal is PP IW Club, and an Active Rotarian of Rotary Club of Bhubaneswar New Horizon and they are blessed with two sons, Srihari & Vinamra Hari. Active in Philanthropic Institutions, Ajay’s hobbies include sports, music, literature & travelling.
BLOOD DONATION CAMP REPORT
The first Service Project of the R Y 2016-17 ‘Blood Donation & Grouping Camp” was organised by our Club in coordination with A.V.B.D, Orissa on 01.07.2016 at RCS Hall from 10 AM to 2 PM under the Chairamnship of Rtn. Satyakam Patro and CoChairman PP Rtn. V. Santosh Kumar. 34 units of blood were donated in the camp, out of which 24 units were donated by our members.
KNOW YOUR CLUB PRESIDENT RTN. R. MURALI KRISHNA President 2016-17 Rotary Club of Berhampur Classification: Real Estate Marketing Rotary Group Study Exchange Team member 2008 to IOWA USA A 46 yrs young entrepreneur with MBA in Marketing and a degree in Law added with an International experience of being a member of Rotary International’s Group Study Exchange Team to tour United States Of America as a Business consultant representing RID 3260 Comprising of Orissa, Chattisgarh & part of Madhya Pradesh . Member of Rotary Club of Berhampur, RID3262 since 2012, having certified as a Faculty of Training by Rotary Leadership Institute. Over 25 years business experience in Information Technology Education, Securities Consultancy, Home & Personal Loan Lending, Food & Hospitality, FMCG Distribution of Telecom Products & Services and Marketing of Real Estate Products.
Possess outstanding communication and presentation abilities, can effectively market tangible/intangible products and services, skilled in persuasive presentation and profitable negotiation, with excellent customer relation skills. INTERESTS : Environment, Education, Community Service, Culture, Sports & Media. HOBBIES : Human Networking, Observing & Learning from People & Animals. EXTRA CURRICULAR INTERESTS Basically a brain-driven creature who sometimes uses his heart to travel to places of tourist interest to engulf into nature, Likes all shades of blue and green, loves to meet and relate to new people, always eager to put a smile on the faces of people around with a good sense of humor. Happily Married to Sushree, blessed with sons Neelansh & Samarth aged 15 & 8 yrs.
KNOW YOUR CLUB HONY. SECRETARY RTN. T.PARTHASARATHY
Expertise in areas ranging from business administration to marketing & market research of Real estate/financial products and services to recruiting training, leading and controlling team members.
Hony. Secretary 2016-17 Rotary Club of Berhampur Classification: Tax Consultancy
Presently partner in M/s. Spectrum Realty & Leisure in Berhampur looking after Marketing, Customer & Public relations for Residential, Commercial and Institutional projects.
A 36 Year young Tax Consultant with a graduation degree in Law, and the member of Rotary Club of Berhampur, RID 3262, since 2008, having certified as a faculty of training by Rotary Leadership Institute. Being served as Joint Secretary of Ganjam Tax Bar Association, and Executive Body Member of various charitable organizations. Presently managing partner of Subham Celebrations.
A member of Local Management Committee of DAV Public school, Berhampur. KEY PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS Entrepreneur who grew businesses from startup through effective business planning, creative sales techniques, and innovative marketing . Expert knowledge and skills in all facets of Business Operations . Recognized by partner companies and peers as a consummate professional with a high degree of personal integrity. Known for a contagious passion for excellence, a talent for resourceful business solutions, and a capacity for motivational leadership.
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Interests : Community Service, Teaching & Various cultural activities. Personal Life : Happily married to Sravani, and blessed with a daughter Tanusri, aged 5 years.
EDITOR’S REQUEST Editor of The Chilka humbly requests all the members to submit a quotation in writing in writing to the Hony. Secretary idurign the meeting. Toe best among them will be published in the Chilka. Editor of the Chilka requests the members to participate in the ‘Chilka Edition Collection’ competition. First five of those who collect the 52 editions of the Chilka and submit at the last meeting of the year, will be awarded Thank You..
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HEARTY WISHES The President and members through Chilka present their warm wishes and wishes many more happy returns of the day to the Birthday Rotarian of the last week Rtn. Mihir Ranjan Panigrahi - 26th June Rtn. E.Lakshmikanth - 28th June Rtn. Er. Prasanta Kumar Patra - 29th June PP Rtn. K.K.Mishra - 30th June Rtn. Manoj Kumar Das - 30th June Rtn. Balakrushna Sahu - 1st July Rtn. M.Balaraju - 2dn July Rtn. Dr.J.Jagannadha Rao - 2nd July PP Rtn. Biswaranjan Patnaik - 3rd July The President and members through Chilka present their warm wishes to the Rotarians who celebrated their Wedding Anniversary in the last Week : Rtn. P. Sivalingam - 25th June Rtn. Dr. J.Jagannadha Rao - 25th June Rtn. Er. E.Krishna Rao - 26th June Rtn. Nitin Mundra - 28th June Rtn. CA Tapas Kumar Panigrahi - 30th June Rtn. Er. R.Tumbanadham - 1st July PP Rtn. K.K.Mishra - 2nd July Rtn. Chinam balaji Patro - 3rd July Rtn. Manoranjan Mahapatro - 3rd July Rtn. Deepak Saha Hazra - 3rd July MINUTES OF THE 1ST REGULAR MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB OF BERHAMPUR RID 3262 for the year 2016-17, held on 1st July 2016 at 7.00 p.m., R.C.S.Hall, Berhampur. 1. President Rtn. R. Murali Krishna called the meeting to order. 2. President delivered a general welcome to all present to the proceedings of the 1st regular meeting - Ek Nayi Shuruwaat. 3. President appealed to all to invoke National Anthem led by Rtn. Rajendra Padhy and PP Rtn. PSN Senapati. 4. President appeals to all recite the 4 Way Test led by Rtn. Basant Kumar Sahu. 5. President calls for confimation of the minutes of the 52nd Regular meeting held on 24th June 2016. 6. President calls the Greetings Committee Chairman Rtn. Gopiram Agarwal to felicitate the birthday babies and members who celebrated anniversaries in the previous week. 7. President greets and honours all the Rotarian Doctors and Rotarian Chartered Accountants present in the meeting with Rose buds on the eve of Doctor’s Day and Chartered Accountant’s Day on 1st of July. 8. President informs the members regarding that the
Installation Ceremony of the Club to be held on 4th of July at Subham Celebrations and requests all the members to be present at the time of installation of the President and new office bearers of the Club for the R.Y 2016-17. 9. President informs the members about the 2nd Club Assembly held on 1st of July at 8.30 AM at RCS Hall. 10. President informs the members about the First service project fo the year, ‘Blood Donation adn Grouping Camp’ organised by the Club in coordination with AVBD, Orissa on 1st of July at RCS Hall from 10 AM to 2 PM. 34 units of Blood were donated in the camp, 24 of which were donated by our members and Anns. 11. President Called for the Committee Announcements a. Foundation Commiitte Chairman Rtn. Santosh Sahu appraised the members about the acceptance of Global grant application in Rotary website. b. Co-Editor of Chilka requested members to submit qood quotations to be printed in the Chilka and announced the ‘52 Editions’ contest where any member who collects 52 editions of the Chilka and submits it in the last meeting of the year will be arasrded. 12. President Called for Hony. Secretary Announcements a. Hony. Secretary informed the members regarding the invitation for all our members received from our member Rtn. E.Lakshmikanth for his beloved father’s 12th day Prasadsevan ceremony on 2dn July at Subham Celebrations. b. Hony Secretary informed the members regarding the invitation received for the Joint Installation Ceremony of R.C Silk City, Bhanjaveer, Tejaswini and Old Town on 3rd of July at Hotel Spectrum. 13. President informs the members that the 2nd Regular meeting on 8th July will be on “Talk on Rotary Theme” by PP Rtn. Dr. DJJ Swamy and PP Rtn. VVRN Rao. 14.President invited PP Rtn. Ranjit Panda and PP Biswaranjan Patnaik to anchor today’s evening’s entertainment programme. 15. The Programme was actively participated by PP Rtn K.K.Mishra with a Hindi Verse., PP Ranjit Panda & PP Biswaranjan Patnaik with a Hindi Song, PP Dr.DJJ Swamy with a Hindi Joke, PP Dr.S.Manmadha Rao with a Odiya Song, PP Rtn. D.Sunder Srinath with a English song, Rtn. Gopiram Agarwal with a Hindi Shayari, and Rtn. I Ramesh with a Telugu Shayari 16. President invited the birthday Rotarian and other senior Rotarians to cut the Cake, welcoming the Rotary year. 17. President thanks the Host of the evening PP Rtn. K.K.Mishra for the snacks. 18. Sgt-At-Arms Rtn. Nachiketa Subudhi presented the attendance analysis of the meeting as under: Total Members : 145 Members Present : 59 % age of Attendance : 40.7 % 19. President adjourned the meeting. Rtn. R. Murali Krishna President
Rtn. T.Parthasarathy Hony. Secretary
Published by Rtn.T. Parthasarathy, Hony. Secy. Rotary Club of Berhampur, Edited by Rtn. D L Narayana, Printed by Ravi Graphics.
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