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MADRAS COSMOPOLITAN ROUND TABLE 94

Tr. Neville J. Bilimoria Tr. Senthil Kumar Tr. Rajeev Vijaykumar Tr. Shailesh Vummidi

Chairman Vice Chairman Secretary Treasurer

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Madras Cosmopolitan Round Table 94

Project inauguration in association with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

Building of 55 Classrooms and 22 Toilet blocks

Inaugurated by

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India

Under “Freedom through Education”

Madras Cosmopolitan Round Table 94 has always been a strong project table. We have

always believed in our table to give back our small bit to the less fortunate people around us.

Over the years, we have consistently built around the highest number of classrooms of tables in

Round Table India under the national Round Table project, Freedom through Education. In the

last 4 years we had built 46 classrooms in underprivileged schools benefitting over 3000

children. But this year, it was many notches higher.

During the current year 2008-09, our table is completing a massive 55 classrooms and 22 toilet

blocks in underprivileged schools. And this is in addition to our long term project, Sanjeevi, a

model corporate NGO tie up, a primary healthcare centre jointly with Ford India. We celebrated

our 10th year anniversary for this landmark project this year and have provided free primary

healthcare to over 2,80,000 patients. This did not stop us from our classroom building projects.

The 55 classrooms that we are building this year is the highest built in a single year by any table

in Round Table India from the inception of Freedom through Education as the long term project

of Round Table India in 1998. The total cost of building these 55 classrooms and 22 toilet blocks

is Rs. 2.25 crores. Of course we could not have constructed these classrooms without the

support of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, who supported the above project and our main donors




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Lancor Holdings Ltd., HSBC Ltd., Round Table India Foundation, Round Table India Trust and

Madras Cosmopolitan Ladies Circle 38 and also funds that we have raised from fundraising

events.

A total of about 2200 underprivileged children will benefit from the classrooms we are building.

The 55 classrooms and 22 toilet blocks that we have built covers a total of 5 schools in and

around Chennai. The details of the classrooms built at each of these schools is enclosed with

this report.

After taking on this massive task of building 55 classrooms, we felt that there was a need to

communicate this to a larger section of society on not only what we as a table are doing but

what all of Round Table India is doing under Freedom through education. And we could not

have chosen a better person to inaugurate these classrooms.

On the 22nd of June, 2009 we had the honour of having the Former President of India, Dr.

APJ Abdul Kalam with us to inaugurate these classrooms. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was the most

popular President of India and redefined the role of President by his proactiveness and vision

for a developed India. He stoked the imagination of the country with his righteous conduct, his

dreams of a future India and his simple lifestyle. His passion has always been to work with

children to make their future better and he did motivate many children who were with us at the

inauguration in his trademark earthy style. It was indeed a great honor for MCRT 94 and

Round Table India to have Dr. Abdul Kalam with us at the Project inauguration of MCRT 94.

Also, we had with us President of Round Table India, Tr. Pranay Trivedi and Area 2 Chairman

Tr. Sakthivel Raja.

We had about 650 children taking part in the inauguration function along with 50 teachers. We

also had 250 guests and Area Board members, tablers, circlers, HTs, Sq.legs witnessing the

inauguration function of the 55 classrooms on 22nd June 2009.




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Having such a distinguished person, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India for the

inauguration helped us tremendously in publicising the good work done by Round Table India.

This generated some very good quality publicity through newspapers, TV channels &

magazines and on-line services for the movement.

PUBLICITY

We had 51 journalists from the newspapers, magazines and TV channels to cover this event

giving Round Table India best publicity through the 55 classroom inauguration function.

Please find enclosed a separate attachment on the publicity generated for Round Table India.

They are as follows:

1. The Hindu

2. Indian Express

3. Deccan Chronicle

4. DNA

5. Daily Thanthi

6. Andhra Jothi

7. Eenadu1

8. Eenadu2

9. Malayala Manorama

10. Vaartha

11. Matrubhumi

12. Chennai online

13. Trinity Mirror

14. Sakshi

15. Times Chennai

16. India Today

17. Malaisudar

18. Suriya

19. Dinamalar

20. NDTV HINDU TV

21. National Doordarshan TV

22. National – Podhigai TV

23. Sun News TV

24. Kalaignar TV

25. Vasanth TV

26. Vijay TV

MAGAZINES - We also expect many more articles to be published in various leading magazines in India on the good work done by Round Table India through the project of Freedom through Education.




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We realise that what we do is but a small drop in a large ocean. MCRT 94 is committed to carry

forward our strong focus on projects to do our small bit towards the more deserving around us.

You add these small drops from tables all over India and the world, and we as Round Table can

make a wonderful difference.

Details of the projects:

1) Name of the School: Jaigopal Garodia Govt. Girls Hr. Sec. School, Address of the School: Virugambakkam

No. of classrooms: 11

2) Name of the School: Govt. Hr. Sec. School Address of the School: Nandanam No. of classrooms: 9

3) Name of the School: Jaigopal Garodia Govt. Girls Hr. Sec. School

Address of the School: Choolaimedu No. of Classrooms: 24 No of Toilet Block: 20

4) Name of the School: Govt. Adi Dravida Primary School

Address of the School: Mowlivakkam No. of Classrooms: 2 No of Toilet Block: 2

5) Name of the School: Jaigopal Garodia Govt. Girls Hr. Sec. School Address of the School : Saidapet No. of classrooms:9

Total No. of Classrooms Built – 55 Total No. Of Toilet Blocks Built – 22 Total No. Of Children to be benefited - 2200

We would like to thank the authorities of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, who supported the above

project and our main donors Lancor Holdings Ltd., HSBC Ltd., Round Table India Foundation,

Round Table India Trust and also would like to thank Madras Cosmopolitan Ladies Circle 38

for their support .




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MCRT 94 would like to thank our President Pranay Trivedi, Round Table India, Area 2 Chairman Sakthivel Raja, Round Table India and the Area Board members, tablers, circlers, HTs, sq.legs, teachers and students, who were with us to make this event a grand success. Thank you for reading through the projects we at MCRT 94 have done this year. WE, make the difference to Seize the moment and Sail Smoothly !!! Yours in Tabling, Tr. Neville J. Bilimoria Tr. Senthil Kumar & Tr. Sivaramakrishnan Chairman - MCRT 94 Project Convenors - MCRT 94

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