From The DG's Desk

Message from RI Pres. Ray

Message from RIVP Thorfinnson

Inside :First Lady Speak .......................2RI President's Rep. ...................2John Hewko (Gen. Secy.) .........2

SAHASTA Dist. Conference....3Conf. Speakers & Entertainment4ICGF Community Service .......5Clubs in Service ...................6-7

Model Lok Sabha .................10Dashamanothsava ...............10Attendance .........................11Yesudas–Hridaya Raaga.......12

Emperor's Day (Japan)...........8Midnight Marathon 2010......9AIDS Awareness .....................9IW Conf. ...............................10

SAHASTAÛ¸ÀºÀ¸À 嶪¶¬¶ªVol. 34, Issue 7. Jan. 2011

District Conference Participants,

Judie and I are pleased to welcome you to the 2010-11

district conference for your respective part of the Rotary world. I attended my first district conference as an outbound Rotary scholar in 1960, and Judie and I probably have attended more

than 100 such conferences since that time. As a result, we are firm believers in the value of such annual meetings!

District conferences are a tradition in Rotary, and they continue to provide information and motivation for countless Rotarians and their guests every year. They are the leading opportunity for Rotary club members to learn about the size and scope of Rotary beyond their own clubs. Most club members become even better Rotarians when they attend their district conferences and learn more about the amazing service projects and the wonderful internationality of Rotary around the world.

We also wish to express our appreciation to the district governors and the district conference committees for their good work in planning and implementing the conference programs. We know from experience that district conferences require productive team work, and we appreciate the district leaders' efforts to combine Rotary information and inspiration along with fun, fellowship, and networking.

I have encouraged Rotarians this year to develop a culture of innovation in their Rotary clubs and districts, and I hope the clubs

Dear Rotary Leaders,

My wife Srimathi and I hope that all of you enjoyed Christmas and the new year celebrations.

The month of December saw Rotary in full action and indeed it was a busy month for me and Srimathi. Nevertheless we enjoyed it very much.

The ICGF “SPANDANA” on community service, an event managed by Rotary Tumkur East, was organised ably and meticulously. The ICGF had a record attendance and I could see every one of them thoroughly enjoying the proceedings, the excellent fellowship and a delicious lunch. My hearty congratulations to the organisers.

The polio zonal meet at Kolar was well organised. The national immunisation days are scheduled on January 23 & Feb. 27. Let us all participate in large numbers and make the event a grand success.

I completed in December, 18 Governors official visits and with this I have completed 70 GOVs.I wish to place on record, the hospitality and affection showered on me and my wife during all the GOVs. Our grateful thanks to all of you.

The volleyball tournament o r g a n i s e d b y R o t a r y ,

Dear DG Manandi andfellow Rotarians,

I truly look forward to my visit to Bangalore and to my attendance at the District 3190 Conference. It is an honor and a privilege to serve as the President's Representative to your conference and to meet all of you.

I know under the leadership of DG Manandi that you are progressing nicely so far this year in growing Rotary in your district both in terms of membership and in terms of support to those in need. I applaud you for your efforts to date and look forward to hearing from each of you first-hand about your efforts to make this a better world. I hope to learn more about your culture, your country and your service to those in need. I am sure I will learn how our Rotary experiences may differ. However, I am sure my experience will reaffirm for me the similarities in our core values of diversity, leadership, integrity, service & fellowship.

I look forward greatly to enjoying your tremendous hospitality and will see you in February. Between now and then I wish you a wonderful new year.

SincerelyTom Thorfinnson, RIVPContd. on 2 page…

Contd. on 2 page…

Yesudas—Hridaya Raaga

Governor’s Monthly Letter

R.I. president's Representative

RI District 3190

C o m i n g t o g e t h e r t o g i v e h e a l t h a n d h a p p i n e s s

Hridaya RaagaProgram

16 Feb. 2011Tripuravasini,

Palace Grounds,Bangalore

Come with family & friends

Enjoy the Musical Evening

& contribute to the service of

humanity !!

A unique event, a first of its kind in Karnataka, your opportunity to see all the well known musicians and film stars in action, participating in Hridaya-Raaga, a musical extravaganza, led by Dr. K J Yesudas.

An entertaining evening with a purpose; the entire proceeds of this program, after expenses, will be used for Health care projects of ROTARY.

The topmost lighting and orchestra will make the evening memorable, adding light and sound to the presentation by artists.

Leading TV Channel will be our Channel partner and Vijaya Karnataka will be the Media partner, to showcase the event to the entire world —a fantastic opportunity to advertise products and services.

Come join hands. Let us make this a historic event.

An opportunity for you to raise funds for YOUR CLUB. Don't Miss it.

Sale of tickets Sponsorships

Stalls, Banners Special enclosure Donor Passes

Special Recognition Opportunities

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Designed, edited and published by Dist. Publication Committee Members–Sampath Kumaran BN, Deepak S, Vasuki KN, Bhaskar BK, Prabhu DV, Srimatesh K, Raji Radhakrishnan, Roopa Venkatesh, Phiroze Bharda B, Vijayakumar K, Nalini Nanjundayya, Ranganath Halthore.

Printed at Bangalore-18. e-mail : bangalorepress@gmail.com

on behalf of District Governor Rtn. MN Suresh. Editor–Purnimaa Ranganath, Advisor– Ananth HR, Chair.– Srinivas S,

THE BANGALORE PRESS,

Rotary Gubbi Rotary Kolar Rotary Ramnagarm Rotary Bangalore RRNagar

RB South West

Jayashree (Director)

AG Shashidhar NR

VRRamesh (Foundation)Rotary Vasanthapura

Congratulations of winners of Awards for the month of DecemberCongratulations of winners of Awards for the month of DecemberR. Guruprasad

Polio

Vimala MallappaYouth

RB Midtown RotaryTumkur East

For details contact : Chairman Rtn. HR AnanthCo-Chair Rtn VR Ramesh

On Jan. 12th, Dr. Jesudas personally came down to Bangalore to address a press conference. He made a fervent appeal to the media & the public to support the ‘Hridaya Raaga’ event, With him were renowned film star Shivaram, Film Director KSL Swamy, DG MN Suresh & Chair HR Ananth .

All leading newspapers, and even outstation papers, such as Deccan Herald, Indian Express, Hindu, Prajavani, Vijaya Karnataka, Mysore Mitra, etc., give wide and visible publicity. The press briefing was also covered by many Kannada TV Channels.

Spend your holiday on 16th Feb 2011 (Id-Meelad) enjoying this program

If undelivered please return to Rtn. HR Ananth, No 88, Mysore Road, Bangalore-18

RC Bangalore

MN Suresh

SAHASTA” - 34TH DISTRICT CONFERENCE

It has been a unique e x p e r i e n c e accompanying DG to GOVs. I always learn from the visits and in December during the visits, I could assess the magnanimity of the projects by clubs . It is indeed a huge effort and I am amazed with the stupendous work.

The Inner Wheel Dist. Conference was arranged very well and I congratulate Mrs.Renu Iyer, Chairperson Inner Wheel and her team for the excellent work. The ICGF on Community Service gave me an exposure on the community service projects and the environment was ably suited for the event.

The Japanese emperors day gave me an insight to the Japanese culture.

First LadySpeak

Yours in RotaryAnn. Srimathi

VOL : 34, ISSUE : 7 SAHASTA3SAHASTA 2 JANUARY

Rotary International has named John Hewko, an attorney with extensive international experience in both the private and public sectors, to be the g l o b a l h u m a n i t a r i a n s e r v i c e organization’s new top executive, serving as its General Secretary.

In announcing Hewko’s hiring, Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith hailed his “visionary leadership” and predicted that under Hewko’s leadership Rotary will “continue to grow in numbers, stature, and involvement in making the world a better place.”

John Hewko,the new GeneralSecretary of RI

Tom Thorfinnson is a corporate attorney engaged in the private practice of law, and is on the board of directors for the First Minnetonka City Bank. A member of the Rotary Club of Eden Prairie Noon, Minnesota, he has served Rotary as a task force member and a Reach Out to Africa Service Associate Countries Subcommittee member. Tom also was part of the North America Polio Eradication Fundraising Campaign leadership team. He has received the RI Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service. He has led 11 volunteer trips to Haiti and Nigeria and is an active supporter of water projects in developing countries. Tom and his wife, Jamie, live in Eden Prairie.

R.I. president's Representative & RIVP

Thomas M. Thorfinnson USA

in your dist., and the dist. itself, have made some improvements to keep up with the changes in society. We often use traditional practices instead of best practices, and we need to examine all of our practices and procedures for efficiency and efficacy. The Spirit of Rotary will flourish if we keep our clubs and dists. vibrant and viable in today's world!

Rotary clubs operate differently around the world, but they have a common purpose of fellowship & service. We have achieved “unity without uniformity” through our network of clubs, and if all of us work to make our clubs Bigger, Better, & Bolder, then clearly the best days of Rotary are still ahead!

We are making the world a better place, and we can continue to do so by what Rotary clubs do best, which is Bui lding Communit ies–Bridging Continents.

Hanumantha-nagar was really good and saw the Rotarians in action.

In order to BRIDGE CONTINENTS, we had the Japanese Emperors Day which was a first step of Dist.3190 bridging with the eastern part of the world. Likewise the export awareness programme organised jointly with FIEO (Federation of Indian Export Organisation) is another effort to bridge continents through business contacts.

We are putting our best efforts to make the District Conference a grand success. We have got the best speakers addressing us on important and current topics and the venue is fantastic. I would request all of you to attend the conference and make it memorable.

…Contd. from 1st page…

From The DG's DeskMessage from RI Pres. Ray

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

Conference R.I. Rep Rtn Thomas M. Thorfinnson, Vice President R.I.

List of Attractions at Innovative Film City

Mirror Maze, Dino Park, Fossil Museum, Fossil Hunt, Aqua Kingdom, Cartoon City, Carousel, Roller Coaster, Miniature City, Mini Golf, Wax Museum, Ripley's Museum, D Cinema, Roller Skates, haunted Mansion, Wannado City, Not Covered, Dune Buggy, FunPlex Games, Bungee Jump, Wax Hand, ATV Dirt Bike, Go Karting, Shoot Out @ Ifc

DAY -2- SUNDAY, 6TH FEBRUARY 2011

SESSION-6-

10:15 – 11:00 DG’S ADDRESS and AWARDS PRESENTATION

SESSION -7- COMMUNITY SERVICE MODULE

11:00 - 12:00 ADDRESS BY SPEAKER -POOJYA SMT. PREMA PANDURANGI -”Attitude of Giving”

SESSION -8- INTERNATIONAL SERVICE MODULE

12:00-13:00 ADDRESS BY DG. Rtn. BARBARA CROZIER

ADDRESS BY DR. EVELIN HUST

13:15 - 14:00 LUNCH

SESSION -9- ROTARY FOUNDATION MODULE

14:00-15:00 Remarks on Matching Grants by Ms Agne JankanskaiteINTRODUCTION OF INCOMING GSE TEAM

INTRODUCTION OF OUTGOING GSE TEAMS

SESSION -10- VALEDICTORY SESSION

15:00-17:00 PRESENTATION OF DGN 2012-13 - Rtn. R. Badri Prasad

PRESENTATION OF DGE 2011-12 - Rtn. Pandurang Potnis

PRESENTATION OF CoL REP - PDG Rtn. Rajendra Rai

PRESENTATION OF FRIENDSHIP TEAMS FROM USA & PAKISTAN

CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS

17:00-17:30 TEA / COFFEE

DAY -1-Saturday, 5th February 2011

8:30AM Inauguration of the Dist. Conference “ SAHASTA” by Rtn. Thomas Thorfinnson, RI Rep. & V Presedent RI

SESSION 1-INAUGURAL SESSION

10:00-12:45 ADDRESS BY R.I. REP - Rtn. Thomas Thorfinnson ADDRESS BY CHIEF GUEST - SHRI. MANI SHANKAR AIYAR

12:45- 13:45 LUNCH

SESSION 2-CLUB SERVICE MODULE

14:00-1500 ADDRESS BY KEY NOTE SPEAKER - Gen. V.P. MALIK.“CHARACTER BUILDING IN ROTARY CADRE “

SESSION-3- YOUTH SERVICE MODULE

15:15-16:30 Ms.PAARULL MALHOTRA - CNN IBN

Shri. SUHAS GOPINATH - Youngest CEOJanani RISHIRATHNA - Tapasavani

PANEL DISCUSSION - “LOOKING WITHIN & REACHING OUT.”

SESSION-4-VOCATIONAL SERVICE MODULE

16:30-17:30 Address By Smt. Jaya Row - Founder Vedanta Vision

18:00 Onwards Entertainment / Fellowship / Dinner

SPEAKERS

Gen. (Retd.)Ved Prakash Malik :

Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar : A Firebrand Congress MP, and ex-Union Minister. Well known for his articulate thoughts on many subjects

- political as well as many social issues. Will release his book at the conference.

Ex Army Chief, a decorated Kargill hero, extremely well known for his deeply

researched & well presented views on issues ranging from army, politics and state of the Union. A member of the s e l e c t B B C p a n e l o f International speakers.

Founder of Vedanta Vision. A regular on the Astha TV channel, who speaks on

Smt. Jaya Row :

various issues of human interest, including "Karma" & "Duty" of individuals. A well known speaker at corporate training forums of MNCs and Indian Companies.

Director of Goethe Institute at Bangalore - Has lived in India for many years, and has completed her Ph.D on the lives of rural women in

Dr. Evelin Hust :

A Tribute to PDG M Srinivasa Rao Those of us who have met him will truly miss him. He was 'Genteel' 'Affable' and 'Caring'. He treated young or old with charismatic dignity. He made the

discussions /conversations lively and interesting with anecdotes and nostalgia, there was never a dull moment. Conversations were filled with knowledge, humor and wit. He had always a good word about others.May his soul rest in peace. There are quite a few in corporate world who say I have come up this far thanks to him. Though towards the end he was ailing a bit, his memory was razor sharp and he was quite agile despite being on wheel chair.

In his demise, we will all miss the 'Aura and Nostalgia of the past century'. extracted from e-mail from Srikanth M Chatrapathy

Rtn. C.P. Rajappa, Past President of Rotary Tumkur passed away on 23-11-10. Our heartfelt condolence to his family members. May his soul rest in peace

Rtn. Dr. P. Kodandaram, Past President of Rotary B'lore RT Nagar passed away on 22nd Dec. 2010, due to cardiac arrest. Our heartfelt condolence to his wife Shashikala and Son Rtn. Harshavardhan and other family members. May his soul rest in peace.

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Registration includes entry to entertainment zones for two days.

Family Registration is for Couple along with 2 Annets age below 12 years (Annets above 12-18 years additional charge of Rs. 300/- per Annet, above 18 years Rs. 750/- per Annet).

CONDOLENCES

Best regards,Ray Klinginsmith

MN Suresh

SAHASTA” - 34TH DISTRICT CONFERENCE

It has been a unique e x p e r i e n c e accompanying DG to GOVs. I always learn from the visits and in December during the visits, I could assess the magnanimity of the projects by clubs . It is indeed a huge effort and I am amazed with the stupendous work.

The Inner Wheel Dist. Conference was arranged very well and I congratulate Mrs.Renu Iyer, Chairperson Inner Wheel and her team for the excellent work. The ICGF on Community Service gave me an exposure on the community service projects and the environment was ably suited for the event.

The Japanese emperors day gave me an insight to the Japanese culture.

First LadySpeak

Yours in RotaryAnn. Srimathi

VOL : 34, ISSUE : 7 SAHASTA3SAHASTA 2 JANUARY

Rotary International has named John Hewko, an attorney with extensive international experience in both the private and public sectors, to be the g l o b a l h u m a n i t a r i a n s e r v i c e organization’s new top executive, serving as its General Secretary.

In announcing Hewko’s hiring, Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith hailed his “visionary leadership” and predicted that under Hewko’s leadership Rotary will “continue to grow in numbers, stature, and involvement in making the world a better place.”

John Hewko,the new GeneralSecretary of RI

Tom Thorfinnson is a corporate attorney engaged in the private practice of law, and is on the board of directors for the First Minnetonka City Bank. A member of the Rotary Club of Eden Prairie Noon, Minnesota, he has served Rotary as a task force member and a Reach Out to Africa Service Associate Countries Subcommittee member. Tom also was part of the North America Polio Eradication Fundraising Campaign leadership team. He has received the RI Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service. He has led 11 volunteer trips to Haiti and Nigeria and is an active supporter of water projects in developing countries. Tom and his wife, Jamie, live in Eden Prairie.

R.I. president's Representative & RIVP

Thomas M. Thorfinnson USA

in your dist., and the dist. itself, have made some improvements to keep up with the changes in society. We often use traditional practices instead of best practices, and we need to examine all of our practices and procedures for efficiency and efficacy. The Spirit of Rotary will flourish if we keep our clubs and dists. vibrant and viable in today's world!

Rotary clubs operate differently around the world, but they have a common purpose of fellowship & service. We have achieved “unity without uniformity” through our network of clubs, and if all of us work to make our clubs Bigger, Better, & Bolder, then clearly the best days of Rotary are still ahead!

We are making the world a better place, and we can continue to do so by what Rotary clubs do best, which is Bui lding Communit ies–Bridging Continents.

Hanumantha-nagar was really good and saw the Rotarians in action.

In order to BRIDGE CONTINENTS, we had the Japanese Emperors Day which was a first step of Dist.3190 bridging with the eastern part of the world. Likewise the export awareness programme organised jointly with FIEO (Federation of Indian Export Organisation) is another effort to bridge continents through business contacts.

We are putting our best efforts to make the District Conference a grand success. We have got the best speakers addressing us on important and current topics and the venue is fantastic. I would request all of you to attend the conference and make it memorable.

…Contd. from 1st page…

From The DG's DeskMessage from RI Pres. Ray

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

Conference R.I. Rep Rtn Thomas M. Thorfinnson, Vice President R.I.

List of Attractions at Innovative Film City

Mirror Maze, Dino Park, Fossil Museum, Fossil Hunt, Aqua Kingdom, Cartoon City, Carousel, Roller Coaster, Miniature City, Mini Golf, Wax Museum, Ripley's Museum, D Cinema, Roller Skates, haunted Mansion, Wannado City, Not Covered, Dune Buggy, FunPlex Games, Bungee Jump, Wax Hand, ATV Dirt Bike, Go Karting, Shoot Out @ Ifc

DAY -2- SUNDAY, 6TH FEBRUARY 2011

SESSION-6-

10:15 – 11:00 DG’S ADDRESS and AWARDS PRESENTATION

SESSION -7- COMMUNITY SERVICE MODULE

11:00 - 12:00 ADDRESS BY SPEAKER -POOJYA SMT. PREMA PANDURANGI -”Attitude of Giving”

SESSION -8- INTERNATIONAL SERVICE MODULE

12:00-13:00 ADDRESS BY DG. Rtn. BARBARA CROZIER

ADDRESS BY DR. EVELIN HUST

13:15 - 14:00 LUNCH

SESSION -9- ROTARY FOUNDATION MODULE

14:00-15:00 Remarks on Matching Grants by Ms Agne JankanskaiteINTRODUCTION OF INCOMING GSE TEAM

INTRODUCTION OF OUTGOING GSE TEAMS

SESSION -10- VALEDICTORY SESSION

15:00-17:00 PRESENTATION OF DGN 2012-13 - Rtn. R. Badri Prasad

PRESENTATION OF DGE 2011-12 - Rtn. Pandurang Potnis

PRESENTATION OF CoL REP - PDG Rtn. Rajendra Rai

PRESENTATION OF FRIENDSHIP TEAMS FROM USA & PAKISTAN

CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS

17:00-17:30 TEA / COFFEE

DAY -1-Saturday, 5th February 2011

8:30AM Inauguration of the Dist. Conference “ SAHASTA” by Rtn. Thomas Thorfinnson, RI Rep. & V Presedent RI

SESSION 1-INAUGURAL SESSION

10:00-12:45 ADDRESS BY R.I. REP - Rtn. Thomas Thorfinnson ADDRESS BY CHIEF GUEST - SHRI. MANI SHANKAR AIYAR

12:45- 13:45 LUNCH

SESSION 2-CLUB SERVICE MODULE

14:00-1500 ADDRESS BY KEY NOTE SPEAKER - Gen. V.P. MALIK.“CHARACTER BUILDING IN ROTARY CADRE “

SESSION-3- YOUTH SERVICE MODULE

15:15-16:30 Ms.PAARULL MALHOTRA - CNN IBN

Shri. SUHAS GOPINATH - Youngest CEOJanani RISHIRATHNA - Tapasavani

PANEL DISCUSSION - “LOOKING WITHIN & REACHING OUT.”

SESSION-4-VOCATIONAL SERVICE MODULE

16:30-17:30 Address By Smt. Jaya Row - Founder Vedanta Vision

18:00 Onwards Entertainment / Fellowship / Dinner

SPEAKERS

Gen. (Retd.)Ved Prakash Malik :

Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar : A Firebrand Congress MP, and ex-Union Minister. Well known for his articulate thoughts on many subjects

- political as well as many social issues. Will release his book at the conference.

Ex Army Chief, a decorated Kargill hero, extremely well known for his deeply

researched & well presented views on issues ranging from army, politics and state of the Union. A member of the s e l e c t B B C p a n e l o f International speakers.

Founder of Vedanta Vision. A regular on the Astha TV channel, who speaks on

Smt. Jaya Row :

various issues of human interest, including "Karma" & "Duty" of individuals. A well known speaker at corporate training forums of MNCs and Indian Companies.

Director of Goethe Institute at Bangalore - Has lived in India for many years, and has completed her Ph.D on the lives of rural women in

Dr. Evelin Hust :

A Tribute to PDG M Srinivasa Rao Those of us who have met him will truly miss him. He was 'Genteel' 'Affable' and 'Caring'. He treated young or old with charismatic dignity. He made the

discussions /conversations lively and interesting with anecdotes and nostalgia, there was never a dull moment. Conversations were filled with knowledge, humor and wit. He had always a good word about others.May his soul rest in peace. There are quite a few in corporate world who say I have come up this far thanks to him. Though towards the end he was ailing a bit, his memory was razor sharp and he was quite agile despite being on wheel chair.

In his demise, we will all miss the 'Aura and Nostalgia of the past century'. extracted from e-mail from Srikanth M Chatrapathy

Rtn. C.P. Rajappa, Past President of Rotary Tumkur passed away on 23-11-10. Our heartfelt condolence to his family members. May his soul rest in peace

Rtn. Dr. P. Kodandaram, Past President of Rotary B'lore RT Nagar passed away on 22nd Dec. 2010, due to cardiac arrest. Our heartfelt condolence to his wife Shashikala and Son Rtn. Harshavardhan and other family members. May his soul rest in peace.

*

*

Registration includes entry to entertainment zones for two days.

Family Registration is for Couple along with 2 Annets age below 12 years (Annets above 12-18 years additional charge of Rs. 300/- per Annet, above 18 years Rs. 750/- per Annet).

CONDOLENCES

Best regards,Ray Klinginsmith

he ICGF on Community service and Silver Jubilee T

celebrations of Rotary Tumkur East.

The programme commenced w i t h t h e Au d i o Vi d e o presentation of community service rendered by Dr. Sri Sri Shivakumara Swamiji, who has been providing free food, shelter and education to about 10,000 children. He is popularly known as the “Walking God” in the entire country.

The Deputy Commissioner Sri C Somashekara, Sri Shadakshari, Smt Srilakshmi Gururaja and DG Rtn. Manandi Suresh, spoke excellently on the occasion and the programme was

well received by the 1000 delegates from the district.

The Children entertainment program, The food, Snacks counter and the fellowship were excellent. and set a benchmark in organizing, conducting, planning and executing the ICGF with precision and perfection.

ICGF ON COMMUNITY SERVICE 19th December 2010, Varin International School, Tumkur

A Souvenir was also released to mark the celebration of ICGF and Silver Jubilee Year, thanks to the s p o n s o r s , M / S N a v e e n Residency, Mr Govidnara and other Advertisers for contributing and subscribing to the souvenir.

On the occasion of Silver Jubilee Year, all the 24 past presidents were honoured by our DG with a

shawl and each one of them had launced a project to commemorate the 25 years of existence of RotaryTumkur East.

To conclude, the ICGF was a grand success appreciated and approved by one and all. Congratulations to President Vishwanath and Rtns. Asha & Prasanna Kumar & his team of Rotary Tumkur East

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Governor's Diary1/12/2010 GOV R T Nagar

3/12/2010 GOV North

4/12/2010 Mock Parliament, Rotary Bangalore Peenya GOV Rotary Bangalore Koramangala

6/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar

7/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Orchards

8/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Peenya

9/12/2010 Polio Zonal Meet – Rotary Kolar,GOV Rotary Bangalore Diamond District

10/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore National Park

11/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Cubbon Park, Midnight Marathon, Rotary I T Corridor

12/12/2010 Volleyball Tournament, Rotary Hanumanthnagar, GOV Rotary Bangalore Health City

13/12/2010 COG Meeting @ Century Club

14/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore South East

15/12/2010 Polio Zonal Meet @ Bangalore Hosted by Rotary Kengeri Upanagara, GOV Rotary Bangalore Rajajinagar

16/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore East

17/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Megacity

18/12/2010 Inner Wheel Conference, Export Awareness & Promotion Progarmme, Japanese Emperor's Day

19/12/2010 ICGF on Community Service ”SPANDANA”, Rotary Tumkur East

20/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore

21/12/2010 Doordarshan program “Kristanamana”, GOV Rotary Bangalore Southwest

25/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Udyog

26/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Northwest

27/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Vijayanagar

28/12/2010 6th Board Meeting

29/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Banashankari

Orissa. Well travelled in India and abroad, and is presently involved in getting people to appreciate German culture, music and art alongwith the language and industrial expertise.

of Dist.5100.

The youngest CEO of the world, founded his company - Globalsinc- at 14, and is presently the

Rtn. DG Barbara Crozier

Suhas Gopinath :

President & CEO of an MNC with a turnover of $100M, with offices in Europe, USA and other countries. Honoured &

recognised by Bill Gates and our own Ex President Kalam for his enterprise and vision of business.

A Young sanyasini at the "Sanitigiri Ashram" in Thiruvananthapuram, which educates and guides

Ms. Janani Rishirathna :

The evening entertainment programs have been planned keeping in mind the diverse audience profile. On one hand we have the Fusion Music by Shri Rajesh Vaidya, an artist par excellence, Shri Sujeet Singh will mesmerize the audience with a Retro of Kishore Kumar hits, followed by Kannada Music Director Shri Rajesh Ramnathan, who will perform Dance and Song Sequence. The Grand Finale will be the PYROTECHNICS SHOW. The entire show will be held at the 3000 seat open air AMPHI-THEATRE.

Entertainment Program for 5th Evening Feb 2011

‘KALAIMANI’ RAJESH VAIDYA –Instrumentalist and Fusion Artist

Rajesh Vaidyais undoub-tedly one of the most intriguing and technically beguiling artists. On 28th January, 2011 Rajesh Vaidya has been honored

the highest musical award from Govt. of Tamil Nadu-KALAI MAMANI for his extraordinary contribution to the music world.

Apart from his blistering speed, Rajesh's performance is distinguished by his use of electric and amplified strings.

He also has numerous albums to his credit include 'Temptations' I n II, Hurricane, Rampage, Voyage I, II, III, Freak, Blendzzz, Waves, Celestial Melodies, Zindagi Ek Safar, Churaliya, NaalaamNaalaam, IruThilag etc

Mr. Sujeet Shetty An exce l lent s inger and specializes in Kishore Kumar songs.

Music director & singer & have composed & sung songs for movies in hindi & very recently Kannada too. Sang the song "tujhko Kya " in the Aamir Khan movie Ghulam... & composed

music & sang in Pritish Nandy p roduc t i on s mov i e "humdum. composed music for the rituparna sen & Sanjay Kapoor movie "Unns". Also composed an album with HMV called "Khwabon mein" which got the critics award for the best album of the year 2002-2003. Did a Kannada movie which released in october...Jopthegara..which is a ramya & prem starrer.... doing a couple of projects in hindi with directors nagesh kuknoor... & ashutosh

Mr. Rajesh Ramanathan

Rajesh Ramanathan, stylish m u s i c d i r e c t o r , a communications graduate from BMS College, a

professional sound engineer with 12 years of professional music training, has won awards and accolades. Completed more than 108 movies as a music composer & sound engineer specializing in advanced film sound mixing such as 5.1 surround sound mixing for DTS & Dolby. He has delivered top Kannada chart busters including films like Veerappanayaka, Huchaa, Aishwarya, Veeramadakari, Houseful, Kenchaa, etc. Slated to release soon is a Shirdi Sai Baba bhajan and meditation album.

people of many faiths / religions to build communities of understanding.

A very well k n o w n p r e a ch e r o f religion and teacher using mythological stories for our day-to-day life. A powerful presenter and guide. Specialises in

speaking about " Attitude of Giving" in society.

Smt. Prema Pandurangi :

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he ICGF on Community service and Silver Jubilee T

celebrations of Rotary Tumkur East.

The programme commenced w i t h t h e Au d i o Vi d e o presentation of community service rendered by Dr. Sri Sri Shivakumara Swamiji, who has been providing free food, shelter and education to about 10,000 children. He is popularly known as the “Walking God” in the entire country.

The Deputy Commissioner Sri C Somashekara, Sri Shadakshari, Smt Srilakshmi Gururaja and DG Rtn. Manandi Suresh, spoke excellently on the occasion and the programme was

well received by the 1000 delegates from the district.

The Children entertainment program, The food, Snacks counter and the fellowship were excellent. and set a benchmark in organizing, conducting, planning and executing the ICGF with precision and perfection.

ICGF ON COMMUNITY SERVICE 19th December 2010, Varin International School, Tumkur

A Souvenir was also released to mark the celebration of ICGF and Silver Jubilee Year, thanks to the s p o n s o r s , M / S N a v e e n Residency, Mr Govidnara and other Advertisers for contributing and subscribing to the souvenir.

On the occasion of Silver Jubilee Year, all the 24 past presidents were honoured by our DG with a

shawl and each one of them had launced a project to commemorate the 25 years of existence of RotaryTumkur East.

To conclude, the ICGF was a grand success appreciated and approved by one and all. Congratulations to President Vishwanath and Rtns. Asha & Prasanna Kumar & his team of Rotary Tumkur East

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Governor's Diary1/12/2010 GOV R T Nagar

3/12/2010 GOV North

4/12/2010 Mock Parliament, Rotary Bangalore Peenya GOV Rotary Bangalore Koramangala

6/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar

7/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Orchards

8/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Peenya

9/12/2010 Polio Zonal Meet – Rotary Kolar,GOV Rotary Bangalore Diamond District

10/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore National Park

11/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Cubbon Park, Midnight Marathon, Rotary I T Corridor

12/12/2010 Volleyball Tournament, Rotary Hanumanthnagar, GOV Rotary Bangalore Health City

13/12/2010 COG Meeting @ Century Club

14/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore South East

15/12/2010 Polio Zonal Meet @ Bangalore Hosted by Rotary Kengeri Upanagara, GOV Rotary Bangalore Rajajinagar

16/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore East

17/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Megacity

18/12/2010 Inner Wheel Conference, Export Awareness & Promotion Progarmme, Japanese Emperor's Day

19/12/2010 ICGF on Community Service ”SPANDANA”, Rotary Tumkur East

20/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore

21/12/2010 Doordarshan program “Kristanamana”, GOV Rotary Bangalore Southwest

25/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Udyog

26/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Northwest

27/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Vijayanagar

28/12/2010 6th Board Meeting

29/12/2010 GOV Rotary Bangalore Banashankari

Orissa. Well travelled in India and abroad, and is presently involved in getting people to appreciate German culture, music and art alongwith the language and industrial expertise.

of Dist.5100.

The youngest CEO of the world, founded his company - Globalsinc- at 14, and is presently the

Rtn. DG Barbara Crozier

Suhas Gopinath :

President & CEO of an MNC with a turnover of $100M, with offices in Europe, USA and other countries. Honoured &

recognised by Bill Gates and our own Ex President Kalam for his enterprise and vision of business.

A Young sanyasini at the "Sanitigiri Ashram" in Thiruvananthapuram, which educates and guides

Ms. Janani Rishirathna :

The evening entertainment programs have been planned keeping in mind the diverse audience profile. On one hand we have the Fusion Music by Shri Rajesh Vaidya, an artist par excellence, Shri Sujeet Singh will mesmerize the audience with a Retro of Kishore Kumar hits, followed by Kannada Music Director Shri Rajesh Ramnathan, who will perform Dance and Song Sequence. The Grand Finale will be the PYROTECHNICS SHOW. The entire show will be held at the 3000 seat open air AMPHI-THEATRE.

Entertainment Program for 5th Evening Feb 2011

‘KALAIMANI’ RAJESH VAIDYA –Instrumentalist and Fusion Artist

Rajesh Vaidyais undoub-tedly one of the most intriguing and technically beguiling artists. On 28th January, 2011 Rajesh Vaidya has been honored

the highest musical award from Govt. of Tamil Nadu-KALAI MAMANI for his extraordinary contribution to the music world.

Apart from his blistering speed, Rajesh's performance is distinguished by his use of electric and amplified strings.

He also has numerous albums to his credit include 'Temptations' I n II, Hurricane, Rampage, Voyage I, II, III, Freak, Blendzzz, Waves, Celestial Melodies, Zindagi Ek Safar, Churaliya, NaalaamNaalaam, IruThilag etc

Mr. Sujeet Shetty An exce l lent s inger and specializes in Kishore Kumar songs.

Music director & singer & have composed & sung songs for movies in hindi & very recently Kannada too. Sang the song "tujhko Kya " in the Aamir Khan movie Ghulam... & composed

music & sang in Pritish Nandy p roduc t i on s mov i e "humdum. composed music for the rituparna sen & Sanjay Kapoor movie "Unns". Also composed an album with HMV called "Khwabon mein" which got the critics award for the best album of the year 2002-2003. Did a Kannada movie which released in october...Jopthegara..which is a ramya & prem starrer.... doing a couple of projects in hindi with directors nagesh kuknoor... & ashutosh

Mr. Rajesh Ramanathan

Rajesh Ramanathan, stylish m u s i c d i r e c t o r , a communications graduate from BMS College, a

professional sound engineer with 12 years of professional music training, has won awards and accolades. Completed more than 108 movies as a music composer & sound engineer specializing in advanced film sound mixing such as 5.1 surround sound mixing for DTS & Dolby. He has delivered top Kannada chart busters including films like Veerappanayaka, Huchaa, Aishwarya, Veeramadakari, Houseful, Kenchaa, etc. Slated to release soon is a Shirdi Sai Baba bhajan and meditation album.

people of many faiths / religions to build communities of understanding.

A very well k n o w n p r e a ch e r o f religion and teacher using mythological stories for our day-to-day life. A powerful presenter and guide. Specialises in

speaking about " Attitude of Giving" in society.

Smt. Prema Pandurangi :

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Rotary Club Madanapalle : An eye camp was conducted by Rotary Club Madanapalle on 25-12-2010, though it

Rotary Bangalore Junction : organized Blood Donation camp at Mantri Elite, Banneraghata Road & 24 bottles of blood collected.

New year eve was conducted at Ashirwad Party Hall in association with 15 Rotary Clubs of RI Dist. 3190. The Program was well attended by more than 600 persons. Bangalore's popular band "Sound of melody", exclusive dances by professionals were arranged. Lots of Games for people of all ages were arranged.

DG. Rtn. M.N. Suresh graced the occasion. New Year 2011 was invoked by offerings to the god.

Rotary Bangalore Whitef ield Central: RG Bhat of RB Whitefield Central undertook bicycle journey from B'lore to Kanyakumari via Krishnagiri, Salem, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai,

Rotary Bangalore South : installed a Economy-Toilet for Basavapatna Village at Vijayapura, Devanahally Taluk about 65 kms. away from Bangalore.

Rotary Club of Kolar : RYLA organised in Adarsha College Kolar. ( 1st year BCA & 3rd BBM Students) more than 75 students participated.

Rotary Club Nagamangala : Conducted Mega Health Check-up Camp on 12.12.2010 at Government Junior College.

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Clubs of 3190 in Service Clubs of 3190 in Service

RB SouthWest : 30/12/2010 - Mega Blood donation camp, Eye donation intitive, health checkup camp and dental checkup was organised by our club under the leadership of Rtn. Muralidhar Halappa along with Indranagar, JP

Rotary Bangalore Cubbonpark : 17-18 Dec 2010 - an annual 2-day Tennis Ball inter-club cricket tournament hosted by Cubbonpark, More than 16 clubs participated, a well organized unwind, stress buster for Rotarians of our district.

Rotary BangaloreNagar :

Jeevan Bima Conducted four Blood

Donation Camps organised @ SJR I Park, Bhagmane Tech Park, HP Wind Tunnel Road and collected 430 units of blood during the month of Dec. 2010.

Rotary Bangalore North West's : P R O G R A M o f Me n t o r i n g - 5 t h December.The presentation on mentoring made by PP. Rtn. S.R. Lakshmanan, was in the nature of an assessment of the prospective member identification strategy and new member mentoring strategy put in place by RBNW this year. The former has brought in rich dividends for the Club by inducting 11 members with 4 more expected to join in the near fu ture . The re la t ive responsibilities of the new Rotarians and their mentors were listed; and the Club's responsibility to provide a informational program that teaches new members about Rotary, engages them in club activities were emphasized.

Rotary Bangalore Rajajinagar: organised a free rural sports meet at Doddalada mara on 28-29 December, for rural school children. The event was inaugurated by DGN Rtn. Badriprasad and the prize distribution was done by DG M.N. Suresh. All the children were provided Sports T shirts with Rajajinagar emblem. All the children were given food and snacks for 2 days.

Rotary B’lore Diamond District : A memorable evening of fun, frolic & laughter was spent with the Missionaries of Children Home kids, pastor & Ruth. Senior citizens of DD participated with zeal & gusto. A special thanks to Santa for covering up (as the original Santa- Claus) got stuck in traffic coming from North-pole ! The MCH kids also entertained with their Xmas carols.

Rotary Mandya : Talent competition for high school students was organised at G.M. Hall, Mandya on 16/12/2010. Students f rom var ious schools participated in the events, i.e., debate on "India's contribution for science", Recitation of any 3 slokas from 14th chapter of Bhagavad Geeta, Drawing competition.

On the occasion of Children's Day, on 11th November, RB Diamond District organized a health check up for the children of Govt. play home, located out side DD, near the temple. Doctor from the primary health center, Kodihalli did the check up.RBDD Donated a Tata Swach water purifier to the school.

Rotary Punganur Central : 19/12/2010 - Conducted IOL camp, selected 40 patients for surgeries.

25/12/2010 - Conducted Rotary Mega Dance competitions for school children.

Rotary Bangalore South : organized Talents Nite for its Rotarians, Anns. and A n n e t t e s . Ne w l y j o i n e d R t n . Ramachandra was the MC of the program. Rotarians sung the songs, Anns and Annettes performed dances and new Rotarian Ramesh performed mimicry. It was a right platform for Rotarians, Anns and Annettes to display their talent. Program ended with distribution of prizes to participants and sumptuous dinner was served.

RB Cubbonpark conducted - 7 RYLA's in the month of December atGovt. PU College - MadivalaGovt. PU College - AdugodiGovt. PU H. School- MadiwalaGovt. Girls - AdugodiGovt. H. School - Beratena agraharaGovt H School - KonappanagaraharaJNC College - Industrial visit RYLA

Na g a r a n d R I D i s t . 319 0 t o commemorate death anniversary of Kannada film star Dr. Vishnuvardhan. Around 1900 units of Blood was collected on this day as well around 400 people underwent dental and health checkup. Free Dental Checkup done by Sagar Hospital. Health checkup was carried out by Manipal and Narayana Hridayalaya. Eye donation initiative was promoted by Narayan Netralaya.

Kovilapatti and Tirunelveli,from Dec. 10, to create Polio awareness among people.

Rotary Club Vasanthapura : Medical Camp jointly organized with parent Club J.P. Nagar at Rotary Hospital at Agara on 22nd Dec., with the support of RR Medical College Doctors. DG Rtn. M.N. Suresh inaugurated the Camp.

was a Christmas Day, 50 patients were assembled for the eye camp.

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Rotary Club Madanapalle : An eye camp was conducted by Rotary Club Madanapalle on 25-12-2010, though it

Rotary Bangalore Junction : organized Blood Donation camp at Mantri Elite, Banneraghata Road & 24 bottles of blood collected.

New year eve was conducted at Ashirwad Party Hall in association with 15 Rotary Clubs of RI Dist. 3190. The Program was well attended by more than 600 persons. Bangalore's popular band "Sound of melody", exclusive dances by professionals were arranged. Lots of Games for people of all ages were arranged.

DG. Rtn. M.N. Suresh graced the occasion. New Year 2011 was invoked by offerings to the god.

Rotary Bangalore Whitef ield Central: RG Bhat of RB Whitefield Central undertook bicycle journey from B'lore to Kanyakumari via Krishnagiri, Salem, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai,

Rotary Bangalore South : installed a Economy-Toilet for Basavapatna Village at Vijayapura, Devanahally Taluk about 65 kms. away from Bangalore.

Rotary Club of Kolar : RYLA organised in Adarsha College Kolar. ( 1st year BCA & 3rd BBM Students) more than 75 students participated.

Rotary Club Nagamangala : Conducted Mega Health Check-up Camp on 12.12.2010 at Government Junior College.

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Clubs of 3190 in Service Clubs of 3190 in Service

RB SouthWest : 30/12/2010 - Mega Blood donation camp, Eye donation intitive, health checkup camp and dental checkup was organised by our club under the leadership of Rtn. Muralidhar Halappa along with Indranagar, JP

Rotary Bangalore Cubbonpark : 17-18 Dec 2010 - an annual 2-day Tennis Ball inter-club cricket tournament hosted by Cubbonpark, More than 16 clubs participated, a well organized unwind, stress buster for Rotarians of our district.

Rotary BangaloreNagar :

Jeevan Bima Conducted four Blood

Donation Camps organised @ SJR I Park, Bhagmane Tech Park, HP Wind Tunnel Road and collected 430 units of blood during the month of Dec. 2010.

Rotary Bangalore North West's : P R O G R A M o f Me n t o r i n g - 5 t h December.The presentation on mentoring made by PP. Rtn. S.R. Lakshmanan, was in the nature of an assessment of the prospective member identification strategy and new member mentoring strategy put in place by RBNW this year. The former has brought in rich dividends for the Club by inducting 11 members with 4 more expected to join in the near fu ture . The re la t ive responsibilities of the new Rotarians and their mentors were listed; and the Club's responsibility to provide a informational program that teaches new members about Rotary, engages them in club activities were emphasized.

Rotary Bangalore Rajajinagar: organised a free rural sports meet at Doddalada mara on 28-29 December, for rural school children. The event was inaugurated by DGN Rtn. Badriprasad and the prize distribution was done by DG M.N. Suresh. All the children were provided Sports T shirts with Rajajinagar emblem. All the children were given food and snacks for 2 days.

Rotary B’lore Diamond District : A memorable evening of fun, frolic & laughter was spent with the Missionaries of Children Home kids, pastor & Ruth. Senior citizens of DD participated with zeal & gusto. A special thanks to Santa for covering up (as the original Santa- Claus) got stuck in traffic coming from North-pole ! The MCH kids also entertained with their Xmas carols.

Rotary Mandya : Talent competition for high school students was organised at G.M. Hall, Mandya on 16/12/2010. Students f rom var ious schools participated in the events, i.e., debate on "India's contribution for science", Recitation of any 3 slokas from 14th chapter of Bhagavad Geeta, Drawing competition.

On the occasion of Children's Day, on 11th November, RB Diamond District organized a health check up for the children of Govt. play home, located out side DD, near the temple. Doctor from the primary health center, Kodihalli did the check up.RBDD Donated a Tata Swach water purifier to the school.

Rotary Punganur Central : 19/12/2010 - Conducted IOL camp, selected 40 patients for surgeries.

25/12/2010 - Conducted Rotary Mega Dance competitions for school children.

Rotary Bangalore South : organized Talents Nite for its Rotarians, Anns. and A n n e t t e s . Ne w l y j o i n e d R t n . Ramachandra was the MC of the program. Rotarians sung the songs, Anns and Annettes performed dances and new Rotarian Ramesh performed mimicry. It was a right platform for Rotarians, Anns and Annettes to display their talent. Program ended with distribution of prizes to participants and sumptuous dinner was served.

RB Cubbonpark conducted - 7 RYLA's in the month of December atGovt. PU College - MadivalaGovt. PU College - AdugodiGovt. PU H. School- MadiwalaGovt. Girls - AdugodiGovt. H. School - Beratena agraharaGovt H School - KonappanagaraharaJNC College - Industrial visit RYLA

Na g a r a n d R I D i s t . 319 0 t o commemorate death anniversary of Kannada film star Dr. Vishnuvardhan. Around 1900 units of Blood was collected on this day as well around 400 people underwent dental and health checkup. Free Dental Checkup done by Sagar Hospital. Health checkup was carried out by Manipal and Narayana Hridayalaya. Eye donation initiative was promoted by Narayan Netralaya.

Kovilapatti and Tirunelveli,from Dec. 10, to create Polio awareness among people.

Rotary Club Vasanthapura : Medical Camp jointly organized with parent Club J.P. Nagar at Rotary Hospital at Agara on 22nd Dec., with the support of RR Medical College Doctors. DG Rtn. M.N. Suresh inaugurated the Camp.

was a Christmas Day, 50 patients were assembled for the eye camp.

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n Saturday 18th December 2010, O

R o t a r y C l u b s o f B a n g a l o r e C a n t o n m e n t , HighGrounds, Central and HealthCity actualized the District's initiative to celebrate the Emperor's Day of Japan. The celebration was a part of the District's initiative to foster closer ties between India and leading countries of the world, at a people-to-people level, in keeping with Rotary 's message of “Bui lding Communities, Bridging Continents”.

The Chief Guest at the event was His Excellency Mr Masayuki Tsuchikawa, Consul of Japan at the Japanese Consulate in Bangalore. The event was attended by nearly 200 people, including several members of the Japanese community living in Bangalore, as well as several prominent personalities from Bangalore's business and social circles.

A key highlight of the event was the launch of an Indo-Japanese community initiative

Emperor's Day of Japanentitled “LEADING LIGHT”, an eco-conscious Green project for installing LED lights in the Lingarajpuram school that RCBC has nurtured for more than 20 years.

The event started off with a fascinating rendering of 'Jana Gana Mana' by the

all-Japanese singer troupe called Royal Echo. They followed it up with their own Japanese National Anthem. Then came the m e m o r a b l e B h a r a t Natyam dance by Ms Tomoko Matsuda, a Japanese lady studying

Indian classical dance. This was followed by a presentation on RI Dist 3190 by DG M.N. Suresh.

Thereafter, His Excellency Mr Masayuki Tsuchikawa, Consul of Japan, made a wonderful presentation on Japanese tourism and culture, drawing apt comparisons between their Tempura foods (fried snacks) and our very own Bajjis a n d P a k o d a s ! Ts u c h i k a w a - s a n ' s c o m m i t m e n t t o a s s i m i l a t i n g Bangalorean culture was evident in his liberal use o f K a n n a d a w o r d s throughout his talk. (For the uninitiated, 'San' is a Japanese suffix commonly added to anyone's name , quite similar to our very own “ji”)

This was followed by a nice presentation on India-Japan business opportunities, put together by JETRO, the Japan Export Trade Organization.

Next followed a presentation by the Japanese Managing Director of 'Komatsu'. Then came a demo of the centuries-old Japanese martial-arts tradition, rendered by local youngsters. Then followed an interesting talk by Ms Miho Sakata Malhan, a Japanese lady living in Bangalore, who has been doing excellent community work with Bangalore's underprivileged through her NGO. The final item of the event was some melodious Japanese songs by the Royal Echo Group, led by Kuboki-san of JETRO.

And of course, before everyone said 'Sayonara' to one-another, there was a sumptuous Japanese dinner served at the Lalit Ashok's rooftop restaurant OKO.

Cudos to Rtn Kiran Boal, Rtn Mahua Kumar,Rtn Anil Gupta, Presidents Dinesh

Nehete, Dinesh Revankar, Prashanth RD, President Siddharth Agarwal and all other Rtns who made this event successful.

otary District 3190, u n d e r t h e a b l e Rguidance and logistics

s u p p o r t o f F I E O - 'Federation of Indian Export Organization', Bangalore Chapter organized, an Export awareness program on Saturday the 18th Dec.

This Rotary year, when Rotary planned the activity at the district – one of the aims

Export Awareness & Promotion Programwas to provide good and educative platform for Rotarians to network professionally and to enhance their business growth also.

This workshop was designed to provide a brief overview of – departments/

organizati o n s available f o r m a k i n g e x p o r t s happen; Resource

s available from a SME point of view. The program was conducted at FORTUNE PARK JP CELESTIAL Hotel, at Anandrao Circle, Bangalore.

There were nearly 60 participants for the program and the program had District Governor Rtn.M.N.Suresh; PDG Rtn. U.B.BHAT; Sri. V. SRINIVASAN, Jt Dir., FIEO and Rtn K.S. Nagendra, Dir.–were present during the Inauguration.

Sri K.V.V.G.DIWAKAR, Additional Commissioner of Customs, was the Chief Guest and Sri. J.V. Patil, ITS, Jt. Dir. Gen. of Foreign Trade, was the Guest of Honour.

This was followed by a detailed presen-tation on FIEO & its role in promoting exports and the opportunities available in the emerging markets on the products and facilities offered by EXIM Bank.

The entire program was coordinated by the Buyer-Seller committee under the Vocational avenue service and lead club was RB West.

Rtn. K.S. Nagendra, Dir., Vocational Service

Our District, in association with Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society, Celebrated “AIDS AWARENESS FORTNIGHT CELEBRATIONS” from 1st to 19th December 2010 in Bangalore, Tumkur, Kolar, Madanapalle & Bharathinagar. IN all, 31 Rotary Clubs participated various programmes such as speaker meets, quiz competitions, Rallies, Poster competitions, interactive meetings and workshop for women were conducted by various clubs. DG M N Suresh, formally launched the program by releasing the specially printed AIDS Awareness brochures in Kannada during the official visit of Rotary Bangalore R T Nagar.

An unique meeting was organized jointly by Rotary Bangalore Lakeside, Rotary Bangalore National Park & ROTARACT Bangalore Basaveswarnagar, where 35 HIV/AIDS infected childrens of DESIRE SOCIETY were invited and were given food, medicines and Note books.

31 CLUBS, A FORTNIGHT–CREATING AIDS AWARENESS

Jt. Mtg. of Megacity & JP Nagar Jt. Mtg. of RMV & Yelahanka HIV infected children at Jt. Mtg. of National Park, Lakeside &

Basaveshwaranagar

Jt. Mtg. of Hanumanthanagar & Banashankari

Rally by Rotary Kolar Cine Star Pooja Gandhi, who lent added attraction

A HIV-infected patient@ Rotary Kumara Park & Rotary City Center

Rotarians of Basaveshwarnagar at City Railway Station

he 4 th ed i t i on o f Bengaluru Midnight T

Marathon (BMM-2010) on December 11-12 was a resounding success. So much so, that we in RBITC have to start thinking of a much larger venue for BMM-2011 !

A big hurrah to the RBITC team who ensured that all went well,and most RBITCians chipping in with whatever they could, the event exceeded all expectations.

As many as 104 ran the Full Marathon as against just 46 in BMM 2009, while 612 took in the Half Marathon this year as against only 175 last year. In the IT City Fun Run of 5 km, 2202 runners took part this year as against 1180 last year. As many as 33 corporate teams took part in the BMM 2010 Corporate Relays as against 17 and there were 28 community teams in the community relay event, up from just 13 in BMM

Bengaluru Midnight Marathon 2010 - ALL-OUT HIT

The Valedictory Ceremony organized by Rotary Bangalore Vijayanagar & Rotary Bangalore Basaveswarnagar, was attended by DGN. Badri Prasad, District Director Rtn. Santhosh Nedungadi officers. KASAPS addressed the Rotarians and informed the projects which can be undertaken.

The Final Punch to the AIDS Awareness fortnight was given by Rotary Tumkur East during their Silver Jubliee Year Celebrations at the ICGF, 30 Rotaractors participated in the Two Wheeler Rally to create Awareness on AIDS / HIV in the main Streets of Tumkur. The Rally was flagged off by DISTRICT GOVERNOR Rtn. M.N.Suresh.

- Rtn.VIJAYAKUMAR K SChairman - Aids Awareness Committee

2009. For the Rotary Relay, 15 Rotary teams competed. Last of the marathoners finished at 6 a.m.

The total prize money for the half and full marathon winners was increased to Rs 2.80 lakh from Rs 1.80 lakh last year. Prizes and certificates were given away at the

largely-attended special Awards & Thank You Party held at the Fortune Hotel, the hospitality partners for BMM 2010 on December 19.

It was a great event with community building, youth part ic ipat ion, internat ional

participation and as well absolutely amazing event to build fellowship in club.

BMM 2010 Winners of ROTARY CUP RELAY;1) Rotary Lake Side, 2) Rotary Indira Nagar, 3) IT Corridor

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n Saturday 18th December 2010, O

R o t a r y C l u b s o f B a n g a l o r e C a n t o n m e n t , HighGrounds, Central and HealthCity actualized the District's initiative to celebrate the Emperor's Day of Japan. The celebration was a part of the District's initiative to foster closer ties between India and leading countries of the world, at a people-to-people level, in keeping with Rotary 's message of “Bui lding Communities, Bridging Continents”.

The Chief Guest at the event was His Excellency Mr Masayuki Tsuchikawa, Consul of Japan at the Japanese Consulate in Bangalore. The event was attended by nearly 200 people, including several members of the Japanese community living in Bangalore, as well as several prominent personalities from Bangalore's business and social circles.

A key highlight of the event was the launch of an Indo-Japanese community initiative

Emperor's Day of Japanentitled “LEADING LIGHT”, an eco-conscious Green project for installing LED lights in the Lingarajpuram school that RCBC has nurtured for more than 20 years.

The event started off with a fascinating rendering of 'Jana Gana Mana' by the

all-Japanese singer troupe called Royal Echo. They followed it up with their own Japanese National Anthem. Then came the m e m o r a b l e B h a r a t Natyam dance by Ms Tomoko Matsuda, a Japanese lady studying

Indian classical dance. This was followed by a presentation on RI Dist 3190 by DG M.N. Suresh.

Thereafter, His Excellency Mr Masayuki Tsuchikawa, Consul of Japan, made a wonderful presentation on Japanese tourism and culture, drawing apt comparisons between their Tempura foods (fried snacks) and our very own Bajjis a n d P a k o d a s ! Ts u c h i k a w a - s a n ' s c o m m i t m e n t t o a s s i m i l a t i n g Bangalorean culture was evident in his liberal use o f K a n n a d a w o r d s throughout his talk. (For the uninitiated, 'San' is a Japanese suffix commonly added to anyone's name , quite similar to our very own “ji”)

This was followed by a nice presentation on India-Japan business opportunities, put together by JETRO, the Japan Export Trade Organization.

Next followed a presentation by the Japanese Managing Director of 'Komatsu'. Then came a demo of the centuries-old Japanese martial-arts tradition, rendered by local youngsters. Then followed an interesting talk by Ms Miho Sakata Malhan, a Japanese lady living in Bangalore, who has been doing excellent community work with Bangalore's underprivileged through her NGO. The final item of the event was some melodious Japanese songs by the Royal Echo Group, led by Kuboki-san of JETRO.

And of course, before everyone said 'Sayonara' to one-another, there was a sumptuous Japanese dinner served at the Lalit Ashok's rooftop restaurant OKO.

Cudos to Rtn Kiran Boal, Rtn Mahua Kumar,Rtn Anil Gupta, Presidents Dinesh

Nehete, Dinesh Revankar, Prashanth RD, President Siddharth Agarwal and all other Rtns who made this event successful.

otary District 3190, u n d e r t h e a b l e Rguidance and logistics

s u p p o r t o f F I E O - 'Federation of Indian Export Organization', Bangalore Chapter organized, an Export awareness program on Saturday the 18th Dec.

This Rotary year, when Rotary planned the activity at the district – one of the aims

Export Awareness & Promotion Programwas to provide good and educative platform for Rotarians to network professionally and to enhance their business growth also.

This workshop was designed to provide a brief overview of – departments/

organizati o n s available f o r m a k i n g e x p o r t s happen; Resource

s available from a SME point of view. The program was conducted at FORTUNE PARK JP CELESTIAL Hotel, at Anandrao Circle, Bangalore.

There were nearly 60 participants for the program and the program had District Governor Rtn.M.N.Suresh; PDG Rtn. U.B.BHAT; Sri. V. SRINIVASAN, Jt Dir., FIEO and Rtn K.S. Nagendra, Dir.–were present during the Inauguration.

Sri K.V.V.G.DIWAKAR, Additional Commissioner of Customs, was the Chief Guest and Sri. J.V. Patil, ITS, Jt. Dir. Gen. of Foreign Trade, was the Guest of Honour.

This was followed by a detailed presen-tation on FIEO & its role in promoting exports and the opportunities available in the emerging markets on the products and facilities offered by EXIM Bank.

The entire program was coordinated by the Buyer-Seller committee under the Vocational avenue service and lead club was RB West.

Rtn. K.S. Nagendra, Dir., Vocational Service

Our District, in association with Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society, Celebrated “AIDS AWARENESS FORTNIGHT CELEBRATIONS” from 1st to 19th December 2010 in Bangalore, Tumkur, Kolar, Madanapalle & Bharathinagar. IN all, 31 Rotary Clubs participated various programmes such as speaker meets, quiz competitions, Rallies, Poster competitions, interactive meetings and workshop for women were conducted by various clubs. DG M N Suresh, formally launched the program by releasing the specially printed AIDS Awareness brochures in Kannada during the official visit of Rotary Bangalore R T Nagar.

An unique meeting was organized jointly by Rotary Bangalore Lakeside, Rotary Bangalore National Park & ROTARACT Bangalore Basaveswarnagar, where 35 HIV/AIDS infected childrens of DESIRE SOCIETY were invited and were given food, medicines and Note books.

31 CLUBS, A FORTNIGHT–CREATING AIDS AWARENESS

Jt. Mtg. of Megacity & JP Nagar Jt. Mtg. of RMV & Yelahanka HIV infected children at Jt. Mtg. of National Park, Lakeside &

Basaveshwaranagar

Jt. Mtg. of Hanumanthanagar & Banashankari

Rally by Rotary Kolar Cine Star Pooja Gandhi, who lent added attraction

A HIV-infected patient@ Rotary Kumara Park & Rotary City Center

Rotarians of Basaveshwarnagar at City Railway Station

he 4 th ed i t i on o f Bengaluru Midnight T

Marathon (BMM-2010) on December 11-12 was a resounding success. So much so, that we in RBITC have to start thinking of a much larger venue for BMM-2011 !

A big hurrah to the RBITC team who ensured that all went well,and most RBITCians chipping in with whatever they could, the event exceeded all expectations.

As many as 104 ran the Full Marathon as against just 46 in BMM 2009, while 612 took in the Half Marathon this year as against only 175 last year. In the IT City Fun Run of 5 km, 2202 runners took part this year as against 1180 last year. As many as 33 corporate teams took part in the BMM 2010 Corporate Relays as against 17 and there were 28 community teams in the community relay event, up from just 13 in BMM

Bengaluru Midnight Marathon 2010 - ALL-OUT HIT

The Valedictory Ceremony organized by Rotary Bangalore Vijayanagar & Rotary Bangalore Basaveswarnagar, was attended by DGN. Badri Prasad, District Director Rtn. Santhosh Nedungadi officers. KASAPS addressed the Rotarians and informed the projects which can be undertaken.

The Final Punch to the AIDS Awareness fortnight was given by Rotary Tumkur East during their Silver Jubliee Year Celebrations at the ICGF, 30 Rotaractors participated in the Two Wheeler Rally to create Awareness on AIDS / HIV in the main Streets of Tumkur. The Rally was flagged off by DISTRICT GOVERNOR Rtn. M.N.Suresh.

- Rtn.VIJAYAKUMAR K SChairman - Aids Awareness Committee

2009. For the Rotary Relay, 15 Rotary teams competed. Last of the marathoners finished at 6 a.m.

The total prize money for the half and full marathon winners was increased to Rs 2.80 lakh from Rs 1.80 lakh last year. Prizes and certificates were given away at the

largely-attended special Awards & Thank You Party held at the Fortune Hotel, the hospitality partners for BMM 2010 on December 19.

It was a great event with community building, youth part ic ipat ion, internat ional

participation and as well absolutely amazing event to build fellowship in club.

BMM 2010 Winners of ROTARY CUP RELAY;1) Rotary Lake Side, 2) Rotary Indira Nagar, 3) IT Corridor

SAHASTA VOL : 34, ISSUE : 710 11JANUARY

Dashamanothsava – What a majestic word! and What A majestic year it was – The celebration of the 10th year of formation of Rotary Udyog. The club which created a big project of their own venue even in the very early years & surpassed it by bigger projects ending the year by honoring the great sun-of-the-soil who fights for the cause of community in great zeal, relentlessly- Lokayuktha N. Santhosh Hegde.

The year started commited to complete ten big projects which are long term in nature & would define the future of Rotary Bangalore Udyog; would define the activity of Udyog for a very long time to come.

The new meeting hall for which British Biological Lab has contributed hugely & the clinic useful to about five lakhs employees of peenya for which PIA has partnered with udyog is testimony to this.

ICGF on Vocational Service, RUSI AWARDS –recognizing the best small Entrepreneur, Donating Note Books worth Rs. 2.4 lakhs to about fifteen schools, donation of fifty sewing machine to benefit the women of weaker section of the community at Madanapalli, Management Development Programs, Rotaract club installation, Nagarabhavi club formation, were the other projects taken up during Dashamanothsava year.

Dashamanothsava

Inter Collegiate Model Lok Sabha Competition was organised by Rotary Bangalore Peenya on December 4th at YMCA, Bangalore. 10 colleges and 300 students participated.

The focus of the Model Lok Sabha is How should parliamentarians conduct themselves? How does one keep the best traditions of democracy alive amidst the thrust and parry of parliamentary politics? Each student-participant is thoroughly drilled in the whys and wherefores of parliamentary procedure;

She kept every person in the audience engrossed for a full 25 minutes with her speech. This was followed by the release of the District Souvenir by the District Governor Rtn. Manandi Suresh and he also spoke for a few minutes. The inaugural session ended with a formal vote of thanks from the IW District Vice Chairman, Ms. Amutha Suresh.

The Inaugural Session was followed by the Business Session.

Model Lok Sabha

1 Bangalore 222 4 622 Banashankari 30 4 403 Basaweshvernagar 41 2 754 Brigades 45 5 705 Cantonment 65 5 706 Central 37 5 407 City Centre 26 5 708 Cubbon Park 54 5 689 Diamond District 25 4 4010 Downtown 25 5 6011 East 48 4 5012 Garden City 24 5 4013 Hanumanthnagar 21 4 6014 Health City 26 5 5015 Highgrounds 78 4 5016 Indiranagar 119 4 8117 IT Corridor 45 5 7018 Jayanagar 31 5 6019 Jeevanbimanagar 30 3 4420 J.P.Nagar 67 7 6821 Junction 37 5 4222 Kalyan 17 4 3023 Knowledge City 25 3 2524 Koramangala 57 5 6025 Kumarapark 19 4 5026 Lake side 28 4 6027 Mahalakshmi 22 4 4428 Megacity 23 4 6329 Metro 32 5 5030 Midtown 102 5 5031 National Park 22 4 4032 Nelamangala 51 4 5033 North 63 5 4534 North West 42 4 6535 Orchards 87 4 4536 Peenya 51 5 5437 RR Nagar

Centennial 40 5 7038 Rajajinagar 38 5 7039 Rajmahal Vilas 82 5 4040 Ramamurthy Nagar 29 5 7541 R. T.Nagar 27 4 4042 Sadashivanagar 31 5 4043 Sahakaranagar 21 4 4044 South 106 4 6545 South East 29 45046 Southparade 25 53047 South West 62 4 5048 Udyog 107 45249 Vijayanagar 69 55050 West 66 53551 Whitefield 52 3 6852 Whitefield Central 26 7 6553 Vidyapeeta 38 5 30

ATTENDANCE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2010

54 Yelahanka 42 5 4555 Bharthi Nagar

Central 20 5 8556 Channapatna 19 4 8057 Chikkanayanahalli 38 5 4158 Gubbi 12 4 3859 Hoskote Central 21 4 3060 Huliyar 13 5 5061 Kanakapura 31 5 5062 Kengeri Upanagara 60 5 5263 Kolar 48 5 7564 Kolar Central 33 5 3565 Kolar Gold Fields 28 4 7066 Kyalanur 11 5 5067 Madanapalle 25 5 6868 Maddur 28 5 3069 Madhugiri 26 4 9070 Malavalli 25 4 3071 Mandya 50 5 7672 Nagamangala 19 4 4573 Nagarabhavi 3174 Pavagada 17 475 Punganur Central 33 5 6576 Ramanagaram 43 5 4377 Srikalahasti 33 5 8078 Tiptur 19 479 Tirupati 35 5 4580 Tirupati Greater

City 23 581 Tumkur 52 5 7082 Tumkur Central 84 5 6083 Tumur East 61 4 6084 Tumkur City 54 4085 Vijayapura 33 4 7086 Vasathapura 32

S.L. Club Member on No. of Attn. %No. Name 30-11-2011 Meeting

the question hour, the zero hour, adjournment motions, presentation of bills... at each turn the participants are taught the difference between what happens now in Parliament and what ought to have been the conduct of the MP's.

The Model Lok Sabha lays great emphasis on energetic debates that follow strict rules of dignity and decorum. At the end of the program awards were given to the ̀ best parliamentarian', the ̀ best party' and best speakers from each ̀ party.'

RC Udyog

Community Care Center at Bijapur, they needed a less sophisticated, smaller ambulance that will be strong enough to withstand the uneven terrain of village roads.

TATA Winger Ambulance was identified as the ideal vehicle for this purpose. This vehicle was fitted with the requirements of a basic ambulance and its on-road cost is Rs. 6.80 Lakhs.

S.L. Club Member on No. of Attn. %No. Name 30-11-2011 Meeting

SAHASTA

The District Conference of Inner Wheel District 319The District Conference of Inner Wheel District 319 was held on December 18, 2010 at Unnati Auditorium in the beautiful environs of the Mahila Seva Samaja premises in Basavanagudi, Bangalore. After a wonderfully orchestrated welcome to the Chief Guest of the day, Ms. Hema Ravichandar, the District Governor of Rotary District 3190, Rtn. Manandi Suresh, and the District Executive officers, and other members and guests, the meeting began with a melodious invocation, followed by the Inner Wheel prayer. The District Chairman, Renu Iyer, formally welcomed the gathering and soon it was time for the keynote address by the Chief Guest, Ms. Hema Ravichandar.

DG Rtn. Suresh Manandi graced the handing-over function held on 4th December, 2010 at the Rotary Bangalore Midtown, and handed over the keys of the Ambulance to the representative of The Sisters of St Joseph of Tarbes (SJT), Sr. Philomena Cardoza, in rural Bijapur .

Bijapur District is utterly impoverished

with alarming statistics of HIV/AIDS. Villages are poorly connected and roads are almost non-existent. For these Sisters to reach out to patients suffering from HIV/AIDS and rush them to the

Ambulance forHIV/AIDS patients

Rotary Bangalore Midtown

CONTENTS:Section-1 : List and contact details,

Section-2 : video speeches,

Section-3 : power point presentations,

of Non-Rotary and Rotary speakers.

new videos—in English, Kannada & Telugu— added

on Rotary subjects, developed in Telugu, Kannada and English .

now available Rs. 100/- only

100

SPEAKERS BANK SECOND EDITIONSPEAKERS BANK SECOND EDITION

New Videos

Telugu Video &

presentation added

Arranging Speakers for weekly mtgs….no longer a problem !

Contact - PP. Ashok Shanbhag, Chairman, Speakers' Bank.Mob: 98802-41273,

- PP. Ananth H.R, Dist. Dir., Club ServiceMob:93422-09830,

ashokshanbhag@hotmail.com

rtn.hrananth@gmail.com

SAHASTA VOL : 34, ISSUE : 710 11JANUARY

Dashamanothsava – What a majestic word! and What A majestic year it was – The celebration of the 10th year of formation of Rotary Udyog. The club which created a big project of their own venue even in the very early years & surpassed it by bigger projects ending the year by honoring the great sun-of-the-soil who fights for the cause of community in great zeal, relentlessly- Lokayuktha N. Santhosh Hegde.

The year started commited to complete ten big projects which are long term in nature & would define the future of Rotary Bangalore Udyog; would define the activity of Udyog for a very long time to come.

The new meeting hall for which British Biological Lab has contributed hugely & the clinic useful to about five lakhs employees of peenya for which PIA has partnered with udyog is testimony to this.

ICGF on Vocational Service, RUSI AWARDS –recognizing the best small Entrepreneur, Donating Note Books worth Rs. 2.4 lakhs to about fifteen schools, donation of fifty sewing machine to benefit the women of weaker section of the community at Madanapalli, Management Development Programs, Rotaract club installation, Nagarabhavi club formation, were the other projects taken up during Dashamanothsava year.

Dashamanothsava

Inter Collegiate Model Lok Sabha Competition was organised by Rotary Bangalore Peenya on December 4th at YMCA, Bangalore. 10 colleges and 300 students participated.

The focus of the Model Lok Sabha is How should parliamentarians conduct themselves? How does one keep the best traditions of democracy alive amidst the thrust and parry of parliamentary politics? Each student-participant is thoroughly drilled in the whys and wherefores of parliamentary procedure;

She kept every person in the audience engrossed for a full 25 minutes with her speech. This was followed by the release of the District Souvenir by the District Governor Rtn. Manandi Suresh and he also spoke for a few minutes. The inaugural session ended with a formal vote of thanks from the IW District Vice Chairman, Ms. Amutha Suresh.

The Inaugural Session was followed by the Business Session.

Model Lok Sabha

1 Bangalore 222 4 622 Banashankari 30 4 403 Basaweshvernagar 41 2 754 Brigades 45 5 705 Cantonment 65 5 706 Central 37 5 407 City Centre 26 5 708 Cubbon Park 54 5 689 Diamond District 25 4 4010 Downtown 25 5 6011 East 48 4 5012 Garden City 24 5 4013 Hanumanthnagar 21 4 6014 Health City 26 5 5015 Highgrounds 78 4 5016 Indiranagar 119 4 8117 IT Corridor 45 5 7018 Jayanagar 31 5 6019 Jeevanbimanagar 30 3 4420 J.P.Nagar 67 7 6821 Junction 37 5 4222 Kalyan 17 4 3023 Knowledge City 25 3 2524 Koramangala 57 5 6025 Kumarapark 19 4 5026 Lake side 28 4 6027 Mahalakshmi 22 4 4428 Megacity 23 4 6329 Metro 32 5 5030 Midtown 102 5 5031 National Park 22 4 4032 Nelamangala 51 4 5033 North 63 5 4534 North West 42 4 6535 Orchards 87 4 4536 Peenya 51 5 5437 RR Nagar

Centennial 40 5 7038 Rajajinagar 38 5 7039 Rajmahal Vilas 82 5 4040 Ramamurthy Nagar 29 5 7541 R. T.Nagar 27 4 4042 Sadashivanagar 31 5 4043 Sahakaranagar 21 4 4044 South 106 4 6545 South East 29 45046 Southparade 25 53047 South West 62 4 5048 Udyog 107 45249 Vijayanagar 69 55050 West 66 53551 Whitefield 52 3 6852 Whitefield Central 26 7 6553 Vidyapeeta 38 5 30

ATTENDANCE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2010

54 Yelahanka 42 5 4555 Bharthi Nagar

Central 20 5 8556 Channapatna 19 4 8057 Chikkanayanahalli 38 5 4158 Gubbi 12 4 3859 Hoskote Central 21 4 3060 Huliyar 13 5 5061 Kanakapura 31 5 5062 Kengeri Upanagara 60 5 5263 Kolar 48 5 7564 Kolar Central 33 5 3565 Kolar Gold Fields 28 4 7066 Kyalanur 11 5 5067 Madanapalle 25 5 6868 Maddur 28 5 3069 Madhugiri 26 4 9070 Malavalli 25 4 3071 Mandya 50 5 7672 Nagamangala 19 4 4573 Nagarabhavi 3174 Pavagada 17 475 Punganur Central 33 5 6576 Ramanagaram 43 5 4377 Srikalahasti 33 5 8078 Tiptur 19 479 Tirupati 35 5 4580 Tirupati Greater

City 23 581 Tumkur 52 5 7082 Tumkur Central 84 5 6083 Tumur East 61 4 6084 Tumkur City 54 4085 Vijayapura 33 4 7086 Vasathapura 32

S.L. Club Member on No. of Attn. %No. Name 30-11-2011 Meeting

the question hour, the zero hour, adjournment motions, presentation of bills... at each turn the participants are taught the difference between what happens now in Parliament and what ought to have been the conduct of the MP's.

The Model Lok Sabha lays great emphasis on energetic debates that follow strict rules of dignity and decorum. At the end of the program awards were given to the ̀ best parliamentarian', the ̀ best party' and best speakers from each ̀ party.'

RC Udyog

Community Care Center at Bijapur, they needed a less sophisticated, smaller ambulance that will be strong enough to withstand the uneven terrain of village roads.

TATA Winger Ambulance was identified as the ideal vehicle for this purpose. This vehicle was fitted with the requirements of a basic ambulance and its on-road cost is Rs. 6.80 Lakhs.

S.L. Club Member on No. of Attn. %No. Name 30-11-2011 Meeting

SAHASTA

The District Conference of Inner Wheel District 319The District Conference of Inner Wheel District 319 was held on December 18, 2010 at Unnati Auditorium in the beautiful environs of the Mahila Seva Samaja premises in Basavanagudi, Bangalore. After a wonderfully orchestrated welcome to the Chief Guest of the day, Ms. Hema Ravichandar, the District Governor of Rotary District 3190, Rtn. Manandi Suresh, and the District Executive officers, and other members and guests, the meeting began with a melodious invocation, followed by the Inner Wheel prayer. The District Chairman, Renu Iyer, formally welcomed the gathering and soon it was time for the keynote address by the Chief Guest, Ms. Hema Ravichandar.

DG Rtn. Suresh Manandi graced the handing-over function held on 4th December, 2010 at the Rotary Bangalore Midtown, and handed over the keys of the Ambulance to the representative of The Sisters of St Joseph of Tarbes (SJT), Sr. Philomena Cardoza, in rural Bijapur .

Bijapur District is utterly impoverished

with alarming statistics of HIV/AIDS. Villages are poorly connected and roads are almost non-existent. For these Sisters to reach out to patients suffering from HIV/AIDS and rush them to the

Ambulance forHIV/AIDS patients

Rotary Bangalore Midtown

CONTENTS:Section-1 : List and contact details,

Section-2 : video speeches,

Section-3 : power point presentations,

of Non-Rotary and Rotary speakers.

new videos—in English, Kannada & Telugu— added

on Rotary subjects, developed in Telugu, Kannada and English .

now available Rs. 100/- only

100

SPEAKERS BANK SECOND EDITIONSPEAKERS BANK SECOND EDITION

New Videos

Telugu Video &

presentation added

Arranging Speakers for weekly mtgs….no longer a problem !

Contact - PP. Ashok Shanbhag, Chairman, Speakers' Bank.Mob: 98802-41273,

- PP. Ananth H.R, Dist. Dir., Club ServiceMob:93422-09830,

ashokshanbhag@hotmail.com

rtn.hrananth@gmail.com

From The DG's Desk

Message from RI Pres. Ray

Message from RIVP Thorfinnson

Inside :First Lady Speak .......................2RI President's Rep. ...................2John Hewko (Gen. Secy.) .........2

SAHASTA Dist. Conference....3Conf. Speakers & Entertainment4ICGF Community Service .......5Clubs in Service ...................6-7

Model Lok Sabha .................10Dashamanothsava ...............10Attendance .........................11Yesudas–Hridaya Raaga.......12

Emperor's Day (Japan)...........8Midnight Marathon 2010......9AIDS Awareness .....................9IW Conf. ...............................10

SAHASTAÛ¸ÀºÀ¸À 嶪¶¬¶ªVol. 34, Issue 7. Jan. 2011

District Conference Participants,

Judie and I are pleased to welcome you to the 2010-11

district conference for your respective part of the Rotary world. I attended my first district conference as an outbound Rotary scholar in 1960, and Judie and I probably have attended more

than 100 such conferences since that time. As a result, we are firm believers in the value of such annual meetings!

District conferences are a tradition in Rotary, and they continue to provide information and motivation for countless Rotarians and their guests every year. They are the leading opportunity for Rotary club members to learn about the size and scope of Rotary beyond their own clubs. Most club members become even better Rotarians when they attend their district conferences and learn more about the amazing service projects and the wonderful internationality of Rotary around the world.

We also wish to express our appreciation to the district governors and the district conference committees for their good work in planning and implementing the conference programs. We know from experience that district conferences require productive team work, and we appreciate the district leaders' efforts to combine Rotary information and inspiration along with fun, fellowship, and networking.

I have encouraged Rotarians this year to develop a culture of innovation in their Rotary clubs and districts, and I hope the clubs

Dear Rotary Leaders,

My wife Srimathi and I hope that all of you enjoyed Christmas and the new year celebrations.

The month of December saw Rotary in full action and indeed it was a busy month for me and Srimathi. Nevertheless we enjoyed it very much.

The ICGF “SPANDANA” on community service, an event managed by Rotary Tumkur East, was organised ably and meticulously. The ICGF had a record attendance and I could see every one of them thoroughly enjoying the proceedings, the excellent fellowship and a delicious lunch. My hearty congratulations to the organisers.

The polio zonal meet at Kolar was well organised. The national immunisation days are scheduled on January 23 & Feb. 27. Let us all participate in large numbers and make the event a grand success.

I completed in December, 18 Governors official visits and with this I have completed 70 GOVs.I wish to place on record, the hospitality and affection showered on me and my wife during all the GOVs. Our grateful thanks to all of you.

The volleyball tournament o r g a n i s e d b y R o t a r y ,

Dear DG Manandi andfellow Rotarians,

I truly look forward to my visit to Bangalore and to my attendance at the District 3190 Conference. It is an honor and a privilege to serve as the President's Representative to your conference and to meet all of you.

I know under the leadership of DG Manandi that you are progressing nicely so far this year in growing Rotary in your district both in terms of membership and in terms of support to those in need. I applaud you for your efforts to date and look forward to hearing from each of you first-hand about your efforts to make this a better world. I hope to learn more about your culture, your country and your service to those in need. I am sure I will learn how our Rotary experiences may differ. However, I am sure my experience will reaffirm for me the similarities in our core values of diversity, leadership, integrity, service & fellowship.

I look forward greatly to enjoying your tremendous hospitality and will see you in February. Between now and then I wish you a wonderful new year.

SincerelyTom Thorfinnson, RIVPContd. on 2 page…

Contd. on 2 page…

Yesudas—Hridaya Raaga

Governor’s Monthly Letter

R.I. president's Representative

RI District 3190

C o m i n g t o g e t h e r t o g i v e h e a l t h a n d h a p p i n e s s

Hridaya RaagaProgram

16 Feb. 2011Tripuravasini,

Palace Grounds,Bangalore

Come with family & friends

Enjoy the Musical Evening

& contribute to the service of

humanity !!

A unique event, a first of its kind in Karnataka, your opportunity to see all the well known musicians and film stars in action, participating in Hridaya-Raaga, a musical extravaganza, led by Dr. K J Yesudas.

An entertaining evening with a purpose; the entire proceeds of this program, after expenses, will be used for Health care projects of ROTARY.

The topmost lighting and orchestra will make the evening memorable, adding light and sound to the presentation by artists.

Leading TV Channel will be our Channel partner and Vijaya Karnataka will be the Media partner, to showcase the event to the entire world —a fantastic opportunity to advertise products and services.

Come join hands. Let us make this a historic event.

An opportunity for you to raise funds for YOUR CLUB. Don't Miss it.

Sale of tickets Sponsorships

Stalls, Banners Special enclosure Donor Passes

Special Recognition Opportunities

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Designed, edited and published by Dist. Publication Committee Members–Sampath Kumaran BN, Deepak S, Vasuki KN, Bhaskar BK, Prabhu DV, Srimatesh K, Raji Radhakrishnan, Roopa Venkatesh, Phiroze Bharda B, Vijayakumar K, Nalini Nanjundayya, Ranganath Halthore.

Printed at Bangalore-18. e-mail : bangalorepress@gmail.com

on behalf of District Governor Rtn. MN Suresh. Editor–Purnimaa Ranganath, Advisor– Ananth HR, Chair.– Srinivas S,

THE BANGALORE PRESS,

Rotary Gubbi Rotary Kolar Rotary Ramnagarm Rotary Bangalore RRNagar

RB South West

Jayashree (Director)

AG Shashidhar NR

VRRamesh (Foundation)Rotary Vasanthapura

Congratulations of winners of Awards for the month of DecemberCongratulations of winners of Awards for the month of DecemberR. Guruprasad

Polio

Vimala MallappaYouth

RB Midtown RotaryTumkur East

For details contact : Chairman Rtn. HR AnanthCo-Chair Rtn VR Ramesh

On Jan. 12th, Dr. Jesudas personally came down to Bangalore to address a press conference. He made a fervent appeal to the media & the public to support the ‘Hridaya Raaga’ event, With him were renowned film star Shivaram, Film Director KSL Swamy, DG MN Suresh & Chair HR Ananth .

All leading newspapers, and even outstation papers, such as Deccan Herald, Indian Express, Hindu, Prajavani, Vijaya Karnataka, Mysore Mitra, etc., give wide and visible publicity. The press briefing was also covered by many Kannada TV Channels.

Spend your holiday on 16th Feb 2011 (Id-Meelad) enjoying this program

If undelivered please return to Rtn. HR Ananth, No 88, Mysore Road, Bangalore-18

RC Bangalore