Volume XXXXII No. 13 Dated: September 26, 2017

PROGRAMME

Joint Meeting with Clubs of Zone 3 To celebrate Dussehra with Shero Shayari

Date: September 29, 2017 (Friday) | Time: 6.15 p.m. Venue: Hotel Shivalikview, Sector 17, Chandigarh

Shradhanjali to our Charter President Late Dr. B.D. Gupta

In our regular meeting on September 22, 2017 President

Rtn. Dr. Rita Kalra requested our senior most Past

President Rtn. B.L. Ramsisaria to pay „shrandhanjali‟ to

our Charter President (First President in 1977-78), Dr.

B.D. Gupta who passed away on September 17, 2017.

PP Ramsisaria paid rich tributes to Dr. B.D. Gupta with

whom he had 42 years of friendship, which started from

Frankfurt airport in Germany, where they both had met

for the first time, and came to know about each other,

and also that they both belonged to Chandigarh. After

that they used to meet practically every day, and also

shared their common interest in Indian classical music.

In Dr. Gupta‟s demise, not only we have lost our Charter

President, but India too has lost a doctor of great

eminence. In our club he was closely associated through

his prestigious Home Care Nursing project.

Born in 1934 in Agra, Dr. Gupta did his MBBS from the

Medical College, Agra. After that, he went on to do his

post-graduation in radiology (combined radio-diagnosis

and radiotherapy). He obtained his FRCR degree from

London and later, came back to India to exclusively

practice radiotherapy and oncology.

For a short period of time, Dr. B.D. Gupta worked at the

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New

Delhi. After this he joined the PGIMER in 1971 and set-

up the world class Radiotherapy Department in PGI.

About 10 years ago when PP Ramsisaria took his wife

Late Sulochana for cancer treatment to Tata Hospital in

Mumbai, there he was adviced to go to the Radiotherapy

Department in PGI which has all the facilities as

available in the Tata Hospital. This speaks a lot about Dr.

Gupta‟s contribution to this Department in PGI.

One minute silence was observed in the meeting as a mark

of respect and to pay homage to Late Dr. B.D. Gupta.

Lifestyle diseases: It’s your life profile that matters

President Dr. Rita Kalra welcomed the chief guest Dr.

Manjushree Sharma, and remarked, “With the start of

festival season, we want to take care of our health and

stay healthy.” A presentation of management of life style

Dr. Manjushree Sharma

diseases was given by Dr.

Manjushree, who was

earlier a Rotary Ann of our

club, and she will become

R‟ann again. Her husband,

Dr. Anurag Sharma, an

expert Cardiologist, who

left our club two years ago

due to his professional

constraints, is likely to re-

join our club very soon.

Dr. Manjushree Sharma was formally introduced by

Rtn. Dr. Rajinder K. Sharma. Manjushree did her

MBBS in 1994 from Govt. Medical College Patiala,

Post Graduate Diploma in 2006 in Preventive &

Promotion Health care from Apollo Hospital,

Hyderabad. In 2008 she did her Masters in Hospital

Management from Osmania University Hyderabad and

stood first in all the four semesters. She is now Asst.

Professor at Institute of Applied Management Sciences,

Panjab University, Chandigarh. From 2009 she has been

imparting training in Hospital Administration to the

medical officers of Haryana Civil services. She has

presented number of papers and has been invited for

lectures at different national and international venues

and has number of publications to her credit.

Please

note the

change

in time

Shradhanjali to Dr. B.D.

Gupta by PP B.L. Ramsisaria

Melodious invocation by

Rtn. Dr. Manisha Sahni

Rtn. Dr. Rajinder K. Sharma

introduces the chief guest

Vote of thanks by

PP R.K. Luther

Dr. Rajinder Sharma had made a candid observation that being

dominated by buearucracy, doctors cannot become good

administrators. However, he clarified that there are some

exceptions, and our President Dr. Rita Kalra is one such doctor

who is a capable administrator.

In her impressive presentation Dr. Manjushree Sharma stated,

“India is no longer a poor country. We have entered the elite of

the western world.” But this has also brought to us some lifestyle

diseases which are fatal.

61% of deaths in India are because of Non-communicable

diseases (NCD). 23% of population in India is at risk of pre-

mature death from NCD. Cancer, Diabetes and Heart disease

account for 55% of premature mortality in age group 30-69 years.

PP R.K. Luther presents a memento to Dr. Manjushree

Sharma. Looking on are Dr. Anurag Sharma, President

Dr. Rita Kalra and Secretary Rtn. Jeeten Bhambri

Cardiovascular diseases (coronary heart disease, stroke, and hypertension) contribute to 45% of NCD deaths. She

highlighted the various aspects of lifestyle diseases like stress, hypertension, obesity and metabolic syndrome. She said

Indians are amongst the laziest in the world! A 46 country study at Stanford has shown that we are ranked at 39, with

people averaging just 4,297 steps a day. Rampant westernization of our diet, refined food epidemic, food adulteration

and pollution also contributes to NCD. Another glaring fact pointed out by Dr. Manjushree is Psycho-social stress.

Young people are depressed, alone, and ignored. Those who are working are overworked and stressed. Old people are

depressed, being alone and ignored.

Stress leads to moderate risk of developing cardiovascular disease, even if you don‟t smoke and do not consume

alcohol. Dr. Manjushree adviced to get the risk factors evaluated, find out your risk category and plan your lifestyle accordingly. She concluded with remarks, “Wishing you good health, and wisdom to put that to good use.”

Invitation from Shivalik

President Mrs. Rtn. Manjit Hundal, Secretary

Rtn. Brig. J.C. Sharma and Rtn. Aneesh

Bhanot of Rotary Chandigarh Shivalik

attended our last weekly meeting with an

invitation for „Rotary Dinner in the Dark‟, a

fundraiser for visually impaired, on 02.10.17

at 8 p.m. at Sip „n‟ Dine, Sector 7, Madhya

Marg, Chandigarh. For more information call

9815861919 or 9815047017.

Exchange of Flags in USA

Rtn. Shuchi Thakur attended the meeting and also exchanged club flags

with President Michelle of Rotary Club of Wall Street, New York. Shuchi

has initiated some projects also, hoping to get these through

Dr. Manjushree Sharma presents

birthday gift to Rtn. Arjan Singh, who is

accompanied by R’ann Parveen

Dr. Manjushree Sharma presents birthday

gift to R’ann Urmil Luther accompanied

by PP R.K. Luther

Dr. Manjushree Sharma and President

Dr. Rita Kalra present punctuality award

to PP Dr. V.J.S. Vohra

President Dr. Rita Kalra congratulates PP Dr. V.J.S. Vohra

PE Rtn. Ashok Puri & R’ann Sudha thank Rotarians, specially

President Dr. Rita Kalra and Rtn. Dr. Sanjay Kalra for taking care

during his illness, before which they took part in badminton

tournament and got prizes also, being now presented to them

Do Boond Zindagi Ki – Polio Free India

Pulse Polio Vaccination drive, aimed to maintain Polio-Free India. On 17.09.2017 President Dr. Rita Kalra, accompanied by Rtn.

Renu Chopra, Rtn. Salil Chopra and young Interactors joined the Polio team at Civil Hospital, Sector 6, Panchkula

Swachhta abhiyan

President Dr. Rita Kalra, Rtn. Renu Chopra, Rtn. Salil Chopra and a group

of Interactors at Civil Hospital, Sector 6, Panchkula

Literacy and Tailoring Centre, Faidan

Handed over raw material for making gift pouches

Award for PP R.K. Luther, Director Vocational Service

Rtn. Anupam Jain participated in Inner Wheel

function at Shimla as ‘Rani Padmavati’, and won

a special prize

Honored for their support in Rotary year 2016-17 on behalf of IPP Amarjit Singh

President Dr. Rita Kalra and chief guest Dr. Manjushree Sharma present awards to Rtn. Dev Jeet Singh, Rtn. Dr. Rajinder K.

Sharma and Rtn. Dr. Harinder Jit Kaur

Heartiest Congratulations Dr. Sanjay Kalra

Rtn. Dr. Sanjay Kalra was bestowed with the prestigious

Doyen of Healthcare Award by The Tribune on 25.09.2017

at J.W. Marriott by Capt. Amarinder Singh, Honorable Chief

Minister of Punjab. Dr. Sanjay is the only Dentist chosen for

this award amongst the 19 health care providers from the

North who were honored by the Chief Minister.

Digital Literacy Centre at Kusht Ashram

Digital Literacy Centre and adult education was inaugurated

on 23.09.2017 by PP D.P. Khandelia at Kusht Ashram

(Leper‟s Colony), Sector 47, Chandigarh.

Furniture was donated by Rtn. Anupam Jain. 5 Computers

were donated PP D.P. Khandelia, Rtn. Nitin Kapur and Rtn.

Dr. Sanjay Kalra. 30 persons have registered for this centre.

Present in the above

project were PP R.K.

Luther, Rtn. Kulbir

Singh Bhatia, IPP

Amarjit Singh, PP

B.L. Ramsisaria, PP

D.P. Khandelia, Rtn.

Prof. Subhash Vats,

President Dr. Rita

Kalra, PE Ashok Puri

Rtn. Dr. Harinder Jit Kaur, R‟ann Sudha Puri, Rtn. Nitin

Kapur, PP R.T.P.S. Tulsi and PP Vinod Jawa.

Birthday of Spouses

R’ann Gulshan October 02 R’ann Neena Setya October 03 R’ann Manju Jain October 04 R’ann Gagan Meet October 04

Birthday of Rotarians Rtn. Praveen Khosla October 01 Rtn. Dr. Col. V.K. Kapoor October 03 PP Rtn. Dr. S.K. Sharma October 03 Rtn. Rajesh Mahajan October 04

Wedding Anniversary R’ann Veena & PP Rtn. Subhash Bindra September 30 R’ann Ranjana & PP Rtn. R.T.P.S. Tulsi October 03

Punctuality award Won by PP Rtn. Dr. V.J.S. Vohra