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Third Edition of Semi Annual Newsletter - TCS Maitree Toastmasters Club, Mumbai (#616631)
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Editorial
I nside this issue
Like It Happened Yesterday….…........3
Innocent Inspirations………….……...4
People Speak………………………….6
Anyone Can Design………..………….7
Golden Gavel Celebrations…...………9
Qualitative Vs. Quantitative Growth...10
easy-Speak………….……..………….11
Two Sides of Branding……………….12
Humorous Speech Contest ………….13
Marathon Session…………...….…….14
Achievements………………...………15
Know Your Ex-com…………………...18
DCP……………………………...…….20
Follow us……………….………….….21
Dear Readers,
In the era of technology where a phone is smarter than
people, we briefly pause to unravel the sumptuous and joyous
world which we Toastmasters have created. Welcome to the
third edition of Communiqué!
We have news for you from all around the globe. A new
Division K has been formed under District 41 and we are now in
Area K1, Division K, and to add to this joy, our Immediate Past
President Toastmaster Mohit Chhabra was appointed as the
Area Governor by the District Trio. Due to his undisputed
excellence in professional life, he has been deputed to London.
We wish him all the best and a great life ahead.
This newsletter is not your normal pdf, instead it is an engage-
ment platform for you to connect with other members and
each other. Together, let’s make this a truly successful interac-
tive platform.
We would like to thank each and every member of our club for
their efforts in helping our club scale newer heights and for
their enthusiasm.
From all of us in the editorial team – happy reading!
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Please send your feedback, comments
and creative ideas for future issues to:
Editorial Team
Indrajit, Nitin, Shatabdi & Surabhi
Nitin Adlakha
He loves travelling, exploring
places, clicking photographs
and making new connections.
While riding down the slope on my bicycle from Kanheri Caves, drizzles
bestowed upon me the peace, tranquility and some faded memories. The
memories.. the memories of my childhood days, I took the bicycle on the road
during downpour and got wet. The sweet scent of sand filled my nostril with
an aroma undefined, magic unseen and serenity uncontrolled. I just want to
go home, my inner instinct whispered to me, for a holiday to ride bicycle again
on those waterlogged roads, for a couple of days to relive those moments.
How I wished, I could … Only if wishes were horses..!! I know I can’t time
travel and go back in the past, but yes riding down Kanheri Caves in the rain
did make me feel Like It Happened Yesterday.
The first time you confess someone that you like her and then thinking about
something which is never going to happen. All those words said, and some left
unsaid still makes me feel Like It Happened Yesterday.
During college days, each one of us had a tight budget. With that tight budget,
heading out with a bunch of friends and locating the economical restaurant
makes me feel Like It Happened Yesterday. Yes, we did find one. The Indian
Coffee House. It was best suited for our budget and the flavor of dosa is still
afresh deep down inside me. How we used to order different snacks and then
grab the piece from each other’s plate: Like It Happened Yesterday.
First day at office, the mesmerizing eyes which I saw at the other end of the
corridor still makes me feel Like It Happened Yesterday.
There are many other things which makes each one of us feel Like It
Happened Yesterday. Therefore, it is always better to jot them down. So that,
one day you might find it lying somewhere in between your office files and the
reminiscence of those imprinted words will carve out a smile and make you
feel how fast the time flies but it still feels Like It Happened Yesterday.
L ike It Happened Yesterday
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I feel like it was yesterday, when I
entered into my first class, I wore
my first dress, I rode my first
bicycle, I went to my first college, I
attempted my first exam and
many more incidents. The list is
never ending and can not be
forgotten. However, there are
many things, which keep dangling
around in our mind for no reason.
“Those mesmerizing
eyes at the far end of the office
corridor still makes me feel
Like It Happened
Yesterday!”
thewanderingthoughts.com
Surabhi Kinariwala
She started her Toastmasters
journey 8 months ago and is
enjoying every moment of it.
She likes writing and at Toast-
masters it makes her happy
when people hear what she
writes.
Binary world and Music are
her companions. She has re-
cently developed interest in
football and her team won
Standard Chartered Corpo-
rate Soccer Tournament held
across Mumbai.
I nnocent Inspirations Think about your fondest and most
beloved memory.
For a brief moment, feel the way you
felt then. Think about the thoughts
that you had, take in the people
around you, and just let yourself be
absorbed by this one special moment.
Did the memory that make you smile
also make you wonder whether you
could be a child again??
If yes, then we are on the same page. I
love to be around kids and observe
them. I truly believe that they
unknowingly give us simple solutions
for life’s biggest problems.
I will share a few examples from my
observations and learning.
* Fight but Forgive:
As children we never gave up trying to
be the first one to bat in a game of
cricket or to prove that our doll is the
prettiest one among all our friends.
Even as adults we try harder to get
what we think we deserve, the only
difference being that we quit a little
early now. I also remember how easily
I would resolve a fight with my friends
without holding grudges against
them. Forgiving my siblings or friends
just for a kiss and hug from my mother
was the biggest achievement.
The price we pay for being matured
adults is a pure heart.
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* Be Fearless
My nephew has a record of breaking
toys or anything that he has access to,
each day. He also holds a degree in
discovering different ways to bruise
himself.
Getting hurt or breaking toys is not
what I learn from the kiddy, being
fearless of the consequences is what
he teaches me. To be more precise, I
am talking about the many fears that
we humans learn over the course of
our lives, fears that are simple illusions
like the fear of the unknown, fear of
being judged, fear of rejection and the
fear of what the future might bring.
One of the secrets to achieve success
and happiness is to do what we want
to without the fear of failure and
criticism.
* Be oneself
As a child, it always made us unhappy
when someone enacted the same
character as we did in a fancy dress
competition.
As adults we are stuck in a world with
people having herd mentality, where
almost everyone wants to be the best
but only a few dare to take a different
path.
“Don't dare to be different, dare to be yourself - if that doesn't make you different then something is wrong.”
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We compare our life with that of our friends, colleagues
and relatives and mourn on our life being the saddest.
We tend to change ourselves in the peer pressure. All
these actions lead to only life getting more miserable
each day.
A child always wants to be different than what his
companions are. They teach us to be individuals in
thoughts and deeds and not imitate others. As kids even
identical twins want to look different, we are still
different individuals.
Don't dare to be
different, dare to be
yourself - if that doesn't
make you different then
something is wrong.
* Believe in God and his
miracles
Santa Claus, Harry Potter,
Krissh, Doraemon!!
Do they exist in the real
world?
I can bet my life on it that no adult however smart or
educated he/ she is can prove to a child that these things
are just imaginary characters.
A child believes in God as told by his elders and he trusts
that there is a divine power to protect him from all
harms. The power of imagination that children are
blessed with and the belief they have in magic and
miracles makes them the world's most happy, adorable
and lucky beings.
Keep an Open Mind – A child’s mind is wide open to all
that world has to offer. Kids make most of their
judgments strictly based on first hand experience. Few
external influences are present in their lives long enough
to poison their judgment, but they are always ready to
try something new.
As we hit adulthood we become creatures of habit,
comfortable in the familiarity of our surroundings. We
shy away from anything with an unfamiliar taste. In
doing so, we walk away from numerous opportunities
and positive experiences.
A mind is like a parachute. It works only when it is open.
* Be Happy and Enjoy Life’s Simple Pleasures
Put a kid in a puddle and watch him
cheerfully splash around. Give a kid
permission to chase the cat around
the house for a couple of minutes,
the giggles will be contagious. Or
just tickle a kid until he is beet red
from laughter. All of these are
simple things that children love to
partake in. It should serve as a
reminder that some of the best
things in life are free.
“A child can teach an adult:
1. To be happy for no reason.
2. To be busy with something,
3. To know how to demand with all his might that
which he desires.”
So next time you see a child, just smile back at him and
say Thank you.
“A mind is like a parachute, it works only when it is open.”
To: Indrajit Suryawanshi <[email protected]>, M Chhabra
From: Arvind Nair <[email protected]>
Date: 07/25/2013 04:37PM
Subject: OTP held on 21st July
Dear Indrajit / Mohit:
Thank you and the wonderful team at TCS for arranging,
organizing and conducting the OTP in your premises on 21st
July, 2013. Though the numbers looked frightening, your eye
for detailing helped the event to be conducted without a glitch.
Arvind
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P eople Speak
A nyone Can Design! “An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision” James Whistler
I truly believe in this and also that "Anyone can design" just like Gusteau's motto,
"Anyone can cook" from the Ratatouille movie. Since my childhood days I was
inclined towards sketching, painting and rendering. Whenever I would find leisure
time, I would watch cartoons and try to sketch those characters and paint with
water colors.
I always loved the paintings rendered with water colors because they exhibited
the clear thought process of the artist as how the image needs to be painted. I
used to help my school mates and college friends in their sketching assignments,
which helped me in developing my skills and I used to felt delighted. I design
things because I am immensely passionate about creativity, art and beauty. I nev-
er imagined that my passion towards creativity and art will provide me such an
admiration and respect from people after seeing my artworks.
I really value the appreciation and criticism provided on my designs and artworks
from the spectators. This provides me insights to improve my work and also moti-
vates me to create and design new things and artworks with better challenges to
be faced in terms of creativity, ideas and design. My commitment towards my
love that is to design is indestructible. I completed Diploma in Commercial Arts
and worked as Graphic Designer in different Design Studios.
TCS gave me an awesome opportunity to design applications for mobile platforms
like iOS, Android and Windows. I take pride to say that the marathon applications
like Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, TCS World 10K aka Bangalore Mara-
thon, TCS Amsterdam Marathon, BOA Chicago Marathon and BMW Berlin Mara-
thon are some of the packaged projects designed by me.
Shatabdi Paul
Witty by nature, an absolute
day dreamer was born in the
Hoogly District of West Ben-
gal. Loves music which is like
a drink for her soul. Breathe
movies as she feel the charac-
ters of the movie and like
blood, design flows in her.
A total Mumbaikar who never
stops even after seeing a road
block .
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I had the privilege of designing the TCS Rajasthan Royals mobile app. The feed-
back from the end users which are displayed on the Apple Appstore or Google
Play Store is crucial to me. I am a Certified Usability Analyst from Human factors
International. This helped me in understanding the usability and now I am advo-
cating usability in my work and in my team to ensure that designed applications
are more usable for the end users.
I am also grateful to TCS Maitree Toastmasters Club, Mumbai that I could show-
case my talent and creativity in the mailers that were designed based on the
theme of the sessions.
If you have the passion to do anything, you will succeed anyway no matter what-
soever challenges are put on your path.
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“A place where Celebrations never ends. Double the reasons double the fun!”
N ine Glorious Years and Golden Gavel Celebrations
"June 2, 2013 will reside in the memory lanes of TCS-
Maitree TM Club as a day dedicated to celebrations
and conviviality". Our
club completed 9 glori-
ous years and
achieved coveted
Golden Gavel award
for the very first time
since its inception in
June 2004. The Apt
venue chosen to mark
the merriment was
Sangam Auditorium at Yantra Park, Thane "
The session themed as “Celebrations” commenced
with a delicious breakfast. The vibe of celebrations
continued as Immediate Past President Mohit Chhabra
raised a toast for the occa-
sion. The session had it all,
the Prepared Speeches, the
Table Topics, Evaluations,
Mimicry, Songs and the Ex-
com installation ceremony.
Members were recognized
and awarded for their con-
tributions to the club. Sou-
venirs were distributed as a memento for the occasion.
The celebration concluded with a fabulous lunch.
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Namrata Srivastava CC, CL
Way back in 2011 when she
joined TCS, little did she know
that the organization had
something else to offer her
other than coding.
Full of positive thoughts and
attitude, Namrata loves trav-
elling and meeting people.
She loves to experiment in life
and believes in improving
herself by each passing day
Q ualitative v/s Quantitative
The months of spring; March and September usher with aureate ambiance for
the world but for the better part of the world it’s time for renewals of
Toastmasters membership.
“Submit on time (both required) October or April dues renewal “,”Add Four
new members “ “Add Four new more members “ 3/10 goals achieved for the
Distinguished Club program (DCP) .
Retaining the quantity of members especially in a Corporate Club is a real test
for the Club and the VPM in particular. While increasing the membership
strength is a challenge, levitating and maintaining the quality of club sessions is
a strenuous task. In a hoard to achieve the DCP goals or the coveted Golden
gavel, at times the clubs start focusing on reaching goals rather than achieving
the objectives.
A club’s standards for service must reflect the quality and reliability of the
Toastmasters program. Talking about quality, it is the standard of something as
measured against other things of a similar kind. It is also about meeting the
needs and expectations or it simply is fitness to the purpose.
Toastmasters’ annual measure for successful, quality clubs is the DCP but the
sessions, role plays, speeches, training programs and workshops, all should align
with the mission statement of Toastmasters International; empowering
members to become better orators and leader resulting in greater self-
confidence and personal growth. A well planned, attended and executed
meeting will inspire members to join and will ultimately lead to the Club’s
growth.
To raise the quality bar in a club:
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Add new members constantly to ensure inflow of fresh views and new ideas.
Do not count on past achievements to ensure continued success.
Along with speeches give weightage to evaluations and feedbacks.
Introduce elements of innovation and surprise in sessions to ensure sustainability of members and guests.
And finally create a positive and encouraging Club environment.
Let’s not just keep adding members or keep increasing the frequency of the sessions, let’s focus on the qualitative
growth of a club where every member is just not rushing towards achieving awards but becomes a better leader and a
better orator by every passing speech and role he undertakes. Let’s live and do not just exist and focus on precocity
rather than on numbers.
As Winston Churchill said, “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which
guarantees all others.” Your courage in championing high-quality meetings will result in achieving your goals to
become a better speaker and leader, and the club’s goal of being Distinguished… and beyond.
Chinmaya Dave, CL
A movie buff, a gamer, and a
so called "IT Professional", an
apparently quiet yet active
person, he loves to enthrall
people around with his subtle
sense of humor.
As an ex-VP-Education, he
feels elated to see people
fight for roles/speaker slots
for Club sessions. For him,
Toastmasters is a culture, a
learning hub and a way of life.
As he always says, "Once a
Toastmaster, forever a Toast-
master".
e asy-Speak Before we dig ourselves into what, when and where of easy-Speak, let me ask
two questions:
My first question is to the members of the Executive Committee of your Club:
How do you manage your Club’s meetings, and how easy is it to keep everyone
informed on the latest happenings?
And, my second question is to members who are not part of the Executive Com-
mittee: How easy is it to book a role for your Club’s next meeting, and get a con-
firmation about the same?
We will answer these questions, but let’s see where Toastmasters is heading to-
wards. A couple of months back, a mail from Toastmasters International popped
up in my mailbox. The mail was about the changes about to come in Toastmasters
International’s Education program. Use of online tools for enhancing the Club
experience is also part of the plan. And thus my first potential opportunity of in-
troducing easy-Speak to you and your Club.
easy-Speak is an automation tool for Toastmasters Clubs to help manage Club
business effectively. You might ask how, so here is a list of some of the features
of easy-Speak, and what it can do for your Club:
Meeting management: Create and edit meetings; delegate meeting rights; cus-
tomize agenda for special events; assign mentors (all it takes is one click); Assign
Communication and Leadership goals to members; approve/reject meeting roles.
A Club can add multiple locations too.
Membership management: Manage list of members, visitors, guests etc.; man-
age member profiles; send mails to a particular set of Toastmasters or guests; use
easy-Speak for promoting Toastmasters
Before we end, let me get back to those two questions:
If your answer to the first question is one of these – mail chains, Whatsapp, or
Facebook events – my friend, you are living in the Stone Age of the Automation
Era.
If your answer to the second question is one of these – “I did book, but my role
did not get confirmed”, “I often face trouble booking role” or “Some variation of
the first two answers” – my friends, easy-Speak is here to solve all your issues. 11
Suneel Agarwal
He is a Brand Architect, Busi-
ness Strategy Consultant,
Business Coach and a Serial
Entrepreneur.
He conducts workshops and
sessions on Branding, Leader-
ship, Team Building and Trans-
formation.
With three decades of experi-
ence, Suneel has created suc-
cessful service-oriented busi-
nesses and cultivated strong
brands including Johnson &
Johnson, Castrol, Dunlop,
Kingfisher and ITC amongst
others.
T wo Sides of Branding
If your last birthday cake was flooded with candles, chances are that
you believe more in content. However if you had fewer candles, it
suggests that probably you believe more in packaging.
For ages, people and businesses were judged by their content - what
they were made of. Strong foundations, sound business practices, and
good fundamentals were those that met the approval of the people.
Packaging was considered just an option extra that completed an
otherwise perfect picture.
As people and markets have evolved, so have the evaluation processes.
Today, packaging has taken center-stage and is inseparable from the
person, product or service. And there’s where branding makes a
compelling presence.
The evaluation processes have turned full circle. If you don’t make the
right first impression, or don’t tick the right boxes in the minds of the
people, you don’t move to the next level in their mind space. You don’t
make the cut. You are simply abandoned.
While this is true on an elementary level, it doesn’t stop there. Brands
are getting more sensory and real. People are defining which brands
they want to be seen with and those they don’t. So marketers are
spending the midnight oil to get into their mind spaces and eventually
seek their acceptance.
Branding has now to shoulder the entire burden of breakthrough. It
can make or break the marketability of a person, product or service
that is full of promise inside. It has to create an external appeal that will
induce people to break the shell and look inside.
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What’s more important? Content or Packaging
C lub Level Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest
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“There is
nothing in the
world so irresist-
ibly contagious
as laughter and
good humor.”
Charles Dickens
TCS Maitree Toastmasters Club, Mumbai successfully organized the Club level
Humorous Speech and Table topics contest on Aug 31st, 2013. The event wit-
nessed great participation from the members of the club.
Toastmaster Rashmi, the Master of Ceremony engaged the audience with her
narrations. Toastmaster Nitin was the Contest Chair for the Humorous Speech
Contest. He explained the rules of the speech Contest for the convenience of
all. Toastmaster Chinmaya was the Chief Judge and he ensured that all contest-
ants were in good standings.
The second half of the contest, the Table Topics contest, was conducted by
Toastmaster Surabhi Shrivastava. The prompt for the contest was “No fool like
an old fool"
Speech contestants enthralled the audience with their speaking skills. They had
the gathering rolling in their aisles. The session was filled with lots of fun and
learning.
Humorous Speech Contest
Contestant: Amit Dhami, Ankit Jain, Ashutosh Cha-
turvedi, Neha Tandon, Parakh Kukreja,
Surabhi Kinariwala,
Winners: Surabhi Kinariwala
Ashutosh Chaturvedi
Table Topics Contest
Contestant: Ankit Jain, Nandeesh Malagi, Neha Tan-
don, Parakh Kukreja, Surabhi Kinariwala
Winners: Surabhi Kinariwala
Ankit Jain
S peech Marathon and Moments of Truth
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TCS Maitree Toastmasters Club, Mumbai, conducted a Speech Marathon and Moments of Truth Session on
Sept 15 at Yantra Park, Thane. The event witnessed Toastmasters performing Speech Sprints where 13
Toastmasters presented their speeches back to back. The gathering enjoyed the whole experience.
The Speech Marathon round was followed by “Moments of Truth”. It discussed the standards necessary to
create positive impressions about club service and provided a club evaluation exercise. There are six critical
moments of truth in which clubs have an opportunity to create positive impressions.
The club President Indrajit, conducted the MoT round. Members provided their feedback for six critical
Moments of Truth. Our Mot scorecard is as follows.
Evaluation Standard Average Score
First Impressions 80%
Membership Orientation 47%
Fellowship, Variety, And Communication 70%
Program Planning And Meeting Organization 63%
Membership Strength 58%
Achievement Recognition 73%
A chievements
Are you one of the 0.9% ? Have you achieved a Triple Crown award? A
Triple Crown is awarded to a Toastmaster who completes 3
educational and/or Leadership awards in a TM year. At the end of
June, 2013, 63 Toastmasters from District 41 (total membership of
7008) had been awarded a Triple Crown.
The Triple Crown award promises to be challenging - you need to
attain any three of the following: CC, ACB, ACS, ACG, CL, ALB, ALS
and DTM. But with goal setting and commitment, it's definitely
doable! The Triple Crown award is used to motivate people to set
communication and leadership goals, and to work towards
excellence in the Toastmasters program
Indrajit Suryawanshi (Past Secretary) and Mohit Chhabra (Past
President) from our club have won this prestigious award. Both of
them have completed following awards in TI year 2012-13.
Competent Communicator (CC)
Competent Leader (CL)
Advanced Leader Bronze (ALB)
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Triple Crown Winners
They will be honored at District 41 Semi- Annual
Conference: Resonance 2013, which will be
conducted in Puri, Orissa
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G olden Gavel Award (2012-13)
TCS Maitree Toastmasters Club -
Mumbai (established on June 2,
2004), the second oldest Toastmas-
ters Club in District-41 (All geogra-
phies of India except Karnataka,
Kerala and Tamil Nadu), won the
highest accolade for an individual
Club - The Golden Gavel award for
the year 2013. The Club received
this acclaim at the recently held an-
nual District meet of District-41, Ora-
tion, at Hyderabad from May 17 - 19,
2013). The club fulfilled the required
goals along with 5 other TCS Clubs
from India making TCS the only
corporate with as many as 6 clubs in
TCS Maitree Toastmasters Club, Mum-
bai hosted Div. D & Div. K Club Officer
Training Program and Judges Training
Workshop, at TCS Powai (July 21, 2013).
More than 170 Toastmasters across
from Mumbai attended this event.
· TCS Maitree Toastmasters Club,
Mumbai won the Ace Club and
Outstanding Club of Division D award
for TI year 2012-13.
· Indrajit Suryawanshi and
Chinmaya Dave from our club received
an Appreciation for their support to
help grow Toastmasters movement in
Division D.
the same district to be honored with the coveted Golden Gavel Award. The Club was conferred with this title after
being adjudged on various parameters ensuring excellence and growth in communication and leadership skills for its
members.
O utstanding Club of Division D (2012-13)
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TCS Maitree Toastmasters Club has
been recognized by Toastmasters
International (TI) for gaining highest
number of new members through
1+1 campaign.
TI has awarded top 20 clubs in the
world (there are more than 13500
clubs in TI). Our club is one of them.
TI also awarded top 6 districts in the
world and District 41 has topped that
list.
The 1+1 campaign was a membership
-building program designed to help grow and strengthen Toastmasters International. The 1+1 membership-building
campaign was valid from December 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013.
Members who have referred a friend that joins a Toastmasters club have received a 1+1 decal and a personalized
letter from Executive Director, Daniel Rex and International President, John Lau. Also, each month, the referring
member's name was listed on the 1+1 webpagewall.
Mammoth Achievement
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K now your ExCom
President
Indrajit Suryawanshi, CC, ALB
A football fanatic and movie buff, who loves to entertain people using his witted sar-
casm. He believes that Practice makes you perfect and perfection builds your confidence.
To be perfect the only mantra is practice. And Toastmasters offers you that required plat-
form to ‘practice’ in a completely safe and fun filled environment where you would
‘practice’ not only to be a better communicator, a better leader but also to be a better
individual.
Vice President - Education
Vanshika Shrivastava
Public speaking is her first love and biking second. She enjoys travelling, getting involved
in Social Service and chit-chatting with friends.
Vice President - Public Relations
Parakh Kukreja
He is Enthusiastic, fun loving and energetic. He is Interested in trekking, travelling and visiting other clubs. Parakh does what he is best at - building Public Relations and the brand TCS-Maitree Toastmasters club, Mumbai.
Vice President - Membership
Ankit Jain
Determined to make a dent in the universe, Ankit joined Toastmasters in January. Apart
from speaking, he also loves reading, writing and trekking. He aspires to become a writ-
er one day. So far he has enjoyed every moment at Toastmasters.
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K now Your Ex-Com
Secretary
Nitin Adlakha
A firm believer of “Nothing is permanent, except Change!” He loves travelling, exploring
places, clicking photographs, and making new connections.
Treasurer
Surabhi Kinariwala
She is vibrant and an optimist. She is always curious about experimenting with new
ideas. She loves meeting new people which is one of the many reasons why she is a part
of the Toastmasters family. She is an ardent fan of Harry Potter. Listening to Music
makes her happy and if not that Ice-creams always do.
She believes in being realistic and planning for miracles.
Sergeant At Arms
Ashutosh Chaturvedi
A believer in the saying "Successful people don't do different things, they do things
differently." Ashutosh believes that time and quality are the most important attributes
for one's success. As a Toastmaster, he understands the importance of every second.
Immediate Past President
Mohit Chhabra, CC, ALB
Three things which describe the ardent passion of the Tenacious Past President of the
TCS Maitree Toastmaster Club-Mumbai are Toastmasters, Trekking and TED.
A keen quest for knowledge makes him a voracious reader both in the print and online
world. Insouciant and zealous towards life, he wishes to ameliorate himself and things
around him progressively.
Distinguished Club
Program What is the Distinguished Club pro-
gram?
The Distinguished Club Program
(DCP) is a recognition program
administered by Toastmasters In-
ternational (TI). TI tracks the pro-
gress of clubs in meeting educa-
tional and membership goals and
recognizes clubs based on the num-
ber of goals achieved during the
period July 1 through June 30. Clubs
can achieve 10 possible goals.
How does participation in the
Distinguished Club Program ben-
efit my club?
The DCP works hand-in-hand with
the club mission by providing a
structured, supportive meeting
environment that is productive and
fun for all the members. As mem-
bers set and meet educational
goals, they develop confidence and
critical communication and leader-
ship skills, inspiring others to do the
same. The club‘s focus on individual
and collective achievement also
helps build team spirit and club
pride that is infectious and self-
sustaining.
What is the progress of my club?
Our club has achieved Distin-
guished status. We have achieved 5
out of 10 goals (refer progress
chart on right).
Our club is first in Division K to
achieve Distinguished status in
short period of time. For 2013-2014,
our aim is to achieve the Golden
Gavel Award.
Educational Awards 2013-14
Toastmaster Adit Paul has been recog
nized by Toastmasters International as a
Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM), the
highest award Toastmasters Internation-
al bestows.
He is the first DTM from TCS Maitree
Toastmasters Club, Mumbai
Toastmaster Rashmi Singh has earned
Competent Leader (CL) Award.
Toastmaster Sreejith Gopalan has
earned Competent Communicator (CC)
Award
Sr. No
Activity Goal Actual Needed Met
1 Two CCs 2 1 1 2 Two more CCs 2 0 2 3 One AC Bronze , Silver or Gold 1 0 1 4 One more AC Bronze , Silver or Gold 1 0 1
5 One CL, AL Bronze , ALSilver or DTM 1 1 0 6 One more CL, AL Bronze , ALSilver or DTM 1 1 0
7 Four new members 4 4 0 8 Four new more members 4 5 0 9 Officers Trained (both required)
June-August December-February
4 4
7 0
0 4
10 Submit on time (both required) October or April dues renewal Club officer list
1 1
1 1
0 0
Total Goals 5
20
TCS Maitree Toastmasters Club, Mumbai
“Making Effective Communication & Leadership a TCS-wide Reality”
Meetings are held fortnightly in Andheri/ Malad and in Powai office. Meetings are open to all
TCSers. A typical meet has 30 members and guests, who participate in the Club's Communication
and Leadership program.
Malad/ Banyan Park : Every alternate Thursday: 9.30 AM to 11.00 AM
Powai : Every alternate Friday: 9.30 AM to 11.00 AM
F ollow us on
Club # 616631 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Winners of Area K1 Humorous Speech & Table Topics Contest: Ashutosh Chaturvedi (L), Surabhi Kinariwala (C), Ankit Jain (R)