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Volume XXXXI No. 33 Dated: February 14, 2017 PROGRAMME

‘Sadbhawana’ District Conference 3080

17th (Pre-Conference), 18th & 19th February 2017 Hotel Noor Mahal, Karnal

The preliminary round under progress for which the judges were Rtn. Prof. Rana Nayar, Rtn. Dr. Harinderjit Kaur and Rtn. Dr. Shashi Jain

The winning Rotaractors with Rotarians and the family of Rtn. Vijay Kumar Gupta, son of Late Rtn. Vishnu Kumar Gupta

Annual Vishnu Gupta Memorial Debate held on February 10, 2017 had a record participation with a total of 68 teams (136 Rotaractors) registered for the event. Maximum participation was from Rotaract Club of Vidyajyoti Eduversity, Dera Bassi. This event was meticulously planned within a short span of time by Secretary Sundeep Singh Sawhney, who also conducted the debate in the preliminary and final rounds. The subject matter of the debate was ‘Demonetization’. Judges for the final round were:

Prof. Dr. Charanjeet Kaur Sohi, Principal, Guru Gobind Singh College for Women Sector 26, Chandigarh Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Associate Editor, The Tribune, Chandigarh Prof. Dr. Jagdish Kumar Sehgal, Principal, Post Graduate Govt. College Sector 11, Chandigarh

They were formally introduced by PP Rtn. Gurdip S. Deep.

The winners of the debate were; 1st Position - Rtr. Gurpalak Kaur, Rtr. Harleen Kaur, 2nd Position - Rtr Madhurima, Rtr. Sheenam Bhardwaj and 3rd Position - Rtr Shreyas Jain, Rtr. Tushar Gupta.

Trophies and awards were presented to the winners by President Amarjit Singh, PP R.K. Luther, PP Gurdip S. Deep, PP Ritu Singal and by the family members of Late Rtn. Vishnu Gupta who were present in the meeting: Rtn. Vijay Kumar Gupta with his daughter Razul and son Kartik, Surya (son of his elder brother Mr. Ashwini Gupta) and Mudit (son of his younger brother Mr. Ajay Gupta). Mementos were presented to the Judges of the final round by PDG Shaju Peter, PP Dr. Balram K. Gupta and PP Dr. V.J.S. Vohra.

In addition to preliminary round Judges Rtn. Dr. Harinderjit Kaur, Rtn. Dr. Shashi Jain, Rtn. Prof. Rana Nayar, other Rotarians who actively participated to make the event a grand success were: PP Prem Anand, Rtn. Ashok Puri, Rtn. Sanjay Bhatia and PP Vinod Jawa.

Annual Vishnu Kumar Gupta Memorial Debate

Please note there will

be no regular meeting

on February 17, 2017

(Friday) due to District

Conference at Karnal

L-R: Chief Guest, District Chair - Rotaract PP Rtn. H.S. Saggu, Judges of the event Principal Guru Gobind Singh College for Women Prof. Dr. Charanjeet Kaur Sohi, Principal Post Graduate Govt. College Prof. Dr. Jagdish Kumar Sehgal and Associate Editor The Tribune Mr. Dinesh Kumar welcomed by our

President Rtn. Amarjit Singh in our regular meeting on February 10, 2017, dedicated to Annual Vishnu Gupta Debate

Dental check up

Asha Kiran students of school in Sector 26, Chandigarh received dental checkup and treatment from Rtn. Dr. Sanjay

Kalra’s Dental Clinic

MP Kirron Kher inaugurates Asha Kiran under Rotary India Literacy Mission (RILM)

Mrs. Kirron Kher, Member of Parliament was the chief guest at Asha Kiran Vatsal Chaya program for 1000 children to bring them back to school, under the project of RILM. Others present were Mrs Sangeeta Vardhan, Chair Vatsal Chaya, PDG Manpreet Singh Gandhok, AG Deepak Sood, AG Poonam Gandhok and President Rotary Chandigarh Central R.S. Cheema.

Guest from UK In our regular meeting on February 03, 2017 we had a guest from UK, Mr. Parveen Saggar, brother-in-law of President Nominee Rtn. Ashok K. Puri.

President Amarjit and Secretary Sundeep present a memento to PP H.S. Saggu

PP Gurdip S. Deep Introduction of Judges

Rtn. Sundeep Sawhney Well conducted debate

Rtn. Arjan Singh Appeal for donations

Rtn. Ashok Puri Vote of thanks

PP Rtn. H.S. Saggu presents wedding anniversary gift to R’ann Urmil & PP Rtn.

R.K. Luther

PP H.S. Saggu presents birthday gifts to Rtn. Parveen Setya and R’ann

Neena Setya

PP H.S. Saggu presents birthday gift to R’ann Raj Kapoor. Looking on is Rtn.

Dr. Col. V.K. Kapoor

Rtn. Vijay Gupta gets punctuality award

from PP H.S. Saggu

Hearty Congratulations

Our hearty congratulations to both the families as Siddharth, son of R’ann Vandana & Rtn. Ajay Gupta and Aditi, daughter of R’ann Sangeeta & Rtn. Ashish Singla, were married on 5th February 2017.

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Our hearty Congratulations to R’ann Paramjeet Kaur and Rtn. Rajinder Singh Sihota as their daughter, Ritika and Shivkaran Singh Gill were married on 12th February 2017.

New Roster of Members

Rotarians are requested to immediately inform regarding any change in their particulars as well as their / their spouse’s passport size photographs, so that the new roster can be printed as soon as possible.

Skit on ‘Save the Girl Child’ and Swachh Bharat abhiyan at Plaza, Sector 17, Chandigarh

‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’, initiated by our club was presented as a skit at Plaza in Sector 17, Chandigarh by a team of 11 Interactors directed by Ms. Rajwant, a lecturer at Govt. Model School Manimajra. This was the first public performance of this ‘nukkar natak’ before a crowd of over 200 people. The event was organized by Rotaractors of Chandigarh Midtown, in the presence of DYS Rtn. Salil Chopra and Rtn. Ravinder Jain.

Swachh Bharat campaign was also undertaken.

Acknowledgement with thanks Donations for Scholarship in response to appeal by Rtn. Arjan Singh Rtn. Vijay K. Gupta Rs. 11000 PP Rtn. H.S. Saggu Rs. 2000 Rtn. Arjan Singh Rs. 5000 Donations to Club Projects Rtn. Deepak Gupta Rs. 5000 PP Rtn. R.T.P.S. Tulsi Rs. 1000

Birthday of Rotarians Rtn. Lalit Kumar Azad February 19 Rtn. Rajiv Gupta February 21 Rtn. Prof. Rana Nayar February 23

Birthday of Spouses R’ann Shashi Gupta February 19

Wedding anniversary R’ann Brij Bala & Rtn. M.K. Handa February 19 R’ann Ranjeet & Rtn. Sriranbir Sandhu February 20

(Birthday and wedding anniversary gifts will be presented in our regular meeting on February 24, 2017)

Punctuality Award

Won by Rtn. Vijay Kumar Gupta

Contributions for victims of fire in Chirgaon in Shimla District

Contributions of following Rotarians are acknowledged with thanks, for helping the victims of fire in Chirgaon in Shimla District;

PDG Shaju Peter Rs. 2,500/- PP B.L. Ramsisaria Rs. 2,500/- PP Gurdip S. Deep Rs. 2,500/- PP R.K. Luther Rs. 2,500/-

PP Kanan Diwan Rs. 2,500/- PP Vinod K. Jawa Rs. 2,500/- VP Salil Bali Rs. 2,500/- Rtn. Jeeten Bhambri Rs. 2,500/-

Deep Condolences

Our heartfelt condolences to Mrs. Brij Dutt and all family members on the sad demise of PDG Major Som Dutt, Dean of Rotary District 3080 Leadership Academy, who left for heavenly abode on February 14, 2017.