Glimses of Installation Cermony of Rotary Bangalore East - Dist 319's Office Bearers for the year 2019-2020 - 2nd July 2019

From the Presidents Desk : "After being collared, President Rtn. Stephen Paul, called the meeting to order and then asked the members to observe 1 minutes silence in honor of all the Rotarian’s, Anns & Annets, who had departed from this world.

The outgoing President Rtn. Col. Narasimha, was invited on stage, after which the Guest of Honor Dr. Abraham Ebenezer and then the Installing Officer, Zone Governor Rtn. Anil Kumar were invited

on to the Dais. As the outgoing Secretary was also the incoming Secretary, he was already on stage.

The invocation song was rendered by Annt. Deepa Krishnamurthy, her melodious voice enthralled the audience. President then invited the IPP to inform the audience regarding the year gone by.

IPP Rtn. Col. Narasimha, then gave an insight into how he was thrust into the job, but took it as a challenge and was able to do it successfully. He detailed the various projects undertaken during his

tenure. Then Rtn. Dr. Raghuraman, introduced the President to the audience. The President then introduced to the audience, the Installing Officer, Zone Governor Rtn. Anil Kumar. After which the Installing Officer Installed the new Team for the Rotary Year 2019-20.

The new Team comprised of President- Rtn. Stephen Paul M,  IPP Rtn. Col. Narasimha, Vice-President- Rtn. Benny Augustine, Secretary- Rtn. Thejas Kumar, Treasurer- Rtn. V. Krishnamurthy.

Directors – Rtn. M. Subramanyam, Rtn. Dr. Raghuraman, Rtn. A. Chourappa, Rtn. Dr. Sheela Reddy, Rtn. Nanda Kumar & Rtn. Kodandapani. The Special Advisors are Rtn. N J Menon, Rtn. S P

Krishnamurthy, Rtn. Nova Bethania, Rtn. Sudhakaran, Rtn. S. Krishnamurthy & Rtn. M J Mathews. Chief Mentor is PDG Rtn. S R Yogananda. Chairmen of various committees are Rtn. SudhirDeshmukh, Rtn. Dr. Dilip Kumar, Rtn. Jagannivasan & Rtn. Viswanath Harihar. On being installed a group photograph was taken.

A cheque for INR 54,450 was handed over to an engineering college student towards her collegesemester fees. A cheque of Rs 50,000/- donated by Rtn. Jagannivasan was handed over to the

services Director. Then the Installing Officer & Zone Governor Rtn. Anil Kumar, wished the new team all the very best. He then detailed the major activities of the district such as “Sameepa” a combined effort of all the ICGF’s during the year. He requested that clubs register at least 10 members from each club. He also highlighted about the district conference and requested our club for maximum participation. He highlighted the RI theme “Rotary connects the World”.

The President then thanked the members for reposing their trust in him and asked the members for their support. He then highlighted the proposed projects for the year and requested each member

to undertake one project of their choice and convenience, during the year. He thanked Essae Foundation for supporting the Club’s flagship project on clubfoot and handed over a cheque for 2.27 Lakhs given as the 1 st instalment out of the totally promised 10 Lakhs from the Essae Foundation, he also thanked PP Rtn. S A Chandran the chairman of the Essae Foundation for their magnanimity. He informed that on the 1 st day of the Rotary calendar 3 projects were undertaken 1) Scholarships were handed over to 2 deserving girl students in 6 Std & 10 Std 2) The management and maintenance of a RO pure water plant, in Domlur Layout was taken up, 3) A specially remodeled 2 wheeler for a physically challenged person was donated. All these 3 projects were donated by Rtn. Nanda Kumar. He closed by requesting the members to put their heart and soul into  the club’s theme “To reach out and touch lives”.

The Guest of Honour was introduced by PP Rtn. Sudhakaran in his inimitable style. Then the Guest of Honour Dr. Abraham Ebenezer was inducted into the club as a member and he then addressed the

gathering, thanking RBE for inducting him into the club. He spoke about the heritage of RBE a club of 48 years and about Rotary a 100 plus year organization. He said he had researched about both

Rotary and RBE and in spite of friends of several Rotary clubs inviting him, he finally decided to join RBE. He stressed on the need to help eradicate illiteracy and ended by saying he would uphold the spirit of Rotary and work towards its goals.

The Vote of Thanks was given by Rtn. Viswanath Harihar in his usual witty style, after which the meeting was adjourned and the gathering invited for fellowship dinner."