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Rotarians gain insight into
the new Government's philosophy
At last week’s meeting, Piyush Goyal spoke on good governance
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Guest Speaker Piyush Goyal at last week's meeting
iyush Goyal is the Minister
of State with Independent
Charge for Power, Coal
and New & Renewable Energy
in the Government of India.
He is currently a Member of
Rajya Sabha and was earlier
the National Treasurer of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He headed the BJP's Information
Communication Campaign
Committee and oversaw
the publicity and advertising
campaign of the party, including
the social media outreach for the
Indian General Elections 2014.
He thanked President
Shailesh Haribhakti for inviting
him to the Club and expressed
his gratitude and privilege at
being there. “It is truly a pleasure
to speak among all of you. It has
been 10 months now in the new
government and our focus has
been on instilling the feeling of
optimism and hope for the future.
That is precisely the reason why
you voted us into Government
and also why we, as the
government, will try and change
the paradigm of what we have
been looking at for many years
as good governance. I will centre
this talk on what the philosophy of
this new government is.
“When Prime Minister Modi
was sworn in, the situation
became such that every
day, between power, coal
and renewable energy, at an
average, I would get 100 files
to clear. The one thing I found
was that everybody seemed to
have a very genuine case but
many cases could be bunched
together to demonstrate where
and how you could actually
hit at the root and resolve the
problem. In my first week, I
drew up ten commandments of
what one should do and how
one should run his own work
in Government. One of the first
and most important lessons for
me was that instead of resolving
individual cases, let’s do a root
cause analysis and ensure that
this does not affect anybody else
in the future and maybe, with
one action you can clear fifty
people’s problems. What I learnt
from this was get to the root
cause of the problem, prioritise
the concerns of the people,
build an action-oriented agenda,
have a transparent mechanism
to operate and run it through
a transparent process, make
your people accountable and
monitor them regularly so that the
actions you intended are going
in the direction you want them
to be, and have an overarching
framework of good governance
which helps you reach your
ultimate objective, maybe just a
little slower.”
He said that, thanks to this
approach, he barely received five
to six files today and the response
has been overwhelming. He
explained, “We have looked at
this (approach) as the guiding
principle and the focus of all our
work. To make it a root cause
analysis, adopt a policy and
procedure-driven approach to
resolve people’s problems, use
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innovative financing models to
change the pace at which power
prices are going, bring in some
innovative thinking and, at the
end of the day, do ensure that
everything you do is transparent
and whatever can impact the
people at large is known to the
people at large.”
In closing, he spoke about the
difference the new government
is trying to bring to people’s lives.
He said, “We are not promising
subsidies or government
intervention, but we will make
them self-reliant and reap the
benefits of good governance for
years to come. Not because of
the benevolence of a government
in or out of power, not because
there is an election around the
corner and promises are made,
but as a matter of right, as
something which is affordable
and that everybody has an equal
opportunity to enjoy.”
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The weekly meeting held on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 was a joint meeting of the
Rotary Club of Bombay with the Rotary Club of Mumbai Downtown and the
Rotary Club of Mumbai Sea Land.
Donors to the Rotary Club of Bombay
Charities Trust No. 3 (2014-15)
Name
Cause
Rtn. Dr. Sorab Javeri
ADMC
Amount
R25,000
Rtn. Satyan Israni
Birthday Donation
R7,000
PP. Rtn. Dr. Rahim Muljiani
HTEC
R5,001
Rtn. Sidharth Punshi
Birthday Donation
R5,000
Donors to the Rotary Foundation (India)
Name
Cause
Rtn. Jetu Lalvani
Taru and Ramona Lalvani Endowment Fund
Rtn. Jetu Lalvani
Annual Program Fund
March 31 to April 6, 2015
Amount
R12,00,000
R50,000
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Picnic time in March
SEC Schools Picnic
PP-IWC and R/anne Zarine Chothia
does it again! Almost single-handedly,
she has organised an outing for more
than 300 people, paying attention to
the most minute detail, for this was
not an ordinary outing. It was a picnic
for the physically challenged and she
catered to their specifc requirements,
arranging for their comfort and
enjoyment. Of course, the Inner Wheel
Club (IWC) of Bombay ladies rallied
round her to make it a fun-filled day.
It started off with a song and
a speech and was followed by a
healthy breakfast. The children had
been looking forward to the games
stalls and they were certainly not
disappointed in the prizes they won.
There were several hundred prizes!
Enough to satisfy any child. There
was time enough for some children to
play on the swings and slides installed
specially for the physically challenged
in the picnic garden at Wadala.
Lunch, which followed, was
sumptuous and it preceded the dance
competition by the four different
schools of the SEC. No participant
went home unrewarded, for prizes had
been arranged for everyone. In fact,
not a single child went home emptyhanded, for there was a goodie bag
for each.
It wasn’t only the children who
enjoyed. It was also the staff of the
school and the IWC ladies who
participated whole-heartedly.
IWC PP and R/anne Zarine Chothia with her team enjoying the satisfaction from giving joy to others at the picnic for the
SEC students
Students of SEC at the hoopla stall manned by the IWC of Bombay ladies
Picnic to the Taraporevala
Aquarium
SEC students flying high on the special swing for the physically-challenged at the picnic
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You should have seen the joy on
their faces. The students, young
and old, thoroughly enjoyed their
outing to the recently- renovated
Taraporevala Aquarium. Inner Wheel
Club of Bombay made it possible for
some of the students of the Central
Society for the Education of the Deaf
and of the Bombay Institute of Deaf
and Mutes.
The Club organised the outing
by arranging group admission and
supervision of the children and by
topping it off with a box of treats
to eat on the way back to school.
The students watched the antics of
the various fish in fascination and
lingered spellbound at several of the
colourful displays. The enjoyment
for the children was well worth the
planning and organising.
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42nd Sir Jamshedji Kanga Memorial
glc Intra-College Moot Court Competition
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n recognition of mooting as an
imperative co-curricular activity,
the Moot Court Association of
Government Law College (GLC)
works unstintingly to promote
and encourage mooting within
the college. In pursuance of
this objective, the Moot Court
Association of GLC together with
the Rotary Club of Bombay, ALMT
Legal, Economic Law Practices
and S.D. Israni Law Chambers
organised the 42nd Sir Jamshedji
Kanga Memorial Government
Law College Intra-College
Moot Court Competition.The
competition has been instituted
in memory of Late Sir Jamshedji
Kanga, former judge of the
Bombay High Court and Advocate
General of Maharashtra.
This moot court competition
is one of India’s oldest moots and
being the Moot Court Association
of Government Law College’s first
ever moot, it occupies a special
place in the history of GLC. It
is interesting to note that every
moot organised by the college is
done in memory of some of the
greatest contributors to the legal
field, thereby keeping their noble
work in the legal fraternity alive.
GLC has successfully nurtured
and promoted the productive
activity of mooting within the
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college in memory of yet
another legal visionary, Sir
Jamshedji Kanga.
The Moot Problem for this
edition of the competition was
based on Company Law and
was drafted by Satyan Israni.
The competition was held on
March 20 and 22 and 16 teams
from GLC participated in it.
Registrations are done on a
first-come, first-served basis due
to the overwhelming response
that the Moot receives year after
year. The preliminary rounds
were held on March 20. The
preliminary rounds are knockout rounds within the format of
this moot.
With an intense competitive
spirit, each team made every
effort possible to win the
preliminary round in order to
make it through to the rounds
ahead. The final round of
arguments was held on March
22. This year, the final round
saw some unique claims put
forward by both the teams that
were judged by Sameer Tapia
and Satyan. The round saw
the two best teams go head to
head and ultimately the team of
Shivam Dwivedi, Mohit Khanna
and Nikhal Utta was adjudged
the winner.
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Vibha Krishnamurthy
APRIL 14
Bank holiday – no meeting
Office Bearers 2014-15
President Immediate Past President President-Elect President-Nominee Honorary Secretary Joint Honorary Secretary Honorary Treasurer Subash Gogia
March 31
Shailesh Haribhakti
Nirav Shah
Dr. Sonya Mehta
Dr. Mukesh Batra
Nandan Maluste
Ritu Prakash Desai
Manish Reshamwala
Community Service: Medical
Director in charge
Dr. Nayna Dastur
Chairman Emeritus – Talwada PP Dr. Rahim Muljiani
Hasanali Tobaccowala Eye Centre PP Dr. Rumi Jehangir
Ajit Deshpande Medical Centre PP Nowroze Vazifdar
Medical and Cancer Aid Dr. Anand Shah
Differently Abled and Polio Plus PP Kalpana Munshi
Community Service: Non Medical
Director in charge
Alok Sekhsaria
Women Empowerment
Arin Master
Environment and Water
Sanitation Madhusudan Daga
Legal Aid
Sameer Tapia
Old Age Home (Ambarnath)
Ravi Fotedar
Vocational Service
Director in charge Rotary Public Awards Vocational Training and
Night Study Centres Vikram Daiya
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Sunny Pariyaram
International Service
Director in charge Hiren Kara
The Rotary Foundaion and
TRF Grants PP Sandip Agarwalla
Corporate Social Responsibility Suresh Goklaney
Youth I – Education
Director in charge Preeti Mehta
Bhavishya Yaan Shivkumar Israni
Merit-cum-Means Scholarships Roda Billimoria
Youth II – Early Act
Director in charge Interact Rotaract District Thrust Areas
Director in charge Committees on
District Initiatives Freyaz Shroff
Sidharth Punshi
Gaurav Nevatia
Manoj Patodia
PP Pradeep Saxena
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Nasser Munjee
The statistics for the
meeting held on Tuesday,
March 24, 2015 are
as under:
Economic and community development
Club Service: New Members
Director in charge
Dr. Sonya Mehta
Classifications and
Membership PP Arun Sanghi
Rotary Information PP Paul George
Membership Development
and District Conference Dr. Mukesh Batra
Sergeant-at-Arms and
Assimilation Tara Deshpande
Club Service: Programmes and Meetings
Director in charge Meera Alreja
Programmes Nanik Rupani
Fellowship PP Ashish Vaid
Attendance Arvind Agarwal
Bulletin and Website Dr. Prakriti Poddar
Fundraising Pradeep Chinai
Sports Hiranmay Biswas
Adi Godrej
April 3
Ravi Sheth
April 2
Rotarians145
Rotary Club of
Mumbai Downtown 13
Rotary Club of
Mumbai Sea Land
17
Guests
14
Visiting Rotarians 03
Rotaryannes
07
Total attendance 199
Kalpana Singhania
April 6
Suresh Goklaney
April 6
spouses
Radhika Kaji
Amita Malkani
March 31 Urvashi Minawala
April 2 Vrishal Pispati
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April 4
April 5
V ibha
K rishnam u rth y
On April 7, Vibha Krishnamurthy will discuss Early Childhood Development
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r. Vibha Krishnamurthy has
trained in Developmental
Paediatrics at Children’s
Hospital, Boston. She founded
Ummeed Child Development
Center in 2001 and is currently the
Executive Director.
She has 15 years of
experience in India as a
developmental paediatrician, and
has led the team at Ummeed in its
delivery of direct services, training,
advocacy and research in the field
of child development and disability.
She serves on expert committees
related to Early Childhood
Development and disability for the
WHO and Government of India.
Dr. Krishnamurthy serves on
the Editorial Board of the ‛Journal
of Developmental Behavioral
Pediatrics’ since 2011. She is
currently co-investigator of a
project to develop a tool for
monitoring child development,
Disorder. Their mission is to help
children with disabilities, or at
high risk for disabilities, reach
their maximum potential and be
included in society.
More than 50 professionals
ranging from paediatricians
to therapists to mental health
professionals and social workers
support its services. It is now one
of the country’s leading NGOs,
much respected for its work in the
field of children with disabilities.
Editorial Consultant:
funded by the National Institute of
Health, USA.
Ummeed is a non-profit
organisation set up with the
objective of helping children
with developmental disabilities
such as Cerebral Palsy, Mental
Retardation, Learning Disability,
Autism and Attention Deficit
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