DOWN TOWNERR I District 3190 Chartered on June 27, 1990 Charter # 27417

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Rotary has been able to deliver for 110 years becauseof systems approach. We lack a factual approach todecision making; we are very generic and we do notspeak on specifics. Dilution of systems by theleaders makes the club weak. One does not becomea President overnight, it has to be well planned andshould be a collective leadership.

Find out what has worked in the last 25 years,document it and carry forward the culture. You needto have a visioning exercise – may be for the next fiveyears or the next 25 years. There are issues at everylevel, we need to overcome them by a collaborativeprocess, he added.

Participating in the discussion, Rtn. PRID.Panduranga Setty, felt that over the years,involvement is lacking. We need to bring like -minded people to Rotary who want to serve and havethe ability to serve. Leadership should be acceptedwith preparation and with planning. Lot ofhomework is needed before taking up roles in Rotarywas his concerned opinion.

Rtn. Suresh Tota introduced Rtn. Mohan and Rtn.IPP Sriram presented a memento. RotaryInformation for the week was by Rtn. NaveenCariappa.

Rtn. PRID Panduranga Setty presented RIrecognition to Rtn. PP Babu Kumar for introducing anew member to Rotary.

Wheel of Excellence - Rtn. PP Mohan Kumar K V

In a candid, thought provoking and stimulatinginteractive session, Rtn. PP Mohan Kumar, laidthreadbare the major issues confronting Rotary todayat the global and club level and the probablesolutions. An engineer by qualification andManagement & ISO consultant by profession as theManaging Director of IIQ, Rtn. PP Mohan of RotaryBangalore Peenya, was instrumental in getting ISOcertification for Dist. 3190, globally the first. Hespoke from the heart and made everyone sit up andtake notice with his discerning observations.

Rotary has completed 110 years of service tohumanity and DownTown 25 years. It is essentialthat we need to look back on what we have done,what has worked, what has not and align our thoughtprocess to the next 25 years to be relevant forhumanity and community. We need to look at thebig picture, he said.

Internationality, despite cultural diversity, thestrong procedures and systems, has resulted inRotary being noted for excellent communityleadership. He felt we may say hundreds of positivethings about Rotary, yet we need to critically analyse.

Members are the most important asset of Rotary,there is a stagnation both at the global level and herein India. Last year we lost 36 clubs and added net ofjust 67 members in India which should make usintrospect. In large number of clubs, dilution in themembers selection criteria, dilution in processes andsystems, non-involvement, lack of fellowship,quality of projects, improper leadership selection,and a whole lot of issues have contributed to this, hefelt. Members have to be our focus, which we havenot been doing.

Apart from the hugely successful and extremelyeffective Polio Eradication programme which worldreally took notice of what Rotary could do, right nowwe do not have a properly focused thrust area,neither at the RI level nor in the Indian context.Take for example the Melinda & Bill GatesFoundation, which today has a Endowment Corpusof US $ 42 billion in just about a decade of itsexistence, because of its strong focus on aligningitself totally with Government initiatives world over.

There is always an Inflection Point in everyorganization from where it either growsexponentially or peters out. Most of the NGOs willbe extinct in their current form by next century. IfGovernments were to be perfect, there is no role forNGOs. We need to fill that gap. Take for examplethe CSR Policy – we need to be collaborative, amutually beneficial partner – donor relationship.

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GALA LUNCHEON February 15, 2015

Oro Facial Pain & Therapy by Rtn. Dr. Prafulla Thumati06.2.2015 – a Joint Meeting with Rotary Bangalore Cubbon Park

A highly qualified and experienced Orthodontist with MDS and PhD from Instein University, US and holding pivotal positions in the Dental Associations at the state, national and international levels, Dr. Prafulla Thumathi has delivered over 300 talks and published more than 30 papers in national and international journals.

The Crano facial pain or popularly known as Migraine Attack which causes severe pain in head and neck regions is the result, in over 85% of the cases due to dental reasons. They need dental care and with proper diagnosis and simple procedures this relieving years of pain, said Dr. Prafulla. Teeth are complicatedly connected from skull to feet. Even a minor hitch creates lot of problems. Even a slight interference in the teeth can lead to more than 250 varieties of pain, he informed. Biometric scans and tools can solve this with simple procedures.

With imbalance at the teeth level, the muscles get affected over a period of time and result in pain. There are millions of receptors below the teeth which relay the pain to the brain. There are issues at the joint level as well. Even posture may change with teeth pain over the years.

he pointed out. His words of advice do not neglect your precious 32, visit a dentist at least twice a year.

The thoughtful & gracious host that she is, Rtn. PP Revathi, a colourful pendal, well laid out seating on the sprawling lawns, she left nothing to chance and it was fun, frolic and fellowship of the finest order. Truly delightful time with dear DownTowners old and new - PP Rajmane and Ann Narmada now with Rotary Bangalore Ulsoor, PP Giridar Miyyageri and Achala, on a sabbatical and the like. Adding special touch were PRID Pandu, PDG Prabhashankar & Mukta, Sr. Pishe and Mala.

Rtn. PP Revathi Venkatraman andfamily were the gracious hosts forthe Family Get-together, whichbrought DownTown families on abright Sunday morning for adelicious lunch and fantasticfellowship.

Due the thoughtfulinitiative of Rtn.Illavarasan, over 150persons, especially thecaddies, support staffand their familymembers were screenedat Golfshire Golf Club.Seven persons require

Eye Check-up Camp

While Rtn. Pres. Sudhakar Madhyastha, welcomed and Pres. Vivekanandan proposed the vote of thanks .

Free cataract surgery being arranged in association with Prestige Golf Shire Banggolfer Assn. and Globe Eye Foundation.

There has been tremendous advancement in dental technology over the past two decades and diagnosis is a simple job with right equipments,

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MARCH – LITERACY MONTH

DownTown since the inception is strongly involved in literacy projects. Teacher training to infrastructure andfurniture support to Government schools particularly girls schools. DownTown pioneered the concept provision ofRotary Soukhyaalaya - Rotary Comfort Stations, not Souchaalaya (toilet ), one of the signature projects

A Blood Donation camp was organized to mark the 110th Anniversary of

Rotary also observed as World Understanding Day,which was inaugurated by Rtn. PRID Panduranga Setty, with our ever supportive patrons in service TexportIndustries, Yeshwanthpur. Thanks to Rtn. PP Zaidiwho with his typical alacrity and smile organized everything in a jiffy and coordinated the whole activity. 186 units of blood was collected from the employees of different units of Texport . All the blood donors were presented with a double bead spread and a pair of pillows by Texport.

TTK Blood Bank, our partners in service as always were there with their full team. Our thanks are due Dr. LathaJagannath, who readily responded to our request. Promptly at 9.30 am the 18 member team arrived at Texport led by Dr. Chinnadorai and Dr. Vijaya.

DownTown has been in the forerunner of introducing Concentrated Language Encounter a unique language methodology . Nearly 200 higher primary teachers have been trained under different projects. Mention must be made of teachers & students from 22 Corporation schools being trained through CLE under the able guidance of Dr. T K Jayalakshmi and in collaboration with RV Teachers’ College. Again under District 3- Grant Integrated Literacy Project. Government of Karnataka has been highly encouraging in such projects. Ann Geeta Prasad, (RC Channapatna)certified master trainer and PDG Bazil D’Souza (D-3170) have given their expertise days and weeks for the training programs.

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Blood Donation Camp supported by Texport Industries

Pres. Jagadish N R of RCB RajajinagarCelebrated his Birth Day by donating blood. Kudos !

Literacy has been an emphasis of Rotary International since 1986. Now we have the Rotary Total Literacy Mission

Centennial year was marked by holding Multi District Rotary Literacy Confluence with RI President Glen Estess himself inaugurating. While 4 Districts D-3160, D-3170, and D-3180 collaborated and 9 other Districts participated.

Leading educationists from different parts of the country participated in the confluence.

Sarva Shikkshana Abhiyana, Karnataka and RV Education Consortium supported the program.

Comfort Stations

Dist 3640 South Korea : 4

Dist 5360, Calgary, Canada: 16

Lancaster West, D-5260 USA

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Edited and published by PDG Rtn. Srikanth Chatrapathy for Rotary Bangalore DownTown Pratibha, 132, Level 4, 11th Main, 17th Cross, Malleswaram, Bangalore-560055. email: srikanthchatrapathy@gmail.com

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Up Dates - March 2015

March 2015

01 Rtn. Narayana Reddy G02 Rtn. Ramdas KS03 Ann Meena W/o Rtn. Narayana Reddy G04 Annet Anubhav S/o Rtn. Arun Bhasin04 Annet Surabhi D/o Rtn. (PDG) Srikanth M C 11 Annet Thej Aravindan S/o Rtn. Vivekanandan E11 Rtn. Prakash Srinivas19 Ann Rekhadevi W/o Rtn. Anil Urs21 Annet Nischal S/o Rtn. Prashanth Babu25 Rtn.Naveen Cariappa27 Annet Abhay S/o Rtn. (PP) Jaisimha L27 Ann Anuradha W/o Rtn. Srinivasa Babu30 Annet Uma Selvi W/o Rtn. Venkatesh V.

08 Rtn. PP D.R. Srikantaiah and Ann Mukta08 Rtn. Prasad BV & Ann Madhavi16 Rtn. Chandra Babu & Ann Manjula

06.03.’15: Rtn. PP John Decker of RC Hawaii , RI D 5100 & Ann. Linda will visit Dialysis Centre at 4 pm . PP Decker will address the club on making Carbon Fiber Guitar 7 pm

09.03.’15: Centre for Empowering - Your Health _Your Future by Dr. Meenakshi Bharath , Maharanis Science College 3.30-5.30

13.03.’15: IPP B. S. Sriram on Future of DownTown

20.03.’15: Family Meet

27.03.’15: Talk by PP Phiroze Bharda

Pulse Polio 2nd NID

Over 13,000 children were immunized in the 2nd

NID with DownTowners participating effectively. 8,803 children from Anjanappa Garden and 4,272 children at the PHC- Chamarajpet were administered the vital Do Boond - polio drops by the team of volunteers.

Despite the District Conference Rotary carried out its unfailing management polio plus booths. Thanks to the efforts of Rtns. Naveen Cariappa, Suresh Muniswamy, Rajendra Akki, Raghu Allam and IPP Sriram, the NID was highly successful.

Charming orator Smt. Jaya Row of Vedanta Vision fame captivated the audience.

Rtn. Arjun Menda being felicitated

Standing tall between DG Manju & RIPR IPDG Anil Olympian Ms. Saina Nehwal, darling of young & old alike.

RIPR IPDG Anil Agarwal along with DG Manjunath Shetty administer polio drops to launch 2nd.NID

PDG Srikanth leads the homage to departed Rotarians

RIDE Dr. Manoj Desai , in his inimitable style kept the audience spell bound

Pres. Viveknanadanoffers gratitude to the dignitaries of one session.

PRID Pandu greets DGE Flt. Lt. Nagesh

Conference Chairman PP Vijay Kumar with DG & first lady RIPR & Spouse head of the pageantry

The 2 day District Conference was lauded for being eco friendly, speakers , program & entertainment with a difference . More in GML.