July 5 to July 11, 2011 THE GATEWAY, The Bulletin <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Rotary</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bombay</strong> Page
Standard <strong>Club</strong> Constitutionand Bylaws adoptedMembers present at the last meeting<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Rotary</strong> year 2010-11, which was held on June 28, unanimouslyadopted the two mandatoryresolutions for the adoption <strong>of</strong> theStandard <strong>Rotary</strong> <strong>Club</strong> Constitutionand Bylaws.The two resolutions had been circulatedin advance to members and<strong>President</strong> Pradeep Saxena movedthem at the meeting for formal adoption.Both resolutions, the first foradoption <strong>of</strong> the Standard <strong>Rotary</strong> <strong>Club</strong>Constitution and the second for adoption<strong>of</strong> the Standard <strong>Rotary</strong> <strong>Club</strong> Bylaws,were carried unanimously.Birthday donations<strong>President</strong> Pradeep Saxena announcedat the last meeting thereceipt <strong>of</strong> birthday donations fromtwo members. While Ajit Lalvani hadcontributed Rs. 5,001, Shahzad Qadirhad given a sum <strong>of</strong> Rs. 2,001. Hethanked both members for their generosity.Earlier, at the meeting <strong>of</strong> June 21,<strong>President</strong>-Elect Paul George announcedthat a birthday donation <strong>of</strong>Rs. 10,000 had been received fromPP Vithal Palekar. Similarly, he said,Sunil Vaswani had also made a birthdaydonation <strong>of</strong> Rs. 5,000.The elegant Zia Mody will open the inningsThe well-known legal luminary,the elegant Ms Zia Mody, whois a Senior Partner <strong>of</strong> the law firm <strong>of</strong>AZB & Partners with <strong>of</strong>fices in<strong>Bombay</strong>, Delhi and Bangalore, willaddress the <strong>Rotary</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bombay</strong>at its regular meeting on July 12.She will open the innings for <strong>President</strong>Paul George and for ProgrammeChair Dolly Thakore and her team inthe new <strong>Rotary</strong> year by speaking on“Life in law”.Ms Mody did her law at CambridgeUniversity and then hoppedacross to the US for her LL.M. atHarvard University. Thereafter, sheworked with Baker & McKenzie inNew York from 1979 to 1983 andwas admitted as a member <strong>of</strong> the NewYork State Park by examination.Her primary practice consists <strong>of</strong>mergers and acquisitions, private equity,securities laws, BPO-relatedwork and litigation. She has practicedin Indian courts for over 15 years asCounsel and has advised several internationaland Indian clients in significantM&A transactions.Ms Mody was selected as one <strong>of</strong>the 25 most powerful women in Indianbusiness by Business Today inSeptember, 2004, and as one <strong>of</strong> India’s100 most powerful CEOs by TheEconomic Times in 2005. She has alsobeen awarded the honorific “BusinessWoman <strong>of</strong> the Year-2003” by TheFinancial Express in the categoryBest Knowledge Manager.Apart from her dedication to herlegal practice, Ms Mody is a committedBaha’i by religion and servesas a member on various Baha’iorganisations and Baha’i-sponsoredNGOs in the field <strong>of</strong> education andempowerment <strong>of</strong> rural women.She is also a member <strong>of</strong> the Board<strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> the Hong Kong andShanghai Banking Corporation, HongKong.Without a doubt,he’s a jollygood Fellow!PP Arvind Jolly has made yetanother donation – for thefourth year in a row – <strong>of</strong> US$25,000 to The <strong>Rotary</strong> Foundation.The amount will be credited to thePaul Harris Endowment Fund.With this, Arvind’s contributionto The <strong>Rotary</strong> Foundation over theyears has reached the magical figure<strong>of</strong> $100,000.<strong>President</strong> Pradeep Saxena announcedthe donation at the lastmeeting <strong>of</strong> the previous <strong>Rotary</strong>year, held on June 28, 2011, andasked Arjun Jolly, who was present,to convey the <strong>Club</strong>’s thanks to hisfather Arvind.Well done, Arvind! Keep up thegood work.<strong>President</strong> Pradeep gives away <strong>Club</strong> Awards for 2010-11(Continued from Page 9)The Late Dawoodkhan S.Tyebjee Trophy for the Best SeniorCitizen <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Rotary</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Bombay</strong> (donated by Taher Tyebjee)was given to Naresh Kumar Jain.Ashok Minawala, Chairman <strong>of</strong>the Fund-Raising Committee, receivedthe Late ChandanbenArvindkumar Kilachand MemorialTrophy for the Best Committeeunder International Service(donated by the Late ArvindkumarKilachand).sented three special awards. The firstSpecial Award was for PP ArunSanghi for his continuous supportto the <strong>Club</strong> newsletter, The Gateway,through advertisements. Unfortunately,Arun could not attend themeeting on account <strong>of</strong> a health problem.But <strong>Rotary</strong>ann Bijal Kara waspresent to receive the second SpecialAward for her outstanding participationin the Bhavishya-Yaan project atthe Colaba Municipal School.And the third Special Award wentto Alok Sekhsaria for his outstandingcontribution and efforts to makethe Bhavishya-Yaan project the secondKohinoor project <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Rotary</strong><strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bombay</strong>.But one shield remained. This wasthe one received from the MumbaiPolice in recognition <strong>of</strong> “his invaluableThe PDG Late Santoshcontribution in organising a spe-Agarwalla Trophy for Best WomanMember <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Club</strong> (instituted byPP Sandip Agarwalla) was presentedto Shernaz Vakil.Suresh Goklaney, who is theMD <strong>of</strong> Eureka Forbes Ltd., was presentedwith the Award for CorporateSocial Responsibility (donatedby PP Harry Singh Arora in memory<strong>of</strong> his mother, the late RajkarniArora).Finally, Ramesh Narayan wasthe popular recipient <strong>of</strong> the Rotarian<strong>of</strong> the Year Award (donated by ZiniaLawyer in memory <strong>of</strong> her motherMehroo Irani).Apart from the above annualawards, <strong>President</strong> Pradeep also pre-Honouring him for a job well done. Naresh Kumar Jain presents hiscompliments and congratulates <strong>President</strong> Pradeep Saxena in his ownunique style – by wrapping a shawl around his shoulders at the conclusion<strong>of</strong> the last meetingcial course on hostage and crisis negotiation”in collaboration with ScotlandYard and was presented to PPSandip Agarwalla.As <strong>President</strong> Pradeep completedthe awards distribution, NareshKumar Jain stepped forward to complimenthim in his own unique style– by wrapping a shawl around hisshoulders.Pradeep once again thanked all theOffice-Bearers for their guidance allthrough the year. He also acknowledgedthe role <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Rotary</strong> Secretariatand the work done by eachmember <strong>of</strong> the <strong>of</strong>fice staff.<strong>President</strong>-Elect Paul George proposedthe vote <strong>of</strong> thanks.July 5 to July 11, 2011 THE GATEWAY, The Bulletin <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Rotary</strong> <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bombay</strong> Page 11
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