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Standard Club Constitutionand Bylaws adoptedMembers present at the last meetingof the Rotary year 2010-11, which was held on June 28, unanimouslyadopted the two mandatoryresolutions for the adoption of theStandard Rotary Club Constitutionand Bylaws.The two resolutions had been circulatedin advance to members andPresident Pradeep Saxena movedthem at the meeting for formal adoption.Both resolutions, the first foradoption of the Standard Rotary ClubConstitution and the second for adoptionof the Standard Rotary Club Bylaws,were carried unanimously.Birthday donationsPresident Pradeep Saxena announcedat the last meeting thereceipt of birthday donations fromtwo members. While Ajit Lalvani hadcontributed Rs. 5,001, Shahzad Qadirhad given a sum of Rs. 2,001. Hethanked both members for their generosity.Earlier, at the meeting of June 21,President-Elect Paul George announcedthat a birthday donation ofRs. 10,000 had been received fromPP Vithal Palekar. Similarly, he said,Sunil Vaswani had also made a birthdaydonation of Rs. 5,000.The elegant Zia Mody will open the inningsThe well-known legal luminary,the elegant Ms Zia Mody, whois a Senior Partner of the law firm ofAZB & Partners with offices inBombay, Delhi and Bangalore, willaddress the Rotary Club of Bombayat its regular meeting on July 12.She will open the innings for PresidentPaul George and for ProgrammeChair Dolly Thakore and her team inthe new Rotary 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 of the NewYork State Park by examination.Her primary practice consists ofmergers 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 ofthe 25 most powerful women in Indianbusiness by Business Today inSeptember, 2004, and as one of India’s100 most powerful CEOs by TheEconomic Times in 2005. She has alsobeen awarded the honorific “BusinessWoman of 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 of education andempowerment of rural women.She is also a member of the Boardof Directors of 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 – of US$25,000 to The Rotary Foundation.The amount will be credited to thePaul Harris Endowment Fund.With this, Arvind’s contributionto The Rotary Foundation over theyears has reached the magical figureof $100,000.President Pradeep Saxena announcedthe donation at the lastmeeting of the previous Rotaryyear, held on June 28, 2011, andasked Arjun Jolly, who was present,to convey the Club’s thanks to hisfather Arvind.Well done, Arvind! Keep up thegood work.President Pradeep gives away Club Awards for 2010-11(Continued from Page 9)The Late Dawoodkhan S.Tyebjee Trophy for the Best SeniorCitizen of the Rotary Club ofBombay (donated by Taher Tyebjee)was given to Naresh Kumar Jain.Ashok Minawala, Chairman ofthe 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 Club newsletter, The Gateway,through advertisements. Unfortunately,Arun could not attend themeeting on account of a health problem.But Rotaryann 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 of the RotaryClub of Bombay.But one shield remained. This wasthe one received from the MumbaiPolice in recognition of “his invaluableThe PDG Late Santoshcontribution in organising a spe-Agarwalla Trophy for Best WomanMember of the Club (instituted byPP Sandip Agarwalla) was presentedto Shernaz Vakil.Suresh Goklaney, who is theMD of Eureka Forbes Ltd., was presentedwith the Award for CorporateSocial Responsibility (donatedby PP Harry Singh Arora in memoryof his mother, the late RajkarniArora).Finally, Ramesh Narayan wasthe popular recipient of the Rotarianof the Year Award (donated by ZiniaLawyer in memory of her motherMehroo Irani).Apart from the above annualawards, President Pradeep also pre-Honouring him for a job well done. Naresh Kumar Jain presents hiscompliments and congratulates President Pradeep Saxena in his ownunique style – by wrapping a shawl around his shoulders at the conclusionof the last meetingcial course on hostage and crisis negotiation”in collaboration with ScotlandYard and was presented to PPSandip Agarwalla.As President 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 of the Rotary Secretariatand the work done by eachmember of the office staff.President-Elect Paul George proposedthe vote of thanks.July 5 to July 11, 2011 THE GATEWAY, The Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay Page 11