It was with a sense of awe that Mark Maloney delivered his presidential speech at the Rotary India Centennial summit in Kolkata. “It seems just like last week that Rotary celebrated its 100th anniversary in ­Chicago. But it was ­actually 15 years ago. How many of you

Just ­creating ­sanitation ­infrastructure in ­villages and schools alone will not bring the desired results, rather we must focus on building local capacity, engage the beneficiaries and stakeholders, recruit professional ­managers and change social ­behaviour among ­target groups by roping in social entrepreneurs, said PDG Ron ­Denham,

On the inaugural day, following a nicely done interfaith service, leading a grand march, RI President Mark Maloney inaugurated the House of

What is the biggest killer in the world? It is not smoking or alcohol,

At the Centennial Summit in ­Kolkata, Union Health ­Minister Harsh Vardhan praised Rotary’s healthcare programmes

Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya Birla Foundation for Community Initiatives and Rural Development, receives the citation from PRID Ashok Mahajan in the presence of (from L) PDG Subhash Jain, TRF Trustee Gulam Vahanvaty, PRIP Rajendra Saboo, Rashi Mehta, TRF Chair-elect K R Ravindran, RIPN Shekhar Mehta, RIDs Bharat

A sterling interfaith service The complex culture, faiths and beliefs of India and its unity in diversity, recent events notwithstanding, was displayed beautifully

RID 3131 recently came up with a unique idea to enhance Rotary’s visibility in the society by organising the Rotary-CSR Awards. The Times of India and Economic Times partnered with the district to bring out this novel concept. An exhaustive film showcasing Rotary’s various service projects was

A one-day orientation workshop was held in June in Chennai for the incoming DGs where senior leaders — RID C Basker, RIDEs Bharat Pandya and Kamal Sanghvi, TRF Trustee Gulam Vahanvaty, PRIP Kalyan Banerjee and PRIDs Shekhar Mehta and Y P Das — addressed them on aspects such

The 2019 Council on Legislation (CoL) was an awe-inspiring event as 530 delegates filed into the impeccably organised chamber. Past RI presidents, directors and officers conducting the CoL were non-voting members of the Council. Outside, it was snowing in a freezing Chicago. Just the kind of weather

Prerana, the District Conference of RID 3232, was unique in some