Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City

Friday, 10-May-2013

Luncheon Meeting at Hotel Shangri-La at 1.00 p.m.  

Guest Speaker: H.E. Tariq A Karim, Ambassador of Bangladesh. A career diplomat since 1967, Tariq A Karim was Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States of America, High Commissioner to South Africa and Ambassador to Iran. He served as Additional Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy High Commissioner in New Delhi and Deputy Chief of Mission in Beijing. Topic: TBD

21st Annual International Goodwill Golf Invitational at 8:00 at the Delhi Golf Club between Heads of Diplomatic Missions and Club Members.

Rescheduled due to inclement weather

Friday, 8-February-2013

Luncheon Meeting at Hotel Shangri-La at 1.00 p.m.  

Guest Speaker: Maja Daruwala, executive director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, an international NGO based in New Delhi, which works for the practical realization of human rights. Her interests lie particularly in the area of systemic reforms. She has concentrated her energies on issues of accountability, particularly promoting police reform and the right to information. Ms. Daruwala is the founder and chair of People's Watch in Tamil Nadu and sits on several charitable boards, including The Open Society Institute-Justice Initiative and the International Women's Health Coalition, both in New York. Born in India, Ms. Daruwala has lived and worked in England, Singapore and Sri Lanka. Back in India, she practiced for a short while in the Supreme Court and then went to the Ford Foundation where she worked as a program officer for South Asia. Topic: Police Reforms

Luncheon Meeting: at Hotel Shangrila at 1.00 p.m.  

Saturday 13-October-2012

Health Camp at the Balgram Orphanage, Village Rai, Sonepat in collaboration with the Lanco Foundation.

Tuesday & Wednesday, 9 & 10-October-2012

Blood Donation Camp: 2-day camp organized by the Rotary Club of Delhi Garden City at the GLA University, Mathura. GLA University has over 4,500 students and we were able to collect 464 units of blood at the camp - the largest total in our club's history.

Wednesday, 3-October-2012

Luncheon Meeting: at Hotel Shangrila at 1.00 p.m.  

Guest Speaker: Dr. Alka Pandey, Consultant Arts Advisor and Curator of the Visual Arts Gallery at the IndiaHabitat Centre in New Delhi.  She will be addressing our club on "The ABC of Art".  

Abstract: The talk centers around the idea of aesthetics, buying and collecting of art. Art in India has moved from the sacred to the commercial and the journey has been a dynamic and challenging one. Is there a conflict of interest between commercially expensive art and good art? What defines good art? Does good art have to be ugly and difficult to comprehend?  While the definition of art is changing from the traditional to contemporary practices, the patron of art too are changing. From the temples to the royals, art is often looked as commodity of investment. The talk will attempt to contextualize the co-existence of Lakshmi and Saraswati - the aesthetics in the commercial - of art in India.

Wednesday, 19-September-2012

Luncheon Meeting: at Hotel Shangrila at 1.30 p.m.  

Guest Speaker: H.E. Gustavo de Aristegui,  Ambassador of Spain on "India's Economic & Geo-Political Importance in the World"

Wednesday, 12-September-2012

Rotaract Installation: Institute of Marketing Management, Qutub Inst Area

 We will be visiting Institute of Marketing & Management, B-11 Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi at 4.00 p.m. for the installation of the new team of IMM Rotaract Club.  Please let Rtn. Sundeep Khanna, Director, New Generation and Rtn. Amrit Dhingra, Chairperson Rotaract know if you will be attending the program.

Saturday, 8-September-2012

Project Visit:  Don Bosco Ashalayam, Dwarka. 

Apart from interacting with the children of the Ashalayam, we will be delivering audio  mixers and amplifiers, Christmas decorations donated by the scouts from Troop 60, Boy Scouts of America. In addition we will be supplying sanitary napkins to girls hostel adjacent to he Ashalayam. Please let Rtn. Monica Kumar or Mr. Taneja know if you are interested in attending. We will assemble at Delhi Gymkhana Club at 10.00 a.m. to car pool together, and expect to be back by 1:00 pm.

Thursday, 6-September-2012
District Meet: DILA (District Interact Leadership Assembly)

The month of September is designated for New Generation Service where the focus is on the development of the young children to help them become better human beings, citizens and leaders of the future.  District 3010 is organizing the District Interact Leadership Assembly (DILA) at Apeejay School, Sheikh Sarai between 8.30 AM to 1.00 PM. Our Interact Club of Kulachi Hansraj Model School is participating in the event.  District has appealed that Rotarians also attend the event, particularly President, Secretary and New Generation Team members to show the Interactors that Rotarians care for their development and future growth.”

Wednesday, 5-September-2012
Lunch Meeting at Hotel Shangrila at 1.00 p.m.   

Guest Speaker: Continuing with our theme to celebrate Delhi’s 100 years, our guest speaker will be noted historian, Mrs. Nayana Goradia, who will be speaking to us on “Calcutta to Delhi : Transfer of a Capital – Some Vignettes from the Raj”

August 2012

Tuesday, 28-August-2012

Interact Installation: Kulachi Hansraj Model School, Ashok Vihar, Phase III.  

We will assemble at Delhi Gymkhana Club at 10.15 a.m., pool our vehicles and proceed to school, so as to reach there by 11.30.  It will be a one hour function followed by lunch at the school.  Dr. Veena Bali, Chairperson, Interact Committee is coordinating the program.

Wednesday,22-August-2012

Lunch Meeting at Hotel Shangrila at 1.00 p.m.  

Guest Speaker: Mr. Nayan Chandra, well known author, columnist & Director Publications and Editor, Yale Global Online Magazine at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. He will be speaking to us on "The History of Globalization".The word “globalisation” evokes a visceral reaction like no other. It is accused of unemployment and inequality in the West,of increasing global poverty throughout the world, and hastening ecological catastrophe through unbridled exploitation of natural resources. However, while concerns are justified, they are not the result of some policy called “globalisation”, but the consequences of an accelerated process of interconnectedness. 

Today the problems emerge at unprecedented speed and are more visible, leading one to blame the process rather than the driving force behind it. What are the economic and technological forces driving globalisation? How did the history of science, politics, commerce and religion create today's international system? What is the past and what lies in store for globalization? These are some of the questions that will be addressed from a historical perspective. 

Speaker Nayan Chanda was previously with the Far Eastern Economic Review for almost 30 years as editor-at-large, editor and correspondent. He is the author and co-author of a dozen books. His most recent book Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers,Adventurers and Warriors Shaped Globalization, published in India by Penguin Books has been translated into seven languages. He is the 2005 recipient of the Shorenstein Award for journalism presented jointly by Stanford and Harvard Universities. He writes a regular column for Business World and Times of India.

Saturday, 18-August-2012

Project Visit to Balgram  Orphanage at Rai (Sonepat)

We will assemble at Delhi Golf Club at 1.00 p.m., pool our vehicles and proceed to Balgram to reach there by 2.30 p.m. We should be back by 5.00 p.m. Rtns. Pranav & Ameeta Ranade, Chairpersons of the Balgram Project Committee are coordinating the program. We will be distributing the kitchen supplies donated by the US Embassy, Delhi to the children at Balgram.

Tuesday, 14-August-2012

Project Visit to Basti Vikas Slum School, Srinivaspuri at 12:30 pm to celebrate Independence day with the children.

Friday, 17-August-2012

District Meet: Polio Plus Orientation & Planning Meet at 2.30 p.m. at PHD Chamber, Khel Gaon Marg, followed by high tea.  This will be the best opportunity to meet the Assembly Coordinator & Surveillance Medical Staff.  President, Secretary, Chairperson of the Polio Plus Committee should attend this meet alongwith other interested members.

Wednesday, 8-August-2012

Lunch Meeting at Hotel Shangrila at 1.00. 

Guest Speaker, Mr. Atul Dev, Founder Director ofthe Indian Institute of Public Relations.  Our fabulous capital is a 100 years old! To celebrate this, we have planned a series of talks on Delhi covering a range of issues. The first of these will be given by Mr. Atul Dev who will give us a short presentationon “I Love My Delhi” sharing with us our city’s nuances & secrets.

July 2012

Sunday, 29-July-2012

GOV (Governor's Official Visit) at The Suryaa at 6:00 pm

District 3010 Governor Rtn. Ramesh Aggarwal accompanied by his team will paid an official visit to our Club at The Suryaa at 6:00 pm.  The Governor’s Official Visit (GOV) is a very important event in the Rotary calendar. During this visit, the Governor met Club leaders, Board of Directors and Committee Chairpersons to apprise himself of our club’s activities and plans. Accompanied by the District 3010 Leadership team, DG Ramesh Aggarwal suggested several ways for us to enhance our club's contribution and align with the District and RI goals for the year.

Installation Ceremony at The Suryaa, Delhi at 7:30 pm

The Installation Ceremony of President Rtn. Sanjiv Narayan and his team for the year 2012-13 was held at The Suryaa, New Friends Colony at 7.30 p.m. The ceremony was chaired by Former Chief Justice of India, Justice J. S. Verma while DG Ramesh Aggarwal was the Guest of Honor. We would like to thank Rtn. Sunita & Lalit Malhotra for graciously hosting the Installation Ceremony at The Suryaa.

Wednesday, 25-July-2012

Club Assembly at Hotel Shangri-la at 1.00 p.m. 

This meeting will be a Club Assembly to discuss our clubs plans and programs for the 2012-13 Rotary year.