The document provides biographical information about Mrs. Shameem Kunil, the District Chairman of Inner Wheel. It details her educational and professional background, roles within Inner Wheel including positions held at the club and district level, personal interests and activities outside of Inner Wheel. The second part of the document is Mrs. Kunil's message as District Chairman welcoming members and encouraging service, empowerment and enjoyment within Inner Wheel.

1. Vol. : 33
Special Issue 02
Date : 07-11-2013
Pages : 08
Hearty welcome to Mrs.Shameem Kunil
District Chairman's visit to Innerwheel Midtown
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Mrs.Shameem Kunil was born on 7
January into a very broadminded
cosmopolitan and academically
oriented family. Mrs.Shameem did her
schooling at Baldwin Girl's High School
and her college at VHD Home Science
College in Bangalore. She is married to
PHF Rotary Past President
Abdulrehman Kunil, who has his
business in Bombay and Mangalore. They are blessed with 3
children – 2 daughters and a son who are all well settled.
Mrs.Shameem Kunil's love for social service made her join the Inner Wheel Club of
Mangalore North in 1989. There was no looking back after that. Shameem became the
club secretary in 1991-92, vice-president the following year, the club president in 1993-94
and did various club projects and filled the coffers of the club by holding two major fund
raising programs. Influenced by a sports loving family, she was the games captain at both
school and college. She bagged a lot of prizes at Rotary sports meets also. Her love for
sports further came to the forefront when she, as president, took up a project and
conducted sports and games for Inner Wheel club members in and around South Canara
for three years. Naturally, recognizing the well-spring of talents within her, seniors in the
club encouraged her to enter the district in 2007-08 when she was elected as district
editor. She has taken up the posts of ESO twice, vice-chairman and now the chairman.
Her interests are multifarious and her activities are numerous. She is the
Chartered Director of the first 'Dakshina Kannada Mahila Co-operative Bank”, Mangalore ;
Past President of “AGE-Mangalore”, an NGO for Senior citizens; trustee of “Preethi Nidhi
Trust”, an NGO for Lepers in Mangalore. She is the director, partner and proprietor of
various family businesses in Mangalore, Kasaragod and Bangalore. She is also running a
Play-School and Nursery named 'Step By Step' in Mangalore. She co-authored a cookery
book titled 'Coastal Fiesta' in 1999. Her hobbies are varied. She loves to read, has a keen
ear for music and enjoys watching sports. Her life is dancing and hence she takes part in all
the musical skits and dances however tight her schedule may be. She loves to travel and is
good at making friends and believes in the phrase, “FRIENDS ARE FOREVER”. Her genial
nature is so appealing that the term 'ajaathashatru'- the one with no enemies, suits her
completely.
The ship of Inner Wheel is having a smooth, yet eventful sail with Chairman
Shameem Kunil as its captain. Inner Wheel Midtown extends a warm welcome to
District Chairman Mrs.Shameem Kunil.

2. District Chairman's Message
Dear President,
It is my proud privilege to greet all my warm and cheerful Inner Wheel members. I extend
my sincere congratulations to you the leader of the club for being elected to this position that I
consider a special one, because it gives you the opportunity to guide all the members of your
club and have a relationship with them which will last forever.
I am sure that you feel proud to belong to this great International Organisation whose
members are spread all over the world and I hope that you will be able to pass on such an
enthusiastic feeling to all the Inner Wheel sisters because the pride of Inner Wheel Club
membership is our strength.
New members add new blood to the existing ideas of the club and therefore I request all
members to identify and invite their friends and associates whom they think have a passion to
serve society and enrich your club.
The International Inner Wheel Theme for 2013-14 is 'We, for women'
You have certainly realised how sad and worrying the women's situation is all over the
world. We, the women of the district can do something concrete for the less fortunate if we
really want to. Say yes! We want to!!!!!! Thank you.
Please remember...
Success is not final, failure is not fatal.
It is the courage to continue that counts.
May the sun shine, all day long!
Everything goes right and nothing wrong.
Let us together envision, enrich, empower and enjoy Inner Wheel.
Yours in Inner Wheel
Shameem Kunil
IW District-318 Chairman
President’s Message
Dear Friends,
After four months of being the president of the Inner
wheel club of Mysore Midtown I have come to realize what an
honour and a privilege for me to serve as your President. Much
is asked and demanded of those who have been blessed with a
lot. The hallmark of civilization is not the riches we accumulate
but how we treat the fellow human beings. The need to serve
the fellow human beings is never ending and very demanding.
We at the Inner wheel club of Mysore Midtown have been
fortunate in our ability to contribute to help alleviate the suffering and the struggle of
the misfortunate in the society.
Every journey starts with a small step and I can proudly state that the Inner
Wheel club of Mysore Midtown are the shining example of what collectively we can do
to help our neighbourhood. While we cannot solve all the problems of the world what
we can collectively give is to help one at a time with conviction, courage and
commitment.
I want to thank each one of you from the bottom of my heart in achieving this.
Uma Vivek

3. Inner Wheel Mysore Midtown Secretary's Half Yearly Report (2013-2014)
Projects carried out in different avenues of service:
Sl No Projects
Cost
Beneficiaries
1.
Chartered Accountant's month was observed by felicitating
Mr. Loknath C.A for his free services.
2,500
1
2.
Monthly remuneration of Rs 1000/- to Miss Bindu for
coaching children of Makkala Mane
5,000
25
3.
Saree given by Uma on the occasion of Varalakshmi
450
1
4.
Water purifier given at AshaBhavan was sponsored
1,900
30
5.
Vessels given to the needy tribal people living in and around Nagarahole.
1,250
40
6.
2 sewing machines given to the poor and needy women
5,500
2
7.
Uma Vivek gave saree on occasion of Gowri festival to a needy woman
450
1
8.
Blankets given to the needy people of GIRIJANA KENDRA.
1,050
6
9.
Three genuine, deserving persons were identified with the help of
Mr.Sheshadri ACP; These three had to pay money for their release from the
jail. Since they had no means to pay the money, club helped them by paying
the required money and arranged for their release from the jail.
9,000
3
10.
Cooking vessels were given to the Anganvadi centers at Nagapura
tribal place. 1,250
11.
Blankets were distributed to the women of tribal settlement - Nagarahole
12.
On Deepavali day saree was given to a tribal woman at Girijanahaadi .
1.
44
1,000
6
450
1
Educational Help
Gave Rs 10,000/- for the school admission of a needy student
10,000
1
2.
Helped a girl child for paying the school fees
4,000
1
3.
Computer course for needy student2,90014.Anupama our member
and also a resource person conducted an interactive session with 10th std
students of Govt schools on "Mental preparedness for the exams"
300
Adult Literacy
1.
Anupama conducts remedial class teacher training at RMA on every Friday
23
Child/Family welfare/Rights of child
1.
2.
Money donated to the purchase of a kit to be given to a family affected
by the floods at Uttarakand
Conducted competitions at RMA on account of Independence Day.
16,500
Prizes were given to the winners. Sweets were distributed to all the children
on the occasion.
2,410
600
3.
Wet-Grinder given to Ajitanele
2,900
20
4.
A 20 ltr pressure cooker was given to Echo Spandana. Sweets distributed.
4,350
25
5.
Donated three blankets to the mother of quadruplets.
1,050
3
6.
Wafers distributed to tribal children at Veterans Hosalli, Nagarahole
150
45
7.
Stationaries-Pencil, rubber and sketch pens distributed to Government
nd
school, Gokulam 2 stage
350
70
Environmental Services
1.
12 plants were adopted by our club and planted in hinkal area.
3,000

4. Sl No Projects
Cost
Beneficiaries
Hospital/ Medical and surgical help
1.
Gave Rs. 2000/- for the treatment of cancer patient
2,000
1
2.
Rs 15,000 was given to a needy rural woman who had to undergo surgery
of the spine
15,000
1
Water bed and sanitary pads ware donated to the little sisters of the poor, an
old age home.
Medicines like insulin, B complex and multi vitamin were given to the needy
inmates.
This project was sponsored by MrsPremilla Jain.
8,600
83
300
1
3.
4.
Donated Rs 300 to the Asthma patient who was released from the
prison, for purchase of his medicines.
Disabled and spastic
1.
Hyperactivity chair given to the children of Nireekshe
3,500
60
2.
Money given to Navajeevana Niketana, Mother Theresa InstituteLittle Brothers of the Poor for building maintenance
25,000
80
Institute-Little Brothers of the Poor
5,000
80
4.
Gym ball was given to a special girl child
1,500
1
5.
President Uma donated one gym ball to Nireekshe. Distributed sweets
to the children there.
1,560
60
Physiotherapy bed given to spastic children of Chinnara Chiguru
Charitable Trust
3,100
8
Donated physiotherapy chair to the spastic children of SnehaKirana.
Distributed sweets to the inmates
4,570
70
750
60
5,000
15
600
4
1,500
7
1,000
25
Artificial limb is sponsored to one needy person at Mahaveer limb centre
every year.
10,000
1
Serving afternoon meal at Bharat cancer hospital every year on charter
day 30th Nov
8,000
1000
1,000
1
15,000
15,000
8,000
50
250
22
2,500
1
3.
6.
7.
Food served to the inmates of Navajeevana Niketana Mother Theresa
Old Age
1.
Donated 25kgs of sugar to the Little sisters of the poor
2.
Prabha and Anupama gave groceries to BelakuVatsalyadhama old age home
3.
Juicer Mixer was given to Puttaveerama
4.
Food was served to the inmates of an Old age home. Project
was sponsored by Mrs. Anuradha.
5.
An entertainment programme by mimicry artist Mysore Anand was
arranged for the inmates of JSS old age home
Continuous projects
1.
2.
3.
Rs 25,000 FD by Renu Agarwal. Interest is used to educate girl child
4.
Members Anuradha and Renu working at Help line
5.
Roopa our member recognises senior most teacher at RMA by giving cash
incentive
6.
7.
8.
9.
Member Premilla stitches 50 sets of uniforms every year
to the needy children of JSS..
Food is served to Balamandira an orphanage on 18th Feb every year
Food is served at Vishranti , old age home, on 16th. June every year
Lavanya sponsors a Gold Medal and cash prize to the school topper of
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RMA in the 10 Std board exams every year.

5. Sl No Projects
Cost
Beneficiaries
Conducted fancy dress competition along with Happy Kids Academy on
the occasion of Janmashtami
2,000
5
Celebrated Friendship day and Rakhi Festival along with Midtown
Rotarians. Fund raising project
3,450
35
Celebrated Janmashtami with Rotarians. The programme was filled with
songs and dance, all in praise of lord Krishna. Annets who were dressed as
BalaKrishnas added colour to the whole programme . Gifts were given
to all the Annets who had participated. Nine Rotarians were felicitated
1,690
15
1,400
35
1,400
28
Indian art and culture
1.
2.
3.
4.
Club celebrated “Baby Shower” of our member Shama at Chandrika's
house. House was decorated traditionally with mango leaves torana. All
members wore green sarees. Shama, star of the day was made to sit on
the 'Hasemane' which was decorated with Rangoli and lighted lamps in
front. All types of laddoos and snacks were neatly arranged with fruits,
flowers and bangles. All the members put haldi, kumkum and flowers on
Shama. After putting bangles aarti was performed. She was given green
saree on the occasion. Members sang songs befitting the occasion.
Traditional lunch was served on banana leaf. This was a surprise for all the
other members except the three hosts Chandrika ,Anupama and Prabha .
Thanks to Chandrika who planned the special event and it was a
touching experience to many
Fun and Fellowship
1.
2.
Celebrated friendship day with all the IW clubs of Mysore. Conducted salad
competition, games and distributed prizes to the winners
Teachers' day was celebrated at RMA. Fashion show was held for teachers
with 3 best performers getting the prizes.Manasa special teacher was
honoured .Sweets were distributed to all the children
Personalised services
1.
Chandrika Chandrika donated Aquaguard to Ashabhavana
2,000
30
2.
Uma
10,000
1
1,060
1
3.
Donated amount towards school admission
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Anupama Donation towards 6 Std school books
rd
4.
Chandrika Donation towards uniform for 3 Std child
1,275
1
5.
Savitha
Donation for 2 students college fees
4,000
2
6.
Kusuma
Donated towards sewing machine
500
1
7.
Prabha
Donation given towards treatment of cancer patient
2,000
1
8.
Chaitra
Donation for admission of an engineering student
5,000
1
9.
Roopa
Amount donated for the treatment of an accident patient
1,000
1
10.
Anupama Counseling was carried out by Past President
Anupama for the children of RMA
5
11.
Jabeen
Gave dress materials to 10 needy girls
8,000
10
12.
Jabeen
Amount given to a needy person
2,000
1
13.
Anupama Amount given to a needy person
2,000
1
14.
Vyjayanthi Distributed clothes to the needy college going girls
15.
Anitha
Donated money to a girl child for her education
4,000
1
16.
Meera
Served food to the inmates of Chamundi orphanage
3,500
48

6. Sl No Projects
17.
Cost
Anupama Gave food to the inmates of Spandana on account of
Ganesh Chaturthi
Beneficiaries
2,500
23
18.
Uma
Distributed clothes to the needy college going girls
19.
Renu
Renu distributed fruits and sweets to Bapuji orphanage.
800
26
20.
Renu
Renu Agarwal donated sarees to needy women
750
5
21.
Renu
Seemantham set was given to a pregnant woman by
Renu Agarwal
1000
1
22.
Hanifa
Gave clothes to the needy children of Puttaveeramma
school for deaf and dumb
23.
Anuradha Anuradha gave 100 kgs of newspaper to AWMD. Children of
AWMD need them to make different art items in which they
are good at
24.
Geetha
25.
47
Distributed clothes to the needy college going girls
Prathibha Distributed clothes to the needy inmates of old age home
Joint meeting and projects
1.
Chandrika and Lavanya attended programme on E-Hacking conducted
by Rotary Mysore Midtown. Chandrika also spoke on ETHICS and had an
interactive session with the participants
2.
Breast feeding awareness programme at VV Mohalla maternity hospital.
Joint project with IW Central. Protein supplements given to pregnant and
lactating mothers
1,800
60
3.
Celebrated Independence day at RMA along with Midtown Rotarians.
4.
Joint Project with Rotarians: Career Guidance programme “DIKSOOCHI”
was conducted and prizes were given to best participants
1,200
12
A yoga camp was conducted by all IW Clubs of Mysore for the benefit of its
members.
3,500
60
60,000
55
5.
6.
“Life is calling” marathon in aid of providing job opportunity to the special
children was jointly conducted by Rotary and IW and our member
Chaitra took part in it
7.
Conducted 'Bhagawan Memorial' English debate competition
(ongoing joint project) for college students with Rotarian's.
Gave away prize for the best speaker
Flag exchangeSl No:Names of Clubs
1.
IWClub of Mysore West, Dist 318
2.
IWClub of Koramangala Bangalore, Dist 319
4.
IWClub BangaloreSouth Parade, Dist 319
5.
IWClub Vijayapura, Dist 319
6.
IWClub Tumkur East, Dist 319
7.
IWClub Tumkur, Dist 319
8.
IWClub BangaloreWest, Dist 319
9.
IWClub Orchards, Dist 319
·
IW Club of Mysore North, Dist 318
3.
Projects during Chairman's Visit
10. IWClub Hapur Greater - Dist 301
·
·
·
Helping the release of a lady from the
jail, the lady who has served her term
but could not mobilize cash towards
penalty , with Rs.11000/Donating water purifier worth
Rs.12,000/- to Vishwadhama old age
home. Our membersSudha Vishwanath
and Lavanya Srinivasan are donating a
Wet grinder and TV to the same place.
Helping a rural woman who is mother
of quadruplets with cash and clothes.
Cost of the project- Rs.12000/Pledging of eyes by Inner Wheel
Midtown members

7. Fund raising
Sl No Name of Donor
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Dr. Gnaneshwar
Mrs. Mythili
Mr. Vivek
Mrs. Uma Vivek
Mr. & Mrs. Reddy
Mrs. NeeluferKhuraishi
Mrs. RenuAgarwa
RMA Foundation
Mrs. Vijaya Alagappan
Rtn. Krishna
Rtn. Raghavendra
Rtn. Sundar Raja Rao
Rtn. Alagappan
Rtn. Dr. Prahlad
Rtn. Dr. Ravindranath
Rtn. Ramakrishna
Amount
25,000
15,000
20,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
l5,000
20,000
10,000
5,000
5,000
10,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
2,000
Sl No Name of Donor
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
Rtn. Farooq
Rtn. Vishwanath
Rtn. Srinivasan
Rtn. Raghu M.S
Rtn. RajuBaliga
Rtn. Umesh
Rtn. Mahesh Murthy
Rtn. Narendra
Rtn. Bhanuchandran
Rtn. Harish
Rtn. Narendrababu
Rtn. Mohan
Rtn. Nagaraj
Rtn. Venkatesh
Mr. Vivek
TOTAL
Amount
1,000
5,000
5,000
2,000
500
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
500
500
1,000
500
5,000
10,000
1,97,000
Innerwheel Welcomes new members
Savitha Srinath
Mrs.Savitha Srinath has
done her Bachelor of
Science from Siddaganga
I n st i t u te o f S c i e n c e ,
Tumkur and PGDBA from
KSOU. She is married to
Dr.Srinath, GI Surgeon at
Apollo BGS Hospitals,
Mysore. The couple are
blessed with daughter
Rakshitha. Her family moved to UK in 2003 and
were there for a period of 6 years. Now settled
in Mysore, Savitha is a homemaker who is
interested in travelling, gardening, cooking and
reading.
Dr.Gayathri Gubbi
Dr. Gayathri Gubbi, was
born in ''Sakkare Nagara''
Mandya. She did her
schooling at Carmel
Convent School and was a
national level Kho-Kho
player during her high
school days. She studied
Medicine at Mysore
Medical College and
completed her post graduation in E.N.T
Specialty from Bangalore Medical College. She
got married to Rtn.Dr.Pramod Gubbi in
December 2003 and they moved to U.K after a
year and a half. They stayed there for 7 1/2 yrs
and decided to come back to India and settle
down in Mysore. Currently she is working as a
consultant ENT Surgeon at Kamakshi Hospital
and is also attached to few more hospitals.
She loves cooking, gardening, watching TV,
outdoor activities and travelling.
Nandini Murthy
Mrs.Nandhini Murthy
has done her Masters in
Food and Nutrition and
executive in MBA. She has
also learnt yoga in nature
cure. She is married to
Mr.Murthy and is blessed
with 2 sons. She has 15
years of work experience
as consultant nutritionist
at Bangalore. She has 5 years of teaching
experience at Maharani's college, Mysore. She
is actively involved in nutrition related articles.
She is currently working as Senior Centre Head
at VLCC Mysore since 2003.
She has excellent communication,
presentation and interpersonal skills. She is
innovative and can quickly adapt to any
situation. She has won umpteen number of
awards related to food and nutrition. She is
good at flower decoration, ikebana,etc. She
loves travelling. She has also been a judge at
many competitions. Nandhini is a multi-faceted
personality.

8. Inner wheel projects Photo gallery