BNI Kolkata CBD(A) and North Newsletter - May 2022.pdf

Business Network International
― Dr. Ivan Misner, Founder of BNI.
FROM ED’S DESK
DEAR ESTEEMED MEMBERS
Bimal Samal
Executive Director
BNI Kolkata CBDA & North
BNI KOLKATA CBD(A) & NORTH
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER MAY 2022
Year 2022 is going to be a very exciting year for us #bettertogether !! BNI Kolkata CBD(A) &
North along with Ideal chapter celebrated 9th happy & successful anniversary !!
Warriorz chapter created history by inducting 31 members in 31 days & taking the member count from 14
to 45 under the able support of AAD Krishna Singh, SDC Rohita G Sobti, DC Sunil kumar Malpani & AM
Vicky Dhir !!
Lords chapter helped the region strengthen the BNI brand by making their presence in the Digital
Hoarding space !!
Kudos to the Gold Club team ably led by Ruchi Saria for hosting the Gold Club Business Conclave !!
Congratulations to Shanky Sachdev of Dynamitez chapter for renewing for 10 yrs !!
AD Vivek Guruji Jaiswal conducted the 1st Hindi MSP (Sadasya Safalta Karyakram) !!
Prudent passed a Total 900+ crore TYFCB in the last 9 years !!
Epic is the No 1 chapter in the Region & No 16 in All India Ranking as per the All India Chapter Traffic
light !!
Ideal has the Highest Chapter Size with 108 members !!
Epic chapter has the Highest Net Member growth in the last 6 months = 13
Sphinx topped in Overall Retention with 84% !!
Ideal chapter generated Rs 15.11 crore business & Eminence generated Rs 19.8 lacs business per
member !!
Looking forward for your continued support at all times !!
Keep Soaring & Keep Roaring !!
The secret to great networking lies in paying devoted attention and
genuinely listening to the person with whom you are interacting

HIGHLIGHTS
BNI Kolkata CBD(A) completed 9 years with 1515+ strong
members & aspires to reach 2023 members by 2023.
Congratulations to the Directors & Members. All the best!
Congratulations to
Secretary Treasures of BNI
TITAN, BNI SPHINX & BNI
ASPIRATIONZ!
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Mr Shanky Sachdev, BNI DYNAMITEZ renewed his BNI
Membership for 10 years while Mr. Partha Bhattacharyya,
BNI IDEAL has renewed his BNI membership for 5 years.
This not only proves Members’ confidence in the BNI
Platform but also encourages other members to garner trust.
Congratulations to both!
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A Gold Club conclave for BNI Kolkata CBD(A) & North - Gold
Club & Prospective Gold Club members was held on 7th
May 2022 at Soi6 where 50+ members participated & INR 40
lac+ business was closed to date. The Gold club core team
consists of Ruchi Saria and team Tarun Surana and Surabhi
Agarwal.
Mr. Pravir Agarwal, Innovation - Residential Interior
Designer, BNI TITAN got an instant outside referral for
interior work worth INR 30 Lakhs from Mr. Rajesh
Agarwal, BNI IDEAL through this conclave.
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The R2C EDUCATION CELL spearheaded by the R2C team
& comprises of Aditya Himatsingka, Chandrima Gupta,
Mayanka Singhal, Rishav Chowdhary & Tanima Khilani. It
was initiated to bridge the gap between the chapters and the
concept of R2C. The Chapters invite the educational team to
address the Chapter members and to educate them on the
various R2C activities.
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THE R2C EDUCATION CELL - AN R2C INITIATIVE

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FROM CHAPTERS FOR
THE R2C EDUCATIONAL CELL
TESTIMONIALS

CHAPTER NEWS
BNI IDEAL celebrated its 9th year with an excellent
engrossing Quiz format meeting, felicitating founder
members, 9 Crore+ business givers, making 2 inductions,
BRICS T- shirt unveiling and Ramp walk along with team
Captains. BNI oath was taken by all the members. ED's
Rahul Agarwal, Bimal Samal, Rahul Mohta, AD Vivek
Jaiswal, Support Ambassador Pranay Agarwal &
Operations Manager Kanchan Chouhan attended the
celebrations.
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BNI IDEAL did a business of INR 15.11 CR, BNI EMINENCE
of INR 11.68 CR, BNI WINNERZ of INR 8.73 CR & BNI
EDEN of INR 8.51 CR.
BNI EPIC is leading the region with traffic score of 100
followed by BNI PRUDENT at 95.
Business closed by BNI Kolkata CBD(A) & North together in
the month of May 2022 is INR 107.7 Cr.

Members from BNI SPARKZ, KOLKATA CBD(A) visited
Ranchi for a 121 conclave. 22 members from BNI
SPARKZ and 26 members from BNI GUARDIANS,
RANCHI were in attendance. 51 referrals have already
been received by BNI SPARKZ members with many more
to come. Few Collaborations were also done. A social was
also organised in the evening by the Host which was
attended by all members present. It was a great effort to
create an outstanding bond between members from the 2
regions. Superb initiative by BNI SPARKZ President
Deepak Bothra & VP Harsh Daga.
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BNI PRUDENT completed INR 900 CR of business since
inception, highest in the BNI Kolkata Region & celebrated
with a bang by recognizing the Crorepati givers of the
chapter.
BNI IDEAL completed
INR 700 CR of business
since inception.
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BNI LORDS completed 7 years on 5th May 2022. A theme -
based meeting was organized followed by the cake cutting
ceremony. Founders and Key Members were recognized for
their continuous support towards their contribution. The event
was graced by EDs Bimal Samal and Rahul Mohata.
Members of wedding power team at BNI LORDS gave a
very special presentation. They enacted the entire
wedding sequence, where each member’s product and
services were showcased.
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BNI PRUDENT celebrated Woman Entrepreneurs Day in
a grand way with 50+ spouses attending the meeting on
11th May 2022. The weekly presentations were given by
their spouses. It led to networking & bonding thus further
strengthening the chapter.
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BNI WINNERZ celebrated its 4th year in a grand way by
hosting 60+ visitors and inducting 5 members to the chapter.
This special event took place at ITC Royal. What made it
successful was equal participation of all the members.
Visitors were not only offered opportunity to display their
products, but they also received warm welcome gifts by
many members. Referrals were also passed to visitors & few
got closed immediately.
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On 10th May 2022 BNI EPITOME successfully celebrated
Mother’s Day by inviting the chapter members’ mothers. It
was a unique idea of showing the mothers how their
children are doing in their professional life. By the end of
the meeting the smile on their faces was priceless.
BNI MONARCH celebrated
PROP Week in May where in
members narrated their
weekly presentation using
props. It was great to see the
active participation and the
liveliness in the meeting.
Visitors and newly inducted
members also joined in the
theme!
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BNI EMINENCE organized different themes for the
meetings every week in the month of May 2022,
1) Know your buddy – members spoke for each other in a
45 sec presentation.
2) Tribute to Rabindranath Tagore
3) Bollywood theme
4) Gratitude for other members
A brilliant initiative called ZenTalks has been driven by the
LT of BNI ZENITH & hosted by Mr. Abhishek Bhattacharyya
(AR-VR). It is a Talk Show, where members are selected
for a short interview. Questions are asked about the
Member’s Business, their journey in BNI, their positive
takes, etc. This is leading to great visibility for the members
in social media posts and has already started creating a
buzz around.
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BNI EXUBERANCE had a successful Testimonial Week
on 18th May 2022, where 30+ Testimonials were passed.
BNI EPIC celebrated ₹150 CR Business in an epic way. A
successful Grand Visitors Day was organised & several
milestones were achieved: 3 Inductions, 40 Visitors, Grand
Setup - LT Backdrop having business names of all the
Epic Members. Big flexes highlighting Green Pin Holders,
Crorepati Pin Holders, 150 CR Business, 1 CR Seat Value
& BNI, Gift Hampers for all the Visitors sponsored by Epic
Members. A special bag was also made to giveaway the
same, which had #bniepic on one side & details of
members on the others who sponsored the gifts. 6 new
inductions were done as a result of the GVD, making a
grand total of 9 new inductions in May.
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BNI DREAMZ has a special way of doing things. They
adopted a school for 100+ underprivileged children about
2 years ago and stood by them in tough times and aided
them financially as well as renovated the whole
infrastructure of the school. They launched the school this
year and provided the children with all the stationery as
well as 1 year’s fees. This was a very proud moment for
the whole chapter as they arranged the whole amount of
sponsorship by themselves. BNI DREAMZ always aims
BIG and achieves BIGGER!
CSR
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On 12th of May 2022, BNI EMINENCE donated 14 fans to
Swapnopuron Shiksha Niketan in Hingalganj, Sundarban.
The children in the school were studying without fans and
summer season had already arrived which was a cause of
concern. The fans provided a sense of relief and a better
environment for the children. This also led to the parents
sending their children regularly to school.
BNI ZENITH organised a blood donation camp for child
cancer patients of Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital &
managed 52 donors for the camp on 22-05-22 through the
leading person Dr. Jitendra Shah. A Very Special Thank
You to chapter member Mr. Rachit Shah who helped
tremendously in making this Blood Donation Camp
possible. This was through-out supported from the Region
as well.
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BNI EXUBERANCE conducted a very successful CSR
activity on 1st May 2022. A Blood Donation Camp was held
at Vishnu Banquets, which was extremely well organized.
The event was attended by cross chapter members too.
The environment was fun and lively with music by Krishna
Prasad Sharma and Neeraj Banka along with chapter
members. The Camp was also attended by Eds & ADs.
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Cheers to the LT of BNI ZENITH, and special thanks to
President Ipsita Johri Rane & Socials coordinator Devasis
Ghosh for organising an energy booster social on 6th May
2022 at Pour House. Members had a lovely time bonding with
each other & merry making. These bonding are so effective in
future business relationships.
BNI WINNERZ believe in
growing their bond stronger,
not only within the meeting,
but outside also. Hence their
Women's Only Social!
SOCIALS
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BNI EDEN did their sports socials Edenlympics on 22nd May
2022 along with Awards Night and After party. 9 sports were
played, and members and their family participated in huge
numbers. It was a great team bonding event.
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Vikash Bajaj, Pratham – The
Boutique for All Ages, Men’s
wear, BNI EPITOME was
featured in Dainik Vishwamitra
on 21st of May, 2022 covering
his entrepreneurial journey over
the years.
Arun Kothari, Kothari Industries –
Construction (Scaffolding), BNI
EPITOME was featured in Dainik
Vishwamitra on 9th May 2022. He has
also been elected as the Executive
Committee member of Calcutta
Electric Traders’ Association.
MEMBERS IN NEWS
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Siddharth Kedia, Atlantis Marble Mart LLP & Mayank
Chowdhary, Plywoods, from BNI MONARCH represented
their companies in ABID 2022. Also, Siddharth Kediawon
2nd prize for the Best Designed Stall!
Mahesh Gupta, Lee & Nee,
Software and Website
Development, BNI LORDS has
been awarded as the top partner
award from East India for SAP
Practice.
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Kshitij Khemka, Balajee Aluminium Glazing, Windows &
Doors, BNI LORDS got the Award for the best product stall
at ABID EXHIBITION 2022.
Chirag Kothari, Momentz, Home
Decor, BNI LORDS became the
Luxury Solution Partner for IIFA
Awards, 2022.
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Nisheeth Nayar, Director of
Chandrani Pearls P Ltd., BNI
EMINENCE was featured in
Telegraph T2 for his Jewellery
collection.
An article written by Abhishek
Mohhta, Partner Trustedarms
Wealth Management LLP,
founding member of BNI KNIGHTZ
and the current ST on “Why
investing in 2022 should be in your
priority?'' got published in
“Sanmarg Newspaper''.
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Mr. Rachit Shah, Hira Panna Jewels – Gold Jewellers, BNI
Zenith participated as an Exhibitor at the Business &
Beyond 2022 Mega Event. He was also the Associate
Sponsor for the Event. He had amazing interactions with
over 100 visitors and over 70 BNI Members cross chapter.
He was able to connect quite a few members during this
Event for Business & Referrals. He received the Trophy by
the CWBTA Team for participating in the West Bengal
Trade Expo 2022. He also received a Trophy by BNI for
being the Associate Sponsor for the Entire Business &
Beyond Event 2022. His Business Presentation was played
on the BNI Stage Big Digital Screen, which was supported
by his chapter.
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Dr Kanupriya Goyal, Prosthodontist, Advanced Dentistry,
BNI EXUBERANCE was felicitated and awarded the Social
Change Award conducted by the P&C Group. At this award
function the change makers of the society were honoured for
making a difference in their respective fields. This is a huge
honour and recognition.
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CONGRATULATIONS
QUESTIONS FOR THE MONTH
1. Why is Rahul Dravid called Jammy by his teammates?
2. The tyer company CEAT belongs to which group?
3. Which BNI member recently renewed for 10 years BNI
membership at a go?
Answers (Answer, Your Name, Business Category, Chapter
Name, Your Picture) to be mailed at bninews.kol@gmail.com.
KESHAV BHATTER
SILVER JEWELLERY
BNI KNIGHTZ
As always, we love to hear from you. Share your
BNI Story with us at bninews.kol@gmail.com
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Edited by - Sweta Agarwal, Senior Director Consultant
Data collected by - Ipsita Johri Rane, Amit Singhi &
Aarti Daga, Members (BNI Kolkata CBD(A) & North)
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