1. Vol. : 33
Issue : 33
Date : 19-02-2014
Pages : 04
Rotary Midtown Sports award
Midtown has instituted many awards recognizing achievements of citizens from different streams of life.
Rotary sports award is one such annual award which recognizes efforts of sportspersons for Mysore. Today
the honors goes to Mr.C.S.Amarnath. The award will be presented by ex-mayor Mr.N.Prakash.
Chief guest of the day N.Prakash “Rotary Sports 2014” awardee : C.S.Amarnath
Amarnath, popularly known as “Chamundi
Today's chief guest is
well known ex-mayor of
Mysore, Mr.N.Prakash.
Born in late 40's, Prakash
is a passionate
sportsman himself. He
started playing kho-kho as a school
boy and went on debut representing
Karnataka state during 1965 and
consistently participated for more
than 12 years. He played for Mysore
division and also for Mysore
University. He reached pinnacle when
he captained the Mysore state team
in 1970. He was the first person from
south India to receive the prestigious
“Ekalavya Award” in 1970 and even
received “Dasara Award”. His political
journey began when he was elected
as a corporator in 1983 and retained
the post by winning 3 consecutive
elections holding the office from
1983 to 2002. He became Deputy
Mayor in 1989 and then the coveted
post of Mayor of Mysore in 1997. He
was a member & chaired many
committees in Mysore corporation.
He was nominated as a member
of sports council of Karnataka for a
period of 5 years. He has been an
inspiration and a guide to thousands
of kho-kho players.
Currently he is the president of
Mysore District Kho-Kho Association
and president of Pioneer Sports Club,
which is one of the leading sports
clubs well known in the country for
contributing talented kho-kho
players to the country.
Hearty welcome to an
accomplished sportsman Mr. N.
Prakash
Express” is an accomplished International athlete
from the police department. He was born in 1969
to Late S.Subbanna & Gowramma amidst
greenery of Chamundi Hills. His stint with sports
began in school days during which he used to
participate in sports events “bare footed” and
went on to win accolades when he was in college and university. A
member of “Bomb detection squad” he joined police department
in 1993 as a constable and has served in many police stations in the
city.
His passion continued even after joining the department and
participated in various events. He excelled in 100mts, 200 mts,
long jump & 4*100 relay races winning several gold, silver and
bronze medals. He got the tile “Sprint King” for his record of 12.31
seconds performance in 100mts dash in City Police Sports Meet
held in 2011. In 2012 he became member of Mysore District
Masters Athletic Club and since then he has participated in many
national and international events winning laurels. “Handball” is
another passion of Amarnath in which he has participated in many
state and national tournaments. Here is a list of select
achievements of Amarnath:
 Won 12 gold, 3 silver & 3 bronzes in State Masters Athletic
Championships (2007-2012)
 Won 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in 28th National Masters
Athletic meet held at Jaipur
 Won 2 gold and 1 silver medal in 29th Master Athletics meet
held at Ramnagara
 Part of the team which ran with the “Queen's Baton” torch
which came to Mysore before the Commonwealth Games at
New Delhi in 2010
 Won bronze medal in 31st Masters Athletic meet at Chennai in
2010
 Part of the gold medal winning team in 4*100 mts relay in 16th
Asian Masters Athletic meet held in Kualalumpur in 2010
 Part of the silver medal winning team in 4*100 mts relay in
33rd Masters Athletic meet in Bangalore
 Represented Indian in 26th Open athletic Championship held
at Srilanka (participated in 100m,200m & long jump)
He is ably supported by his family members (wife, Ms.
Shailasri, brother Mr.C.S.Vishwanath & sister-in-law Ms.Pankaja),
Colleagues in the department and by International athlete
Mr.M.P.Chandrashekar.
It is our pleasure to recognize and honor the accomplished
athlete Mr.C.S.Amarnath with the coveted “Rotary Sports Award 2014”. Midtown wishes a very successful sports life to the humble
“Chamundi Express” of Mysore!!!

2. rd
23 February
Rotary celebrates its 109th birthday on Sunday 23rd February 2014. It has been a phenomenal journey
from a humble beginning to a mammoth movement – biggest ever mankind has witnessed. Today Rotary
International is actively participating in all parts of the world in making the world a better one. (Above seen
1930 picture is of the members who survived & continued to be members of the first Rotary club which was
formed in 1905)
President Pranab Mukherjee conferred
Award of Honour of Rotary International
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was
conferred Award of Honour on 11 February 2014 in
New Delhi. The award was presented by Ron Burton,
President of Rotary International at Rashtrapati
Bhavan. The President, Mukherjee was awarded for
the leadership he has provided and the India's victory
over Polio. Recently India completed three years
without reporting any case of polio on 13 January
2014. Officially the World Health Organisation
(WHO) certified India as polio-free on 11 February
2014. The WHO on 24 February 2012 removed India
from the list of countries with active endemic wild polio transmission.
About Award of Honour
The Rotary's highest award, Award of Honour is recognition for Heads of countries or governments
who have rendered unique service to the humanity and served the country and its people upholding
values reflected in Rotary's motto Service Above Self.
RMA news
Rotary Midtown Academy Students K.Kavya won first prize in Karate (53 kg) and Vijayalakshmi .J
won first prize in Karate (40 kg). They are seen receiving prizes from Director (Secondary Education) and
Commissioner for Public Instruction, Bangalore, Karnataka. The state level sports & games competition was
held on 11th & 12th Feb, 2014 at Raichur by Department of Public Instruction. Congratulations to the
winners and their trainers.

3. Midtowners at Karaikudi !!!
We, Midtowners embarked on our trip to Karaikudi
on Myladuthurai Train on Saturday afternoon. No sooner
than the train left Mysore, we were all looking at Vishwa
for his supply of fruits . He never disappoints! We were
treated to an assortment of cut fruits including
Blueboom, Black Grapes, Water melon etc., washed
down with the help of grape juice courtesy café Srini.
The whole compartment was filled with the aroma of
biriyani brought by café Srini. Sundar couldn't resist the temptation. Not only he, but also the T.T., who came &
enquired about the menu! Finally it was the dinner time! A heavy dinner to end the day.
Now the whole compartment was filled with noise as many Midtowners were competing with each other
in making louder snoring noise. Sometime it felt like relay race where batons are exchanged as they took turns
in snoring!
We woke up to a frothing filter coffee at Trichy .We
hopped on to the waiting cab for our next leg of
journey towards Karaikudi.
One more round of coffee by Chef Muthu
welcomed us to Rtn.Alagappan's abode. We got
refreshed and visited Pillayarpatti Ganapathi Temple
for Lord Ganesha's blessings.
Back home had a spread of lunch followed by a Siesta after that long journey. We were all ready dressed up
in White-Dothi-Shirt and Angavastram. We reached Rotary club of Karaikudi well in time to a warm welcome by
the host club.
A wonderful joint meeting followed
exchanging pleasantries and lot of views on both
states Midtowners handed over Mysore pak and
mementos over to Karaikudi Rotarians. They
returned the gesture with silver plaques and
shawls. Midtowners donated Rs.5000/- to
Rotaractors.
Next day we visited Rameshwaram. A
wonderful trip with a mix of fellowship and
spirituality came to an end as we boarded our
train to Mysore.
Thank You Rtn. Allagapan for generous hospitality and Rtn. Srini for a meticulously planned trip.
- Rtn.Thana Mohan

4. Practical Innovation
Rotary Information
A new heads-up
display for
surgeons allows
them to see cancer
cells, making it
much easier for
them to remove
the entire tumor
without damaging neighboring, healthy
tissues.
The goggle display system works by taking
advantage of the properties of indocyaninin
green (ICG) dye, a fluorescent dye that binds
to blood plasma proteins, and the highlyvascularized nature of tumors. After the dye
has injected into the patient's bloodstream, it
is subjected to a special light sent out by the
goggles that will make the dye glow blue. This
glow can then be superimposed onto the real
time surgery scene in front of the glasses. The
tumors, with their larger supply of flowing
blood, will glow more vividly than the
surrounding tissue and allow the surgeons to
better identify the cancerous tissue.
RI.Dist.3230 created a Guinness
record by creating the largest human
image of a hand formed by 7,084
people in Chennai on 5th October
2013.
Congratulations!!!
Rtn.Gopala Krishna was honoured
with Lifetime award 2013-14 by
DEALiT for his 25 years of
significant contributions to
Mysore IT fraternity. Hearty
congratulations to Gopalakrishna
& CPPA.
Today's media!!!
Rotary Quiz
1
Q: My Road to Rotary is a book written by
a) Silvester Schiele
c) Gustavus Loehr
b) Paul Harris
d)Hiram Shorey
2
Courtesy : Internet
Answer : Option b
Next Week
Business meeting
Date : 26-02-2014 Wednesday
Time : 6:30pm
Venue : RCL Hall , JLB Road Mysore
Wedding Anniversary Wishes
Rtn. Mohd. Sulaiman Sait
st
21 Feb
Rtn. Rajendra Babu M.K.
th
26 Feb
Please Attend
1. Is it the TRUTH ?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned ?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BET TER
FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned ?