Dr. L. Savitha is the principal and secretary of Kautilya Group of Institutions in Mysore. She has overseen tremendous growth of the institution since its inception in 2005-06. It now offers a wide range of academic programs from Montessori to degree courses. Dr. Savitha is a researcher and believes in providing students with the best education possible, including new programs in STEM, arts, sports and life skills. She has vast experience in education and has held several leadership roles to improve school standards in Mysore.

1. Issue: 13Volume: 34 Date: 01.10.2014 Pages: 4
“Change Management” by Dr. Savitha
Profile of Dr.Savitha L , Principal & Secretary, Kautilya Group
of Institutions, Mysore
orn on the 6th of August 1973 to a Hindu, Iyengar family at
BMysore and brought up in Bangalore, Karnataka. Smt. L.
Savitha has come a very long way and has done a whole lot that
has made her one of the most sought after administrators and educationists
of thepresenttimes.
EducationalQualifications:
MA:Masters DegreeinArts History
BEd : BachelorsDegreeinEducation English and History -
GoldMedalist
MEd : Masters DegreeinEducation, Educational
RIE,Mysore T e c h n o l o g y a n d
Elementary
Education-Topper
Contribution tothe FieldofEducation:
v Ms. L. Savitha is presently the principal of the Kautilya
Vidyalaya Institutions and has been greatly instrumental and can take a
large chunk of the credit for bringing it to its present stature. This
institution saw its inception about eight years ago, ie. in 2005-06 and in just
a matter of a few years it has seen a phenomenal growth. It now houses
courses ranging from Montessori and CBSE (Classes one to ten) to Pre-
university and Degree courses and also a Teacher Education Course. This
has primarily been possible due to her vision and endeavour. The
Institutionhas alsostartedanothercampusinVijayanagar.
v Ms. Savitha is a researcher, a voracious reader, one who never
tires of experimenting, one who is mentally agile, believes in the
importance of life skills in everyday survival and a person who tries to
imbibe the best from everywhere and this is the reason why the level of
academics is so high at this institution. It is because of her motivation,
belief in providing the very best to students and her futuristic vision that
new programmes & practices like an R&D Cell, an online Math Club and
the introduction of Smart Classes (the very first institution in Mysore to do
so) and student exchange programmes through British Council have been
initiated. The 100% results of SSLC and CBSE speak volumes of its
academicstandards.
v Ms. Savitha has been a sports person all her life, a basketball
player who reached the National Level and made the Nation proud through
her victory. She has also lived in a sports hostel which has given her an
insight into the importance of sports not only in physical but also mental
health and also the advantages of being disciplined, organized and
systematic. Therefore she has roped in an American Group called 'Jump
Bunch' which understands the needs of every child and thereby will bring
out the maximum in each one.The development of life skills is of optimum
use and Ms. Savitha's background in psychology and counseling has
helped many sort out their personal issues and see things from a more
optimisticpointofview.
v She was also been an NCC cadet and has therefore developed
immensedisciplinewhichshe would likeherstudentstoimbibe.
v Ms. Savitha has a vast experience and has
taught students right from the Nursery section right
through to the Post Graduate level and has also
conducted classes for other educationists at various
institutionsinMysore andBangalore.
MemberofotherEducationalAssociations:
v Ms. Savitha is the Founder Secretary of the
Mysore Sahodaya School Complex which has tried to
facilitate creative and effective collaboration and co-operation among
CBSE Schools. The Mysore Sahodaya School Complex has almost 38
schools under its banner and is implementing transformational strategies in
theeducationprocess.
v As the secretary of MSSC, she successfully conducted
Principal's National Conference, at Infosys, Mysore on 'Building
Educational Leaders for the 21st Century' which was attended by 80
principalsandtopmanagementpeoplefrom5 differentStatesofIndia.
Contribution inotherareas:
v Ms. Savitha has presented papers at District, State and National
levels- BangaloreandDelhionTransformationalLeadershiptitled:
a.Importanceof SchoolLeadershipinCommunityDevelopment
b.EmpoweringtheTeachersfor theDevelopmentof theSchool
v She has conducted sessions for teachers on Classroom Practices
andPedagogy.
v Her global outlook and vast interests include fine arts,
handicrafts, sewing, gardening and animal feeding to computers, books,
musicandsports.
MIDTOWN FAMILY EXTENDS A WARM WELCOME TO
DR. L. SAVITHA
Midtown Family felicitates “Saadhya” lady-
Mrs. Anuradha Nandakumar
on being honored with National award SPANDAN-2014
from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

2. AWARDS PRESENTATION TO TRAINEES FROM NAB
17TH SEPT, The weekly meeting at Midtown was
dedicated to the Awards presentation to the 22nd
batch of trainees from National Association for the
Blind, Mysore. The trainees included visually
challenged and hearing impaired. Chief Guest for the
day was PDG. Rtn. R. Guru, a well-known Industrialist,
Philanthropist, senior Rotarian, and a good friend of
Midtown. Also present on the occasion was Mr.
Srikant Rao, Hon. General Secretary, NAB (KB),
Bangalore, and Mr. A. Srinivas, Manager, ITCB&D,
Mysore.
The programme started with the felicitation of Rtn.
Madhusudhan, Midtowner who was part of the
Mysore Warriors team which won the recently
concluded KPL tournament. Incidentally chief guest
PDG. Rtn. Guru is the owner of the team Mysore
Warriors. It was a proud moment for Madhu to be
felicitated by his owner in the Rotary platform. PDG.
Guru said it was a nice gesture from Midtowners to
felicitate Madhu and wished him all the best in his
futureendeavors.
PDG Guru was introduced to the gathering by our
new Rotarian Rtn. Vivek Sangle. Guru in his address
after the awards ceremony to the trainees dwelled
upon various aspects including the good work done by
NAB in training the specially abled children, services
done by Rotary in the field of differently abled children
includingtheiremploymentinorganizationslikeVinyas,
vocational training in organizations like Saadhya and
their accomplishments in winning the National Award
–SPANDAN-2014 etc,. He also narrated instances from
his own organization -Ranga Rao Memorial School for
the blind girl children where he narrated an instance
where one of the inmates who is a blind girl has now
successfully got her PhD. and he was proud of her
accomplishment. Vote of thanks for the function was
proposed by the accomplished speaker for Vote of
thanksRtn.Umesh.K.
So the annual event of award presentation to the
NAB trainees came to a logical conclusion with the
happysmilesinthefacesofthesespecialchildren.
Dear friends, you remember we had started a
campaign to voluntarily optout of LPG subsidyand take
part in Nation Building Initiative. This simple initiative
has found a mention in Governor's Monthly letter-
September issue by the District Editor Rtn. Srikant
Kolathaya. It has been reproduced in this issue. This
recognition gives me impetus to take forward this
project and I urge all the Rotarians to take this small
step. Here is an updated list of Midtown's scroll of
honor.
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"Which child learnt to walk without falling down...?
Thisishowthemindlearnswisdomtoo.Toslip,tofall,to
shake oneself and get up - isn't this what everyone
does...?" -Rtn.Dr.K.A.Prahlad
NATION BUILDING
INITIATIVE
Scroll Of Honour
6.
5. Rtn. Dr. M. N. Bheemesh
4. Rtn. Azeezulla
3. Rtn. Bhanuchandran
2. Rtn. D. Srinivas
1. Rtn. Dr. Prahlad

3. Rotary Mysore Midtown in association with AIMS
(Association of Integrated Mysore Swimmers) had
organized Maisuru Aquathlon ( swim & run event ) on 28-
09- 2014 at university swimming pool, Mysore for age
groupsfrom6to60plus.
ChairmanoftheeventRtnElizarMilton ledtheevent
withfullenthusiasm. Hehadtakenthehelpofswimming
coaches Puttaswamy , Sundaresh , and Jayakumar . M.
Ped students also joined. A very good response was seen
from all parts of the state including north Karnataka. 125
participantshadregistered.
The event started at sharp 7.30 am . There were 2
events1kmofswim+5kmofrunand0.5kmswim+2km
of run. It was a real challenge for new swimmers to
complete the task. Rtn. Manjunath ( ya ya ) provided the
participants with energy drink and breakfast was
arrangedtoallincludingparents.
Rtn M .S. Raghu and Ann Chandrika Raghu completed
the event successfully . Rtn M S Raghu spoke during the
prize distribution and narrated a story of a diver Greg
Luganis of USA, who in spite of his head injury had won in
1988SeoulOlympics
Innerwheel Midtown led by President Mrs. Premilla
Jain sponsoredmineralwaterandsupportedtheevent.
The cash prizes and medals were distributed among
winners.Certificatesweregiventoallparticipants.
Rtns were in large numbers to support the event and
aquathlon concluded at 11. 30 am. Print media and
eletronic media covered the event. Rtns were satisfied
fortheaccomplishmentoftheproject.Elzugoodjob…!!!
- Rtn Ravindra Babu
German students &
Teachers at Mysore
Rotary Mysore Midtowners along with Rotaract
members of DePaul College received students from
Germany on 25th September 2014.
20 students along with 5 teachers from Germany
are in Mysore. They were taken to various tourist
attractions in &around Mysore. Seen in photo are
Rotary Mysore Midtowners, Rotaracters of DePaul
College along with German contingent atop Chamundi
Hills at night with the illuminated Mysore palace in the
backdrop.
First co-ordination
meeting of Brahmanda
Maisuru- Aquathlon
Innerwheel Exclusive
Innerwheel actively participated in Aquathlon-2014 byInnerwheel actively participated in Aquathlon-2014 by
taking care of registration process and sponsored mineraltaking care of registration process and sponsored mineral
water for the whole event. Also PDC Mrs. Chandrika Raghuwater for the whole event. Also PDC Mrs. Chandrika Raghu
tookpartintheeventsuccessfully.tookpartintheeventsuccessfully.
Innerwheel actively participated in Aquathlon-2014 by
taking care of registration process and sponsored mineral
water for the whole event. Also PDC Mrs. Chandrika Raghu
tookpartintheeventsuccessfully.
27-09-14, first co-ordination meeting of
Brahmanda was held at RCL, Mysore. Chairman Rtn.
Raju Baliga and Co-chairman Rtn. Bhanu co-ordinated
the meeting. Prof. Jagannath, Scientist ISRO was
presentinthemeeting.

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Aboutus In-house Magazine Published by
Rtn. Mohan Kumar T.N, Hon. Secretary
Rotary Mysore Midtown, JLB Road, Mysore - 570024
Editorial Board: Rtn. Dr. K.A Prahlad,
Rtn. Bheemesh, Rtn. Ramakrishna, Rtn Bhanuchandran
Rtn. Pramod Gubbi, Rtn. Sundar, Rtn. R.S. Vishwanath
Rotarians said it
Rotarians said it
· And this month, we will mark
World Polio Day on 24 October, and
celebrate the 100th anniversary of
Dr. Salk's birth. I ask you all to Light
Up Rotary this month by doing
whatever you can to shine a spotlight
on our efforts to eradicate polio. When we eradicate
polio – and we will – we'll have brought the world into
a better future, and Rotary into a better future as well.
We will have proved ourselves, as an organization,
capable of great things. And we will have given our
children and grandchildren a gift that will endure
forever: a polio-free world.
Gary C.K. Huang
President 2014-15
Rotary information
JOHN GERM SELECTED AS
2016-17 ROTARY PRESIDENT
Visit to Community Service Centre
Date : 08.10.2014 Time : 6.30pm
44Way TestWay TestWay Test
of the things we say or do
Ÿ Is it the TRUTH?
Ÿ Is if FAIR to all concerned ?
Ÿ Will build GOODWILL & BETTER FRIENDSHIPS ?
Ÿ Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned ?
WISHES
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Abdul Wajid Khan
Suryani
07th October
A large gathering of Rotarians from midtown
and Innerwheel members were at Golden landmark
resorts on 28th Sept 2014 to attend Annet Shehla's
wedding reception. Rtn. Sulaiman Sait and Ann
Hanifa have become proud in-laws now. Midtown
wishes “A LONG AND HAPPY MARRIED LIFE TO
SHEHLA AND MOHAMED ADNAN”
Midtown family at Annet Shehla's Wedding reception
John F. Germ, a member of the Rotary Club of
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, and chair of
the International PolioPlus Committee, is the
selection of the Nominating Committee for
President of RI in 2016-17. He will become
thepresident-nomineeon1Octoberasthere
arenochallengingcandidates.
Evergreen sportsman of midtown does it again
by winning Raja Muthiah ITF seniors grade IV
International Ranking tennis tournament held at
Annamalai University, Chidambaram from Sept
22nd -29th. Other players were fighting it out only
for Runners up position.
Nagi does it againNagi does it againNagi does it again
Happy DasaraHappy DasaraHappy Dasara
Painting by Annet Saanvi RakeshPainting by Annet Saanvi RakeshPainting by Annet Saanvi Rakesh