- The document summarizes the activities of the Rotaract Club of Zenith from July 2014 to March 2015. It discusses events like district and club installations, friendship day celebrations, independence day celebrations, projects, meetings, and conferences. - Key highlights include Rtr. Senthilkumar being elected as the 20th President of the club for 2015-2016 and Rtr. PP. Vinoth Nagarajan being selected as the District Rotaract Representative for 2015-2016. - The club was actively involved in various service projects, meetings, and conferences at the district and international level during this period.

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3. Message Board
President’s Message
The journey as a president for the year 2014-2015
has been a great year of inspiration. Next year is
going to be a very special for our club. At this
juncture, we are happy to introduce Rtr. Senthil
Kumar as the 20th President of Rotaract club of
Zenith, and to add on after 11 years, Zenith family is
giving its 5th DRR Rtr. PP. Vinoth Nagarajan, who
will be leading the district for the year 2015-16. We
would like to congratulate him for the successful
tenure.
My heartfelt thanks to Rtr. Vignesh for releasing the
magazine successfully. I would like to thank our club
members and other district rotaractors for sharing
this articles. Once again thanks to all for their
wonderful support.
Keep supporting us.
Proud to be a Zenithian.
Yours in Rotaract,
Rtr. Sheik Abdullah
DRR’s Message
The club has been very active and motivated, being
a role model club to many rotaractors and wish to
join a prestigious club like yours. Congrats to Rtr.
Sheik for delivering the year in style, being the DOTS
Secretary and given your best support to the district
council for the entire year.
The Transformation overs the years has been
amazing, lots of fresh new faces joining the club,
which leads to better growth of the club, lot of
bonding among the club, which is the true essence of
Rotaract. The club has focussed on all 4 avenues of
services, hope you guys continue the same
momentum for the upcoming years. Congrats to
Rtr.Yuvabala for the heading the signature project
Enaitha Kaigal, a cancer awareness project joint
hosted with several clubs, it has been a good public
image project, where people could witness about
our service to the society, message has reached
many people, even though there are people who are
still not aware of cancer in the rural areas. Do
continue for the upcoming years and bring unity
among all clubs by making them to participate in this
initiative.
A club which has given max of district officials in the
past few years, DRS Rtr. PP. Swathi who has been a
great asset to the council. Best wishes for the
upcoming year as it is going to be DRR home club.
DRRE Rtr. PP. Vinoth has been vibrant and has lots
of new ideas and thoughts, only with the support of
home club, year would be a super success.
All the very best for a wonderful year to excellence
15-16.
With Best Regards,
Rtr.PP.PHF.Arjun Raja
District Rotaract Representative 14-15
Rotary International District 3230
President Elect’s Message
I thank the chairperson Rtr. IPP. Vignesh for giving
this opportunity. Rotaract Year 2015-2016 is a very
special year for myself & for zenith. It’s my 10th year
in Rotaract and am very happy & proud to be the
President for this prestigious club, in its 20th
year. Also, a biggest glory of our club is we're giving
the 5th DRR from zenith family to Rotaract
movement. It's going to be a roller coaster year for
us, by supporting our DRR Rtr. PP. Vinoth Nagarajan.
It gives me pride in leading the club with the
leadership skills learnt in these 9 years. I've ups &
downs in my life and my zenith family had played a
major role in guiding me through all my endeavours.
And this year it'll be a great opportunity to lead the
young budding Rotaractors of our zenith family.
Looking forward to reach the unreachable by
pursuing excellence...
Regards,
Rtr. Senthilkumar. S
President 15-16
Warm Rotaract Greetings
It gives me immense
pleasure to pen down my
message for our benchmark
magazine - KINSHIP.
Dear Zenith Team,
It takes immense in
congratulating you all for a
successful Inspiring year 14-
15.
Warm Rotaract greetings to
young & energetic Rotaractors.
It gives me immense pleasure in
addressing through our club's
bench mark magazine KINSHIP.

4. District Installation
We participated in District Installation 14-15
on 5th July 2014 which was happened in DG Vaishnav
College. 9 members from our Club have been
appointed as a District Officials.
CHARTER DAY Celebration
We celebrated our Club's Charter Day on 20th
of July at Besant Nagar where we conducted games,
activities & also we had dinner together. Nearly 12
members attended.
CLUB Installation
We had our 19th year Installation on 27th of
July 2014 at Sarmani Hotel, Royapettah and Rtr.
Sheik Abdulla was collared as the President for the
year 2014-2015 and board of directors were
installed on the same day. Rtn.Ramkumar, President,
Rotary Club of Madras North East was the chief
guest, Rtn.Subramani, Secretary, Rotary club of
Madras East and Rtr. Arjun Raja, DRR, R.I. District
3230 was the Guest of Honour. The installation
ceremony was attended by 100 rotaractors from
various clubs.
The Club Banner, Letter Head, Club flag and
Zenith pin were launched during the occasion. New
members were inducted on that day. Milestone –
History Book was launched by our Senior Rotaractor
Rakesh. IPP.Rtr. Deepak exchanged the milestone
history book to President Rtr.Sheik Abdullah. The
program ended with a very good note from Chief
Guest, DRR, and Parent Club President & Guest Of
honour along with vote of thanks by Rtr.
Vaithiyanathan Duraiswamy, Secretary for the year
2014-2015.
On our Club Installation, We received wishes
from, RC's of Harare Central, Zimbabwe-9210,
Indaiatuba, Brazil-4310, 4130, Larnaca Kition,
Cyprus, Del Valle Monterrey, Bermutulla, Srilanka-
3220 with a video presentation and we screened on
Installation.
Secretarial Workshop
Our Club's Secretary has participated in
District Secretarial Workshop & actively interacted
& generated new projects. District DRS and ADRS
also took part in the session who are part of our Club.
Friendship Day Celebration
On 3rd of August, we celebrated Friendship
Day by issuing friendship greeting card & also we
tied Friendship Bands to all District officials, Club
Presidents & Secretaries in District Rotaract Council
Meeting.
Independence Day Celebration
Joint with our Parent Club Rotary club of
Madras North East, we celebrated Independence
Day in ourInteract School - Government Girls Higher
secondary School, Perambur by hoisting flag. Nearly
7 rotaractors attended in it.

5. District Assembly
District Rotaract Assembly was named as
“INSPIRE” and it happened at Chettinad Vidyashram
School on 17th August. 14 members have
participated in Assembly. Green Rotaractors and
Board of directors benefited out of it.
Terry Fox Run
Terry Fox Run was organized by Rotary Club
of Madras East and it happened at IIT Madras on 24th
August in order to create awareness about Cancer
Awareness. Fifteen rotaractors of our club
participated.
Vazhthukal
On September 27th, we wished the members
of Rotaract club of University of Zimbabwe through
video byte for their upcoming project.
Sowing
On 21st September we have done a joint
project along with Rotaract Club of Del Valle
Monterrey, RID 4130, Mexico. The project is to
leave a book in public place so that others will
read, and the people who take the book will
replace the book at the same place after finish
reading. This will motivate the habit of reading
among people.
J & K Flood Relief
We donated 25 bed sheets to Jammu &
Kashmir flood relief.
Zenith Talks
Zenith Talks is an ongoing professional
service project. Zenith Talks is an initiative where
our club member share their knowledge. Every
meeting we will have a slot to share the information.
One such talk was done by Rtr. Vignesh on 19th
October and he shared information about Big Bang

6. theory. Another one on November 9th was done by
Secretary Rtr. Vaithiyanathan.
Waves – RYLA
Two of our Club members Rtr. Nivedan &
Rtr. Prabhakaran participated in waves RYLA and
benefited out of it.
Youth in Asia
Youth in Asia was hosted by Rotaract club of
Chandigarh RID 3080 from 2nd to 9th of November.
Rtr. Kirubhakaran and Rtr. Bala Ganesh attended
and they visited places like Shimla, Chandigarh,
Mussoorie, Ladwa, Dehra Dun, Haridwar, Rishikesh,
Kurukshetra, Saharaanpur, New Delhi, Roorkee and
IIT Roorkee.
Story Telling
We had Creative & Funny Story telling in
Whatsapp group. This initiative was kicked off on
November 16th. Best stories got small prizes in club
meeting.
Smile Please
Smile Please project was conducted by
Rotaract club of Deepam. The project is all about
uploading the Childhood photos and those who got
maximum likes will get a prize. Our club member
Rtr. Nivedan got first prize.
Host Corner
We the Rotaract Club of Zenith hosted the
rotaractors from Rotaract Club of Andheri on 29th
November. We had taken them for Dinner meet and
we exchanged our club letterhead and Zenith Pin to
them. 7 members attended from our club.
My Flag My India
Our club members participated in MFMI. It
was happened in YMCA Nandanam on the Flag Day
(7th Dec). We were a part of Human flag formation.
Through from our club nearly 250 members
attended in it.

7. EK Introduction Meeting
We had an Enaintha Kaigal Meeting in Vel
Amrutha Towers. Rotaract club of DSCET, DRBCCC
Hindu College. RKM Vivekananda College, DCE and
BMC attended the meeting. Rtr. Yuvabala was the
project chairman and she explained about the
Project.
Christmas Celebration
We celebrated Christmas with Rotaract club
of laranca Kiton, RID 4130 through video Byte.
Strategic Meeting 2015-16
Our club members attended Strategic
meeting. This meeting was headed by DRRE Rtr.PP.
Vinoth Nagarajan and Rtn. Shankaran sir also shared
his views.
Mission Madras
Rotaract club of SRM Eswari initiated this
project in which nearly 31 Rotaract clubs
participated in it. We the Rotaract club of Zenith also
joint with project. The project concept is all about to
adopt Marina Beach and keep it clean. The Beach is
divided it into small portions so that every club gets
a portion to take care of and keep it clean. We did
cleaning in our particular area. This project
happened on the last day of the year 2014.
Task – GRM
Group Rotaract Meet happened on January
11th 2015 at Ethiraj College. We presented our club
project presentation and participated in group
cultural. 10 members attended it.
Vaanga Pazhagalam
Rtr.PP. Solomon Rajesh went to Malaysia and
he attended Rotaract Club of Subang, RID 3300 club
meeting on 22nd January 2015. They hosted Dinner
on the same day. We exchanged our club letterhead,
Zenith Pin and Milestone – Zenith History Book. This
exchange program brought us a lot of inputs about
the clubs abroad.

8. Free Bird
Our Club ICYE team went to Vijayawada RID
3020 for a three days trip from Jan 23rd to 26th 2015.
We attended their district conference. It was a fun
filled trip which provided a lot of opportunity to
learn the activities from other district. The contacts
for this trip was established during our member’s
participation in Youth in Asia. We exchanged our
club letterhead, Zenith Pin and Milestone – Zenith
History Book.
Rotasia – Kalinga 2015
Our club Rtr. Kirubakaran and Rtr. PP.
Vinoth participated in Rotasia Kalinga 2015 @ Puri
during the first week of February 2015. We
exchanged club letterhead, Currency, Zenith Pin and
Milestone – History Book.
SPARK – Conference
We have participated in Pre Conference on
20th Feb which was happened in Chettinad
Vidyasharam School.
SPARK is an Annual District Rotaract
Conference 2015 and it happened in Chettinad
Vidyasharam School. 13 members actively took part.
Few members have worked in committees also.
Our Club member Rtr.PP.Vinoth Nagarajan
was elected as a DRR for the year 2015-16 and
announced in District Conference.

9. Vaanga Pazhagalam
During Spark-Conference on Feb 22nd we
exchanged our club letterhead and Zenith Pin to
Rotaract club of Tirupur and Rtr. Ernest Mackina
from Rotaract club of Metapos.
World Rotaract Week Meet
On March 1st, we had our World Rotaract
Week meeting at Spencer Plaza along with 5 college
based clubs. We planned to do projects in all the 4
avenues of services and we have presented the
proposal to the joint clubs.
President 15-16
Rtr. Senthilkumar was elected as a President
for the year 2015-16 on 1st March 2015 during our
club meeting.
DRC Host
On 8th March, we hosted 22nd DRC Meeting.
In host corner we released our WRW Projects and
VITAL. We recognized women district officials.
Presidents and secretaries with greeting card and
Customized Photo Frame.

10. ALERT – WRW Project
On 9th Match, we organized ALERT – First
Aid Program as a part of WRW Project along with
Rotaract Club of SAP at their College premises.
Nearly 80 rotaractors were benefited out of it.
SKYPE Meet – WRW Project
On 13th of March a Skype meet was initiated
by Rotaract club of Zenith. We had SKYPE meet with
5 districts Rotaract Clubs namely, RC of Del Valle
Monterrey, RID 4130, Mexico, RC of Wellawatte, RID
3220, Sri Lanka, RC of Battaramulla, RID 3220, Sri
Lanka, RC of de Indaiatuba, RID 4310, Brazil, RC of
Belgrade Metropolitan, RID 2483, Serbia, RC of
Chandigarh, RID 3080, India, RC of Dhanalakshmi
Srinivasan College of Engineering & Technology, RID
3230, India and RC of University of Zimbabwe, RID
9210. This is now a regular meeting which happens
every month during the second week.
Similar meetings have been conducted on
10th April & on 15th May with a varied set of
participants across the globe. This acts as a forum to
connect all the rotaractors around the world.
VITAL – Presentation
Vital is an ongoing professional service
project of Zenith which is an initiative to spread the
protocols of Installation & DRR Visit of Rotaract
Club. The soft copy has been shared with all
presidents & secretaries.
Medical Camp – WRW Project
As a part of WRW we have organized a
general & eye camp in Day Spring Centre, Redhills on
14th March for Orphans along with Medway medical
centre & Rajan eye care. 60 members benefited out
of it.

11. Movie Time – WRW
As a Part of WRW, We Zenithians along with
joint club Rotaractors we went to movie on 15th
March. We had a nice time over there.
Ignite – International service Director Meet
Rtr. Senthil attended District International
Service director meeting & Rtr. Deepak took a
session on the 15th of March.
Rotary club charter Day
We participated our parent club charter day
which was happened in Boat Club on the 19th of
March.
Gift Boxes
We have sent 3 gifts boxes with the following
articles like letterhead, Pins, Flag, Laughing Buddha
statue were send to Brazil to the following clubs.
Rotaract club of Lins, Rotaract club of Curitiba and
Rotaract Club of Indaiatuba.
We presented Dress and toys to Alex’s
Daughter Marina for her first birthday.
Skype Meet – April
We had a SKYPE meeting on 10th April with
Rtr. Nestro from Rotaract club of Monterey Mexico,
Rtr. Ernest from Rotaract club of Harare Central, Rtr.
Alex from Brazil, Rotaract club of Indaiatuba,
Rtr.Aravind from Rotaract club of DSCET and Rtr.
Gowtham from DG Vaishnav College.

12. Letterhead Exchange
On 7th May we exchanged our letterhead to
Rotaract club of University of Zimbabwe.
Skype Meet – May 2015
We had a SKYPE meeting with Rtr. Mishel
from Rotaract club of Cyprus, Rtr. Navita from
Rotaract club of Chandigarh, Rtr. Thivaharan from
Srilanka, Rotaract club of Wellawatte and Rtr.
Sathiyeandra from Srilanka, Rotaract club of
Wellawatte. We Discussed about Rotasia and
Projects.
Vidyasure – Education for All
On 28th December 2014, we spent one whole
day with Children of Seva Samajam Home, Adyar. We
have provided the needy things to the Home. We
conducted games to the students and Rtr. Akram
took a session. Santa gave gifts to the students. Limca
record holder student played drums to entertain the
student. We sponsored lunch to them and provided
them with the stationeries required for their
education.

13. Share-Point
“When awareness is brought to an emotion,
power is brought to your life.” – Tara Meyer
Robson
Adding emotional intelligence to your toolkit of
success skills might be the most important thing you
can do for your career. Emotional intelligence, or EQ,
matters more than intellect alone, and it has
practical value in the workplace.
“Emotional intelligence is the skill of understanding
and managing your emotions and also
understanding the emotions of those around you,”
says executive coach, consultant and speaker Irene
Becker, who works with client world-wide. “High
emotional intelligence is reflected in self-awareness,
self-management, motivation, empathy and
social/communication skills.”
In “Working with Emotional Intelligence,” author
Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., CEO of Emotional Intelligence
Services, calls EQ “a different way of being smart.”
Essential for leaders
“Organizations are absolutely beginning to require
their leaders to demonstrate these skills in order to
be hired and promoted,” says Travis Bradberry,
Ph.D., President, Talent Smart, Inc., which provides
emotional intelligence coaching, training and
assessment services. “This practice is far from
reaching its peak, however, and many organizations
shoot themselves in the foot by hiring and
promoting people without looking at the whole
picture. As a result, most are late to the game in
working to develop EQ skills once leaders are on
board.”
Sorting out complex issues
People who perceive emotions accurately (both in
themselves and others) better understand difficult
situations, says Bradberry. “This includes where
people are coming from, why they’re doing what
they’re doing, and how their own behaviour is
holding them back. Emotion is a primary driver of
human behaviour. When you’re blind to it, the world
is a difficult and confusing place.”
Build and practice EQ
“Leaders today need to listen, learn and
communicate across diverse groups, internal and
external constituencies,” says Becker. She cites four
barriers to building EQ skills:
1. Not understanding the importance of
building high emotional intelligence.
2. Lack of desire or interest in building high
emotional intelligence.
3. Lack of self-awareness about one’s need to
build higher emotional intelligence.
4. A bias or fear because of the term
emotional intelligence, and what they think is
required to build this skill.
“There has to be an inner desire to learn and
improve,” Becker explains. “You can’t make a fire
with wet wood. When some people hear the term
emotional intelligence, it scares them. They think it
might be like going through psychotherapy, and it’s
not Emotional intelligence training is not
psychotherapy. Its focus is on powerful and practical
skills that anyone can use to improve their personal
or professional lives.”
Learn and practice
EQ training can be done effectively in a group setting
or with individual coaching. Exercises may begin
with a self-assessment, and then cover four key
emotional skills:
 self-awareness
 self-management
 social awareness
 Relationship management
As individuals explore their own EQ capabilities,
they can then work on specific ways to apply EQ
skills in the workplace.
After learning EQ skills, practice them, says
Bradberry. “When you begin developing new
emotional intelligence skills, you need to practice
new behaviours long enough to make them habitual.
The brain loves efficiency and it will only provide the
neuronal plasticity needed to support new
behaviour when you repeat that behaviour over and
over again.”
“Any situation in which you have human contact is a
practice zone for EQ,” adds Becker.
Emotional Intelligence
in the Workplace
Contributed by
Rtr. Akram

14. Engage and empathize
“The need to use every communication to build trust,
transparency of communication and engagement
cannot be underestimated,” Becker says. “Emotional
intelligence requires a balance of firmness and
caring, authenticity and empathy. Those skills must
be learned and honed.”
Responding to Workplace Conflicts with EQ
Workplace conflicts—covert and overt—demand
high emotional intelligence skills, says executive
coach Irene Becker. “Approximately 40 % of
employee turnover is due to disagreements between
an employee and his or her boss. When emotional
intelligence and communication skills are lacking,
turmoil builds. That translates into a disengaged
workforce or job dissatisfaction that leads to high
turnover.”
“One of the most common problems is a
communication style that undermines retention,
creates disengagement and foments conflict,”
Becker notes. “A leader who has not developed EQ
skills is less able to gauge the needs, wants and
expectations of those they lead”. This individual may
be focused on the task at hand, and communicate in
a style of manner that may be very appropriate for
them, but does not engage the other party at all. If a
leader is speaking to closed ears, whatever they say
is irrelevant.”
Becker cites the example of one of her coaching
clients, a 45-year-old manager who had poor
communication skills and a low level of emotional
intelligence. “It became such a problem that her
entire staff walked out,” Becker recounts. “She knew
she wasn’t a communicator, and she finally realized
that she needed to improve or she would jeopardize
her whole department’s success. With some
coaching, she developed a better awareness of her
own and others’ emotions. She is now an excellent
communicator and a more successful leader.”
Therefore Emotional intelligence is essential for a
leader to influence others and inspire them through
the way he handles the team.
Club Assembly – ZEAL II
Zeal is our club assembly and it’s our
ongoing project. It was held in CADD Centre on 21st
of September. Chief Guest & Speaker for the day was
Dr. Thirukural Dhamodaran. IPP. Rtr. Deepak took a
session about Rotaract. 18 Rotaractors took part in
the event.

15. Big Z Day
Big Z day is a project where we covered all
the avenue of services. We started our ride in
velachery. We kick started with community service
project where we went to T.G.S Home which is in
Melmaruvathur and we celebrated Diwali with
Orphonage kids and sponsored lunch to them. It was
a project for one whole day which was planned on
26th of October.
Big Z Day
While travelling we had a Professional
Service Project – Zenith Talks. Rtr. Saravanan shared
general facts to us.
Following it we had a Club Service project -
joint club meeting with Rotaract club of Madras
Chenna Patna. We have discussed about the projects
and conducted games.
Finally International Service, We had a
Skype meeting with Rotaract Club of Larnaca Kilton
RID 2452. We discussed about the club projects,
District projects and our country culture. We
planned some joint projects with them.

16. Rtr. Kirubhakaran was the chairman and Rtr.
Prabhakaran was the secretary for the project. We
had a wonderful time and really it was a “BIGZ DAY”.
Tipzzeeee
Share - Point
It’s Amazing – By Rtr. Priyanka
What amazing things do most Indians not know
about India?
Buttons were invented in India. Yes, your shirt’s
buttons. Chess was invented in India.
India is the largest milk producer in the world.
The Tirupati Balaji Temple and the Kashi
Vishwanath Temple both, receive more visitors than
the Vatican City and Mecca combined.
India has more mosques (300,000 mosques) than
any other nation in the world.
Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore has written the
national anthems of both India and Bangladesh –Jan
Gana Mana (India) and Amar Sonar Bangla
(Bangladesh).The original song of Sri Lanka's
National Anthem was also written and tuned by
Tagore.
Old Monk is the largest selling dark rum in the world.
Owned by Mohan Meakins Ltd., Old Monk has also
been the biggest Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL)
brand for many years. Produced in Ghaziabad, Uttar
Pradesh, it is available in all parts of India and the
world, including places like Russia, the USA, the UK,
Japan, the UAE, Estonia, Finland, New Zealand and
Canada.
The Taj Mahal is taller than the Qutub Minar.
Because it's a minaret, it is tougher to believe that it
is taller than the Qutab Minar. The Taj Mahal stands
at 243.5 ft. while the Qutab Minar is at 239 ft.
Today, India has the world’s largest school in terms
of students, the City Montessori School in Lucknow.
It has more than 45 thousand students.
More than 54 crore people voted in the 2014 General
Election – more people than the population of USA,
UK, Australia and Japan combined. Chail in Himachal
Pradesh is the highest cricket pitch in the world. It is
situated at an elevation of 2444 meters (above the
sea level).
In 2004, 200 women took law in their own hands
and came to the court armed with vegetable knives
and chilli powder and murdered on the court floor a
serial rapist – Akku Yadav. Then every woman
claimed responsibility for the murder.

17. Enaintha Kaigal
The Vision of Enaindha Kaigal is to bring
together the combined strength of various Rotaract
Clubs into a single force in serving the community
thereby inculcating the importance of community
service amongst youngsters
Every year we take up a theme based
projects, this year the theme is “CANCER Awareness”
& the projects will based on360 degree Awareness
on cancer. This year Rotaract club of BMC, DCE,
DSCET, DRBCCC Hindu, RKM Vivekananda, TSN and
MGR Janaki College.
The grand launch of EK was done in the
august presence of our DRR Rtr. PP.PHP. Arjun Raja
in a DRC meeting held on 27th December 2014.
On 3oth January 2015, we conducted
seminar in TSN College about Breast cancer in
association with Chennai Turns Pink – a NGO
working for the welfare of women. Nearly 300+ girls
from the college participated in it.
We are thankful to the Oceanus team, who
gave us the space and time to perform our Flash mob
during their event. It was on 25th January 2015, our
first flash mob with the display of placards and
posters which had the message of “NO Tobacco”,
“Say No to Alcohol”.
We kick started our Poster awareness
Project on 19th January 2015through Facebook and
what Sapp. Every week we will release 3 posters and
2 Cancer related article will be published. The idea is
to make everyone read about cancer.
. We conducted the act of street play in
Thiruninravur railway station on 27th February
2015.

18. World Cancer Day
World cancer day is observed on Feb 4th. On
that day, EK Team conducted 2 projects. One was a
seminar on cancer awareness conducted at DSCET.
Another was the street play performance at Avadi
Railway station.
We performed street play and flash mob in
Vandaloor Zoo & Besant Nagar on 15th February
2015.
8th March 2015. We conducted EK
Valedictory in Nahar Hall. Rtn. Sankaran sir was the
chief guest and Ms. Vaidehi, Cancer survivor was the
special guest of honour and DRR Rtr.PP.Phf. Arjun
Raja was the guest of honour. We presented “women
of inspiration” to cancer survivor Ms.Vaidehi. She
shared her knowledge. After that we gave
certificates and small gifts to EK Family members.
Know an NGO
Environmentalist Foundation of India
The Environmentalist Foundation of India is an
environmental conservation group focusing on
wildlife conservation and habitat restoration.
EFI is spread across Chennai, Hyderabad,
Bangalore, Coimbatore and Pondicherry. EFI
was started by Arun Krishnamurthy in 2007 and
is a registered trust.
The organization specializes In Scientific Lake
Restoration part of its habitat restoration
program. EFI works with a large number of
volunteers.EFI has functioned mostly with self-
generated funds and has had corporate funding
directly to the projects and not for EFI
overheads. The organization works with all
necessary government permissions for any
given project.
EFI works with Scientific Standards as its
primary benchmark for any given project.
EFI projects includes Scientific Lake
Restoration, Herbs Restoration and Stray
Animal Care & Community Awareness.
Contact Us:
Arun Krishnamurthy – Founder
+91‐9940203871, arun@indiaenvironment.org
www.indiaenvironment.org,
www.efivolunteer.com

19. Rotaract around the World
EM-NET Primary School Project:
Rotary and Rotaract clubs are supposed to have
service projects but most important is the fact that
these projects are for the improvement of the
communities out of which these clubs operate. The
Rotaract club of Makerere University chose to
donate a water tank to Em-Net Primary School in
Katanga, a city slum near to the university.
On 20th of September club members led by the
president went to Em-Net Primary School for the
first phase of the project. This was the construction
of the base on which the water tank was going to sit.
It was designed to get the members a more hands on
approach to their project other than hiring people to
do their work. The brick masonry and plastering was
done entirely by club members with guidance of a
builder while the rest of the installations like nailing
of fascia boards and the roof gutters was to be done
by the builder.
The handover of the water tank took place on 27th
September at 9 am at the same school presided over
by PDG Nelson Kawalya in the presence of club
members, Rotarians and members of other clubs. He
encouraged the headmaster of the school as well as
the members of the community to utilize the water
tank efficiently, handle it responsibly, and teach the
children proper hand washing and its importance.
The project is in line with two of Rotary
International’s six areas of focus i.e. DISEASE
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT and MATERNAL
AND CHILD HEALTH.
We were joined by members of the Rotary clubs of
Mengo and Kampala City Makerere, Rotaract Clubs
of Bukoto, Kampala University, Mulago and the
Provisional Rotaract club of Kampala North.
The pupils of the school and the residents of Katanga
near the school will receive clean water harvested
from the rainfall rather than move long distances in
search of the same.
A Rotaract (or rotary) club without community
projects is just a social club and it is these projects
that bring out the best of our virtues as members of
this prestigious family of Rotary. I would like to
thank the President and membership of the Rotaract
club of Makerere University for their wholehearted
participation and support. Continue serving your
communities and let us all Light Up Rotary.
Makerere University Blood Donation Drive
Time and again the blood shortage in our country is
published in the newspapers and discussed on
televisions and radios; case in point Daily Monitor of
September 1st, 2014 on page 22 and 23. It is against
this background that the Rotary club of Kampala City
Makerere and the Rotaract Club of Makerere
University decided to partner and carry out a blood
donation drive on the Campus grounds.
This project was initiated by the club in the rotary
year 2013/2014 in partnership with the Rotary Club
of Kampala City Makerere, the rotary club that
fellowships on Campus.
On 5th and 6th of September 2014, the Rotaract Club
of Makerere University with help from the Uganda
Blood Transfusion Services and Uganda Red Cross
Society set up in the Freedom Square a venue for all
individuals on the university grounds to donate
blood to the Nakasero Blood Bank. Awareness about
Rotaract club of
Makerere University
Rotary international
District 9211

20. this cause was through posters that had been pinned
up earlier and these were supplemented by a public
address system that was used to call out to the
passers-by.
A total of 89 units of blood were collected over the 2
day drive which was short of our expected haul. This
was mainly due to the heavy rains that were
experienced over the period.
The blood donation drive is in line with two of
Rotary International’s six areas of focus i.e. DISEASE
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT and MATERNAL
AND CHILD HEALTH.
We also used the drive as a platform to spread
awareness about rotaract and rotary in general to
the university population. We were also joined by
members of the Rotaract Club of Bukoto.
The units of blood that were collected will be used to
save a number of lives in hospitals. This is one step
that will lead to a giant leap in ending the shortage
of blood in our hospitals and country.
Compiled by
Rtr. Katalemwa Kevin
Community Service Director
Rotaract club of Makerere University
Hello Friends..!
As I began to read an article the other day, each and
every line of it reminded me of those who can never
read it. As I moved forward, each word pricked me
from inside and I couldn’t resist myself from writing
down this blog. It took me not more than one single
night to realize how lucky we all are. Or maybe we
never bothered of realizing it ever. All this happened
because of only one opportunity that I got to record
the audio-books for blind students which can help
them study, or just make them feel that they are also
capable enough of doing something in life. All it gave
me was goose bumps, a feeling of shamefulness and
a disgust for my dependence upon the last moment
to prepare for the exams.
Every single word I read from books is never stored
as it is in my mind. I retain hardly 30-40% of what I
read from my books. Rest everything what I write in
the exam is what comes into my mind. I am sure
many of you reading this would have been doing the
same since so many years. But is the case similar to
those who are not fortunate enough to read through
their own eyes. Leave the text, are they all able to see
the pictures around, the maps, the diagrams in our
textbooks to which we don’t even want to give a
look? The ease of studying at a night before an exam
which we all have, the ease of copying from our
friends(in case you have any doubt regarding the
question), the relaxation we all have in our minds
that we can do anything anytime we can just turn
over the pages and say “yes! I am done with this
much percentage of syllabus” ever thought how it
would be for those who are still depending upon
audio tapes to complete their syllabus. Most of us
will answer this question in negative.
We think there isn’t a reason for us to bother since
the situation isn’t with us. This is where the problem
lies. We are never grateful for what we have instead
we keep longing for what we don’t have.
Let alone blinds, ever pondered about those who
can’t hear to what others say. Their life is even more
challenging. Maybe for one reason that being blind
cuts you only from the objects of the world but being
dumb or deaf cuts you from the people in your life.
VISION-A BLESSING OR AN
IRREVERENT BOUNTY

21. So should these people stop living? Should these
people give up on their lives just because one or
more of their senses does not work properly? Lucky
enough these lives are who have a god gift of other
outstanding senses which fills in the gap. For
somebody has rightly said “Life is too short to waste
time on things that you can’t have. Stop doing that
and start realizing the worth of what you have. Life
is also too short to stay in a situation that doesn't
serve you or make you happy. Recognize what you
are worth and demand nothing less than that. Leave
the rest.”
One of those initiatives taken by our club to attend
the issue is a project titles “Audio Books Recording”
in association with Cheema Trust, Chandigarh. The
Talking Library for the Visually Impaired is set up to
cater to the educational needs of people with visual
impairment and print disability. By providing audio
books we help students excel in their subject areas,
meet their educational requirements, and increases
their chances of better job opportunities to lead
them to a path of self-sufficiency.
The library membership is free of cost for students
and allows them to borrow audio materials as per
their requirement. This includes college curriculum,
materials for competitive exams, news and so on.
Each one of us is blessed to help ourselves. Realize
this. Respect this. Value this. The comforts we all
have in our life are definitely the results of the
karmas we did in our past. And in the next janmas
also all we get is the result of what we do in this life
because what goes around, comes back to you.
So do good to everyone who you think deserves,
respect and thank god and your parents for what you
have in your life today and just feel contented in each
phase of your life. Just try to make somebody’s life
better with what you have and bring a change in
their life with every possible thing you can do for
them.
Yours in Rotaract,
Rtr. Surbhi Manocha
Club Editor
Rotaract Club of Chandigarh, RID 3080
Hearline Project
Rotaract Club of Chandigarh has always believed
in long term goals and projects. I being a part of this
club for three years now have also been a part of all
these projects but one of the most amazing project
that has brought as much happiness and
contentment to others as it has to me is 'Heartline'.
It's our signature fund-raising event where the cause
is heart surgery of the kids from within the country
and without. This year itself, in the past month
around 7 kids were brought to India from Rawanda,
Africa. I had the fortune to meet those blessed souls
who came all the way without their parents with
only one hope...that they will survive.
Their smiles and optimism is all it took to make me
go the mile and pledge my allegiance to this cause.
Almost 500 such surgeries have already been
successfully done within less than a decade but
hopefully this is just one of the many more
successful decades to come.
Thank you for giving me an opportunity to bring this
project in sight of the Rotaractors at the national
level in general and in Rotaract club of Zenith in
particular. I wish this magazine receives broad
readership.
Tipzzeeee
Yours in Rotaract,
Rtr. Manisha Bansal
Vice-president
Rotaract Club of Chandigarh

22. B’day Bash..!
Rotaract Club of Zenith always has the habit
of celebrating all the birthday of its club members.
Here are the glimpses of few. Every day is special to
us but the day you are born on is always little more
special & memorable.
On 7th Sep we celebrated our club joint
Secretary Rtr. Srilekha birthday by cutting cake.
On 21st September we celebrated our club
member Rtr. Vinit Birthday by cutting the cake.
We celebrated our club members Rtr.
Deepak, Rtr. Yuvabala and Rtr. Nivedan Birthday by
cutting the cake.
Editor’s Blog..!
It was indeed my first year with Rotaract Club of
Zenith. This year 2014-2015 has been a great year of
learning and inspiration. Thanks to the wonderful
leaders of our club who have taught me and guided
me in every stage being in the district side or in the
club level.
It feels very good to come across all the memories of
what we have done in this year while editing this
magazine. My sincere thanks to all the contributors
who have provided information and valuable
articles for the magazine.
Special thanks to Rtr. Jakob Sscenduwala, President,
of Rotaract Club of Makerere University for having
shared their club project to get it featured in our
magazine. Thanks to my good friends Rtr. Surbhi &
Rtr. Manisha for having taken time to share their
thought about the project which they have got
inspired of.
My sincere thanks to Rtr. PP. Yuvabala for the
contents which she has collected for the compilation
of this magazine.
I would like to thank all the Zenith family members
for their dedication towards the club and delivering
an inspiring year.
Best wishes to the Rtr. PP. Vinoth Nagarajan & Rtr.
Senthil for reaching the unreachable by pursuing
excellence
Best Regards,
Rtr. Vignesh. S
Director – International Service, Editor – “Kinship”
Rotaract Club of Zenith
Rotary International District 3230
Dear Rotaractors,
First of all, my
sincere thanks to Rtr. Sheik
for giving me this
opportunity to be the editor
of our club’s pride
magazine “Kinship”.