The Rotary Club of Madras Chenna Patna held many successful events and service projects from July 2012 to March 2013. They had 52 members and held weekly meetings with various speakers. Notable fellowship events included an Octoberfest and New Year's Bash. Service projects focused on health, education, and community support. The club also supported Rotaract and Interact clubs. International projects included connections to sister clubs in Malaysia and Sri Lanka. The club continues its literacy and health project in Kadalur Village, which benefits over 380 students.

1. Rotary Club of Madras Chenna Patna
District 3230
Secretary’s Report 2012 - 2013
Rtn. Srinivasa Reddy

2. Rotary Club of Madras Chenna Patna
It means the World to us !!!
Rotary International - District 3230

3. Our Motto
The Four Way Test
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to All Concerned?
3. Will it Build GOODWILL and Better Friendships?
4. Will it Be BENEFICIAL to All Concerned?

4. Chartered on - 18th May 1993
Charter President : Rtn. L. Hemachandrudu
Parent Club : Rotary Club of Madras Mid Town
Membership on 1st July 2012: 51
Members on 9th March 2013 : 52

5. Director – Rtn. Srinivasa Reddy
Fellowship Chairman – Rtn. Dr. Rajesh Kumar
Attendance Chairman – Rtn Sanjeev Vijaykumar
Club Administration

6. Chief Guest – District Governor Rtn. Raja Seenivasan
Installation on 5st July 2012

7. The Peace Team 2012- 13

8. We had Speakers from various Avenues addressing our club during the
current year.:
Rtn DGN Rtn.Isak Nazar on Rotary Theme
Mr. V.Anand on Astrology in Modern Science
Rtn PDG Olivannan on Rotary Information
Rtn.K Jagadish on Rotract Week
Rtn Rajesh Ramanathan on Copyright Infringement
Mr. Shekar Dattatri on Saving the Western Ghats
Ms.Madhumathi Ravi on Life is Better when you surf!
Rtn Kylash on Vintage Cars vs. Contemporary cars
Ms Charulatha Raja on Child Development & Women Empowerment
Mr. KR Ganesh on Infrastructural development in major
Ann Dr Sasi Rekha on A journey through Homeopathy and its
advantages in modern times
And our own Rotarians Rtn N.Raja, Rtn PL.Muthiah, Rtn Chakravarthy,
Rtn Ganesh, Rtn Ramdas Iyer & Rtn Saptagiri addressing us
Weekly Meetings – A meadly of topics

9. Weekly Meetings

10.  Octobeer fest at resort near Mahabalipuram
 29th December New year Bash at Hotel Savera with theme as “Bollywood”. An evening to
remember !
 21th February 2013 after 2nd NID at Pria & Reddy’s residence
 In addition, on a trial basis we had meetings in March 2013 into Saturday fellowship meet
Fellowships

11. New year Bash Invites
Rotary Club of Madras
Chennapatna, RI Dist.3230
Dear Pattinathars,
Lets welcome 2013 with a BANG, the
Bollywood Way! Be the star, you have adored.
May it be the 70’s, 80’s or your latest heart
throbs. Wear your colorful Bollywood attire,
sing and dance to your favorite Hindi numbers
and of course! Walk the ramp and bag the best
dressed Rotarian , Ann and Annette prize.
Theme / Dress Code – Bollywood
Just be there to ROCK !!!
Fellowship Chairman President
Rtn Dr. Rajeshkumar Rtn S.S.Rajesh
Date: 29th Dec 2012
Venue: Hotel Savera
Time: 6:30pm onwards

13. Fellowships

14. Nine Board Meetings were held from July to March
Board Meetings are convened on second Thursday of every
month
All Activities of the club are reviewed during the Board
Meetings
The Monthly Accounts of the Admin Account and the
Trust Account of the club are circulated and the same are
approved by the Board.
Board Meetings

15. We had 3 Closed Door Meetings
Closed Door Meetings
 2oth October 2012
19th January 2013
18th April 2013

16. We have an overall attendance of about 56%
BRING A FRIEND Day was celebrated in the First Week of April 2013
We are aiming to increase the same
By getting Good Speakers
Doing More Projects & of course with fellowship
Attendance

17.  Jt. Meeting along with 12 Clubs –on “What and WHY TRF” was held at
Alumni club on 29th Nov 2013 with 115 Rotarians attended the meeting
Joint Meetings

18. Chairman – Rtn. N.S.Saravanan
Service Projects

19. Director – Rtn. Hareesh Ramachandran
Community Service
Development

20. World Toilet Day (19th Nov)

22. Total of 8 beneficiaries amounting to Rs.22,000/-
Operation Day Break

23. Blood grouping for 400 school children at Kadalur
schools was done along with the support of Chettinad
Hospital
Blood donation camp was held at KAPICO motors
company and a total of 39 units were collected
Water samples from 18 villages was collected and based
on the test results recommendations were given
World Mental Health day was celebrated on Dec 2nd
with an event at Paradise Home
Based on the request from Rotary club of Bangalore,
Rs.15000/- was given to an ex- cricketer for his discharge
from the Hospital
Support on purchase of Industrial washing Machine at
Paradise Home.
 Adoption of one child at paradise home per year

24. Weekly Fruit Distribution through Ann. Bharathi and Rtn. Ravindran to
Kakum Karngal and Netaji Mercy Home
Monthly 250 biscuit packets to Paradise home by Rtn.Ravindran
32kgs of Jam was given to Paradise home by Rtn Amit Vaishnav
25 Kg Rice Bags to Paradise Home on periodical basis by Rtn Rajesh
A Sweet Gesture

25. Director – Rtn. Dr.Santhosh Jacob
Community Service
Health

26. Health Camp
Mega Health Camps was conducted Kadalur school in association
with Chettinad Hospitals
It covered General, Pediatric & Dental checks
7 doctors (2 pediatric, 3 general medicine and 2 dentists), 2 nurses
270 people were screened
Prescribed medicines were given free of cost by Chettinad Hospital
Regular follow-up post camp is taken care by the hospital by sending a
van to pick up & drop villagers for patients
The President of the Panchayat and a few Ward Members also were
present apart from Rtn. Sudarshan Rao, District Chair, Happy Village

27. Health Camp

28. Be Positive – National Blood Donation Drive

29. Director – Rtn. AVS Rau
Vocational Service

30. Four Way Test
Four Way Test Inscribed Smiley cups were distributed on the
Installation day to all the Rotarians and Guests
Four Way Test boards were made and displayed in prominent locations
Vocational awards
Coinciding with vocational service month as per the Rotary calendar
the club held vocational awards nite on 27th Oct 2012.
“Vocational excellence award” was conferred to Mr Sesha Sai, IPS
officer who is currently serving as the Assistant commissioner ,crime
branch
and
”Young Achiever award” was conferred to Ms.Ashwini the youngest
Grand Master at 14 ½ years

31. Awards
Vocational Excellence to Mr Sesha Sai and
Young Achiever to Ms. Ashwini

32. Director – Rtn. Saravanan
New Generations
- Our Future
Rotaract Interact
Chair – Rtn Dileep Kumar
Rtn Amit
Vaishnav
Chair – Rtn. Mohan Sadasivam
Rtn Raja Sriraam

33. Interact Clubs
Attending Interact Meetings
Vanavani School setup a stall in a IIT Program alongwith Rtn Amit Vaishnav to
sell Jams/Ketchup. The interactors managed the stall and sold products worth
Rs2000/-
Rtn Samiullah participated in valedictory function at Narayana Mission School
 Sree Narayana mission School- 30th July
 Hindu Higher secondary School - 25th August chief guest
was Rtn Bala ,Zonal secretary
 Vanavani Senior Secondary School - 12th Aug

34. Rotaract Clubs
Rotaract club of Siddhanth – Installed on 6th Aug at Presidency Club
Rotaract club of Siddhanth had collected 100 bottles of blood through their blood
donation camp
Rotaract Siddahant career guidance cum factory visit at Megafoods
In Zone 5 Siddhanth was selected as the Best Rotaract club.
Rotaract Club of Ethiraj College – Installed on 20th July and Rtn PDG
Rekha Shetty was the Chief Guest
“My Guru” an excellent program to recognize teachers from more than 100 schools
was organized by Rotaract club of Ethiraj
Zonal Rotaract meet was held at Ethiraj college were our President Rajesh was the
chief guest
ZONE 7 won the best zone in which Rotaract club of Ethiraj belongs

35. Director – Rtn. Capt. Dilip Srinivasan
International Service

36. International Connection
 Rtn Fr.Chrispin Leo from our sister club Rotary club of
Capitol city, Colombo, Srilanka addressed us on 20th Dec
 Rtn Amit and Rtn Sami visited Rotary club of Dubai and
exchanged flags

37. Sister Clubs
 R C Tebrau- Malaysia
R C Capital City- Colombo Srilanka

38. Chairman – Rtn. Yuvaraj
Polio Plus

39. National Immunization Day
NID on 2oth January
NID on 2oth February

40. Chairman – Rtn. Mohan Sadasivam
Foundation

41. Contributors to Foundation
2PHFs Rtn Pattabiraman & Rtn Karthikeyan
19Rotarians have contributed towards EREY

42. Chairman – Rtn. Dileep Kumar
Membership Development

43. Membership from 51 to 52

44. Chairman – Rtn. R.Saptagiri
Fund Raising

45. Dhwani – A Musical Night

46. Chairman – Rtn. Dileep
 This is a joint Project of our sister club with Rotary Club of Tebrau,
Malaysia.
 It is in arrangement with Madras Medical Mission for performing
Heart Surgery for Children below 7 years for their Congenital Heart
Problem.
 We have so far done about 2 surgeries of which one was with Rotary
Club of Silver Beach
 Printed Pamphlets have been circulated among other Rotary clubs
to identify deserving candidates for the surgery.
Tebrau Heart Foundation

47. The Pamphlet that we had printed and circulated among
the Rotary clubs in the District

48. Chairman – Rtn. PL. Muthiah
Micro Loan
 We are one of the few clubs who continue doing the same, for
the past 11 years, there have been a totally 105 beneficiaries so
far.
 We have this year dispersed about Rs.75,000/-
 Our Chairman Rtn.PP PL Muthiah is doing a fantastic job as
Chairman of this Project for the past 7 years.

49. Chairman – Rtn. Saiseshan
Special Projects

50. Rotary Club of Madras Chenna Patna
Integrated Literacy and Health Project
Kadalur Village, Kancheepuram District
Tamil Nadu

51. Recap and Current Status
Rotary Club Of Madras Chenna Patna resolved to undertake a permanent structure
construction
• Kadalur Village Identified for Tsunami Relief Activities
• Close to the ECR, 70 KMS from Chennai city
• Location ideal to serve a significant number of villages and hamlet
MOU Signed with AIM for Seva – NGO run by Swami Dayanand Saraswathi
• Rotary will enable construction finances
• AIM for Seva will run the facilities
• Primary School (Classes Nursery to Class VI) & Secondary School (Class VII to Class X)
• Dispensary / Clinic – this is now a Health Center
• Students Hostel
Currently 383 students are studying in classes LKG to Standard VI
Boomi Pooja for construction of additional toilet blocks costing Rs.7 Lacs for the
school in the presence of Dist Chairman Happy Village Rtn Sudharsan Rao
Currently working on possibility of installing solar system for the school & hostel

53. Bhoomi Pooja – Toilet Blocks

56. Independence Day Celebrations

57. Sports Day Celebrations

59. Thank You