SurvivalofOrganisationsLikeRotaryinthePresentContextIssue: 20Volume: 34 Date: 19.11.2014 Pages: 4

By Dr. (Flt Lt).M.A.BalasubramanyaBorn in 1967 in a low middle class family, had his early education in Mysore. He graduated in Medicine from Mysore Medical

College in the year 1989. Subsequently he specialised in Anaesthesiology from Mysore Medical College, Mysore and Christian Medical College, Vellore in 1998.

As a medical student inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda joined a group of medico friends who founded the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement - a registered Voluntary Social Service Organisation started in 1984. He has contributed largely to the initiation, growth and evolution of the organisation. The organisation is now nationally acclaimed and serves directly more than 1 million people through its 8 institutions and 50 programs in the sectors of Health, Education, Socio-economic empowerment Non-Profit Management, Indian Culture Studies, Training, Research and Advocacy. He has held various positions

in the organisation's Governing Board being its President, Vice President, and Secretary over nearly 3 decades. Presently, he is the Chief Executive Officer of the Organisation.

He has more than 29 years of experience volunteering and working in the Non-profit sector. Has served the Indian Air Force as a Senior Medical Officer for 5 years. Has wide-ranging experience in managing issues of Health, Education, Research, Training, Evaluation and Advocacy. His areas of special interest include Leadership Development, Tribal and Rural Development, Non-profit Management, HIV/AIDS and Comprehensive management of chronic illnesses. He has pioneered various public-private partnership initiatives, some of which are National Models in the sectors of Health, especially HIV/AIDS, Emergency Medicine and Non-Profit Management. He has been an accomplished trainer. He is a Guest faculty in various State and National level training institutes of the Government. He is a faculty in Department of HIV, Public Health Management and Department of Development Management in the University accredited Institutions of the Organisation. His research papers in Health, HIV/AIDS and Non-Profit Management have been presented at various National and International Conferences.

He has been member of various planning and policy committees at the National Government, State Government, and Academic bodies of various Universities in Karnataka, India. He has been an evaluator for various non-profit institutions and programs in various parts of the country. He is a Witness auditor for accreditation in Health Sector of various Quality standards Certifying agencies. He has closely worked with more than 30 National, International and UN agencies. He has widely travelled both in India and Abroad.

He is married to Dr Padmaja T J, an Obstetrician and Gynecologist & has two sons – Aravind (13 years) and Pranav (10 years).

Midtown cricketers triumph!!

Quarter finals (Saturday) – Rotary Royal struggled to score 24 runs in 8 overs, Midtown cruised to victory in 1.5 overs with all 10 wickets intact. Openers Rtn.Milton (c) & Rtn.Aiyanna romped over the opponents' bowling.

Semi finals (Sunday) – Midtown put up a daunting total of 97 for 4 in 8 overs. Milton,Naveen, Madhu & Manju went berserk with the bat and scored at will. Rotary Vijaynagar could only score 51 runs in 8 overs thanks to tidy bowling and sharp fielding.

Finals (Sunday) - Midtown V/s Central – a blockbuster match ended in a nail biting finish. Central managed to score 67 runs in allotted 10 overs. Midtown fielded well to restrict the batsmen venturing for big total. The run chase was made difficult even after a cracker of an opening over, the middle overs went dry as pressure mounted. Star cricketers Rtn.Madhusudhan and Rtn.Manjunath ensured that Midtown did not falter again. Rtn.Manjunath scored 2 towering sixers to seal the match in the last over which required 14 runs. Rtn.Manju top scored with precious 20 runs ((n.o) and also took 2 wickets making him the man of the match. Midtown scored 71 in 9.5 overs with 5 wickets in hand.

Special thanks to Rtn.Venky, Rtn.Gangesh for sponsoring the team colors & Rtn.Naveen Chandra, Rtn.Manoj for sponsoring swanky new bats. Midtown qualified for District sports from zone 7. The district sports

th this slated for 29 & 30 November 2014 at Mysore. Come and cheer the team, in all probabilities you may witness Midtown winning the coveted cup for the first time ever!!!

Team Midtown: Rtn.Milton, Rtn.Manoj, Rtn.Aiyanna, Rtn.Nagraj Rtn.Umesh, Rtn.Sanjay, Rtn.Dr.Raghu, Rtn.Naveen Chand, Rtn.Madhusudan, Rtn.Manjunath, Rtn.Dr.Pramod Gubbi, Rtn.Balaji (did not play), Rtn.Rakesh

- Rock

A Memorable DG VisitIt was that time of the year when the club becomes a

hornets' nest buzzing with busy bees. The much awaited event of the year when the District Governor

thofficial visit was on Wednesday (12 Nov). President Venky and team had made elaborate arrangements to ensure that this official visit enters the archives of midtown in style. The tradition of popping surprise with

midtown fun began with a big band of midtowners joining the Governor for a sumptuous breakfast at Ramya. The entourage then went to Murugan medicals where DG Rtn.Dr.Bhaskar Shrinivas inaugurated the new look Rotary banner atop Murugan medicals. Instead of the regular Rotary message on the board, this year the banner invites public to join the Rotary movement. Later Governor was taken around fully decked up RMA, a visibly happy Governor appreciated the yeoman service of people behind RMA. Soofi trust was the next destination where Governor witnessed the service activities. It was then time for a closed door meeting with the Governor going into the details with President and Secretary. The club assembly was well attended and began with a powerpoint presentation of all the projects for the current Rotary year, thanks to the efforts of newbie Rtn.Gopal the new look powerpoint captured the essence of Midtown. DG Rtn.Bhaskar appreciated the efforts of midtown and exchanged thoughts on various aspects. He stressed on membership retention and extension, also asked the club to look at increasing the strength of women in the club. A tasty working lunch was waiting at the end of the club assembly.

A big surprise awaited everyone at Pai Vista in the evening. A well designed backdrop, thanks to Rtn.Srini, coded the theme of the evening – fun and frolic. The showmen of Midtown Rtn.Harish and Rtn.Dr.Prahlad took the show by storm in trademark Midtown style. True to the repute the duo effortlessly converted the stiff collared, formal meeting into a rupture of laughter without of course diluting the essence of Rotary. The duo dressed up as Visiting Rotarians from Andhra entered the hall to floor the audience with their wit and humor. “Thousand apologies, nayana,..” and so many pun replete dialogues profusely flowed making the

a u d i e n c e R O F L . A n n . P r a b h a P r a h l a d a n d Annette.Prerana Prahlad rendered one of the most melodious invocations. Annette.Pranav Prahlad completed the “Prahlad's” show onstage by introducing the Asst. Governor in a unique way. District Governor in his address to the audience shared valuable thoughts and experiences and prompted the Rotarians to participate & contribute to Rotary. A seemingly happy Governor expressed his satisfaction, just then another surprise was in store for the Governor couple. Having informed that he will not take any gifts or mementoes during club visits, the governor & first lady were handed over a unique memento which they could not refuse, an elegant photo of the first couple of the district was handed over. Secretary Rtn.Mohan joined the bandwagon by making his announcements in telugu which was then followed by a candid vote of thanks by beaming President Elect Rtn.Umesh. The meeting ended just at the right time when guests were ready for a gala dinner. Smiles on all faces courtesy the “telugu” duo, presence of the elegant Governor's family and a nice dinner made Rtn.Venky & team satisfied.

Chairman of the event Rtn.Harish pulled up one more masterpiece hinting things to expect when he takes up the baton. Another memorable DG's visit enters the glorious archives of Midtown. - Rock

Rotarians said itRotarians said it

“Thousand apologies… we are separately together from Andraprades andi…”

Rtn. Harish. K.B. during DG visit public function.

More than 1200 students expected from

nearly 20 schools, big names in the field

o f A s t r o n o m y f r o m M u m b a i ,

Hyderabad, Bangalore were coming, total budget

crossing unexpected 1.5 lakhs, first time 2 big LCD

screens at the auditorium, after the recent Mangalyaan

success expectations were high, it rained heavily on

Friday, and forecast was more rains for Saturday, all

must have given sleepless nights to the Chairman of the

event Rtn. Raju Baliga. The agony continued – first

session post inauguration were all bouncers to the

young minds, who had come with lots of hopes of

seeing stars and planets and were made to listen to hi-fi

talks on dry topics like Remote sensing, Global

informatics Sensing etc and naturally well before lunch

the kids were restless and Raju

lost his cool and had to give a

piece of his mind to the

youngsters present, to control

their restlessness. It was

perhaps only the post

l u n c h s e s s i o n t h a t

brought l i fe to the

whole event and finally

Raju was a relieved

man. Rohan Ganapathy,

young Aeronautical

E n g i n e e r f r o m

Coimbatore pulled

out a surprise and

was a mega hit amongst

the young audience. His

aim to inspire the children

to take up astronomy was a

stupendous success. His

simple way of explaining

complicated astronomical

phenomenon with very

good graphics was really

astonishing. Well that was

Raju Bangaya “Brahmanda” ManRaju Bangaya “Brahmanda” ManRaju Bangaya “Brahmanda” Man

the last session. Before that Life in space station by Ms.

Sahana Jagannath, was interesting and captivated the

children. Her story of life in INRIA, Paris while doing her

Masters in Astronomy kept the students glued to the

edges of their seats. That was followed by a 20 minutes

video on life in a space station took the children to their

fantasy world. Probably more such talks were required

for the kind of audience we were targeting. In the morning it was the inaugural session wherein

chief guest, former vice- chancellor of Kuvempu

University –Prof. K Chidananda Gowda, who himself

was a scientist at NASA recalled his days at NIE and

explained few astronomical wonders. NIE Chairman

Rtn. S. L. Ramachandra, occupied the dais along with

Prof Jagannath who was the key person behind this

mega event. Kum. Smriti Baliga rendered a melodious

invocation. Sponsors for the event IOB Manager and

Asst. Managers were recognized. Ist session post inauguration was by Dr. K. M.

Jagadish, from Bombay, Dr. Venkateshwar Rao from

Hyderabad, both spoke about RS and GIS and their

applications. Both being very big names were very

humble to come to a Rotary event and that itself needs

to appreciated. An amateur astronomist Mr.

Subrahmanya from Bangalore spoke about the role of

Amateur Astronomists. The whole event was superbly anchored by Rtn.

Gopalkrishna which is a new find to midtown and

immediately got the recognition of PMC- Permanent

Master of Ceremony. Kudos to Raju Baliga and

Bhanuchandran who had done excellent groundwork

for the event. Thanks to Prof. Jagannath for his

enthusiastic support but for whom this kind of event

would not have been possible. Prizes were given to

winners of poster making and drawing competitions.

Seeni continues carry on with his A+ grade with his

magnificent banner. All in all VenkyNaMo and

ThaNaMo pulled out one more successful event in less

than a week. - Rtn. Dr. Prahlad

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Aboutus In-house Magazine Published byRtn. 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 BhanuchandranRtn. Pramod Gubbi, Rtn. Sundar, Rtn. R.S. Vishwanath

BUSINESS MEETINGDate :

26.11.2014Time :6.30 pm

44Way TestWay TestWay Testof the things we say or do

Is it the TRUTH? Is if FAIR to all concerned ? Will build GOODWILL & BETTER FRIENDSHIPS ? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned ?

Rtn. Rajenda Babu24th Nov.

BIRTHDAY WISHES

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Rtn. Sanjay .P21st Nov.

Rtn. Madhusudhan .R26th Nov.

Venue :RCL Hall

Aadu Aata Aadu ........... A Long Cherished Dream'We don't stop playing because we grow old,

we grow old because we stop playing.'President Mrs. Premilla Jain had envisioned

bringing together children and the elderly from various Homes in the city and get them to bond through play.

thOn November 16 – a bright sunny Sunday, about 300 youngsters and the young at heart converged at RMA School for Aadu Aata Aadu and had a ball!

Chief guest of the day, tennis ace Rtn. R. Nagaraj was the right choice to set the ball rolling. He spoke of the benefits of being a sportsman and charged the audience. Guest of honour Mr. Umesh, Manager Indian Overseas Bank – main sponsor of the event spoke words of praise for the meaningful projects taken up by Inner Wheel members. Rotary President Venkatesh and Rtn. Alagappan – Chairman RMA School graced the occasion. Bubbly Chaitra anchored the proceedings enthusiasti-cally.

Mr. Vasanth Kumar Shetty and his team from Mangalore, experts in organizing such events

conducted the different activities for children while our members kept the senior citizens entertained with fun games and music and dance. Old and young alike kept shouting for more. Ubiquitous Prabha with mike in hand and oblivious to the sharp sun was one busy person making announcements, rendering music for musical chair, giving away prizes and cheering the little ones. Dr. Gayathri was seen holding her hand bag tight as she was the treasurer for the event. Sheela Urs promptly wrote out the certificates for all the winners. All the Inner Wheel members actively involved themselves to make the event a grand success. Congratulations

to President Premilla and Secretary Lavanya who worked round the clock and meticulously organized such a mega event.

Pejawar Children's Home bagged the shield for the maximum number of medals won. Water bottles were distributed to all the participants.

We profusely thank Rotary Midtown, RMA, Interact Volunteers and our special thanks to Rtn. PP. Vishwanath Ravandur for all the support.

The best reward for us is the smiles on the little faces and the blessings of the elders.

- Chandrika