New office-bearers of Inner Wheel Club to conduct many new activities
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Inner Wheel Club of Bangalore, Koramangala, installed their new team for the year 2010-2011 on Wednesday, July 21. Bandana Basu took over as President, Uma Pai as Secretary, Bhanu Ramaswami as Immediate Past President, Kalpana Chandra Kumar as Treasurer and Sandhya Iyengar as ISO. Three other members were enlisted as the Executive Committee members. The Inner Wheel Dist 319 Chairman, Renu Iyer, and a large number of district officers, including several former District Chairmen, were present at the function.
The outgoing President, Bhanu Ramaswami, and Secretary, Padmashree Balaram, presented the report of the activities done by the Club during the year 2009-2010 by way of donation of benches to Government schools, conducting pulse polio camps, creating awareness about breast feeding, helping Gerizum (a centre for special children) and Mitra Jyothi, a school to train the visually challenged, conducting sports events at Government Schools, planting trees, etc.
The chief guest at the function was Anusuya Basu, former Dy. Comptroller and Auditor General and Chairperson of Audit Board, Government of India. She urged the ladies of the Club, to work for the uplift of women, particularly in fields of education and health. She appreciated the work done by Inner Wheel members and congratulated Bandana Basu on her election as the President of Inner Wheel Club.
Bandana Basu, in her acceptance speech, pledged to carry on the service projects and outlined the activities that she plans to undertake in 2010-11 such as organising blood and eye donation camps, construction of comfort stations for ladies, donating push cart for vegetable vendor, etc. in and around Koramangala.
On the installation day, the Club donated Rs. 10,000 (collected at the initiative of former Secretary Padmashree) to Ms. Madhu Singhal of Mitra Jyothi to carry on her excellent work for visually challenged, two Sewing Machines to Gerizim, a cheque of Rs. 2500 to Karunashraya, the hospital for terminally ill cancer patients.
Renu Iyer, the District Chairman, in her speech, congratulated the incoming team of office-bearers and urged them to take up the hygiene and environmental issues not only for women but also for children. She commended the good work being done by the Club and appreciated the active participation of the club in the district events. On the installation day, the club added three new members: Neeru Gupta, Dahlia Sen and Sushma Rastogi, taking the club strength to twenty-two.
The International Inner Wheel Club, closely linked to Rotary Club and the second largest women's voluntary service organisation in the world, was established in 1924 primarily for the wives and daughters of Rotarians, as Rotary did not permit women as members. Despite women now being able to join Rotary, there are Inner Wheel clubs in many countries and Inner Wheel Club of Bangalore Koramangala has been serving the community for about a decade.
—Cityplus Newsdesk |
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