1. Issue : 10Vol. : 33 11-09-2013Date : Pages : 04
Speaker of the day Rtn. S.Saravanan
September is a significant month in Rotary, it is that time of the year when
Rotary clubs get busier than ever in bringing new members. Clubs are expected
toinductnewmembersandspreadthetruespiritofRotary.EachRotarydistrict
hasasignificantpostfortheverypurpose;thechairmanhasaHerculeantaskof
adding as many members as possible. The chairman in R.I.Dist.3180 holding
this responsible position currently is today's speaker Rtn.S.Saravanan. Here is a
briefintroductionofthespeaker.
Rtn.Saravanan is the General Manager of Hotel Coorg International and
Heritage Resort in Coorg. He joined Rotary movement in 2001 and since then
he has served the club in various capacities. He was the Centennial President of
Rotary Madikeri during which period he was successful in collecting $1000
from M/s Coorg International as corporate contribution towards TRF, installing
the Rotary centenary clock in front of Madikeri Post office, forming a new club
in Madikeri called “Rotary Mistyhills Madikeri” (for which he was rewarded with the District Governor`s Citation
and Presidential Citation), forming community based “Rotaract club of Madikeri hills”, forming two RCCs out of
which one has all lady members. A dedicated Rotarian, he is a cent percenter since 2001. He served as Zonal
Chairman for TRF during 2006-08, and Zone-06 contributed $ 25,763 during 2006-07 towards TRF. He also served
as the member of District training team during 2007-08 and 2012-13. Rtn.Saravanan also served as the Vice
Chairman for Website activities during 2007-08. During his tenure as Bulletin Editor Rotary Madikeri he started e-
Mercarian which was mailed to over 300 Rotarians every week for which Rotary Madikeri received the District
awardforBulletin.HeiscurrentlyChairmanforExtensionofNewClubs.
Rtn.Saravanan holds a Hotel Management course and an MBA in Human Resources Management from
Chennai. He has 29 years of experience in Hospitality industry. His father R.V.Subbaraman is a retired headmaster
and mother late Seethalakshmi was a teacher. He is married to Ann.Ramya and the couple is blessed with a son
Annette.Karpagamurthy and a daughter Annette.Nandhika. Both the children are studying in BVB-Kodagu
Vidyalaya.BeingahomemakerRamyaisamemberofInnerWheelMadikeriandservedastheSecretaryoftheclub
fortwoyears.
New Rotaract club installed at Saradavilas
Sarada Vilas College Rotaract club sponsored by Rotary
Mysore Midtown was installed on 7th September 2013 at
Audio Visual auditorium in the presence of Chief guest Mr.
B.S.Parthasarthy-President S.V.E.I. Installing officer AG Rtn.
Nandakumar installed the President and members of the new
Rotaract Club. Principal of the college Mr. Nagabhushana was
the guest of honour. Midtown president Rtn.Bhanuchandran,
Secretary Rtn. Prahlad, Director-Youth Service Rtn.Sanjay P,
Chairman Rtn.Bhaskar, Teacher co-ordinator Madam Chetana
& other midtown members were present on the occasion. A
warmwelcometotheyoungmindsintoRotaryfold.

2. NEW MEMBERS join MIDTOWN
Dr.Apoorva S was born in Konanur, a small village in Hassan district in 1983 and
grew up in Mysore. Baby footsteps started in St. Ann's Convent School and continued
in Chinmaya Vidyalaya and then higher secondary in SBRRM College. In his own
words – “Similar to the movie 3 Idiots, my family members wanted me to pursue
MBBS;IcompletedmyMBBSatSriDevarajaUrsMedicalCollege,Kolar.LookingbackI
am thankful to my family for guiding me in the right path”. He later pursued DNB-
Internal medicine from NBE, New Delhi, followed by Fellowship from American
collegeofchestphysicians,USA.
Born to Mr.Srijayadeva and Ms.Shashikala, Dr.Apoorva has one younger brother,
an engineer who is currently working in Bangalore. Dr.Apporva's father is currently
theprincipalofSriGanapathiSachidanandaVidyaSmasthae.
Much to the respite of Midtown cricket team Dr.Apporva is a cricketer, but also plays basketball and loves
travelling.Heisalsoanamateurnumismatist(collectorofcoinsandcurrency).Apartfromthesepassionsthe
eligiblebachelorlovesbirdwatchingandswimming.
Dr.ApoorvaisintroducedtotheclubbyRtn.Dr.Prahlad
Dr. Pramod Kumar Sidramappa Gubbi was was born in Gulbarga. He did his
schooling at St. Joseph's Convent School, Gulbarga & completed MBBS at
Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Gulbarga before moving to Bangalore for
post graduation in E.N.T. speciality. Dr.Pramod shares his experiencein Bangalore as –
“ Initially I felt lost in a very big city and remember crossing days on the calendar as to
when I would return back to Gulbarga. However as the months passed by, I did
managetomakemanyfriendswitheaseandlovedtheircompany.”
He married Dr.Gayathri in 2003 and the couple relocated to UK in 2005. While in
UK for 3 years, the couple decided to come back to India and settle in Mysore after
rave reviews of the city from Dr.Gayathri who had spent her college days in Mysore.
ThecouplearenownestledinMysoreandpracticeatApolloHospitals.
Dr.Pramod spends his spare time watching TV. He follows cricket and loves
playing Chess. When asked about his thoughts and passions, he responds – “I also ponder about the
mysteries of the universe, in particular about its boundaries. If given a chance or if time permits, I would like
toassociatemyselfinpropagatingtheuseofrenewablesourcesofenergy.”
Dr.PramodGubbiisintroducedtotheclubbyRtn.Dr.Prahlad
Midtown extends a very warm welcome to the Doctors,
Midtown is now more 'Healthier' – pun intended
Have you ever wondered how some people are always happy and some
people are not ? Some are for ever grumpy and some always sport a smile.
Have you ever wondered what could be the secret of people who always
smile?
Well some people have a natural talent to keep themselves happy.
Whatever may be the situation they are bright and positive and see the
sunny side of things. Even though all of us are not born with such optimism
it is definitely possible to keep yourselves happy if you make up your mind.
To do so first of all we should shun all our complexes and stop being
judgemental about people and circumstances .We should stop associating
things i.e. now that this is happened this is going to follow [and usually we imagine the worst]. Let things and
people around us not disturb our inner peace and happiness. This can only be possible if we make up our mind
and take a firm decision to keep ourselves and people around us happy. On the occasion of GANESH CHATURTHI
let us the Rotary family pray to lord GANESHA to bless us and our families unlimited happiness and we in turn
buildabettersociety. –Ann.Vyjayanthi
B e H a p p y ! ! !

3. 'Rotary Amaravani' Award 2013
The tradition of identifying excellence in academia
continuedonWednesdayatRotary Midtown.The'Amaravani–
2013” was awarded to Prof.N.S.Taranath. The awarded was
presented by veteran PDG Rtn.Vasudevamurthy in the
presence of AG Rtn.M.N.Bheemesh and a large gathering
including press & media. The award is instituted by
Rtn.Bheemesh's family and has a legacy of presenting the
award to eminent personalities. In his short & crisp address,
Acharya Devo Bhava – Teachers' Day Celebrated At RMA
It is indeed nostalgic for each one of us to remember
the contributions of our dear teachers in shaping our
lives and what better day can we think of to express our
gratitude to all those teachers who have imparted the
right values in our lives than observing Teachers' day.
September 5th, this year too was a special day at RMA
School as both Rotary and Innerwheel Midtown joined
hands to celebrate Teachers' Day amidst students,
Rotarians and IW members. The IW programme started
with a fashion show by RMA teachers depicting the
Costumes of India which was well received by the
audience especially the students who cheered their
teachers when they walked the ramp. Principal was in
all sport with a Lambani dress and walked the ramp to
the applause of her students. Teachers' enthusiasm and
sportiveness was well appreciated by everyone. 3
teachers were adjudged winners by the jury comprising
of Mrs. Sudha Vishwanath, Mrs. Sheela Urs and Mrs.
Pushpa Gangesh. Background music to this was
provided by our tech-savvy Mrs.Lavanya Srinivasan.
Prizes were distributed to the winners. IW on this
occasion also honoured Ms.Manasa, a teacher working
at Nireekshe special school. IW president Mrs.Uma
Vivek and Secretary Mrs.Geetha Krishna did the
felicitation. Also Mrs. Kajal of RMA was the recipient of
the cash award instituted by Mrs.Roopa Yadav. Mrs.
AnupamaRavindranathdidthehonours.
It was time now for Rotary Midtown to take over
the proceedings. President Bhanuchandran
welcomed the gathering. Invocation was sung by Mrs.
Sharada. Mr.Niranjan Vanalli, professor in the
Journalism department and Director CPDPS, Mysore
University was the chief guest who was introduced by
Secretary Dr.Prahlad. Mr.Niranjan addressed the
teachers in style by giving a pep talk to his colleagues
quoting from his own personal experiences. He raised
a question to the audience as to how many of us
would like our children to become teachers when we
want our own children to be tutored by good
teachers. He stressed the fact that a teacher who can
bring a smile on their students' faces and who is more
understanding would be considered a good teacher.
Teaching should bring in more self satisfaction than
the monetary benefit as they are the role models who
are responsible for shaping the future citizens of a
country. It was surely an inspiring talk which was well
taken by everyone present. It was followed by cake
cutting by the senior students of the school and
honouring of the teachers by President Bhanu and
Mr.Niranjan. Rotary midtown foundation also
honored the teachers with a token gift of
appreciation.VoteofThankswasbythePrincipalMrs.
Dr. Vanitha Bhat. Sumptuous lunch for all was served
at the end. Thus the joint project turned out to be a
goodonewhichwasenjoyedbyall.
-Ann. Prabha Prahlad
Chief guest for the day Rtn.Vasudevamurthy lauded the
achievements of Prof. Tarnath and recalled the yesteryears.
Later Prof. Taranath shared his feelings with the audience, his
speech was replete with humbleness & gratitude. He said that
more than getting awards, it was the opportunity to enjoy the
immense depth of Kannada literature that inspires him. Thanks
toBhemmannaandfamilyforhostingsuchameaningfulaward.

4. Birthday Wishes
Rotary Quiz
Answer:b.false-ThefirstmeetingwasheldinChicago,IL
The first Rotary Club meeting
was held in New York City
on a dark and stormy night.
a.True b.False
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 ?
Rotary Information
Anniversary Wishes
Rtn. Chengappa P. S. - 14th September
Visit to Community Center
Date : 18-09-2013 Time: 6.30 pm
Next Week
‘ECO SPANDANA’
A New Rotary record for Foundation
giving!!!
2012-13 contributions to the Annual Fund
reached an all-time high, exceeding US$115
million for the first time ever! Achieving
annual contributions of this magnitude is a
reflection of the extraordinary work of Rotary
leaders, like you, around the world. Thank
you!
Please spread the word about how every
Rotarian can make an impact in their
communities and around the world, by
supporting our Rotary Foundation every year.
With your help, we can reach our visionary
goalofUS$120millionby30June2014.
Ÿ RCC Vinyas-Koorgalli Conducted an awareness
programme on Basic Hygiene at Koorgally
Government school on 6th September 2013
and distributed slippers to all students on the
occasion.
Ÿ RCC Vinyas Celebrated Teachers Day at Vinyas IT
facility. Rtn.M.S. Raghu gave inputs to Teachers
on the occasion & Mr. Ram Aiyappa differently
abled employee of Vinyas distributed
mementostoTeachers
Projects at RCC-Koorgalli
Wake up!!
Picture Courtesy : Rtn.Aiyanna
Venue: Near KRS Road, Pump House Jn.
Please Attend
Rtn. Nagaraj
14th September
Rtn. Mahesh V. Murthy
15th September
Rtn. Gopinath 18th September
Rtn.Farooq-E-
Azaam
Today's
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