Dec 15, 2021
December 12, 2021, was a red letter day in the annals of the Rotary club of Madras, (RCM) in that we had the RI President Rtn. Shekhar Mehta, as the Chief guest at our regular meeting, which was the 24tg meeting of this Rotary year. He was accompanied by RI Director Rtn. A.S. Venkatesh and District Governor Rtn. J. Sridhar.
A number of projects were declared open by the RI President, that included a Rs.5.50 Crores( 0.73 Million USD) ROTARY CLUB OF MADRAS WORTH TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, handed over two more Dialysis units to the ACS hospital where we have our Dialysis units, thus totalling 10, Starting Tally accounting software classes, for Women under the Women Empowerment programme of RCM, and a Donation of US$.236,000/- plus another US$.50,000/- to the TRF, with a commitment by 2 more of our members to become AKS members.
Finally, the President also met the Champion of ORGAN DONATION, Rtn. Anil Srivatsa, who was there with his SUV with which he travels India and the World over, propagating the idea of Organ Donation. He has agreed to flag Anil off on his American leg of his travel, from the Houston Convention of Rotary International in June 2022.
Here are a few pictures.