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a huge crowd,
many of them
being first time
performers. The
little ones were
a little scared
when they first
got up on the
stage. But as
they danced to
the tunes of
Bum-Bum Bole
and Yeh Tara
Woh Tara, the
crowd erupted
in a loud round
of applause and
the kids were
overjoyed. Much
to their delight,
our members put
up a small skit
As in the previous
years, this year
too RC-HITK
celebrated
Independence
Day with the
Suryakiran
kids. The kids
were trained
extensively for
3 weeks in per-
forming arts
namely singing,
dancing and
dramatics. On
the 18th of Au-
gust, these
students put up
an amazing per-
formance in
the Heritage
School Audito-
rium in front of
FLYING FREE
Inside this issue:
Recent Projects 1
Ongoing Projects 4
Upcoming Projects 5
District Event 8
ROTARACT CLUB OF HERITAGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
RC HITK INSIGHT SEPTEMBER 2014 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2
INDEPENDENCE AND YOU
“Happiness
quite un-
shared can
scarcely be
called happi-
ness; it has no
taste.” - Charlotte
Brontë
On 15th Au-
gust 2014, as
India turned
67, a bunch
of enthusias-
tic and dedi-
cated Rota-
ractors from
RC-HITK
made a brave
attempt to
alleviate the
pain of the
children at
the Paediatric
Ward of the
Saroj Gupta
Can-
cer Centre
& Research
Institute and
give them a
few hours of
unhindered
joy. Our mem-
bers put a
small skit as
well as a mu-
sical perfor-
mance for
them. The
kids were giv-
en crayons
Points of Interest!
Toys From Trash!
Liter of Light!
Vermicomposting!
Rural footballers play homeless worldcup!
Bookbuddies!
Recycling and Ori-gami!
for them. It was
indeed a memo-
rable day for
both the little
ones and our
members.
focussed on leader-
ship skills, started
off with a brief in-
troduction of their
proceedings, as the
enthusiastic audience
joined in to elaborate
on a few essential
qualities a social
worker must have. A
very interesting per-
sonality test followed
- popularly known as
the MBTI test, which
unveils your true na-
ture through a series
of multiple choice
questions. The event
was attended by 60
odd members from RC
-HITK as well as oth-
er Rotaract Clubs.
Refreshments were
served in the end. The
seminar was a real suc-
cess since it opened up
avenues to career
choices for the new
generation students.
MELTING POT
: In collaboration with
the NGO, Prantaka-
tha, and Pravah,
Delhi, RC-HITK or-
ganised a seminar on
“Social Entrepre-neurship” on 27th of
August, 2014 at
East India Pharma-
ceutical Hall.
“Melting Pot” is a one year training
program, under
Prantakatha, that
encourages social
entrepreneurs to
revolutionize the
cold world of busi-
ness, and work for
the underprivileged
backbone of our
country. The 2 hour
long seminar, which
and drawing sheets on
which they drew beauti-
ful pictures. Much to
their delight, toffees and
cupcakes were also dis-
tributed amongst them.
The smiles on the faces
of these little kids at the
end of the day, was in-
deed a beautiful sight.
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Imagine how
liberating it
would be to live
a life free of all
the mind-numbing
social niceties, I
don't pity this kid
– I envy him.
out. Over 130
people registered
enthusiastically to
donate their
blood to save
lives. The donors
were first made
to undergo a few
tests to check if
they are eligible
to donate blood.
After the dona-
tion they were
made to recuper-
ate for about 15-
20 minutes during
which time they
were given glu-
cose water and a
fruit. They also
received a badge
and a gift from
the Cancer hospi-
tal as a token of
appreciation.
BLOOD DONATION CAMP
The Rotaract Club of
Heritage Insti-
tute of Technolo-
gy, Kolkata, in
association with
the Thakurpukur
Cancer Hospital,
had organised a
blood donation
camp in the col-
lege premises on
20th August
2014. It started
at 11 am with a
steady stream of
donors through-
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To the birth of a
million smiles
from a single
act of humanity.
just learning it me-
chanical.
interesting for them.
Members play word
games, show the tiny-
tots movies and car-
toons etc.RC-HITK
works with the belief
that in a couple of
months, these kids
will develop a liking in
English rather than
PROJECT UDAAN
weak in English be-
cause they learn it
without proper un-
derstanding. So what
the club wants is to
teach these kids Eng-
lish using creative
methods making the
subject more inter-
esting. When it
comes to creativity,
RC-HITK gives its
best!! Members have
collected more than
40 books to make a
small library for
them. They come with
different methods
every week to make
the subject interest-
PROJECT BOOKBUDDY
Rotaract Club of Herit-
age Institute Of
Technology (RC-
HITK) has taken up
the mammoth task of
teaching the Surya-
kiran kids English.
These kids despite of
having English as a
major subject, are
RC-HITK started a lit-
eracy project at Nari
Unnayan Kendra, a
coaching centre for
underpriviledged chil-
dren near
Chingrighata in the
month of March in
collaboration with RC
-Calcutta South Cen-
tral and RC-Behala .
For the past 6
months, members
from our club have
been going there
twice a week to help
the children build
their concepts in
English, Maths, Ben-
gali and Science. Ow-
ing to the immense
interest of the stu-
dents in art and
dance, the Rotarac-
tors also hold drawing
and dance classes for
these young children.
Page 4 RC HITK INSIGHT
”books are a
uniquely
portable magic.”
“Books are the qui-etest and most con-stant of friends, they are the most accessible and wis-est of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
Rotaract isn’t just about touching underprivileged
helpless lives and alleviat-
ing their pain just to see
them smile . It’s also about being one with na-
ture and giving back our
dues.
So Rotaract Club will be
organising A Paper Recy-
cling programme for the
kids, where the little
hearts will be taught how
to care for their environ-
ment. The Suryakiran
kids will learn how to re-
use paper, thereby reduc-
ing wastage and harness-
ing their power of re-
sourcefulness .Furthermo
re; the recycled paper
will be used for drawing,
card making and other
creative activities by the
kids. Origami techniques
and paper bag making will
surely brighten the event
with fun and excitement.
introduce them to the
world outside their place
of inhabitancy and make
them belief that they too
have the potential to
achieve great feats!
Movies as popularly be-
lieved aren’t just a source of entertainment. Movies
can bring about a positive
change in an individual’s life. With the same be-
lief, RC-HITK is planning
to organise monthly
screening of inspirational
movies for the Suryakiran
kids, the idea being to
PAPER RECYCLING
MONTHLY SCREENING OF MOVIES
any normal breathing indi-
vidual. We are the ones
who can understand the
soul of nature and listen
to its need and mould our-
selves for conserving it
for the future.
All together, the event
plans on promoting a
sense of concern and
safety for the surround-
ings we live in, which re-
quire as much care,
thought and attention as
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A society is
defined not only
what it creates,
but by what it
refuses to
destroy.
the litre of light move-
ment where we will be
taught how to make
these simple devices. We
plan to install these de-
vices in a village on the
outskirts of Kolkata.
BARUIPUR TO BRAZIL
typically used for car-
bonated drinks, filled
with water plus a little
bleach to inhibit algal
growth, fitted through
the roof of a house. Dur-
ing daytime the water
inside the bottle refracts
sunlight, delivering about
as much light as a 40- to
60-watt incandescent
bulb to the interior.
Working along the same
lines, RC-HITK has al-
ready contacted Litre of
India. They plan to con-
duct a 3 -day workshop
with RC-HITK in the col-
lege premises regarding
LITRE OF LIGHT
Litre of Light is a global
open source movement
with the aim to provide an
ecologically sustainable
and free-of-cost source
of interior light to rooms
in simple dwellings with a
thin roof. The device is
simple: it is a transparent
1.5-2l plastic bottle, as
There is an under 17 team
of extremely talented
footballers, taken care of
by an NGO- Durbar.
These youngsters hail
from red light areas in
the city and their daily
struggle to keep their
passion alive has inspired
us to take up an initiative
for their well be-
ing. Baruipur to Brazil is a
dream. A dream that re-
quires a little support in
order to turn to reali-
ty.Rotaract is doing it’s bit in organising a series
of fund-raiser matches
with football teams from
all over the city. Join us
for an eventful day of
excitement, high spirits
and some great sporting
action. The funds raised
would be sure to help
these aspiring footballers
in their journey from Ba-
ruipur to Brazil.
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Bringing light to the poor, one liter at a time.
Waste generation in to-
day’s world is a major is-sue because we generate
huge amount of waste
everyday and the meth-
ods of waste disposal
that we currently have in
place aren’t adequate enough. To tackle this
problem at a very small
scale, RC-HITK has come
up with a very noble initi-
ative. The waste that is
produced in college can-
teen is mostly biode-
gradable. We plan to con-
vert this biodegradable
waste into a compost us-
ing the method of ver-
micomposting and use it
as a fertiliser in the col-
lege garden. The method
of vermicomposting is an
extremely cost-effective
one as it requires only the
biodegradable waste and
a handful of worms as
inputs. It might be a tiny
step towards solving the
problem of waste disposal
but nevertheless it is a
positive step.
these toys in an out-of –station project where we
are intending to conduct a
science workshop. A simi-
lar project was carried
out last year during the
month of December in
Ghatsila, Jharkhand
where a reading workshop
was conducted for school
children.
Influenced by Arvind
Gupta, the popular Indian
toy inventor we have
planned to start our own
line of science based
toys. We plan to start
making toys from the
everyday wastes, the idea
being to make simple edu-
cational toys which will
help students to grip con-
cepts better in basic sci-
ence. We plan to launch
VERMICOMPOSTING
TOYS FROM TRASH
ing competition for the
kids of Suryakiran and
adjoining villages in the
upcoming months . The
art of kite –flying is fast
loosing its appeal due to
sever lack of open high
roof tops . To enliven the
dying sport back to its
former glory, the club will
hold the competition ,
promoting healthy cama-
raderie in the process to.
KITE FLYING COMPETITION
Energetic young hearts
will be set free and al-
lowed to soar high up in
the sky , assuming the
garbs of colourful kites
as Rotaract brings “ wings of soul” – a kite fly-
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If you want
grown ups to
recycle, just
tell their kids
the importance
of recycling and
they’ll be all
over it,
have little angels from
diverse backgrounds
enthralling us with their
performances while the
second phase will be
guest performance by
Dance Schools. There
will also be special per-
formances by children
with physical or mental
disabilities, whose rare
talent will give Rainbow a
brighter hue. The New
Generations Month also
encourages us to felici-
tate talented youth of
Kolkata for their
achievements.
Through Rainbow, the
Rotaract Movement will
not only look to find the
most talented youth, but
also give an essential
platform to the under-
privileged and the physi-
cally challenged to ex-
The Rotaract Movement
in the Rotary Interna-
tional District 3291 in its
bid to encourage the
youth of Kolkata and its
suburbs, is organizing a
Youth Talent program
“Rainbow- Celebrating a
Spectrum of Talent” on 14th September 2014 at
Gyan Manch.
Rainbow is a two phase
activity. In the first
phase of this cultural
extravaganza, we shall
hibit their genius. This is
our effort to support
talent and strengthen
the belief that there is a
winner in every one of us
- it’s only an opportunity that is delaying its dis-
covery.
RC-HITK has been an
enthusiastic participant
in the district program,
the IPP, Devarchan
Banerjee being the Chair
of the event. The Club is
working with four
schools- Dikshan, School
of West Bengal Autistic
Society, Calcutta Blind
School, Tapuriaghata
Naari Unyayan Kendra
and Calcutta Rescue,
training the kids into the
minstrels of the day.
PRESIDENT’S NOTE!
It has been just a month into the new rota year and it gives me immense pleasure
to say that RC-HITK has already undertaken some amazing projects. And the best
part is the overwhelming response our projects have received. RC-HITK has so
much more to offer. With the help of our enthusiastic and wonderful members, I
am sure that we can indeed be the key to change!
Phone: 9874870038, 9831272205, 8420290040 E-mail: rotaract@heritageit.edu.in
ROTARACT CLUB
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