EDITORIAL

Vol. LVIII No. 3 Friday, 20th July, 2012

Editor :Rtn. PP Ranjit PandaChaterjee lane, Near Old Bus Stand,Berhampur- 760001Cell : 9437011024

Co- Editor :Rtn. T. Partha sarathyS/o. T.V. RaoChurch Road, Berhampur- 760001Cell : 9583367444

Email id : chilka.rotary@gmail.com

Rotary Club of Berhampur

“The purpose of life is not to be happy - but to matter,

to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some

difference that you have lived at all. “ ~Leo Rosten

DISCOVER THE BENEFITS OF JOINING ROTARY.

There's something that all Rotary club members have in

common: We take action. As community volunteers, we

reach out to neighbors in need. We build, support, and

organize. We save lives. We work locally and globally.

Around the world and around the corner, the 1.2 million

men and women of Rotary

• Get involved in their communities

• Connect with other professionals

• Share time and experience with young people

• Support global causes, such as eradicating polio

• Use their skills to help others

As a proud Rotarian, how one Profits the most……

Being a Rotarian means serving your community,

networking, making friends, and building international

relationships.”

“Rotary creates the perfect venue for one to give back to

the community you live in while enjoying the camaraderie

of positive and active individuals.”

Networking

“Rotary is a tremendous network. Leaders in the

community can connect and reach out to people in need.”

“Rotary provides an environment for developing strong

friendships and business relationships.”

Leadership skills

“Leadership is a key focus of Rotary. Through Rotary, you

have the opportunity to expand your leadership skills and

achieve your goals.”

Today’s Guest SpeakerToday’s Guest SpeakerToday’s Guest SpeakerToday’s Guest SpeakerToday’s Guest Speaker : Prof. Dr. P. Suvarna Devi,

Prof & Head(Retd.),Dept. of Pediatrics, MKCG Medical College.Topic : Audio Visual presentation on “ Epilepsy – Facts & Misconceptions”

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Event : First Family of Rotaryget together - Dinner Meeting

“A week doesn't go by that you don't learn something

new from the speaker at our club or just from working

on projects with people. It's an opportunity to grow

indefinitely.”

International service

“you will become much more internationally focused, and

understand that there's so much more you can do as

part of a bigger whole than you could ever do on

yourown.”

Friendship

“Every Rotary club in the world, no matter how big or

small, has one thing in common: friendship. And it's from

this base of friendship that we serve our community.”

You will find a fellowship where every nation, every color,

all of humanity can be like a family. You have got a place

where you can serve your community and serve the world.”

Family-friendly

“We want families with children to join Rotary, so we try

to be very flexible. Family commitments always take

precedence.”

Opportunities for young people

“There's so much diversity in the work Rotary does. It

can give you exposure to so many different areas and

help you find what your interests really are.”

…contd. from prev. issue (population in Indian context)

More than 50% of India's current population is below the

age of 25 and over 65% below the age of 35. About 72.2%

of the population lives in some 638,000 villages and the

rest 27.8% in about 5,480 towns and urban

agglomerations. The birth rate (child births per 1,000

people per year) is 22.22 births/1,000 population (2009

est.) while death rate (deaths per 1000 individuals per

year) is 6.4 deaths/1,000 population. Fertility rate is 2.72

The Quality of our thoughts determines our own personal degree of happiness.

children born/woman (NFHS-3, 2008) and Infant mortality

rate is 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 estimated).

India has the largest illiterate population in the world.

The literacy rate of India as per 2001 Population Census

is 65.38%, with male literacy rate at 75.96% and female

at 54.28%. Kerala has the highest literacy rate at 90.86%,

Mizoram (88.80%) is on the second position and

Lakshadweep (86.66%) is on third.

Every year, India adds more people than any other nation

in the world, and in fact the individual population of some

of its states is equal to the total population of many

countries. For example, Population of Uttar Pradesh (state

in India) almost equals to the population of Brazil. It, as

per 2001 Population Census of India, has 190 million people

and the growth rate is 16.16%. The population of the

second most populous state Maharashtra, which has a

growth rate of 9.42%, is equal to that of Mexico's

population. Bihar, with 8.07%, is the third most populous

state in India and its population is more than Germany's.

West Bengal with 7.79% growth rate, Andhra Pradesh

(7.41%) and Tamil Nadu (6.07%) are at fourth, fifth and

sixth positions respectively. The sex ratio of India stands

at 933. Kerala with 1058 females per 1000 males is the

state with the highest female sex ratio. Pondicherry

(1001) is second, while Chhatisgarh (990) and Tamil Nadu

(986) are at third and fourth places respectively. Haryana

with 861 has the lowest female sex ratio.

Some of the reasons for India's rapidly growing population

are poverty, illiteracy, high fertility rate, rapid decline in

death rates or mortality rates and immigration from

Bangladesh and Nepal. Alarmed by its swelling population,

India started taking measures to stem the growth rate

quite early. In fact India by launching the National Family

Planning programme in 1952 became the first country in

the world to have a population policy. The family planning

programme yielded some noticeable results, bringing

down significantly the country's fertility rate. In 1965-

2009, the contraceptive usage more than tripled and the

fertility rate more than halved. The efforts did produce

positive results, however, failed to achieve the ultimate

goal and the population of India since getting

independence from Britain in 1947 increased almost three

times. Whereas India has missed almost all its targets

to bring the rate of population growth under control,

China's 'One Child Policy' in 1978, has brought tremendous

results for the latter. The policy claims to have prevented

between 250 and 300 million births from 1978 to 2000

and 400 million births from 1979 to 2010.

India is expected to surpass China as the world's most

populous nation by 2025. As the Indian population rises

rapidly amidst its depleting land and water resources,

the widespread hunger problem could grow worse unless

serious steps are taken now to remedy the situation.

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

reported last year that hunger in India has grown over

the last three years.

IFPRI said India's hunger index score has worsened over

the last three years from 23.7 to 23.9 to 24.1 and its

ranking moved from 66 to 65 to 67 on a list of 84

nations....while Pakistan's hunger index score has

improved over the same period reported since 2008 from

21.7 (2008) to 21.0 (2009) to 19.1 (2010) and its ranking

has risen from 61 to 58 to 52.

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PAST PREZ. COLUMNRTN. PROF. K M PATHY

I got my MBBS from Utkal Univ., M.S. from Patna University

in 1996. Went to England as the common wealth medical

fellow and worked at Oxford University medical college.

Served as a visiting faculty at Liverpool and Birmingham

Trauma centre. Became a fellow of international college

of surgeons (FICS), honorary fellow of Royal college of

surgeons. In 1982 I received FAMS.

Served as a teacher in all three medical colleges of

Odisha. I was professor and HOD orthopedic surgery cum

principal VSS medical college, Burla and Dean of Sambalpur

University. Professor ortho. Surg cum suptd. And principal

of MKCG medical college.

Participated in many int’l surg. Conferences across the

world,presented papers delivering guest lecturers and

chairing scientific sessions as rep. of govt. of India

sponsored by UGC, CSIR, ICMR and Sci & Tech. dept. in

rotation. I have represented 22 times in int’l conf. ’s in

the last 30 years.

Received many awards and medals chief of them being

Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy national award the highest govt.

of India to a doctor (as the only doctor from Odisha). His

excellency Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India

presented a citation and gold medal to me in a special

function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, on 6th Aug. 2004.

I was president of this great club in 1986 -87 during which

Dr. K Arvind was the Hony. Secy. The DG then was Dr. S

Dubey (Paediatric Specialist) from MP the then RID 326

which included Odisha, MP and Bihar. Highlights during

Rtn. Er.Deepak Kumar Panda

14th July

Chilka wishes’em many happy returns

A L A I O S M

E R O N A C M O

I E A T N V MHint :

means to achieve peace in view of Rtn. RIP Sakuji Tanaka

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that year included- Instrumental in forming the first

Probus club of the dist 326 on 2nd Oct, Gandhi Jayanti,

first R V C was started at Madhapur near Banthapalli

village, won many recognitions and awards in the dist.

Conf. I was also the programming comm.. chairman for

4 consecutive years dist. Chairman for handicapped for

3 cons. Years.

NEWS HEADLINES THIS WEEK

• UP village Aasra imposes Taliban like curbs on women.

• Veteran actor and wrestler DARA Singh passed away

• Famous Hindi Cine star Rajesh Khanna passes away

• Syrian forces Massacre 220 civilians.

• Agni-1 missile tested successfully.

• Export plunge 5.45% in June.

• Diesel price hike likely.

• India limits FDI in too many sectors: Obama

• Sunita Williams blasts off for ISS.

• Trinamool to support Pranab.

• Indo-Pak cricket set to resume.

• UPA names Ansari & NDA names Jaswant as Vice-President candidate.

• Inflationdeclines marginally to 7.25%.

1.   Rtn.PP.P.K.Acharya attended the Valedictory function

of R.C.Berhampur Silk City on 14th July 2012 and

received the special recognization/Award for his

Financial support during RI.Yr 2011-12 from

IPP.Er.R.K.Maharana through the hands of

PDG.Dr.Narayan Mishra as Chief Guest.

2.   Rt.let Silla Vinay, S/o Rtn. Silla Rama Rao cleared

SAP from Siemens, Chennai with 76% score.

3.   Rt.let S.Chandini, D/o Rtn. S.Manmadha Rao stood

topper in MBA (Operations & H.R) from

M.S.Ramayya Management Institute, Bangalore. She

was awarded with a Silver Medal for her achievement

in the convocation ceremony held on 14th July.

4.   PP Ranjit Panda attended the installation ceremony

of RC Bam Midtown and shared the Dais as Asst.

Governor for the club with their officials and Chief

Guest Sj. RC chaupattnaik, Hon’ble MLA, Berhampur

on 17th July. Other Rotarians who attended the event

includes Rtn. IPP T.Susant, Rtn. Dr.Satya, Rtn. PP

P.K. Acharya and Rtn. Srinivas Prusty

5.  Rotarylet D.Maruti Sanjeev, s/o PP.RTN.D.Sunder

Srinath and Rotaryannete Ms. KRITI CHOUDHURY D/

O Rtn. Rajesh Choudhury has successfully cleared

CA final examination.

ROTARIANS AND THEIR

FAMILY IN LIMELIGHT

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week.

IMPORTANT1.Omissions in last chilka…

In the installation ceremony on 6thJuly’12,

Rtn.IPP.T.Susant felicitated Rtn.PP.PSN Senapati with a

citation from RI for “outstanding service in all the

avenues of service for RY 11-12”,Rtn.PP.PSN Senapthi

and Anne .VANI were awarded the “outstanding rotary

couple” and Rtn PP.KK.Mishra was awarded “Star

Rotarian” for RY 11-12.

2.On 13th July at 9.00 pm after the regular meeting,

standing committee chairman Rtn.PP.KK.Mishra, and

chairmen of various committee’s present under

Swargdham, along with secretary and President

Rtn.E.Sivaprasad Rao  agreed  to draw an action plan to

inaugurate the  project once  rooms and burning ghat

are ready and the entry gate work is commenced ,also

discussed was the pending issues for getting 80G

exemptions to donors.

of the weekJ U M B L E

Published by Rtn. R. Murali krishna, Hony. Secy. Rotary Club of Berhampur, Edited by Rtn. PP Ranjit Panda Printed by Ravi Graphics.

Meets every Friday at 6.30 P.M

Rtn.E.Siva Prasad Rao

President (2012-13)

Rtn.R. Murali Krishna

Hony. Secy (2012-13)

SWARGDHAM UPDATEOn 13th July at 9.00pm after regular meeting, stand-

ing committee chairman Rtn.PP.KK.Mishra, and chair-

men of various committee’s present under

Swargdham,along with secretary and President

Rtn.E.Sivaprasad Rao  agreed  to draw an action plan

to inaugurate the  project once  rooms and burning

ghat are ready and the entry gate work is commenced

,also discussed was the pending issues for getting 80G

exemptions to donors.

MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

Proceedings of the 2nd regular meeting of Rotary Club of

Berhampur for the year 2012-13 held on 13th July’12 at

7.00pm .Rotary Centennial hall, Berhampur ;

1.President Rtn. E.Sivaprasad Rao called the meeting to

order.

2.President welcomed the members and leaders of

reputed clubs and associations of Berhampur to the

2nd regular meeting.

3.President welcomed and invited the speaker K.SIVA

PRASAD SUBUDHI on to the dais.

4.Minutes of the 1st meeting held on 6th July’12 were

confirmed with a mention of an omission :In the

installation ceremony on 6thJuly’12,Rtn.IPP.T.Susant

felicitated Rtn.PP.PSN Senapati with a citation from RI

for “outstanding service in all the avenues of service for

RY 11-12”,Rtn.PP.PSNSenapthi and Anne Vani were

awarded the “outstanding rotary couple” and Rtn

PP.KK.Mishra was awarded “Star Rotarian” for RY 11-12.

5. Committee announcements :

6.Rtn.PP.Ranjit Panda  felicitated the birthday boys  and

the member who celebrated his wedding anniversary

during the week.

7.Rtn.PP.Dr.J.Bharatudu informed the members about the

developments of Rotary Swargdham, and in the presence

of Rtn.PP.KK.Mishra,Chairman Standing Committee,

Swargdham, Rtn.J.Mohan Rao donated Rs.50,000/- and

Rtn.Santanu Sahu donated Rs.11,000/- for the

Swargdham fund.

8.Rtn P.V.Suryanarayana,Chairman Diabetic

camps  announced the details of the  Diabetic camp

organized on 8thJuly’12,where in 25 people were

examined.

9.Secretary Announcements :

10.Secretary Informed the members for participation at

the District seminar on RI theme ‘Peace Through Service’

to be held in Cuttack on 29th July’12.

11.President felicitated  and invited leaders of various

clubs and associations to the Rotary peace forum and

appealed to all present to form a human chain to exhibit

oneness towards world peace by passing on ‘the spirit of

peace’ candle through the hands of everyone.

12.President invited leaders of various clubs, associations

to speak on the aegis of Rotary Peace Forum.

13.Rtn.PP.VVRN Rao,Secretary Ganjam District Chamber

of Commerce, Rtn.RP.Patnaik,President Chinmay Mission

& Bharat Vikas Manch, Rtn.BV.Kumar, Hanuman Bazaar

Merchants association and Rtn.PP.PSN.Senapathy,

President ,Ganjam District Jewelers association spoke

about ‘Peace Through Service’.

14.The speaker Mr.K.Siva Prasad Subudhi  spoke about

what ‘peace through service’ means to a common man,

and narrated his experiences of doing service at a Rotary

eye camp and experiencing the joy and peace of doing

service to the community .

15.President felicitated Rtn.M.Kameswari for being

selected by ARPITA Cultural & service organization,Andhra

Pradesh to be conferred as ‘Andhra Ratna’ at Vizag on

20th July’12 for her outstanding contribution to society

in service and cultural activities.

16.Rtn.PP.KK.Mishra proposed the vote of thanks.

17.President thanked Rtn.J.Ramesh for hosting the

snacks.

18.The program is identified with community service.

19.Sgt-At-Arms Rtn.Srinivas Prusty presented the

attendance analysis of the meeting as ;

            Total members  : 135

            Effective Members : 135

            Members Present  : 73

            Visiting Rotarians : 1

            Guests : 9

% of Attendance : 54%

21.All the members invoked the national anthem.

22.The meeting is adjourned.