Rotary Club of Calcutta South West chartered on 26 December, 1956 began the journey from 26 January, 1957 with the Charter presentation ceremony and meeting under the presidentship of PP J S Mathur. The club was sponsored by Rotary Club of Calcutta.
International Nite
April 2nd, 2010
The International Nite of RCCSW was organized on Saturday 20 April, 2010 at the Calcutta Club. DGN Rajendra Khandelwal was the guest of honour on the occasion. We had the honour to felicitate:
HE IPDG Nayantara Palchowdhury, Hony Consul of Royal Norwegian Consulate
HE Rtn Sitaram Sharma, Hony Consul Republic of Belarus
HE Rtn Krishna Kumar Khemka, Hony Consul, of Philippines
Rtn Bala Krishna Dlamia ex Hony Consul of The Netharlands
Project Reports
August 28th, 2009
Entrepreneurship Awareness Workshop – A Report
RCCSW organized a 3 days workshop in association with St Xavier’s Kolkata on 21- 22-23 August 2009 at St Xavier’s. Thirty five under graduate students including a medical student participated in the work shop. Dr. Fr. John Felix Raj SJ, Principal St Xavier’s College, Kolkata inaugurated the workshop along with President Subhro.
The three days workshop was addressed by Rtn Subhasis Bandopadhyay, PDG Aniruddha Roychowdhury, Rtn Dr Arup Mitra, Mr Ayan Chattopadhyay, Dy. Manager, Bajaj Allianz, Prof S M Gomes. The Enterprenuership project of six teams was evaluated by Rtn Subhro Banerjee, IPP Debasis De, Rtn Siddhartha Ghosh and Rtn Partha Halder was also present on the occasion.
Independence day Project – RCC Hussain Shah
The Independence Day was celebrated at RCC Hussain Shah. The celebration began with flag hoisting. Food packets were distributed amongst 100 local children. Then an eye detection camp was conducted for the members of RCC Hussain Shah. The camp was coordinated by the members of Rotaract club of Calcutta South West in association with Rotarians and members of RCC. About sixty localities participated in the camp. Gifts, mask and cap was given to children who participated in the camp.
Rotarians present on the occasion were President Subhro Banerjee, IPP Debasis De, PP Nirmal Kr Roy Chowdhury, PP S S Sarengi, Rtn Sumit Kr Mitra, Rtn Siddhartha Ghosh, Rtn Partha Halder. Also present were Rtn Soma, Rtr Rahul Saha, PP Rtr Rahul Banerjee, IPP Rtr Minakshee and first lady Manashree.
A shelter form the rain – A Project
Two schools will be donated plastic tarpaulin to make their students a bit more comfortable in this rainy season. One of the schools is located at RCC Sherpur and the other one is at Punna near Barisha. This project is sponsored by Rtn Partha Halder and Mr Suresh Agarwal, a well-wisher.
Report on First Project of Rotary Year 2009-10
About 50 Saplings of Mango, 100 Saplings of Banana and 50 Saplings of Coconut were distributed among needy villagers of RCc Sherpur on 2 August 2009. Some of the saplings were also planted by the members.
A team comprising of President Subhro Banerjee, Secretary Dr. Sumit Kr. Mitra, PP Nirmal Roychoudhury, PP Satya Sunder Sarangi, Rtn Siddhartha Ghosh and Mr. Partha Halder visited RCC Sherpur. After the project the team had a joined meeting with the members of RCC Sherpur and planned the projects for till December 2009. The team interacted with two local girls studying in class eleven and assured them all possible support to the girls so that they can complete their education.
Read More..COMMING UP
July 23rd, 2009
6 September, 2009: Blood Donation Camp and Thalesemia Awareness Camp at 74 Pally Khidderpore. The camp will be conducted by Ashok Laboratory. The project will start 9 am onwards, members are requested to join.
Read More..District Award
July 3rd, 2009
Souwester’s Team 2008-09 has bagged 2 awards & 3 citations this year from Dist 3291,
2nd Prize in E-bulletin Special Award for MCH & eye checkup projects
Special Recognition certificate to President Debasis De
DG’s Citation for RC Calcutta South West
Pulse Polio Certificate
RI Citation (awaited)
Read More..Installation Ceremony – A Report
July 1st, 2009
The 53rd Installation ceremony of the Rotary Club of Calcutta South West was held on Saturday, 27 June, 2009 at the St Xavier’s Auditorium, Kolkata. Rtn Debasis De Installed Rtn Subhro Banerjee as the President for the Rotary Year 2009-10.
Rtn Utpal Majumdar, District Governor 2009-10 RI Dist 3291 was the chief Guest on the occasion. DG Utpal Majumdar in his brief address congratulated the youngest President of the Rotary Club of Calcutta South West and extended full co-operation & support in making his year a success. AG Subrata Chakraborty, ZR Bijon Kr Dutta, other members of RCCSW and other clubs were presented on the occasion. RCCSW donated $100 to Rotary Foundation on the occasion through DG.
After the ceremony, Hritaal, performed a dance drama based on Robindra Nath Tagore’s Kal Mrigaya. Everyone enjoyed the spectacular performance and the fellowship following the same.
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