Consul General of Canada to address Rotary Chandigarh

Mr. Scott Slessor, Consul General, Consulate General of Canada in Chandigarh, would be addressing our Club on Monday, 24th September on "Sustainable Peace for Sustainable Future".

His address is in the light of the UN's International Day of Peace that falls on 21st September, and more importantly when this year the entire Rotary world is charged with RI President Sakuji Tanaka's theme, "Peace through Service".

Do join in with your families especially with the youngsters who are our future and have the responsibility to ensure that peace prevails in the world that can only ensure a brighter future for the generations to cocme. 

Living Your Values

We have lost our values...a common refrain when we talk in our drawing rooms discussing the behavior of people in different facets of life.  Some of us perhaps wish to brush it off as a changing trend of our changing times.  Others still wonder what values our children are carrying into the future. Amidst this change the only change perhaps that we can bring about is to look within and have a reality check: how effective we had been in representing the ethical values in our business, professional and personal life?  

These and numerous other life issues would form the core of deliberations from a group of very high profile speakers, on Sunday, the 28th October 2012.  The most important factor is that this is our opportunity to bring our families together at this forum and understand why we need to look deeply into our own values.  

The early bird registration is just Rs.700 for single and Rs.1300 for couple, which includes your breakfast and lunch. 

This is also the greatest gift that you can give to the young generation.  Sponsor a Rotaract, Interact, or even your own children for this meet. And surely, you won't regret it. 

Act now for a life changing experience. 

Please register with Rtn. Jatinder Kapur  099159 77632

Learn. Grow. Lead

Learning and leadership go hand in hand. In fact, learning never ceases.  And as a Rotarian, you are not only the leader of your business or profession, but also the one who leads the change in the society. You are the one who make the positive change possible for larger good. You make a difference.


A life-changing experience for the Rotarians who have graduated successfully from the Academy, the programme comprises a six-lessons correspondence course on various aspects of Rotary's functioning culminating with a 3-days residential workshop on personal leadership.   The workshop is conducted by a team of external management trainers and is exclusively devoted to improving your life and management skills that can help you successfully manage your personal, professional or business, and social life.

The residential workshop shall be held at Hotel Beckons, Chandigarh, on 12-14 April 2013, with an exciting line-up of activities, case studies, role play, and presentation skills.

The registration fee is Rs.11,000 only for this programme and applications are now invited to reach us on or before 15th September, with initial payment of Rs.6,000 only by way of a cheque drawn in favour of "Rotary District 3080 Leadership Academy".  The balance Rs.5,000 would be payable before 15th of March 2013.

For any further information you may please contact
PDG Major Som Dutt, Dean, dla3080@gmail.com;
PDG Shaju Peter, Associate Dean, daftech@sify.com

Visit our Blog : http://leadershipacademy3080.blogspot.in

Watch the Presentation.

Rotary District 3080 Leadership Academy from CorePR

Share Your Story

Every Rotarian is an ambassador of Rotary's values and mission. However, the Rotary clubs must continue strengthen Rotary's public image as world's largest voluntary service organisation committed to peace and better understanding in the world through humanitarian service projects. 
This requires telling your story and sharing it with the community and other stakeholders on regular basis using various communication tools, like website, club bulletin, etc. At the same time the story must be shared with the media, to win better understanding as well as to engage them to reach out to the needy.  The club leadership and each committee chair can prepare a small note about the project they are doing, list out the ultimate benefits, invite the media and brief them. 
For further information or clarification, you can contact seejaysingh@gmail.com

Rotary's Public Image from CorePR

What we need to do to eradicate polio?

"What? Polio? In India? It has already been eradicated."

That is the most mistaken statement of our times today. And a challenge too?  Though polio has been TAKEN OFF THE LIST OF POLIO-ENDEMIC NATIONS, we have to continue to work and ensure that the next 18 months pass off peacefully, and without any case of polio in India.  But there are still other three nations...Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria.  There is a regular migration of people from these areas and till the time polio gets eliminated from these countries, our children remain at high risk.

Last Sunday, a regional level polio meet was organised to review the strategy to combat any emergency and the way forward. The past, incoming and current District Governors from District 3070, 3080 and 3090, covering almost the entire northern region, interacted with Past Rotary International President, Rajendra K. Saboo, Rotary International Director Yash Pal Das, Chairman of the RI India National PolioPlus Committee(INPPC) PDG Deepak Kapur, and INPPC member PDG Shubh Karn Gupta, along with the  north India representative of WHO Dr. Prashant Roy.

There could not have been the most crucial time than now for Rotary to get more active, engaged and responsive to the evolving situation to ensure that not only there is 100 percent coverage of under-5 years children during the NIDs and SNIDs, but also generate awareness for routine immunisation. 

Later, the District Level PolioPlus Coordinators attended the meeting where the panel along with DG Manmohan Singh, District Chair PolioPlus Praveen Goyal, and WHO's representative Dr. Shivani Gupta, answered the queries of Rotarians.


Just today morning I received a call from PDG Sunilk. Zachariah who manages Rotary eFlash, about a video which is a must-see for every Rotarian.  It is a highly articulate, expressive video of Bruce Aylward, Assistant Director-General - Polio, Emergencies and Country Collaboration, who is a Canadian physician and epidemiologist, who addressed a group of opinion leaders in the TED conference. (If you can't see the video, please click here to visit the blog and watch the video)