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  Association President Bio Data Dr Kapila Gupta  
 


Born on 21st August,  completed her medical studies at  PGIIMS, Rohtak, Haryana. At present holding the post of Director- Consultant at Dr. O.P. Gupta Memorial Diagnostic Centre, Rohtak.

Keen social worker, devoted her professional skills towards charitable services, Joined Inner Wheel Club Rohtak in 1991, served at all the prime posts of club executives.   Adjudged best club  Secretary in1997- 1998 and Best Club President- 1998-1999 in out side Delhi category and  as President, club bagged as many as 14 project awards  and a certificate of appreciation from National Polio Plus Committee.  She was elected as Distt. Editor in 2001-02,  served at all the prime posts of District successfully.

As District Chairman---Hosted Incoming Chairmen,s Institute for the first time in the District,Launched Website of her District for the first time,Taken the largest no of delegates for the first time to XI Trriennial from her District. Made 3 new Clubs in the District, Hosted visit of IIW President & organized Mega joint project by all the  clubs of the District for terminally ill cancer  patients.Promoted exchange pprogrammes with other Districts. . As Rotary-anne – she has been helping Rotary Club Rohtak in many health projects and was awarded best Supportive spouse by Rotary Distt. Governor- 3010 in year 2001-02
As Association Treasurer 2007-08,meticulously handled the accounts &  was appreciated for saving a lot of Association  money by keeping close vigilance on exchange rate.

She had attended IX , X& XI,XII,  Trriennial conferences at Chennai, Pune& Mumbai &  Varanasi, attend Golden Jubilee Celeberation of IW movt in India at Jodhpur.& prime role  in XII Trriennial Conference.
Attended five Incoming Chairmen, Institutes&  as speaker in last three Institutes.

In addition  to IW & Rotary, She is associated with many other NGOs
She has been an Executive member of Upchaar since 2000.She is Life  member of managing body Red Cross Society Rohtak, member IMA, she was the first lady Doctor to start Women wing of IMA at Rohtak, running successfully till date. She is a life member of FIAMS, MIMS, member FLO & President Mahila Dakshita Samiti, Rohtak Branch-1998-99.

  • She was appointed as member Juvenile Court Rohtak in year 2000,now on panel of Samjota Adalat .
  • Besides her knowledge of Allopathy , She has Keen interest in Alternate therapies and took lead participation in setting up a centre of alternate therapies ‘Healing Hands’ at Delhi in 2002.    .  
  • She has learnt Reiki, has keen interest in Astrology and Art of Living. Religious by nature and believer of Karmic theory as well as fond of reading on these subjects, Dr. Deepak Chopra and Shiv Khera are her favorite authors, adapts their preachings. 
  • She has travelled in the country and abroad to South East Asia, USA, Europe & UAE several times and is fond of travelling, reading and is a computer savy.
  • Married to Rotarian P.P. Rakish Mohan Gupta,active Rotarian,industrilist,  Blessed with two children, Elder son Karan  M.Tech,as senior software consultant with sony USA,married to Rashmi,MBA,     
  • Daughter Neha  MBA from Delhi University. Both are religious and brought up with high moral values.
  • Her motto is reflected in the hello tune she tells to everyone—kisi ki muskurahato main ho nissar, kisi ka gum mil sake to le udhaar, kisi ke waste ho tere dil mein pyar, jeena is ka naam hai.
 
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  Association President's Visit to the Districts
   
 
Sl.No. Date District Place
       
1. 23rd June 2010 1st EC 301 Delhi
2. 25th & 26th June 2010 1st EC 301 Delhi
3. 30th June & 1st July 2010 301 Delhi
4. 3rd & 4th July 2010 313 Pune
5. 6th & 7th July 2010 319 Bangalore
6. 8th & 10th July 2010 316 Anantpur
7. 9th & 10th July 2010 318 Mysore
8. 17th & 18th July 2010 302 Vizac
9. 20th, 21st July 2010 315 Guntur
10. 24th, 25th July 2010 307 Amritsar
11. 31st July & 1st Aug 2010 304 Ratlam
12. 13th & 14th Aug 2010 309 Ganganagar
13. 13th & 14th Nov 2010 310 Moradabad
14. 27th Nov 2010 325 Gaya
15. 18th Nov 2010 2nd EC 315 Hyderabad
16. 3rd & 4th Dec 2010 329 Kolkata
17. 11th & 12th Dec 2010 308 Shimla
18. 18th & 19th Dec 2010 303 Jalgaon
19. 23rd, & 24th Dec 2010 311 Bareilly
20. 8th & 9th Jan 2011 306 Baruch
21. 10th, 11th & 12th Jan 2011 314 Mumbai
22. 22nd & 23rd Jan 2011 298 Pondicherry
23. 24th, & 25th Jan 2011 323 Chennai
24. 29th & 30th Jan 2011 321 Trivendrum
25. 4th & 5th Feb 2011 317 Hubli
26. 11th, 12th & 13th Feb 2011 312 Varanasi
27. 18th & 19th Feb 2011 2nd EC 306 Rajkot
28. 9th & 10th April 2011 305 Ajmer
29. 14th & 15th April 2011 305 Jodpur
30. 28th & 29th April 2011 320 Coimbatore
       
   
 
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Inner Wheel Prayer

 


Instill in us O' Lord, the true meaning of friendship
Never let us forget that we are all Thy children
Notwithstanding the differences in our cultures and creeds,
Endow us with a desire to serve our fellowmen,
Remembering that we, too, often need help.

Whenever or Wherever the need for service arises,
Help us to be ready to serve.
Endeavouring to make our badge of Inner Wheel worthwhile
Ensuring that we have not
Lived in vain.

   
 
A little background to how our Inner Wheel Prayer Originated - Way back in 1970, Silla Ardeshir a young member from India attended one of the meetings of a local Club in Australia. At the beginning of the meeting she heard the members recite a Collect. She was impressed with that and felt why not one for her home Club Inner Wheel Club of Bombay. She brought back the Collect with her and India being a diverse country, she made the changes to suit the Country and presented it to her Club. Soon the other Clubs too adopted this and thus the Inner Wheel Prayer was born to suit our Country.
   
 
Installation Photo of Association Presidents
 
 
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IIW President "Dr. Pallavi Shah" Message

 

 

Message from our International President

 

Dear Inner Wheel Friends

 
Dear Inner Wheel friends, Globalisation & modernization have made our lives easier, but inventions in modes of communication have brought on a total revolution in disseminating news. It is an amazing thought that the information in this website will reach out not only to our 23,000 odd members in India & 1,00,000 members all over the world, but will also acquaint others with the nature & volume of work that we do in Inner Wheel.

The objectives of Inner Wheel are Friendship & Service. Friendship means Love. IW being an International Organisation our friendship knows no boundaries. For us it is Borderless Togetherness. Service means working for the welfare of living beings. Humans have this unique capacity to think beyond themselves and render unselfish service. The more unselfish or selfless is a person, he is considered higher on the ladder of evolution.

So, let us COMMIT to Inner Wheel & its objectives & to the theme for this year.

Commit with conviction, compassion, consistency.

Wishing all the BEST to Kapila & all the leaders in Inner Wheel,
Dr. Pallavi Shah


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Margarette Golding Award
 

Mrs. Oliver Golding in 1923 took the first step to form an organization which today is considered as one of the largest organization of women in this world. The objects of Inner Wheel is to promote true Friendship, to encourage the ideals of Personal Service, to foster International understanding.

Mrs. Oliver Golding was born in the town of Hay on Wye and was of Welsh origin. She was trained as a nurse and served as such during the First World War.

Paul Harris in Chicago in 1905 formed the first Rotary Club. Mrs. Oliver Golding called a meeting for the purpose of setting up a club on the Rotary lines - on 15th November 1923 at Herriot's Turkish Baths in Deansgate, Manchester. Jay French writes – “it was a curious first meeting place, held in the cooling room of baths, On being asked much later why such an exta – ordinary “choice of venue' had been made, Mrs. Golding admitted naively that it had been the only room that they could get for nothing. This thriftiness has always been the guiding factor of Inner Wheel.

 
The next meeting was held on the 10th of January 1924. It was held at the social Club, Lower Mosely Street, Manchester and marked the actual commencement of the movement. This day is celebrated as “International Inner Wheel Day”.
 

From the carefully preserved minutes – the First Inaugural of the first IW Club of the world, was attended by 27 members. The objects were clearly defined as “friendship & Service”. In 1936 the decision was taken to mark the occasion of a Club's formation by granting a Certificate of membership (now called Charter).

 
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Margarette Golding Award
 
   

In 2000 at the 11th Convention in Stockholm, the establishment of an award in the name of the founder of Inner Wheel, Margarette Golding, was recommended.

A Margarette Golding Award may be given for highly commendable service to the community, either personally or through Inner Wheel. It can be presented to a member of Inner Wheel or members of the public whose highly commendable contribution to the community an Inner Wheel Club or District wishes to recognise.

The award is not given for members who have filled a number of positions in Inner Wheel over many years. Members who have given long and valuable service to Inner Wheel but who do not qualify for a Margarette Golding Award, may be recognised with the award of Honoured Active Membership.

Applications for the Margarette Golding Award must be made on the original application form as required by International Inner Wheel. Guidelines and forms may be obtained by contacting the National Representative.

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  Membership Criteria
   
 

ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP
Active Membership may be retained or taken up by the following provided that they are over 18 years:

  • A female who is related to or was related to a Rotarian / former Rotarian/Inner Wheel member / former Inner Wheel member.
  • The female partner of a male Rotarian.
  • A female Rotarian or female former Rotarian.
  • Former female member of Rotaract or the wife / mother of a member of Rotaract.
  • Honorary Members, having served for at least two (2) years within a Club, may then be offered membership as Active Members of that Club, providing that a majority of the Club agrees. This category of membership must not exceed four (4) at any given time. Members in this category who transfer to other Clubs will be admitted as Active members of those Clubs.
  • A female who has been personally invited to join. This category must not exceed four (4) at any given time.
HONORARY MEMBERSHIP
Each Inner Wheel Club may have a maximum of FOUR Honorary Members. Such members shall be subject to re-election annually.
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Past Presidents And Past Officers Of Association Of Inner Wheel Clubs In India And Sri Lanka

   
 
  S.No. Year Dist No Name
  1. 1976–77 Dist. 314 Mrs. Raksha Mehta
  2. 1977–78 Dist. 312 (Late) Mrs. Sharada Bhargava
  3. 1978–79 Dist. 318 Mrs.Prema G. Ullal
  4. 1979–80 Dist. 304 Dr. (Mrs.) Saroj Lalwani
  5. 1980–81 Dist. 318 (Late) Mrs. Sheila F. Irani
  6. 1981–82 Dist. 301 Mrs. Minna Kapur
  7. 1982–83 Dist. 321 Dr. (Mrs.) Muriel Sukumaran
  8. 1983–84 Dist. 314 Mrs. Veena Gandhi
  9. 1984–85 Dist. 320/323 Dr. (Mrs.) Mano Bakthavatsalam
  10. 1985–86 Left the country Mrs. Shubh Manchanda
  11. 1986–87 Dist. 321/323 Mrs. Suman Karpur
  12. 1987–88 Dist. 309/301 Mrs. Renu Mehra
  13. 1988–89 Dist. 315 Mrs. Mythri Gandhi
  14. 1989–90 Dist. 301 Mrs. Anita Agarwal
  15. 1990–91 Dist. 313 Mrs. Charulata A. Chinchankar
  16. 1991–92 Dist. 314 Mrs. Asha Bajaj
  17. 1992–93 Dist 329 Dr. (Mrs.) Lalita Seth
  18. 1993–94 Dist. 323 Late Mrs. Leela Ratnam
  19. 1994–95 Dist. 321 Mrs. Vimla Abraham
  20. 1995–96 Dist. 301 Mrs. Abha Gupta
  21. 1996–97 Dist. 308 Mrs. Anuradha Kalra
  22. 1997–98 Dist. 320 Mrs. Shanta Mookken
  23. 1998–99 Dist. 301 Mrs. Shashi Gupta
  24. 1999–2000 Dist. 308 Mrs. Renu Baljee
  25. 2000–2001 Dist. 323 Mrs. Kamala Ramakrishnan
  26. 2001–2002 Dist. 305 Late Mrs. Gulnar Marfatia
  27. 2002–2003 Dist. 320 Mrs. Geetha Padmanaban
  28. 2003–2004 Dist. 313 Mrs. Roshan E. Chindhy
  29. 2004–2005 Dist. 301 Dr. (Mrs.) Urmila Bareja
  30. 2005–2006 Dist. 319 Mrs. Shailaja B. Bhat,
  31. 2006–2007 Dist. 314 Dr. (Mrs.) Pallavi Shah
  32. 2007–2008 Dist. 320 Mrs. Gomathi Viswanathan
  33. 2008-2009 Dist. 323 Mrs. Azhagu Annamalai
  34. 2009-2010 Dist. 312 Mrs. Nandini Bhargava
 

 

     
       
  CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF SERVICE ACTIVITIES OF CLUBS IN ASSOCIATION OF INNERWHEEL CLUBS IN INDIA
 

 

YEARLY REPORT FOR IIW

Membership: 25812
Districts       : 27
Clubs            : 960      

Rights of the child:

  1. Clubs sponsored vocational Courses, Stationary, health checkup, cleanliness, Donated clothes ration, books to orphanages, Celebrated all major festivals, with poor children, promoted education, midday meals among Street children & labour class children.
  2. Cleft lip surgery undertaken for poor needy children.
  3. Free primary education to poor,needy children.
  4. Donated incubator ,monitorfor premature children, education centres for street children.Parents encouraged to send children for education.
  5. Multivitamin tablets given.

Community Service:

  1. Clubs started vocational centres, visits to slums & awareness on Family Planning & Education:-organized health checkup Camps.
  2. Through newspapers, cable networks, Slides created awareness on consumer rights, cancer Detection Camps.
  3. Paper plate making machines,jute material for bags were donated.
  4. Adopted poor patients for cancer ,TB Treatments.
  5. Helped lepers by providing ration, food & buying Items made by them.
  6. Blood Donation Camps organized & collected as many as 4156 units.
  7. Donated calipers, wheel chair ,hearing aids.
  8. Renovation of day care centres.
  9. Population control prgrammes conducted.                                                                                  
                    

Status of Women:
Awarness programmes on cervical cancer

  1. Members encouraged education among girls.
  2. Felicitated women achievers.
  3. Helped checking & preventing girl trafficking.
  4. Workshops on female focticides were organized.
  5. Vocational courses for women started by many clubs.
  6. Vocational centres in beauty saloons, Tailoring were started for girls.
  7. Adult education started.
  8. Marriages of poor girls soleminized.
  9. Legal aid cells, health checkup camps organized.
  10. Family Planning Camps organized.     

Educational Help:

  1. Scholarships, uniforms, stationary Fees for higher education.
  2. Schools started for poor, computer education.
  3. Libararies started, books donated for liberary.
  4. Adult education, honoured teachers, Donated computers.
  5. Provided safe drinking water, toilets for girls in schools.

Ageing:

  1. Organized grandparents day, Picnics, interactive Sessions for aging.
  2. Cloths, medicines, eye checkup, health checkup camps.
  3. Adult Education, Donated spritual books, cassettes.

Narcotics:

  1. Organized talks, poster slogan competitions among school students.
  2. Inter college nukkad natak, handbills distributed, slides shown against drugs in cinemas and JJ clusters.
  3. Visiting AIDS victims, help to families of AIDS victims.
  4. Vocational help to victims,financial help.      
                

Environmental Protection:

  1. Teaching women on making flowers & mats with recycled papers.
  2. Saplings planted, employed gardener for maintenance the trees.
  3. No to crackers, “no to plastics”-drive among schools and communities.Cleanliness drive, pollution checkup for vehicles undertaken.
  4. Sapllings palnted at parks, maintainance of parks undertaken by members.as part of personalized service.
  5. Promoting Jute bags use and environment friendly material use.

Rain water harvesting :

  1. Cd’s, models shown in schools and communities.
  2. Workshops on awareness for water harvesting for schools and RWA’S.
  3. Hand bills, hoardings for water conservation promotions.

 

ASSOCIATION OF INNER WHEEL CLUBS IN INDIA

Approximate Tabulation of Service Activities 2009-10
Period from July09 to May2010

 

Sl.No.  Service Activity Approximate no.
of Beneficiaries
Approximate
Amount Spent
1 Community service 1,629,064 32,753,830
2 Personalised service 187,306 ---
3 Educational help 457,234 21,282,401
4 Environment help 378,250 2,833,460
5 Eye / blood donation 92,546 2,143,857
6 Help to the visually impaired 58,427 8,013,602
7 Help to the disabled 83,952 21,146,785
8 Help to the spastic 25,604 2,139,723
9 Help to the aged 163,412 1,302,195
10 Pollution control 145,218 1,543,510
11 Medical assistance 624,295 21,879,364
12 Polio plus 1,430,523 1,924,184
13 Indian art and culture 183,290 6,242,890
14 Rain water harvesting 102,950 17,267,940
15 General 431,832 9,846,684
16 Total 5,994,801 150,320,425

Rights of the child:

  1. Clubs sponsored vocational Courses, Stationary, health checkup, cleanliness, Donated clothes ration, books to orphanages, Celebrated all major festivals, with poor children, promoted education, midday meals among Street children & labour class children.
  2. Cleft lip surgery undertaken for poor needy children.
  3. Free primary education to poor,needy children.
  4. Donated incubator ,monitorfor premature children, education centres for street children.Parents encouraged to send children for education.
  5. Multivitamin tablets given.

Community Service:

  1. Clubs started vocational centres, visits to slums & awareness on Family Planning & Education:-organized health checkup Camps.
  2. Through newspapers, cable networks, Slides created awareness on consumer rights, cancer Detection Camps.
  3. Paper plate making machines,jute material for bags were donated.
  4. Adopted poor patients for cancer ,TB Treatments.
  5. Helped lepers by providing ration, food & buying Items made by them.
  6. Blood Donation Camps organized & collected as many as 4156 units.
  7. Donated calipers, wheel chair ,hearing aids.
  8. Renovation of day care centres.
  9. Population control prgrammes conducted.                                                                                  
                    
                          
    Status of Women:

    Awarness programmes on cervical cancer
  1. Members encouraged education among girls.
  2. Felicitated women achievers.
  3. Helped checking & preventing girl trafficking.
  4. Workshops on female focticides were organized.
  5. Vocational courses for women started by many clubs.
  6. Vocational centres in beauty saloons, Tailoring were started for girls.
  7. Adult education started.
  8. Marriages of poor girls soleminized.
  9. Legal aid cells, health checkup camps organized.
  10. Family Planning Camps organized.

Educational Help:

  1. Scholarships, uniforms, stationary Fees for higher education.
  2. Schools started for poor, computer education.
  3. Libararies started, books donated for liberary.
  4. Adult education, honoured teachers, Donated computers.
  5. Provided safe drinking water, toilets for girls in schools.

     Ageing:

  1. Organized grandparents day, Picnics, interactive Sessions for aging.
  2. Cloths, medicines, eye checkup, health checkup camps.
  3. Adult Education, Donated spritual books, cassettes.

Narcotics:

  1. Organized talks, poster slogan competitions among school students.
  2. Inter college nukkad natak, handbills distributed, slides shown against drugs in cinemas and JJ clusters.
  3. Visiting AIDS victims, help to families of AIDS victims.
  4. Vocational help to victims,financial help.      
                

Environmental Protection:

  1. Teaching women on making flowers & mats with recycled papers.
  2. Saplings planted, employed gardener for maintenance the trees.
  3. No to crackers, “no to plastics”-drive among schools and communities.Cleanliness drive, pollution checkup for vehicles undertaken.
  4. Sapllings palnted at parks, maintainance of parks undertaken by members.as part of personalized service.
  5. Promoting Jute bags use and environment friendly material use.

Rain water harvesting :

  1. Cd’s, models shown in schools and communities.
  2. Workshops on awareness for water harvesting for schools and RWA’S.
  3. Hand bills, hoardings for water conservation promotions.

 

ASSOCIATION OF INNER WHEEL CLUBS IN INDIA

Approximate Tabulation of Service Activities 2009-10
Period from July09 to May2010

 

Sl.No.  Service Activity Approximate no.
of Beneficiaries
Approximate
Amount Spent
1 Community service 1,629,064 32,753,830
2 Personalised service 187,306 ---
3 Educational help 457,234 21,282,401
4 Environment help 378,250 2,833,460
5 Eye / blood donation 92,546 2,143,857
6 Help to the visually impaired 58,427 8,013,602
7 Help to the disabled 83,952 21,146,785
8 Help to the spastic 25,604 2,139,723
9 Help to the aged 163,412 1,302,195
10 Pollution control 145,218 1,543,510
11 Medical assistance 624,295 21,879,364
12 Polio plus 1,430,523 1,924,184
13 Indian art and culture 183,290 6,242,890
14 Rain water harvesting 102,950 17,267,940
15 General 431,832 9,846,684
16 Total 5,994,801 150,320,425
 
   
  Triennial Conferences held  
 
         
  Year Triennial Conf. Place Association
President
District   CCC Chairman

 

 

 

 

   

 

1976–77

I

Bombay

Raksha Mehta

314  

Silla Ardeshir

1979–80

I I

Bhopal

Saroj Lalwani

304  

Prema G. Ullal

1982–83

I I I

Trivandrum

Muriel Sukumaran

321  

Silla Ardeshir

1985–86

IV

Delhi

Shubh Manchanda

301  

Veena Gandhi

1988–89

V

Vijayawada

Mythri Gandhi

302  

M. Bakthavatsalam

1991–92

VI

Bombay

Asha Bajaj

314  

Saroj Lalwani

1994–95

VII

Cochin

Vimla Abraham

321  

Asha Bajaj

1997–98

VIII

Coimbatore

Shanta Mookken

320  

Leela Ratnam

2000–01

IX

Madras

K. Ramakrishnan

323  

Anita Aggarwal

2003–04

X

Pune

Roshan E. Chindhy

313  

Vimla Abraham

2006–07 XI Mumbai Pallavi Shah 314   Abha Gupta
2009–10 XII Varanasi Nandini Bhargava 312   Renu Baljee
             
 
 
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