Rotaract Club of Calcutta Metro South (Globsyn)

Sharod Japon 2009

2009-09-29T18:53:00.003+05:30

The Rotaract Club of Calcutta Metro South of Globsyn Business School organized the yearly ‘Durga Puja’ at an old-age home near Kolkata. With the rhythmic beats of the ‘Dhak’ floating in the air the puja celebration had brought smiles on the faces of around 40 male and female elderly inmates of the old age home at South Garia.

The five day long puja was inaugurated by Prof. R. C. Bhattacharya – Director & Vice Chairman, Globsyn Business School on ‘Sasthi’. The whole old-age home was decorated with lights and flowers by the elderly inmates who were extremely touched by the love and affection of the Globsyn students. Those who were not able to walk down to the puja pandal, were carried by the club members on stretchers during the ‘arati’ and ‘anjali’. On ‘Dashami’ when the celebration got over after the ‘Bisorjon’ the inmates were all in tears to say goodbye to their young friends.

All major expenses of the project were met by raising fund from the students of Globsyn Business School, employees of Globsyn Technologies, and some business houses. The Globsyn Management is extremely happy for such a successful event organized by the Rotaract Club and hoped that the club will continue taking up such meaning projects in future for the betterment of the society.

Reporter: Rtr. Sayantani Ghosh
Date: 29th September, 2009
Place: P.S. South Garia Home, Subhasgram, Kolkata

Book Bank

2009-06-20T22:14:00.000+05:30

Rotaract Club of Calcutta Metro South (Globsyn Business School) joined hand with 8 others Rotaract Clubs of Kolkata to create a Book Bank. With sincere effort of all club members we collected a total number of 120 books, exceeding all other clubs engaged in this project. For this outstanding achievement our club was given a special award by the District Governor Elect (2011-2012) at a thanks giving program.

Reporter: Rtr. Rana Das
Date: 12th June, 2009
Venue: Rotaract Club of Calcutta Sun City (Park Palace)

Ek Sathe Baishake

2009-05-10T10:46:00.000+05:30

Rotaract Club of Calcutta Metro South (Globsyn Business School) along with sixteen other rotaract clubs of RID 3291 organized ‘EK SATHE BAISHAKE’ to celebrate Bengali New Year with cultural program to showcase the hidden talents of the rotaractors on 1st May 2009 at Indumati Sabhagriha, Jadavpur University.

The chief guest of the evening was Rtn. Utpal Mazumdar, DG-ELECT, RID 3291. The program started with inaugural dance by Miss. Sanjukta Dutta. The main attraction of the event was Fashion Parade with the theme ‘BENGALI ETHNIC WEAR’ in which our club members along with other rotaractors walked on the ramp. The show was ended by a melodious song by Rtr. Sibanshu Acharya of RC Madhyamgram Central.

It was an evening of complete relaxation with full of entertainment and cultural shows and appreciation which left the audience with a happy smile. The experience of 17 rotaract clubs working together was simply amazing and everyone wished for similar projects and events in future.

Reporter: Rtr. Krishna Mohanty
Dates: 1st May, 2009
Place: Indumati Sabhagriha, Jadavpur University

“Sharod Japon” - Durga Puja at old age home

2008-10-10T12:39:00.001+05:30

RC Calcutta Metropolitan South of Globsyn Business School celebrated Durga Puja at an oldage home – ‘P.S. South Garia Home’ at Subhasgram, Kolkata. The home consists of around 30 male & female inmates of age 70-90yrs.

On 'Panchami' the puja was inaugurated by Mrs. Ranjana Dasgupta (Director – Globsyn Group) and Mr. Romit Dasgupta (Director – Globsyn Group). The inmates were very excited with the event and actively participated in the puja. Some of the inmates were brought to the pandal on stretchers by club members as they were unable to walk. Everyday small cultural programs were arranged such as dance, drama, musicals etc. and they were also served ‘Bhog’.

All the expenses of the project was met by raising fund from the students of Globsyn Business School, employees of Globsyn Technologies and some business houses. At the end of the five days the inmates were filled with emotions and the club members had developed new bonds with them. It was the most exciting Durga Puja ever in the club members’ lives.

Reporter: Rtr. Budhaditya Chakraborty
Dates: 4th-9th October, 2008
Place: P.S. South Garia Home, Subhasgram, Kolkata

Independence Day at Dhrubashram

2008-08-15T22:54:00.001+05:30

RC Calcutta Metropolitan South (Globsyn Business School) celebrated ‘Independence Day’ at DHRUBASHRAM – observation and special home for juvenile prisoners.

The day started with flag hoisting followed by national anthem. Prof. D. P. Chattopadhyay (Globsyn Business School) & Rtr. Santabrata paid tribute to national heroes and two pigeons were also released. There were speeches by headmaster of Dhrubashram, Mr. S. Sinha (Superintend Dhrubashram) and Prof. D. P. Chattopadhyay. There was also a speech on self development by Mr. Romit Dasgupta, Director – Globsyn Group.

The Rotaractors presented a cultural program with song and drama. Smt. Arpita Choudhury (Globsyn Business School) conducted a game for the inmates where they performed song, dance and enacted a drama. The club gave all the performers medal for their performances and arranged lunch for all the inmates.

Date: 15th August 2008
Reporter: Rtr. Budhaditya Chakraborty

Support for Flood-Relief

2008-08-08T19:06:00.001+05:30

Our club started the activities of year 2008-09 by helping people affected by flood in East and West Midnapur. We handed over Rs. 3780 in cash, 254 pieces of clothes and basic necessity medicines including Dettol, Disprin, Bandage, ORS and Mercurochrome to Ramkrishna Mission who would distribute them to the needy.

This project was organized in collaboration with the Ramkrishna Mission, so that they can distribute the funds collected in the flood-affected areas through their extensive distribution network. For the entire last week we collected funds, clothes from the students and respective faculty members of Globsyn Business School and purchased medicines out of the fund.

Date: 8th August 2008
Reporter: Rtr. Upasak Dhar

Blood Donation by Would be Managers

2008-04-04T16:34:00.001+05:30

Today RC Calcutta Metropolitan South in association with Globsyn Business School (GBS) & Lion’s Blood Bank organized the annual ‘Blood Donation Camp’ at Globsyn Business School Campus with a noble cause to save few precious lives. Total 57 donors donated blood, which overshoot the target of 50. Prof. R. C. Bhattacharya, Director, Globsyn Business School, inaugurated the event followed by an inaugural speech by him, in the presence of all faculty members of GBS, employees of Globsyn Technologies and the Rotaractors.

The club members ensured all arrangements like pre-health check-ups, refreshments for the donors, medical sterility processes. There were some disappointed club members who could not donate blood due to under weight which proves the enthusiasm of the club members for the noble cause. All together the camp was a great success like every year.

Date: 4th April 2008
Reporter: Rtr. Upasak Dhar & Rtr. Arunava Das

Finding Opportunities for PWDs

2007-12-03T11:57:00.002+05:30

RC Calcutta Metropolitan South, jointly with Globsyn and CII observed ‘World Disability Day’ on 3rd December 2007 at Globsyn Crystals, Salt Lake.

The 2 hr program was observed in two parts. In the inaugural session the 4 delegates talked about the significance of the day. The delegates included Rtn. Bikram Dasgupta, Chairman & CEO, Globsyn Group who gave the introductory speech; Prof. R.C. Bhattacharya, Director, Globsyn Business School, gave an insight into the whole event and the significance of the day; Mr. P.K. Sen, Senior Advisor, CII gave a presentation on the various factual data regarding the disabled workforce in India and their employment status and what needs to be done; and Mrs. Sampa Sengupta, Director, Sruti Disability Centre shared the relevant laws and legislations related to employment of PWD’s. All these discussions took place keeping in mind the profile of the audience who were all HR professionals from different blue-chip Co’s. What the Rotaractors gained was knowledge about the required 3 A’s – Awareness, Attitude and Accessibility. All the invitees where given 2 sets of questionnaires about the details of their PWD employment Policies prevailing in their organizations and were also given other awareness brochures.

Thereafter, there were 2 movie screenings, one by CII regarding the various initiatives taken by different Co’s in the field of helping differently abled employees and the second one being that of the Rotaractors of RC Calcutta Metropolitan South regarding their various activities and achievements in this Rota year.

In the second session a 5-member panel discussion took place. The topic of discussion was – ‘Diversified Workforce’ and the panel discussed how to increase the employment opportunities for the People With Disability (PWD). The panel members were Prof. R.C. Bhattacharya; Mr. P.K. Sen, Senior Advisor-CII; Prof. S.B. Roy, Chairman, IBRAD; Mr. Anjan Banerjee, System Engineer, IBM (Diversity Group) and Ms. Dipshikha Basu, System Engineer, IBM (Diversity Group).

Around 30 HR Managers & HR Professionals from companies like Wipro, PWC, ABP, Tata AIG, TCS, Albert David, WEBEL etc. were present in the occasion which lastly ended with a 15 mins question-answer round followed by refreshments.

Date: 3rd December 2007
Reporter: Rtr. Arunava Das & Rtr. Indrani Banerjee

Children’s Day at Child Care

2007-11-17T17:39:00.002+05:30

RC Calcutta Metropolitan South together with Rotary Club of Calcutta Metropolitan South celebrated ‘Children’s Day’ today at ‘Child Care’ – an orphanage for girls near Chingrighata.

The day started at 8am when the 100 odd children woke up to see some new friends ready with their breakfast and a lot of gifts. The fun breakfast consisted of breads, bananas and laddus while the children along with some Rotaractors tried their hands at feeding a banana to Pinky – the heroine of Childcare, as she is commonly known!

Rotarians and Rotaractors jointly gifted them 100 mosquito nets, rice and cooking oil for the whole Children’s Day week and medicine sets for cold and cough, fever and stomach disorder, so generously provided by Rtn. Dr. Chopra.

After Breakfast it was time for fun. The Rotaractors joined the children for the exciting game of ‘kabaddi’. There were fierce battles between the two teams. Most of the children looked as if they are all professional players. We took some great lessons from Dolly, Sumita, Anita, Kamala and others about the game. . For some new Rotaractors it was the first project and they enjoyed the project at its best, singing and dancing away with the children. The saddest part of the whole programme was when we were returning back. There were many requests to stay for some more time, but like all things come to an end, we had to return with some very precious memories of Children’s Day in our hearts.

Date: 17th November 2007
Reporter: Rtr. Arunava Das & Rtr. Indrani Banerjee

Sunday-full of Entertainment

2007-09-16T23:15:00.000+05:30

RC Calcutta Metropolitan South today helped ‘Bodhayan’ – an organization for Mentally Challenged Children and their Parents, to organize their annual inter school cultural meet for the mentally challenged students at Dr. B.C. Roy Auditorium, Sealdah. Around 20 schools for these special children took part in the day long program. The present crowd of 300 fully enjoyed the great performances in the form of Dance, Song, Drama etc. by the special children.

Six club members led by President Rtr. Indrani worked as volunteers for this program. They helped in the registration process, stage decoration, stage co-ordination, helped in the physical movement of the participants especially to get on and off stage via the stairs, distributing food packets etc. Earlier the club members took part in the souvenir collection for the event and contributed Rs. 3150. The club members while volunteering got some new friends like Amit, Mahabir, Bubai, Abhishek. Though they are called ‘Mentally Challenged’ but their creative talent is no less than an ordinary person. So for the club members they have become ‘Special Friends’.

After nearly 5 hours of dazzling performances came the time for prize distribution. ‘Noble Mission’ got the first prize followed by ‘Morning Glory’ and ‘South Calcutta Ananda Niketan’ as second and third respectively. Mrs. Ranjana Dasgupta & Mr. Romit Dasgupta of Globsyn Group also enjoyed the day with the club members.

Date: 16th September 2007
Reporter: Rtr. Arunava Das

Installation 2007-08

2007-09-15T23:59:00.000+05:30

A Match to Remember

2007-09-01T23:44:00.000+05:30

The final of the annual football league of Calcutta Deaf & Dumb School was played today at the school grounds. The league was organized and sponsored by Rotaract Club of Calcutta Metropolitan South (Globsyn Business School). The students were formerly divided into 16 groups, who played each other from August 28th from which the two finalist teams emerged.

The day started with the first match among the staffs, where ‘Blue & White’ team beat ‘Black & Red’ team by a solitary goal. This saw a lot of cheer from the crowd of students. Then the action packed final was played between Group A winners and Group B winners, where the latter won the match by two goals to nil. But the real fun was watching the 3 Goldar brothers controlling the ball like Maradona or Pele.

The match was followed by serving lunch packets to all present and the prize distribution ceremony, where trophies and towels (as requested by the students) were handed over by the Principal Mr. Samir Samanta, Club President Rtr. Indrani, Secretary Rtr. Arunava & Treasurer Rtr. Susovan. Staff players were given torches as complimentary gifts. Prof. Deboprasad Chattopadhay of Globsyn Business School actively took part in this project. Mrs. Rajlakshmi Banerjee, daughter of founding principal Late Atal Chand Chaterjee was also present in the occasion.

Date: 1st September 2007
Reporter: Rtr. Arunava Das

More than 200 attend Membership Development Drive

2007-08-10T22:32:00.007+05:30

RC Calcutta Metropolitan South today organized ‘Membership Development Drive’ with the first year students of Globsyn Business School at Globsyn Business School, Salt Lake, Sector – V as part of their ‘Club Service’ project. Around 210 young would be managers attended the three sessions according to their specializations. Club President Rtr. Indrani Banerjee, Secretary Rtr. Arunava Das and Treasurer Rtr. Susovan Saha gave them power-point presentation on Rotaract, its work, past projects done by the club etc. It was followed by brief Q&A sessions. Prof. Deboprasad Chattopadhyay and Mr. Avik Mukherjee specially helped them in the process. The responses of the students were very positive. Till this report is made already 23 people mailed their application to become a part of this great movement.

Date: 10th August 2007
Reporter: Rtr. Arunava Das