Future of Energy

Meeting Details

Meeting Date 04 Dec 2021
Meeting Time 18:00:00
Location Zoom
Meeting Type Regular
Meeting Topic Future of Energy
Meeting Agenda
Chief Guest Mr. Deepak Thakur
Club Members Present 74
Minutes of Meeting Pre-fellowship started at 6 PM on Zoom where many members joined and interacted with each other on various topics. Post pre-Fellowship, the meeting was called to order by Pres. Amitabha Mukhopadhyay and all members and guests were welcomed to the meeting. As a salute to Spirit of Giving, the members appreciated the contribution by: - Rtn Nani Desai - 300 $ for APF - Rtn Rajan Vir - Rs 10000/- for RCPC Projects We also received donation of Rs 3,00,000 from Alkyl Company for the mobile vaccination project. President Amitabha updated members about the Vaccination on Wheels Project status. 4,45,021 vaccines have been administered as on 4th Nov. RCPC received a certificate of participation for participating in the Asia Book of Records for the Diabetes Screening Camp organised at multiple venues. President Amitabha announced the result of the Nominating Committee deliberations. Nomination Committee - Rtn. PP Ravi Kapoor- Convenor Members – Rtn. IPP Ajay Dubey Rtn. PP Neeraj Handa, Rtn. Vipen Malhotra Rtn. PP Jinendra Munot, Rtn. PP Madhu Rathi Rtn. Arun Shroff Proposed Board of Directors for the RY 2022-23 were also announced: President RY 2022-23: Rtn. Uday Dharmadhikari Vice President and Director Club Administration : Rtn. Lekha Nair Hon. Secretary Rtn. Varun Nagpal Jt. Secretary and Director Digital Club Rtn. Shirkant Sarda Hon. Treasurer: Rtn. Vimal Saboo Director Non-Medical Services: Rtn. Brig. (Retd.) PK Muralidharan Raja Director Medical Services: Rtn. Dr. Sarang Rote Director International Service and The Rotary Foundation : Rtn. PP Ravi Kapoor Director Membership Development: Rtn. Nitin Rajore Director Youth Services: Rtn. Rooma Dubey Director CSR and Global Grants Projects: Rtn. PP Arvind Saraf Director Public Image, Publication and Vocational Service Rtn. Dr. Rajiv Narvekar Director w/o Portfolio: Rtn. PP Madhu Rathi President Elect : Rtn. Ajay Chitnis Immediate Past President: Rtn. Amitabha Mukhopadhyay Pres Amitabha informed the members that any objection to these proposed President Elect and board members should be done by 09th December 2021 by sending mail and proposing another name. The Annual General Meeting of Rotary Club of Pune Central will be held at 6 PM on December 25, 2021 at Poona Club as well as Zoom. Agenda of the AGM is presentation and approval of Club and Trust Accounts for Year Ended June 30, 2021. A special announcement was made by President Amitabha. President of India confers National Awards for outstanding work towards empowerment of disabled people. Amongst the awardees was Ms. Sakina Sandeep Bedi who won award for Best Individual and Institution Working for The Cause of Persons with Disabilities - Best Individual (Professional). We wished happy birthday to Rtn Vidya Saraf, Rtn Bharat Shah, Rtn Rajan Vir, Rtn PP Suhas Merchant. We wished happy anniversary to Rtn Jitendra and R’Ann Dhanashree Sandu, Rtn Yogesh and R’Ann Hina Shah, Rtn Shrikant and R’Ann Namrata Sarda, Rtn PP Krishan and R’Ann Ruby Jhnjhunwala, Rtn PP Suhas and R’Ann Kalpana Merchant, Rtn Vipen and R’Ann Radhika Malhotra, Rtn Lekha Nair and Col. (Retd.) V Nandakumar Nair, Rtn Dr Subaash and R’Ann Kiraan Pallod, Rtn Shashi and R’Ann Neena Talwar, Rtn Bharat and R‘Ann Shah, Rtn PP Dr Madhavi and Dr. Suhas Vaze. This week guest speaker was Mr. Deepak Thakur, Executive VP of Reliance Group and he spoke on the topic of 'Future of Energy'. It was an interesting discussion on what the future of energy would be. Though it is not certain, but what is clear is that we’re well on our way to a new energy future. A word where energy is sustainable and abundant. Next Week Saturday, 11th December 2021 at 6 PM on Zoom Guest Speaker Rtn. PP Dr. Leena Lokras, Rotary Club of Dombivali will talk on “My encounter with the Big C”