RCLC bags 7 Awards at District Awards

On the 11th Of July, the Annual District Awards Ceremony for the
Rotaract Year 2009 – 2010 was held at M.G.R. Janaki College, Adyar. Our
Club won 7 awards at the Awards Ceremony - A new high for the Club!

The Awards that we won include: -

™ Star of Rotaract – Rtr. Praveen .T.V.

™ Star of Rotaract – Rtr. Britto Manohar
™ Star of Rotaract – Rtr. Prabhoo. N. M.
™ Best Club Service Project - OTH and Shoot Em Up
™ Best Professional Service Project - Meliora ‘10
™ Best Ongoing Project - Nature’s Crusaders ( at Vandalur Zoo )
™ Most Supportive Club

We are really elated with this recognition and would like to thank every
single person who made this possible. We also hope that this record will be
broken at the end of the current Rotaract Year. After all, Records are meant to
be broken aren’t they? ;)
From The Editor’s Desk…

Greetings from the Editorial Team of the Rotaract Club of Loyola College!

At the outset, let me thank Rtr. Yasin Bijapuri for choosing me to be the Editor-
In-Chief of the Rotaract Club of Loyola College. I am indeed honored to take up this
post. I also congratulate Rtr. Mohd. Karan Ubaidi on his appointment as the Associate
Editor. My first task on assuming this post will be to revive “The Legatus”. For those of
you who may not be aware, The Legatus (the Latin equivalent of the English word –
legate - which means ‘messenger’ or ‘envoy’) is a newsletter that serves as the
mouthpiece of the Rotaract Club of Loyola College. It helps the Green Rotaractors to
keep them informed and up to date on the happenings at the Rotaract Club of Loyola
College. We have also decided to continue the tradition of printing the articles submitted
by the green Rotaractors – it can be about any topic – therefore, interested Rotaractors are
asked to mail their articles to the address given below. If we feel that it is good, we will
publish it under a separate section of The Legatus. Hours of Work will be allotted for
such pieces of work and due mention of the Rotaractor who submitted the article will also
be made. I’d also like to add that we have decided to publish The Legatus as an e-Journal,
keeping in mind the Enviro-friendly motives of the club. You will be receiving a copy of
The Legatus twice every month in your mail inbox. I sincerely hope that The Legatus
fulfill its promise of keeping the members informed from time to time.

Articles can be mailed to [email protected]

With Warm Regards,

Rtr. Deepak Balamurali

Editor – In – Chief
Rotaract Club of Loyola College

                         
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President’s Message....

Greetings from the Editorial Team of the Rotaract Club of Loyola College!

It gives me great pleasure to meet you through the official mouthpiece of the
Rotaract Club of Loyola College – The Legatus. It is a matter of great pride that the
Board of the Rotaract Club of Loyola College has unanimously decided to resurrect The
Legatus for the coming year, recognizing its importance as the sole mouthpiece to keep
you informed with regard to the various projects and activities that we plan to undertake.
In the light of this, it has also been unanimously decided to appoint Rtr. Deepak
Balamurali as the Editor-in-Chief of The Legatus and Rtr. Mohd. Karan Ubaidi as the
Associate Editor of the same. We hope that these two dedicated Rotaractors keep us
abreast of all the events and projects of the Rotaract Club of Loyola College.The Rotaract
Club of Loyola College is currently stepping into its 26th year of existence and has set
some lofty goals and also vowed to achieve more greater heights this year. And we need
to work together to achieve these high standards that we’ve set for ourselves.

I wish you all, the very best for the year ahead. Do the Rotaract Movement Proud! May
God Bless our Club!

Rtr. Yasin Bijapuri M.A.M.,

President ( 2010 – 2011 )
Rotaract Club of Loyola College.

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 CLUB NEWS
The Rotaract Club of Loyola College has been always been a champion of the
poor. We believe in working at the grassroot level and seeing to it that the poor and needy
benefit directly from our projects. We also help our Rotaractors to get overall
development personally, socially and practically. Some of the projects done by our
Rotaractors so far include :

Distributing Clothes :

On the 13th of May, a few of our Rotaractors distributed about 50 sets of clothes
to the non-teaching staff of our college. This was the first event of the year for our club
after the new board had been elected. The non-teaching staff were really happy and
whole-heartedly appreciated our efforts in doing what best we could.

Lending a helping hand :

On 16th May , four Rotaractors from our club including our President-elect
Rtr.Yasin Bijepuri and Secretary-elect Rtr.Pradeep Ravi visited Good Life Centre in
Tambaram ( a Home for Orphans and Mentally Challenged persons ) and distributed
about 150 sets of clothes to the inmates there. They spent some time interacting with the
children there who seemed to be very lively and active.

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 Pets and Sets 2010 – A grand success

For the two weeks preceding this event, the only thing occupying a place of grave
importance in the minds of our club members had been the successful completion of
PETS and SETS 2010. And that thought finally bore fruit on 20th June 2010.

The last two weeks had been quite strenuous for some of us. We’d been literally
running around making preparations on a grand scale, calling up the many clubs in our
district and personally inviting their President-elect and Secretary-elect to attend the
seminar so that they can benefit from it. We also went over every single arrangement to
recheck that we did not make even the minutest of mistakes.

The D-Day finally arrived and we were all pumped up and excited. The
registration began at 8.30 am. And Rotaractors were coming in to attend the seminar
eagerly in spite of it being a Sunday. More than 50 Rotaractors attended the seminar.

The inauguration ceremony was at about 9.45 am. The DRR Rtr. Solomon Victor
was collared by the District Sergeant-At-Arms Rtr. Balaji Rajaram. This was followed by
the Rotaract Song. The chief guest for the day was Rtn. Chidambara Kumar, the outgoing
Chairman for Rotaract. The Guest of Honor was Rtn. Ganeshan, the new Chairman for
Rotaract. Rtn. Sridhar, Co-Chairman for Rotaract and Rtn. Prasanna Shenoy, Associate
Chairman for Rotaract were also present.

The chief guest addressed the gathering about the projects that Rotaract had
successfully completed in the past year under his guidance. He praised the outgoing
board for their wonderful efforts and also wished the new board the best in all their
endeavors. Rtn. Ganeshan then briefly explained the idea behind hosting a PETS and
SETS. This was followed by the felicitations given by Rtn. Prasanna Shenoy and Rtn.
Sridhar. The inauguration ceremony came to a close by about 11 am.

The inauguration was followed by an Ice-breaker session hosted by Rtr. Sasi

Kumar. It helped the participants to mingle freely and get to know each other. We are
sure that the Rotaractors surely enjoyed Rtr.Sasi’s session. They then geared up to focus
their attention on what they had assembled here for – the training seminar.

The first to speak was Rtn. Ganeshan. He gave an inspiring speech where he outlined the
projects he had planned for the coming year. He also gave the audience valuable pointers
that will definitely help the President and Secretary elects in the effective running of their
clubs.

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 Pets and Sets 2010 – A grand success (continued)

Next in line was a very intellectual presentation by Rtn. Rajkumar. He oriented

the gathering as to what exactly “WORK” meant and how to approach that concept. He
also played a couple of videos of physically challenged persons who strove hard to come
up in life. It left most of us with moist eyes and heavy hearts. He further motivated us to
dream higher and “Take Flight” to achieve our dreams. The session lasted for about 100
minutes and was very informative.

The Rotaractors then briefly adjourned for lunch till 2.30pm. We all had a
sumptuous meal courtesy Rtn. Ganeshan. The lunch break was proved to be a good
opportunity for the participants to interact well and develop a good bonding. We had a
quick photo session followed by a talk by Rtn. Praveen Mehra – a session where the
audience was all eyes and ears for what he had to say. He also listed out the guidelines,
etc. for the board members and helped clear a lot of apprehensions in the minds of our
young leaders of tomorrow.

The last session of the day was by Rtn. Kannan. He held a few management
games for us which enthralled the participants and also, most importantly, taught us the
need to have a good rapport among the team and to work as a team at all times. In short,
he clearly reminded us that “Unity is strength”.

The valedictory ceremony was hosted by our DRR Rtr. Solomon Victor. He
announced the winners for the Best President-elect and Secretary-elect of the seminar.
Rtr. Roselyn from the Rotaract club of Soka Ikeda was selected as the Best President-
Elect and Rtr. Yusuf from the Rotaract Club of Vishwahita was selected as the Best
Secretary-Elect. Rtr. Ashwin, our ZRR, then introduced to the gathering every single
person who had worked behind the scenes and put in their invaluable efforts that helped
make this event a grand success.

A special word of mention for a few people who’ve worked day in and out for his
project - Rtr. Vishwanath ( the Chairman of Pets and Sets) Rtr. Pradeep( Secretary of Pets
and Sets) , Rtr.Solomon Victor ( DRR RI 3230 ) , Rtr. Yasin Bijapuri ( President elect ,
RCLC ) and Rtr. Praveen ( President , RCLC ).The event finally ended with all of us
bidding adieu to each other on a sad note as the day had come to an end so fast. But, we
were all happy at the thought of having made so many friends on this single day.

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 Pets and Sets – Photo Gallery

The President-Elects with District Officials

The Secretary-Elects with District Officials

                         
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 Board Members ( 2010 – 2011 )

Name Designation Mobile

Number
Dr.R.Ravindhran Faculty Advisor 9840486271

Yasin Bijapuri .M.A.M. President 9710931562

Pradeep Ravi Secretary 9962906606
Inbaraj .J. Vice-President 9962826905
Raja.G. Joint-Secretary 9840126087
Gokul Raj .S. Treasurer 9790063969
P. Kishore Kumar Sergeant-At-Arms 9884928509

Bharath Ram.S. Chief Projects Organiser 9952967116

Mohamed Karan Ubaidi Director - Club Service 9840391904

Gaurav Gupta Director - Community Service 9344108125
Sachin.V. Director - International Service 9629348525
Kannan Jayaraaman Director - Professional Service 9841082331
Beni Jebanesan .S. Director - Pulse Polio 9092684862
Rajesh .C. Director - Nature's Crusaders 9962123961

Chetan Chhabriya Associate Director - Community 9884030012

Service
Mohammed Hisham Associate Director - Professional 9840430282
Service

Deepak Balamurali Editor-In-Chief 8056228820

Mohamed Karan Ubaidi Associate Editor 9840391904

Mervyn Rozario.A. Public Relations Officer ( P.R.O. ) 9445487349

Prasad.D. Public Relations Officer ( P.R.O. ) 9840604789

Praveen .T.V. President (2009-2010) 9884525023

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