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K.R. Ravindran is a member of the Rotary club of Colombo since 1974 and CEO of Print care Pic, Sri Lanka's largest printing and packaging group. Has been elected as the first ever Sri Lankan Director of Rotary International. During his tenure as President of the Rotary Club of Colombo Mr. Ravindran established the Sri Lanka Anti Narcotics Association which continues to take awareness and prevention, programs to schools and the general public to control and reduce incidents of drug and substance abuse. As his country's National Polio Plus chair, Ravi headed a task force consisting of the government, UNICEF and Rotary and worked closely with UNICEF to successfully negotiate a ceasefire with the northern militants during National Immunization Days.

He has served RI as district governior, International Assembly group discussion leader, and committee member. He currently chairs the Schools Reawakening project sponsored by Rotary clubs and districts in sri Lanka, which entails rebuilding 25 tsunami-devastated schools to benefit 11,000 children.

Ravi and his wife, Vanathy, live in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

THE MISSION OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION IS to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. It sounds so simple, yet it means so much.

It means so much to every one of the people touched by Foundation-supported programs every year - the children too poor to go to school, the families who have lost everything in a disaster, the communities that lack sanitation, clean water, and medical care.

DATE: 28TH’ SEPTEMBER 2008,

VENUE: SHAHU HALL, SHIVAJI VIDYAPITH, KOLHAPUR.
HOST CLUB: ROTARY CLUB OF KOLHAPUR HERITAGE.

EVENT CHAIRMAN: Rtn SAMEET KHATAWKAR.
EVENT SECRETARY: Rtn PASHANT MEHTA.
EVENT TRESURER: Rtn VIKAS JOSHI.
 
OBJECT: TO GUIDE YOUTH TO BECOME A BETTER CITIZEN, LEADER & POTENTIAL ROTARIAN.

PAARTICIPANTS: YOUTH FROM ROTRACT CLUBS, INTERACT CLUBS, N.C.C., N.S.S, STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS STREAMS.

REGISTRATION FEES: Rs 100.
REGISTRATION: 100 participants.

R I DISTRICT 3170 SCHEMES FOR INVESTMENT IN HUMANITY TO STRENGTHEN OUR FOUNDATION DURING 2008-09 

1)  PIGGY BOX

Every Rotarian Every Day to contribute just Rs. 5 in the Piggy Box and Rs. 10 during Sundays and holidays.  With this, we could collect around US$ 200,000 comfortably.  More importantly, every Rotarian of our District will have a wonderful feeling of having contributed his share to TRF.  Every club should appoint a Rotarian to follow-up with the progress at club level.  Piggy boxes are given to every Rotarian

DCC Rtn. Kripal Bangera of RC Belur Dharwad is working hard to make dreams real of every Rotarian to support our Foundation.

R I District 3170 New Generation Conference was held on 28th. Sept.2008 at Kolhapur hosted by RC Kolhapur Heritage.Forum Leader was DG Rtn.Dr.Pranesh Jahagirdar.

Maj Sanjay Shinde and Mrs Vidya Pachapurkar were keynote speakers.Interactors led by DIR Ashwini and Rotaractors led by DRR Paresh participated in big number.The event was very well organized under the leadership of President Sandeep Pore,Secretary Santosh Patil and Event Chairman Rtn.Sameet Kahatwkar.

R I District 3170 GSE Team 2008-09 selection was held on 4th and 5th Oct.2008 at Kolhapur hosted by RC Kolhapur Sunrise.

DG Rtn.Dr.Pranesh Jahagirdar,DGE Rtn.Gurudatt Bhakta IPDG Rtn.Bazil D`souza,DRFC Chair PDG Rajubhai Doshi,GSE Counsellor PDG Dilip Salgaocar and Dist.GSE Chair (outgoing) Rtn.Manoj Caculo served as panel members.The event was very well organized under the leadership pf President Rajiv Parikh,Secretary and event Chairman Rtn.Ravi Sanghvi .

 

Rtn. Ganesh Bhat was selected the leader of a well balanced team.

Goa - Suvarna Mitra Milan 2008-09, the National TRF Alumni Reunion for zone 5 & 6A organized by RID 3170 and hosted by RC Panaji, Goa was held on the 18th and 19th October 2008. The event attracted TRF alumni from the various corners of the country as well a galaxy of Rotarians coming from RI D 2980, 3020,3150,3050,3080,3140,3190,3230 and 3291.apart from R I Dist.3170

The evening of the 18th was spent by the alumni, informally grouping themselves according to their respective TRF Alumni classification under the chairmanship of senior TRF alumni, mostly past District Governors, who guided the discussions on some important issues such as, are TRF alumni being involved in rotary activities? How can clubs and the District improve their contacts and relationships with TRF Alumni? How to generate interest amongst TRF Alumni to participate in Rotary? What are the motivating/demotivating factors for TRF Alumni to join Rotary? and what are the areas in which TRF Alumni and clubs can work together? 

The break-out sessions were followed by an evening of fellowship intended for alumni to renew contacts, to revive friendships, to recall the good times shared, to review individual achievements and development after the program and to resolve to give back in some measure to communities to make them better places to live in.