Monday, June 30, 2008
Artist’s Depiction of the School The Result - Amazing Facade!
Inauguration of the RTI - Tsunami Commemorative Block at St Georges AIHS School. On the 25th of June Actor & Brand Ambassador Mr Madhavan made his presence felt for the Tiny
Tots and most of the Tablers of our table and many other members of Area 2 participated in the
simple inaugural program. Rt Rev Devasahayam blessed the Building and the plaque was unveiled by Madhavan and the ribbon for the 4 classrooms were cut by Madhavan,Rev Devasahayam,Trs Shiv & Sakthi and Trs of MERT30 respectively. On behalf of T 30, Madhavan handed over Note Books, Pencils, Erasers, Sharpeners and Chocolate of which the kids were ready to take only the last one.! Then Madhavan went on to plant a sapling and Rt Rev too did the same in front of the block.
A little walk across to the assembly stage got us going for the formal program. The welcome
address was give by Tr Varindar. Madhavan then gave a very impressive speech and exhorted the teachers to "make a day" for one student every day. He commended the great work carried out by the young entrepreneurs - the Tablers of Round Table. He requested the teachers and
students to take good care of the building handed over to them.
Dr Francis, Hon Correspondent of the School thanked the Tablers of Round Table and of Table
30 in particular for taking an active part in the development of the school. He thanked Tr
Varindar - an old student of the school, for being instrumental in bringing about the good efforts
of Round Table India to St Georges. The Rt Rev then gave his inspiring speech and even more
impressive was our IPP Tr Shiv. Giving a short but effective account of the community services
carried out by RTI across the country and in particular the aftermath of the Tsunami, Tr Shiv
mentioned that education was the long term objective of RTI. Tr Rajesh Gupta placed on record
the good work carried out by the contractor Mr Murugan and appealed to the students to build a
better future for themselves by studying well.
The meeting was called to a close with a prayer and blessing to ROUND TABLE INDIA by the Rt
Rev., My sincere thanks to all those who have been associated with the conception-execution and completion of the project. I had been handed out this project by the Area 2 and the members of Table 30 and am glad that i have been successful in fulfilling my promise and putting MERT 30 up on the high mast of Round Table India.
Tr. Bobby – Varindar Singh
MERT 30, Round Table India
Tots and most of the Tablers of our table and many other members of Area 2 participated in the
simple inaugural program. Rt Rev Devasahayam blessed the Building and the plaque was unveiled by Madhavan and the ribbon for the 4 classrooms were cut by Madhavan,Rev Devasahayam,Trs Shiv & Sakthi and Trs of MERT30 respectively. On behalf of T 30, Madhavan handed over Note Books, Pencils, Erasers, Sharpeners and Chocolate of which the kids were ready to take only the last one.! Then Madhavan went on to plant a sapling and Rt Rev too did the same in front of the block.
A little walk across to the assembly stage got us going for the formal program. The welcome
address was give by Tr Varindar. Madhavan then gave a very impressive speech and exhorted the teachers to "make a day" for one student every day. He commended the great work carried out by the young entrepreneurs - the Tablers of Round Table. He requested the teachers and
students to take good care of the building handed over to them.
Dr Francis, Hon Correspondent of the School thanked the Tablers of Round Table and of Table
30 in particular for taking an active part in the development of the school. He thanked Tr
Varindar - an old student of the school, for being instrumental in bringing about the good efforts
of Round Table India to St Georges. The Rt Rev then gave his inspiring speech and even more
impressive was our IPP Tr Shiv. Giving a short but effective account of the community services
carried out by RTI across the country and in particular the aftermath of the Tsunami, Tr Shiv
mentioned that education was the long term objective of RTI. Tr Rajesh Gupta placed on record
the good work carried out by the contractor Mr Murugan and appealed to the students to build a
better future for themselves by studying well.
The meeting was called to a close with a prayer and blessing to ROUND TABLE INDIA by the Rt
Rev., My sincere thanks to all those who have been associated with the conception-execution and completion of the project. I had been handed out this project by the Area 2 and the members of Table 30 and am glad that i have been successful in fulfilling my promise and putting MERT 30 up on the high mast of Round Table India.
Tr. Bobby – Varindar Singh
MERT 30, Round Table India
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Monday, June 23, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
St. Geroge's School - An Area II Highlight for RTI
Greetings from MERT 30. A few months back MERT30 was asked to execute a prestigious model school for Round Table India by the then President Tr Shiv. With the expert guidance of National Project Convener Tr Sakthi the project got underway at St Goerge's AIHS School, Asia Oldest School ( going back to 1715).
Come Wednesday,25th June 2008, we shall have the privilege of handing over the building to the benefit of 200 tiny tots of the Nursery School there. We welcome you to share the joy on their faces when they enter their NEW LOOK ABODE.
The invite has been enclosed with this mail, kindly spare a few seconds to read the invite and take time off on Wednesday and be with us.
With a touch of friendship.
Tr. Varindar Singh Sahney
Monday, June 16, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
181 - Community Service Report - Tr. Rajiv Shah
4th Community Service Report
We had our 4th community service EYE and Dental camp conducted on the 9th of
June 2006 at a Corporation office in Kodambakkam. We had organized the camp
along with UMA eye clinic where we provided free medical check up for 110
patients and also offered free cataract operation to 22 needy people. A good number
of tablers attended the camp.
We also for the second time had volunteers from the United States of America who
came down to help assist the under privileged. They were from an organisation
called Unite for Sight which is a charitable organisation in the U.S. we had this
day also distributed free food for 500 people.
As the function was held on the 9th of June which happened to coincide with the
birthday of our very own Hon’ble Chief Minister we had dignitaries from the
political background come to felicitate the same. The same function was well
covered by the media like SUN TV and Press.
Regards,
Rajiv Shah
Chairman
Madras Knights Round Table 181
200th Blog - Area II Knocks a Doube Century
Dear Tablers,
Warm greetings from the Area 2 Board !!
It is fantastic that we have now a 200write ups,uploads and reports since its opening in December.
I wish to congratulate my Convenor Tr Kaushik who has done such an outstanding job in getting to put up this most effective Area Blog of Round Table India. Let me tell you guys the other Area Blogs are yet to reach over 125 reportings.Toast to TrKaushik.
This shows how are tables are keen on giving their internal publicity to the Blog and also it shows how active our Area has been in my nine months as Area Chairman of Area 2.
It is hard to believe that there is so much happening in Area 2 when one goes through the the Blog.This clearly shows Area 2 is rocking on the Road to Friendship.All Tables are doing their Best and Making this a memorable year.
Guys this has been such an effective way of sending out activities in your Table that it has even motivated a few Tables/Tablers to work better after they go through the articles.Not to forget the jokes and fun articles has always given a a lighter moment.
Tablers please carry on on reorting and sending in articles,suggestions ,jokes anything you feel is good for the forus. You can be sure it will come up on it and lets continue this very effective way of communication which adds choice to us.
ENJOY THE ROAD TO FRIENDSHIP
Regards,
Rajesh Gupta
Area Chairman - Area 2
Warm greetings from the Area 2 Board !!
It is fantastic that we have now a 200write ups,uploads and reports since its opening in December.
I wish to congratulate my Convenor Tr Kaushik who has done such an outstanding job in getting to put up this most effective Area Blog of Round Table India. Let me tell you guys the other Area Blogs are yet to reach over 125 reportings.Toast to TrKaushik.
This shows how are tables are keen on giving their internal publicity to the Blog and also it shows how active our Area has been in my nine months as Area Chairman of Area 2.
It is hard to believe that there is so much happening in Area 2 when one goes through the the Blog.This clearly shows Area 2 is rocking on the Road to Friendship.All Tables are doing their Best and Making this a memorable year.
Guys this has been such an effective way of sending out activities in your Table that it has even motivated a few Tables/Tablers to work better after they go through the articles.Not to forget the jokes and fun articles has always given a a lighter moment.
Tablers please carry on on reorting and sending in articles,suggestions ,jokes anything you feel is good for the forus. You can be sure it will come up on it and lets continue this very effective way of communication which adds choice to us.
ENJOY THE ROAD TO FRIENDSHIP
Regards,
Rajesh Gupta
Area Chairman - Area 2
Saturday, June 7, 2008
162's Malaysia Majaa - H Tr. Sat Jupes
A write up on the fellowship is expected short from the Jupiter.
HR Session - RT 181 - Tr. Vinay Grandhi
Manage Ur Time and Lead with good team work
The evening hours of 4th June 2008 at Court Yard Marriott, MKRT 181 experienced
an excellent insight by Tr.Prabhat, the current Chairman of MART 100 and one of the
RTI Trainers, covering two topics -Time Management & Team Work. Chairman
Rajiv opened the business meet and passed on the floor to me for the HR session
planned.
The session started with a small exercise and the Chairman had to give each and every
floor member a pet name. As he started naming the people, Prabhat asked each and
every participant this question “Were you here on time today for this HR session?”
and if the person said “Yes” he then asked them why were they on time, and in case
the answer was “No” he made that participant stand on the chair and just give the
reason why he was late and sit down again. This whole process was really very
entertaining and funny. Prabhat really got the floor energised by this exercise and
ready for a session on the topic “Time Management- The True Key to Success”. This
PPT was sent to me by our Area 2 HR convenor Tr.Punit who actually this year put
together some brilliant such PPT’s all on a CD and passed it on to each and every
table of Area2.
This PPT which was pretty self explanatory, where I facilitated the discussions and
Prabhat clarified the doubts. This session took about 45 minutes and was very
interesting because of the interaction within the floor and this in turn gave us an
insight on new methods/thoughts on Time Management. We discussed in depth some
dos and don’ts relating to this very important topic like -
Spend time on planning and organizing, Set goals, Prioritize, Use to do lists/
calendars/ task lists, Be flexible, Consider your biological prime time, Learn to
delegate the un-important tasks, Do the right thing right, Eliminate the urgent,
Practice the art of intelligent neglect, Avoid being a perfectionist, Conquer
procrastination, Learn to say “No” and Rewarding ones self for finishing on time.
As the session on this topic was coming to an end, Prabhat scribbled a few
mathematical sums on the white board having some simple additions, subtractions,
multiplications and divisions out of which many were wrong for eg- 6 * 5 = 35 and
then told the floor to point out their observations. Corrections and observations were
coming from all directions and Prabhat let this happen for about 5 minutes without
speaking a word and then finally told the floor a thing which was an awesome Point
Maker and it was –Imagine that the white board with all these sums as a single
individual and carried on saying that –
Why does one always first point out only mistakes and not the rights? That he asked
us to give your observations and all of us started only with negatives and not the
positives. Not one individual pointed out the correct sums on the board. ? The whole
floor was awe struck for a moment and understood that this is a common human
phenomenon, and hence we should accept them for all their positives and jointly work
on changing their negatives. Through this Point maker Prabhat lead the floor in to the
“The Story of the Geese” a topic related to Team Work. By now the session was
getting more and more interesting and I can say we had the 100% attention of the
floor.
This PPT again was again very informative and it made many members of the floor
contribute to related discussions and it was wonderful to see all the knights having a
great time. The take away lessons from this session were-
1. People who are part of a team and share a common direction will get going quickly
and easily.
2. It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership. As with geese,
people are interdependent on each other’s skills, capabilities and unique arrangement
of gifts, talents and resources.
3. We need to make sure our honking is encouraging, In groups where there is
encouragement, the production is much great.
4. If we have as much sense as geese, we will stand by each other in difficult times as
well as when we are strong.
After this PPT, we discussed some of the core points of team work and leadership
and related it to tabling. Later we were all asked to assemble together and throw our
left shoe away from us. When Prabhat told the floor to do this every body was pretty
puzzled. Then we were all instructed to turn and walk back wards towards where all
the left shoes were thrown and were asked to wear any shoe other than our own and
then come back to our original position. This process made every body relax after an
interesting knowledgeable session. Now after every body came back to their original
positions we were asked to stand to the left of the person who was wearing our left
shoe. This process made people think and mull over what to do and finally the
solution came “Stand in a circle” from one Tabler and every body listened to it and it
worked out.
Message here was - When a problem given on hand, Discuss it, work on solving it,
follow the ideas coming out in the group and one will certainly work. The group who
will learn to follow the individual who is confident to lead will always win. With this
point maker Prabhat closed the session by wishing our table all the best.
Our Chairman scheduled an hour for this session but we almost did it for two hours
and may be we could have pulled on a little longer but since we needed to get back to
the other important agendas pending for the business meet Chairman thanked
Tr.Prabahat for his time to conduct this session for MKRT 181 and appreciated the
way it was done.
By,
Tr.Vinay Grandhi, Area 2 HR team
Friday, June 6, 2008
ROLLYWOOD 2008
Why should Chairmen have all the fun????
Tablers
The registration for Area II’s AGM in September 2008 are on. The ‘Steal for a Deal’ with Couple Registrations at Rs 4, 100 (US $ 95.00) and Single at Rs 2, 900.00 (US $ 70) are now open. The details of the informal night competitions are out already – please contact your chairman for more details.
Be a star at the ROLLYWOOD 2008.
Be there, or be nowhere!
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