Installation ceremony of 46th President of Rotary Club Chandigarh Midtown Rtn Dr. Sanjay Kalra and Board (2022-23) held

Chandigarh, July 6, 2022: 
The installation ceremony of the 46th President of Rotary Club Chandigarh 
Midtown Rtn Dr. Sanjay Kalra and Board (2022-23) was held today at 
CII Auditorium Sec 31 Chandigarh in the august presence of Dr Kiran Bedi 
Former Lt Governor Pondicherry as the Chief Guest on the occasion 
joined by The Guest of Honor Deputy Commissioner of 
Chandigarh Vinay Pratap Singh.

The investiture ceremony is a very prestigious celebration in the Rotary 
International every year, when the baton is passed to the new leadership to 
infuse new energy into the incoming team for dedicated service to the 
community for making a difference. Rotary International this year has created 
history as for the first time, women Rotarian shall be serving as its President. 
Jennifer Jones from RC Windor. Canada has given the theme Imagine Rotary as she 
urged people to dream big and harness their connections to turn those dreams into reality.
The outgoing President Salil Chopra presented an elaborate report of Rotary 
service done to reach out the local community with special mention of Project 
Sahyog for artificial limbs, Project Aastha for Cervical Cancer Vaccination, TB Hut, 
vocational skilling,ASRA SERAI at GMCH, Sector 32,Chandigarh and several other 
projects in the health, education and community development . 

Speaking on this occasion, the incoming President Dr Sanjay Kalra expressed 
gratitude for the esteemed responsibility entrusted to him as President 2022-23 
and reassured the commitment of the Club to work with devotion and dedication 
on several ongoing projects. He said “So now it is time to turn our dreams into 
reality as we imagine a world filled with hope, faith, love and gratitude. Lets
extract happiness and Implant smiles. Let us do with our best ability to make 
every day a happy one for one fellow human by extending our Helping Hands 
Initiative.

The Signature project Rotary Adarsh Gaon at Bir Ghaggar will spotify on all seven 
areas of focus to improve lives such as Rain water harvesting, Vocational skilling 
lab, solar electrification, Happy schools, girl empowerment, egg bank ,Miyawaki 
plantation. Project Asra Kutir for patients’ attendants at Civil Hospital Panchkula 
shall be our major focus of attention to address the need for safe and affordable 
health care. Projects Sahyog, Aastha, Sudiksha ,Maa, Akshay plus, Polio Plus, First 
step hut etc. shall continue to benefit the community. Vocational skilling 
programs at CCET, Asha Kiran and other flagship projects of our club shall be 
revived Post Covid and made self sustainable. Similarly Rotaracts and Interacts
will be reenergized to strengthen our humanitarian projects partnership. Three 
Global Grants of Mobile diagnostic express, Cervical cancer Vaccination and 
Dialysis support centre are under implementation and two Global Grants on Post 
Polio Syndrome rehabilitation and Solar electrification are awaiting International 
partners. So we should goal for 100% PHF and 50,000$ contribution to TRF to give 
wings to our imagination. 

The President also introduced the members of his new board and pledged to 
serve the humanity as Rotary opens opportunities. Attended by several members 
of the club, the event saw attendance of several District and club leaders on the 
occasion. While three new members were introduced, 2 girls were presented 
scholarships for higher education and microloan of Rs 30,000 each to the two 
beneficiaries were presented on Installation function.

The Guest of Honor Vinay Pratap Singh, Deputy Commissioner, 
Chandigarh appreciated the good work done by various chapters of Rotary 
Chandigarh in improving the city life and those living in the periphery. He offered 
to coordinate with NGO for partnering with Chandigarh Administration for quality 
initiatives in health, education, vocational skilling of youth etc. 

Dr Kiran Bedi IPS Former Lt Governor was the chief Guest on the occasion. She 
remembered her visit to the club 20 years ago when PP Dr Balram Gupta was 
inducted as President of Rotary Chandigarh Midtown who was her teacher at 
Punjab University. She shared her administrative experience while serving 
community and how Rotary can make a difference. She congratulated the 
President and the members for joining the Rotary movement and wished them 
success. Her spell bounding deliverance left the audience in awe and the 
thunderous applause expressed their appreciation. 

As shared by Event Chair the first event of the year was very meticulously 
organised and was a grand success ,filling the participants with enthusiasm to 
Imagine Rotary and serve Humanit