Highlights:
* Rotary Club of Madurai West was sponsored by Rotary Club of Madurai with 5 members from that club as nucleus in the year 1965
* 20 eligible men were elected to form the Charter Membership, totaling to 25 chartered members.
* Our club was born on 16-June-1965 and charter was presented.
* Of the 25 charter members, 4 members still continue their membership in the club : Rtn.PDG.P.V.Parthasarathy, Rtn.PP.M.K.Vijay, Rtn.PP.Dr.K.A.Srinivasan and Rtn.R.Kanagasabai.
* The nascent club began meeting at Udipi Boarding Lodge : the only meeting place then in Madurai.
* From 1969 till date the meeting is being held every Friday at Hotel Pandyan, a 3 star hotel owned by the family of our late Rtn.PDG.PCM.
* Seven of our Members have served as District Governors. They are :
----- Rtn.PDG (Late) PCM Sundarapandian ( 1973-1974)
----- Rtn.PDG (Late) M.Shanmugam (1981-1982)
----- Rtn.PDG.P.V.Parthasarathy (1987-1988)
----- Rtn.PDG.M.N.Nayagam (1995-1996)
Three of our Members went on to become District Governors after joining other club. We are Proud that they were our members who went on to become District Governors. They are:
----- Rtn.PDG.V.Shanmugasundaram of Madurai Mid Town
----- Rtn.PDG Udhayakumar of Rotary Club of Bangalore
----- Rtn.T.Ramanathan of Madurai Northwest
It is our previledge to extended Rotary by sponsoring SIX new clubs in this district as well as the neighbouring District. They are:
----- R.C. of Rajapalayam
----- R.C. of Madurai South
----- R.C. of Virudhunagar
----- R.C. of Madurai Mid Town
----- R.C. of Theni
----- R.C. of Madurai North West
* Our members are preferred Rotary Volunteers. They visit far away countries serving the society with Rotary’s main agenda: Service above Self.
* As on 22-Oct-2009, our club has 111 Rotarians.
* There are 70 Paul Harris Fellows, with 48 Rotarians opting for PHF’s in 2008-2009 under our clubs vision of 100% PHF Club. We are marching towards this goal, which is likely to be reached any moment.
* Four of our Rotarians are Major Donors
* There are 39 Non Rotarians who have contributed towards Rotary Foundation
For More info on our PHF s click : rotarymaduraiwest.blogspot.com/2009/10/prestegious-phfs-of-our-club.html
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThere's is a small correction. Our Club has so far produced 7 Governors, 4 from our own club and other 3 were our members and then they quit our club and joined other clubs for various reasons! They are PDG V Shanmugasundaram from Madurai Mid Town, PDG Udayakumar from RC of Bangalore and last PDG T Ramanathan from Madurai Northwest Club
Rtn D L Viswanathan
Hello
ReplyDeleteRtn.PHF Aruna Visveswar writing this from New York. This afternoon I am attending a meeting of the Rotary Club of Hoboken and hope to talk about our club back home and ourselves.
More on this soon!
Cheers!
Aruna
Vanakkam,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your email. Really your club E-way networkig and communication is a ROTARISED/GLOBALISED one. This is a model for others.I hope and fear that your club may move towards a M-way club. Rotary Luck. by Rtn.Dr.C.Muthuraja (The American College)
Dear President / Secretary
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Rtn.Renga - Granville, Australia
This week I am coming to Madurai from Sydney. I am interested attend this week meeting in your club is it ok for you.
I am President Elect for Rotary Club of Granville, District 9690 Australia.
Regards
Renga Rajan