Rtn. Raghunath Rajan is a graduate from the University of Mumbai . He is in the business of manufacturing high pressure hydraulic hose fittings and hose assembly for over two decades in Mumbai. His company RITECH Hydraulics Pvt. Ltd. has two units one in Bhandup and the other in Thane, and a corporate office in Vikhroli.
He is also the Managing Director of Terock Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. , a infrastructure company involved in the projects of national importance i.e. quarrying and crushing -- agrreiates production and management for NHAI roads, NHPC dams, Koyna power projects, underwater rock excavation, Mithi River widening and deepening for smooth flow of water into the Arabian sea and various other special projects being executed all over India . He has travelled very widely all over the globe and has also executed Projects in the African Continent .Well known in his line of business, most of the corporate houses he is working with, write about his role within their industry in their inhouse-bulletins.
His tryst with Rotary began way back in the 70's when he was a active Rotaractor of the Rotaract Club of Sion , he had held various positions in the club then and had been the President in the year 1980-81.
He was invited to join the Rotary Club of Deonar in the year 2001. His affinity and love for the Rotaract movement obviously made him Community Service 1V Director for 2 yrs. He then assumed the position of Club Secretary and now President.
He has also been a District officer in our District 3140, again associated with the Rotaract movement. As a District Rotaract Chairman in 2004-05 and 2006-07 he was instrumental in forming two Rotarct Clubs and new Rotarct Club Charter is awaited. He was instrumental in forming our Interact club in Saraswati School , Chembur.
A very dedicated Rotarian, Rajan has been a 100 percenter since joining. In spite of his projects taking him all over India and sometimes abroad too, Rajan is always back in town on Thursday morning! He floods all of us with SMS's regarding various issues, projects and meetings thereby infecting us with his enthusiasm and zeal.
As it is often said that behind every successful man there is a women, so is the case with our dear Rajan! Happily married to R/Ann Gayathri, they have a daughter Meghana. Gayathri is a Chartered Accountant and is his main source of support. Daughter Meghana has just passed her tenth with flying colours has joined the science stream in SIES College .
We look forward to a action packed Rotary year under his dynamic leadership and wish him and his team all the very best!
Fellow Rotarians,
I thank you for the confidence you have bestowed in me and unanimously electing me President for the action year 2007-08.
It is my proud privilege to lead this Dynamic club in its 21 st year since the Charter!
As I pen down my warm greetings to one and all in this maiden message to Share ROTARY, (RI theme for the action year 2007-08), let us share ROTARY feelings, gratitude, and togetherness in our family, with our neighbours, friends, in profession, in our vocation, amongst elders and young one's.
I have outlined our Thrust area and have already started our activities in this action year,
a) Green Vision; We have identified the location near Karjat for construction of Toilet Blocks in Shelu Village ... (Matching grant project from Rotary club of Holland )
b) Child First ; Vitamin drops for approx. 1200 students are planned in three different schools in Deonar and we have already started giving them in a batch of 250 students per week. Nutritional counselling is also done in the school for the Parents and Children. We are keeping records of the children's height; weight apart from good health and advice them accordingly. We shall follow up for the results (one session p/mth) and record for future reference till the students pass out from the school.
c) Women Empowerment; we are planning to start for women, vocational self employment scheme's in the adopted village near Shelu. How to be self sufficient and self finance schemes. We shall be inducting on the installation day 4 women Members, who are looking forward to share their valuable ideas which will be benefited to the society by and large.
Meaningful Projects as per the designated Rotary Months are being thoughtfully conceived and shall be efficiently executed, and we shall also need to publicise the projects with grace and dignity as Rotary Awareness in the society.
We shall grow in terms of club membership and shall pay more attention in Literacy programmes, Hunger concerns, water management (Borewells) etc.
I shall take pride in leading from Front; it is all about thinking Big, thinking differently, and thinking together and shall put Rotary principles into action.
R/Ann Gayathri joins me in wishing you all the very best and wish for an eventful action year 2007-08.
Your's in Rotary,
Raghunath Rajan