189 Visitors for Physiotherapy Centre in June'09

After a lean patch, the permanent project of the branch The Physiotherapy Centre is showing a steady increase in no. of visitors. It has been possible by the continuous efforts of the projects directors Mr. Vijay Garg and Mr. Hutesh Sethi coupled with constant support from all the members who are now referring the centre to everyone they come in contact with.

Last month a few steps were taken to improve the centre like putting a water camphor, placing a curtain partition and efforts to place a full time physiotherapist.

189 Visitors availed the benefits of the centre in June month. Branch has a target of 1000 visitors every month.

Distribution of "SANKALAN"

BVP Gharaunda, In order to provide a platform to its members to unleash the hidden talent, has taken a new initiative- Publishing of a monthly house magazine. The publication named "Sankalan" will have all the elements of a good house journal. It will introduce one personality of the town, hidden traits of two members every week. It will also include creations of the Parishad Members and their importants occasions like Birthdays and Anniversaries. The inaugural copy was distributed during the General Meeting.

Branch Members witnessed a Mangement Game

In a very new fresh idea, branch members witnessed and enjoyed a game of professional management practices. Game was aimed at increasing the responsiveness and presence of mind in changed situations.
Everyone in the house was a participant in the game and Mr. Pawan Singla eventually won the game.

Public Speaking Contest Held by Gharaunda Branch

In a first of its kind initiative, Gharaunda Branch held a Public Speaking Contest with a view to enhance the skills of its members. The event was arranged during the General Meeting on 20th June.
The Topics were communicated well in advance. The four topics given were:
1. Female feticides
2. Water Saving
3. Public Problems of Gharaunda and
4. Reasons for poor performance of India in World Cup.
Time allowed for each speaker was 2-3 minutes. Members participated in the contest enthusiastically. Mr. Vinod Gupta, Mr. Ishwar Garg and Pt. Anil Shashtri performed the task of judgement for the winner.
Mr. Vijay Garg got first prize by his views on Female Feticide Problem.
Mr. Surender Sharma got second prize for putting forward the Problems of Gharaunda in a very powerful way.
Other notable speakers were Mr. Pawan Singla, Mr. Arun Aggarwal, Mr. Hutesh Sethi and Mr. Vikas Jain.
Mr. Rajesh Garg then concluded the event with his special remarks on the Female Feticide Problem. Winner were felicitated with prizes. Everyone welcomed the initiative and asked for such contests in future as well.

General Meeting Details

20 June 09

This was a great beginning. The first general meeting of the fresh executive was held in an entirely new flavour. The meeting place was equipped with proper sitting arrangement and equipped with a dais for speakers and an electricity back-up. There was a proper communication on the agenda and so the members were expected to come with some sort of preparations. The only thing which could be better was attendance, on which team is working very hard.

Minutes of the Meeting:

1. Mr. Hutesh Sethi adored the stage. He performed the ritual of Vandemataram and then handed over the dais to Secretary Ajay Singla.
2. Mr. Ajay Gupta welcomed the guests and thanked them for sparing time from their busy schedules.
3. Mr. Rajesh Garg, Immediate Past President was representing the State as he has been selected as the member of State Executive Committee. Another member to join this squad is our founder president Mr. Mukesh Aggarwal. We are proud of their achievements.
4. Past Treasurer Mr. Vijay Garg them presented the accounts of previous session followed by a query handling on accounts by Mr. Rajesh Garg.
5. Then the moment of growth- All the new members took their oath of membership and commitment towards the organization.
6. Then the house participated in a debate on Kargil Vijay Diwas. Mr. Harish Miglani accepted the challenge for successful commemoration of the day in a grand event and he also affirmed that he would not put any financial burden on the branch for this program.
7. Lot of Chaos happened when the topic of Tour was touched by the speaker Mr. Ajay Singla. There were many different views and everybody wanted to go to a place of his like. Mr. Ishwar Garg ended the debate by accepting the challenge of becoming the Programme Director for the Tour. We salute our heroes who are always there to accept challenges.
8. Then some light moments followed by national anthem and a nice dinner.

Support for a Social Cause

Bharat Vikas Parishad has ‘Sahyog’ (Interdependence) as one of its guiding value. Branch demonstrated this very basic value by supporting a social movement.
“Gramin Yuva Sena” an organization in the town - which raised the voice against the rude behaviour of roadways bus drivers and their non-conformance on stop of buses at Gharaunda Bus Stand - got a shot in the arm when President and Secretary of Bharat Vikas Parishad called their president Mr. Rajesh Arya personally. Both of them appreciated the initiative of the Sena and assure them of any kind of support they could provide.

Details of Executive Meeting

6th Jun, 2009
It was a great moment for all the members of the new executive committee as they were attending the first official Executive Meeting. It was the place where they were entering into the decision making process and it was the road which would take them to the higher destinations in future.
Highlights of the Meeting:
1. Meeting was held at a nice venue-Hotel New World, Karnal
2. Everyone was present in the meeting except Mr. Harish Miglani. A near perfect 95% attendance.
3. Sh. Vinod Gupta was present there to represent the Special Advisory Committee and to assist the new team in the process with his great experience.

Minutes of the Meeting:
1. Meeting started at 8:30, ½ hr. late from the scheduled time.
2. Secretary Ajay Singla welcomed the members with special mention of Mr. Vinod Gupta.
3. Then he presented the report and activities undertaken by the branch last month.
4. The the discussion was held in the house on the pre-circulated agenda. Details of the discussion are as given below:
a. New Members: 8 new members have been sanctioned by the committee. These are Mr. Rajiv Khanna, Mr. Kapil Gupta, Mr. Sandeepn Aggarwal, Mr. Pankaj Jagga, Mr. Aman Kuchhal, Mr. Sumit Singla, Mr. Sachin Singla and Mr. Deepak Mittal.
b. How to increase attendance at Physiotherapy Centre: Some suggestions were contributed by the members. A few to mention are: Appoint a full time physiotherapist, A campaign to contact orthopedists of the area, Promoting the centre through some camp, Advertising etc.
c. Monthly magazine of the Branch: Though the members appreciated the idea, they were apprehensive about the applicability of it. However, idea was approved for trial run, magazine to be published quarterly.
d. 26 July, Kargil Vijay Diwas, To be commemorated as Veer Smriti Diwas: Everyone liked the idea and gave a green signal to felicitate the ex-servicement (choosen on some pre-determined criteria) on the day.
e. Tour: Initial discussion was held on the subject of organizing a tour. The topic has been left open to be discussed during General Body Meeting.
f. Date of GBM: Tentative date of General Body Meeting has been fixed for 20th June, Saturday.
g. President and Secretary then appealed to the members to accept the ownership of the branch in a much more responsible fashion.
5. The everyone shared some light moments, took the delicious dinner and left together for their respective places.

Suppor For Kalpana Chawla Medical College Movement

Bharat Vikas Parishad supports every move-by any organization-which has anything beneficial for the society.
Dainik Bhaskar Group-The leading newspaper group of India-has raised the issue of Kalpana Chawla medical College through its columns very loudly.
Now, when all the politicians have only delivered promises, and City of Karnal is in disguise of no action, and nothing concrete is in development; then this move of a leading newspaper group is definitely in the interest of society and masses at large.
Bharat Vikas Parishad, Gharaunda Branch went to the Bhaskar's Karnal office and gave a letter of appreciation and support in the movement to the Bureau Chief of Karnal Office.
Another example of our commitment for any social cause.

Leaflets Distribution on Anti-Tobacco Day

31st May, 2009

Realising its social responsibility of making people aware of the evils of tobacco use, Bharat Vikas Parishad-Gharaunda, distributed 2000 leaflets in the town on anti tobacco day.
The matter was an effort to spread awareness about ill effects of tobacco use, illnesses that tobacco can induce(with special attention to Cancer), harms of passive smoking and the quantum of money spent on buying cancer in tobacco form.
Parishad Branch is committed to eradicate this type of bad practices from society and anti-tobacco day of 31st day was a perfect occasion to kick-start the campaign.