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Mr Manish Laxman Patil

Club President

Rotarian Manish Laxman Patil, Born on 29 December 1972, to Laxman Vishnu Patil and Sanjeevani Laxman Patil. My parents left me a rich legacy of honesty and justice,which have been my life’s guiding principle’s. My humble beginning and days were often spent playing simple village games that taught me the value of the simple things in life. With my father being a judge, I got to travel to many places in Maharashtra during my school days and thus taught me make new friends wherever I stayed. We came to Thane in the 1980s and since then the gypsy in me found a home to belong to and I thus became a Thaneite. Thane is where I found my roots to who I have become and I completed my schooling at St. John the Baptist High school and further completed my Diploma in Industrial Electronics from VPM’s Polytechnic. During my years in college, I had an urge to do something for children with special needs. That’s what caused a burning desire to take an active part in organising a fundraiser for St. John the Baptist school for special kids, Thane, many years ago. This effort continued for almost 3 years, after which I started supporting children by donating to the Cry Foundation, but urge to do more, kept driving me to explore new avenues. After a few years, I met Rotarian Ashish Vaidya, through my elder brother Dinesh Patil and the rest as they say is history. My journey with Rotary started, on 22nd February 2011, when I was officially inducted in Rotary under President Rtn Ulhas Dandekar. Rotary gave me an opportunity to fulfil my distant dreams and to successfully conduct army recruitment camps at Wada under the tall and robust leadership of MAJ. Subhas Gawandji for almost 3 years; I also took an active part in blood donation camps, and other projects. To focus on the current time and role as the President of RCT, 2024-25, my focus area for the year will be on 6 pillars of RCT - Annapoorna, Women, Children, Medical, Environment & Education. A) Under Annapoorna Nikshay Mitra Project We will be adopting TB affected families through the year. B) Under the women & children empowerment pillar, here’s what I aim to do: 1) We will participate in the paediatric heart surgery. 2) Thalassemia Testing among young Children. 3) We will conduct Self defence skills, camps for underprivileged girl students in the interact schools and other rural/ required areas. 4) Under Projet Swachha Narayani we will build toilet blocks for girls, & provide clean drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene to positively impact the education ratio and prevent girl child dropouts 5) Under Youth Services we will conduct RYLA & MUNA events To name a few of them and initiate training for the youth to empower and equip them to stay relevant in this fast changing world. 6) We will conduct CPR ( Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) training camps for women & children from society, interact Schools & colleges. C) Under the pillar of Medical Project: 1) We will conduct a Blood donation camp. 2) Medical camp for Pandarpur Warkaries at Phaltan which is scheduled for 9th and 10th July 3) Squint Eye surgery camp at Mauritius in collaboration with Rotary Club of Phoenix . D) Under the pillar of Environmental conservation we will: 1) Build more Check dams 2) Instal Pet bottle Shredder to counteract the humongous amount of plastic waste that is being generated in the city E) Under the pillar of Education 1) We will continue to build Schools & labs with CSR grants F) Under Member Engagement program we will: 1) Conduct the much loved Master Chef that’s an exclusive event that RCT created for its members. 2) RCTCPL ( Rotary Club of Thane Cricket Premier League. G) Under the pillar of Rotary Public Relations we will: 1) Showcase all this exemplary work that we, Rotary Club of Thane do in print, social media & YouTube . With the blessing of my Past Presidents, members & Rotary Ann’s I take this pledge today to do my job with utmost Honesty & Integrity and continue the rich legacy that our club upholds.

Rotary Club of Thane - Rotary India

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