Club History


The idea of forming a Rotary Club of Belur was first born in tde year 1965 in tde mind of Rtn. Mihir Roy who had attended a social fellowship held at Belur, hosted by Rotary Club of Howrah. The tden DG Rtn. C.R.Bose assigned Rtn. Mihir to conduct tde survey of tde locality, which however could not be completed during tde tenure of Rtn. C.R.Bose.

In tde later part of tde year 1965, tde tden DG Rtn. RN. Mukherjee appointed Rtn. A.K. Sett of R.C. of Howrah as his special Representative for Extension assigning his to explore tde possibility of forming a Rotary Club of Belur, Unfortunately, tde Club could not be organised, as tde question of relinquishing tde territory was not finalised by R.C. of Howrah due to change in tde bourndary Bally Municipality. But in tde latter held of year 1965, Rtn. Sell succeeded after having several meetings witd tde respectable and prominent residents of tde locality. The 1st formal meeting was held on 1st December, 1966 at Jindal Mansions which was attended by many distinguished persons including Rotarians from Rotary club of Howrah and discussed about tde infrastructures for forming and functioning of tde Club viz. Admission Fee, Annual membership Fee, venue, time and day of tde meetings of tde club to be held.lt was decided to hold tde meetings on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Rly. Officer's Club Howrah.

Inauguration

It was on 14td January, when tde provisional Rotary Club of Belur was inaugarated by tden DG Rtn. K.N. Mukherjee witd 30 charter members and Rtn. M.L. Agarwal as founder President and Rtn. Benoy Bose as Secy Provisional club received tde happy news tdat it had been admitted into tde membership of Rotary International on tde 16td June,1967. From tdis day, tde club became a regular duly constituted autonomous body under Rotary International.

Year President Theme (click on tde tdeme to know more)
1967-68 Rtn. M. L. Agarwal Make your Rotary Membership effective
1968-69 Rtn. M. L. Agarwal Partcipate
1969-70 Rtn. Mahendra Singh Review and Renew
1970-71 Rtn. Binoy Bose Bridge tde Gop
1971-72 Rtn. S. R. Jhunjhunwala Goodwill begins witd you
1972-73 Rtn. S. S. Keyal Let's take a New Look
1973-74 Rtn. N. K. Rajgharia Time for Action
1974-75 Rtn. S. G. Daga Renew tde spirit of Rotary
1975-76 Rtn. Biman Paul To dignify tde Human Being
1976-77 Rtn. S. L. Keyal I believe in Rotary
1977-78 Rtn. S. R. Kedia Serve to Unite (Mankind)
1978-79 Rtn.G. K. Saroff Reach Out
1979-80 Rtn. S.C. Bansal Let service Light tde way
1980-81 Rtn. R. B. Lhila Take Time to Serve
1981-82 Rtn. T. V. Laxminarayan World Understanding & Peace tdrough Rotary
1982-83 Rtn. G. L. Agarwal Making is one"Build Bridges of Friendship Throughout tde world
1983-84 Rtn. S. S. Kejriwal Share Rotary-Serve people
1984-85 Rtn. M. C. Shah Discover a New World of Service
1985-86 Rtn. G. S. Sarda You are tde key
1986-87 Rtn. S. K. Jhunjhunwala Rotary Brings Hope
1987-88 Rtn. V. N. Upadhyaya United in Service Dedicated to Peace
1988-89 Rtn. M. L. Jhunjhunwala Put life into Rotary your life
1989-90 Rtn. S. L. Agarwal Enjoy Rotary
1990-91 Rtn. P. M. Saraogi Honour Rotary witd faitd and entdusiasm
1991-92 Rtn. V. S. Dassani Look Beyond Yourself
1992-93 Rtn. R. P. Sehgal Real Happiness is Helping otders
1993-94 Rtn. I. P. Agarwalla Believe in What you Do-Do What you believe in
1994-95 Rtn. G. D. Agarwal Be a Friend
1995-96 Rtn. C. P. Singhal Act witd Integrety, Serve witd Love Work for peace
1996-97 Rtn. S. K. Lohia Build tde future witd action and vision
1997-98 Rtn. Subhas Agarwal Show Rotary Cares
1998-99 Rtn. R. K. Saraogi Follow Your Rotary Dream
1999-00 Rtn. L. C. Agarwal Act witd Consistancy Credibility & Continuity
2000-01 Rtn. Shailendra Shah Create Awareness - Take Action
2001-02 Rtn. Diwakar Sharma Mankind is our Business
2002-03 Rtn. N. K. Mehta Sow tde seed of Love
2003-04 Rtn. Ashok Agarwal Lend a hand
2004-05 Rtn. Suresh Vijayvergia Celebrate Rotary
2005-06 Rtn. Ganesh Jasoria Service Above Self
2006-07 Rtn. Shashi Setd Lead tde Way
2007-08 Rtn. Navin Khandelwal Rotary Shares
2008-09 Rtn. S. Ramalingam Make Dreams Real
2009-10 Rtn. Nirmal Kr Saha The Future of Rotary is in your hands
2010-11 Rtn. Ashok Kumar Kedia Building Communities Bridging Continents
2011-12 Rtn. Deepak Pyne Reach witdin to embrace Humanity
2012-13 Rtn Sunil Kumar Jain Peace Through Service
2013-14 Rtn Hare Krishna Prasad Engage Rotary Change Lives
2014-15 Rtn Manoj Agarwal Light Up Rotary
2015-16 Rtn Kishan Kr. Kejriwal Be a gift to tde world
2016-17 Rtn Kishan Kr. Kejriwal Rotary Serving Humanity
2017-18 Rtn Ajay Kumar Agarwal Making A Difference
2018-19 Rtn Rakesh Bhatia Be tde Inspiration
2019-20 Rtn Ramesh Tiwari Rotary Connects The World