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Lion L.V. Mehta – Region
Chairperson – Region I
(President 2003-04) |
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Serving for VIFOR India,
he is a
lion member since
1993-94. He received
number of awards
during his tenure as
the president. He
received an award in
recognition of his
earnest &
enthusiastic efforts
to promote lionism
and create club
identity and for
sponsoring 10 new
members in the lions
family. He also
received an award
for preparing the
best scrapbook. He
received
appreciation for
international
standard club banner
& for his eye
donation project; He
was also honoured as
best secretary under
president ship of
Lion Jagdish Pandya.
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Lion Naresh Bulchandani –
Member - D.G’s
advisory committee (President
2000-01) |
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He was president of
lions club of
Gandhidham in
2000-01, the
earthquake year. He
organized medical
surgery & set up
temporary hospital
at hotel Mid Town
jointly with Sadhu
Vaswani Mission,
Pune & Divine life
hospital to meet the
medical requirements
of the earthquake
victims. He supplied
generators to
hospitals, which
were operational for
over a month. He
also arranged the
Jaipur foot camp
with KPT to provide
artificial limbs to
people who had lost
their limbs in the
earthquake. He
arranged donations
worth Rs 3 lakhs for
the reconstruction
of the Lions club
building, which was
damaged during the
earthquake; he also
took charge of the
reconstruction and
finished it within 2
months. He also
arranged donations
for shav-vahini
costing Rs. 8.5
lakhs to the lions
club of Gandhidham
during the tenure of
lion Dhiren Mehta. He was
awarded the best
president award of
district 323-J &
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Lion Jagdish Pandya – D. C.
– Press & Media (President
1998-99) |
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During his tenure
the club won the
best club award, he
won the best
president award. He
arranged medical
camps, which
provided ayurvedic,
homeopathic &
allopathic
treatment. These
medical camps were
in border areas in
coordination with
the armed forces.
Maximum number of
free cataract camps
were held during his
tenure. Also heart
disease diagnosis
camp along with
Doppler testing & T.B diagnosis camp
in coordination with
Red Cross
association of
Gandhidham were
organized. He
started a permanent
project of oxygen
cylinder bank with
the Arya Samaj. He
organized mahotsav
’99 -dance fest
jointly with Kandla
Port Trust,
performed by dancers
from Czech republic
& from Mallika
Sarabhai’s troupe,
which was greatly
appreciated by the
public. During his
tenure the club
joined with the KPT
for the construction
of a children’s
garden. For the
first time Navratri
was celebrated for
the full 9 days. He
arranged district
cabinet meeting at
his farmhouse.
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Lion Laxman Daryani – D. C.
Lions Quiz (President
1995-96) |
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He is the principal
of Tolani
Polytechnic College
& a lion member
since 1986-87. Some
of the best
achievements of our
club were during the
tenure of lion
Daryani, a towering
personality. Biggest
achievement was the
sponsoring of the
Lion's club of Anjar
by the lions club of
Gandhidham after a
big gap of 20 years.
During his tenure
the club received
the best club award
of district 323- J
for the first time.
The club sponsored
the first
international
twinning team of
doctors from
California district
4L6 who provided
medical assistance
at Divine life
hospital, Adipur.
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Lion Rajender Aswani - D. C.
– Thalassemia (President
1997-98) |
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He formed Lioness &
Leo club of
Gandhidham during
his tenure. He
supported the
campaign trail of
lion Hiralal Chawla
for his election as
V.D.G. He arranged a
relief camp at the
club premises for
almost 130 days for
cyclone-affected
people. He
coordinated
distribution of
relief material in
Kandla and villages
surrounding
Gandhidham & Adipur.
He also had the
honour of launching
the lions quest
program in Kutch in
the year 1999-2000.
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Lion Dhiren Mehta – D. C. -
Permanent Projects
(President 1996-97) |
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He is a businessman
and an industrial
consultant. He was
the first lion from
Gandhidham to
receive the best
secretary award
under president ship
of lion Dr. D.P.
Singh. He had the
honour of serving as
first district
cabinet treasurer of
district 323 J in
the year 1997-98.
During his tenure he
started a permanent
project of
shav-vahini, which
continues to serve
the society till
date. He organized a
regional conference
& also a kavi
samelan as
fundraiser and
raised amount of
Rs.1.5 lakhs.
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Lion Suresh Shukla - D.C.
-Membership (President
1991-92) |
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He completed 100
projects during his
tenure. He visited
Rambagh hospital &
Mata Laxmi Institute
for deaf & dumb at
Adipur to distribute
fruits & gifts every
month. He
felicitated the
teachers of blind
school at Adipur on
the occasion of
teachers’ day. For
the first time a
2-day raas garba
competition was held
during Navratri. He
started a tradition
to present mementoes
to lion members on
their birthdays and
wedding
anniversaries. He
was awarded a 100%
attendance award &
an international
award.
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Lion C. L. Sajnani - D. C. –
Lions Quest- Region-I
(President 1992-93) |
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During his tenure
all the activities
were sponsored so
there was no burden
on the club of a
single penny. Also,
for the first time,
the Region
Conference was held
outside G'dham at
Bhachau. Not only
this, he, with lion
lady Kavita Sajnani,
attended the
international
convention at Miami
U.S.A to vote for
lion Rohit Mehta who
subsequently became
the first Indian
President of Lion
International. He
organized inter
school volleyball &
kho-kho tournaments
for secondary &
higher secondary
students of
Gandhidham, Adipur &
Kandla. He was also
honoured with the
100% attendance
award.
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Lion Suryakant Devlekar (President 1987-88) |
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He is serving to Iffco as a JOINT GENERAL Manager in Electrical Department. He is a Lion Member since 1982-83. During his tenure he held a mega cataract operation camp at suthri village with help of khona hospital. He also organized a gazal program with famous gazal singer Peenaz Masani for raising funds. He has distinction of winning the best secretary award during 323b & last year he won multiple award for green city clean city. Personally lion
Devlekar is President with
Iffco Co-Operative society. He was also elected as first zone chairman of 323J, He is a District chairperson NGO LIAISON for the current year.
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