Annual Report 2022-23

Year 2022-23:

As has been happening for last many years, VLS Project is becoming bigger and better every new Rotary year. Year 2022-23 was no exception. We selected record number of 117 new students. The Total VLS Amount reached Rs.1.48 Crores.

·      Aarti Industries Ltd.  gave a donation of Rs.25 Lac in December 2022, when we were facing a big funding gap. This is the sixth consecutive year of their donation. Their total donation for this project so far is Rs.93,40,000/-. We thank Shri. Rajendra Gogri, CMD of Aarti Industries Ltd. and our own member Deepak Shah. Shri. Rajendrabhai is not only a huge supporter of this project, he is also our mentor and guide.

·  BANYAN TREE ADVISERS PVT. LTD.: CSR Donation of Rs.10,70,000/- was received from Banyan Tree Advisers Pvt. Ltd.  This is the fifth consecutive year of their donation. We sincerely thank Shri. Jigar Shah and other Directors of the company for their generosity. Their Total Donation for this Project so far is Rs. 32,65,000/-

·  Gemini Exports: CSR Donation of Rs.5 Lac was received from Gemini Exports. We Thank Shri. Punit Thakrar for his keen interest in the Project and our own member Rtn. Guljit Singh Luggani for his efforts. We look forward to long term association of Punitjbhai in the project.

·  H.D. Fire Protect Pvt. LTD.: Donation under CSR of Rs.3 Lac was received from H.D. Fire Protect Pvt. LTD.  We thank Shri. Harish Dharamshi for the donation and our own member Rtn. Dollar Shah for his efforts. We look forward to long term association of Harishbhai and Family in the project.

·  Six VLS Groups:  Following the method adopted over the last 2 years, 6 Groups, under their leaders Dr. Rajesh Agarwal, Nitin Kabbin, Rajesh Gupta, Vishal Thakkar, Seema Joshi and Sudhir Joshi scrutinized the forms received. 178 Students were called for interviews on 18th  September 2022, at SMPR High School, Mulund. Lot of our members, including newly joined ones, participated in the interview process. Rtn. Ramesh Motwani hosted the Scrutiny programme in Tanya Mansion. We are grateful to all the Group Leaders and Group Members and Spouses, for diligently handling this huge responsibility.

·  117 Students were finally selected for receiving the scholarship at the cost of more than Rs.65,68,000/-.

·  627 STUDENTS: With addition of 117 New Students, total number of students zoomed, touching the figure of 627.

·  FUNDING IN 2022-23 Touches Rs.1.48 Crores: The gross Scholarship Disbursement in 2022-23 was Rs.1,47,82,218/-.

·  More Girls Selected: Though Girl Students have been nearly 50% of the selected students (Purely on their Merit) throughout the 11 years of the Project, this year was the first year, where Girls outnumbered boys (61 Girls and 56 Boys). 3 Cheers for all the Girls.

·  The students were handed over the Scholarships, during a function on 19th February 2023. Shri. Sunderjibhai Shah, Chairman International Transmission and well known Philantrophist, was the Chief Guest of the function. Impressed with the Project, he spontaneously announced a Donation of Rs.25 Lac for the Project. We thank Shri. Sunderjibhai for his generosity and our own member IPP Ashwin Malde for his efforts.

·      26 Students completed their repayment during 2022-23.

·  Annual Get Together: Yearly Get Together of VLS Students was held on 18th June 2023. Shri. Mahesh Bansidharji Agrwal, was the Chief Guest. He was introduced by Rajesh Gupta. 26 Students, who had completed repayment, were felicitated. The day long programme had following training sessions for the Students.


Parag Dedhia: I can Speak English (Intro by Hetal)
Dr. Laxmikant Kasat: Against All Odds (Intro by Nitin)
Shruti Bhimani: Preparing For Interview (Intro by Seema)
Neha Dhulla: Eat Healthy (Intro by Pradeep)
Vishal Thakkar: Personal Finance (Intro by Nirmal)

·  Our own member Rtn. Viren Gandhi has been providing help in organizing the Utilization Certificate, which we provide, to our CSR Donors. Thanks Viren.

·  Rtn. Arihant Lodha has been doing all the online payments, that need to be done on College Websites. Thanks Arihant.

·  Rtn. Dollar Shah, as usual takes care of Venue, Decoration, Catering, Invitations and Banners for all VLS Functions. Dollar and Bharati also hosted joint meeting of VLS Committee, Group Leaders and Volunteers. Thanks Dollar and Bharati.

·      VLS Volunteers: 2022-23 was the first full Rotary Year, where VLS Volunteers were actively involved. Here are 2 Highlights of the stupendous work, done by the VLS Volunteers.
During Feb.2022 to June 2023, Total repayment received is Rs.xxxxxxxxxx

In all 159 Students are doing regular repayment.
Three Cheers for all the following Volunteers.
Arihant Lodha     Bharati Shah       Dipti Gosrani        Hitesh Ganatra

Jitendra Mavani Komal Gupta       Manjula Koppa      Nutan Dhulla

Parul Shah           Priya Agarwal     Rachana Gada      Ramesh Motwani

Ruby Luggani      Seema Joshi        Sudhir Joshi         Tara Malde

Vaishali Mavani Vijay Thapar        Vishal Thakkar

The VLS Committee:
Nirmal Ganatra              Ashwin Malde                Hitesh Ganatra

Hanskumar Shah           Dollar Shah                      Rajesh Gupta
Dr. Rajesh Agarwal       Arihant Lodha                 Sudhir Joshi