29th Installation Ceremony of the Rotaract Club of Wellawatte

The 29th Installation ceremony of President Rtr. Vijayadas Devadas and his Board of Directors for the year 2015/16 was on the 11th of July 2015 at Ministry of Tourism & Sports-Auditorium, Colombo 07. On behalf of our Club Rtr. Dinath, Gehanya and Ruvini attended the installation of RCW.

The Event started with the arrival of chief guests and the installation was called to order by the outgoing President Rtr. Gajenthran Thivakaran. As per the agenda, tokens of appreciation were presented to the outgoing board and the incoming President was introduced.  After the installation as President Rtr. Vijayadas addressed the gathering. He mentioned that, he is confident that his board and other members of Rotaract club of Wellawatte will strengthen their vision and make Rotaract District 3220 Sri Lanka & Maldives proud. He further mentioned that, this year is a special year for the Rotaract club of Wellawatte as their own Rtr. DRR. PHF. Sathiyendra will be leading the R.I. District 3220 and will also be bringing down the biggest South Asian Rotaract Conference, “Rotasia 2016” to Sri Lanka.

The newly appointed board members of the Rotaract Club of Wellawatte for the year 2015/16 are as follows.

President- Vijayadas Devadas

Secretary- Venushajan Santhiran

Assistant Secretary- Krishenthi Pathmanathan

Treasurer- Branavath Mahendran

Vice President- Vidyas Guanasekaram

Immediate Past President- Gajenthran Thivakaran

Joint Club Service Directors- Christopher Surendran & Sarika Nagarathnam

Sergeant – at – Arms- Vithya Subhasranjan

Professional Development Director- Hafsa Jainudeen

Community Service Director- Sudhair James

International Understanding Director- Prashan Balakrishnan

Finance Director- Thanushan Baleswaren

Public Relations Director- Christopher Surendran

Editor- Arthiff Jaleel

Sports Director- Veeshma Thangavelu

The main projects that Rotaract Club of Wellawatte  have planned for the year 2015 /16 are “I’m a special child’, “Cycling” and “Sponsor a child”.

After the incoming President's speech, RCW introduced the Guest of Honor Rtn. PP Suranjith Swaris, who is the Assistant District governor of RI District 3220 Sri Lanka & Maldives. In his speech he acknowledged that the theme for Rotary International for the year 2015/16 would be “Be a gift to the world”.  He further mentioned about the importance of everyone’s contribution towards making the world politically powerful, socially stable, economically efficient and spiritually strong.

One of the highlights of the event was the Selfie competition that was conducted by RCW. The invitees were asked to post a selfie to the RCW Facebook page and the selfie with the most likes was adjudged winner.

The Chief Guest for the day was Rtn. Niwantha Ekanayake who is the President of Rotary club of Mt. Lavinia RI District 3220. In his speech he pointed out that the income gap of the country is increasing and this is leading to more important tasks for everyone, to increase the bonds and sense of solidarity by avoiding class division and social conflicts. He further mentioned the importance of Volunteering organizations such as the Rotary club in giving their maximum effort in making this possible.

There after the floor was open for felicitation and on behalf of UOC FMF our Director of Professional Development, Rtr. Dinath Fedrico congratulate the outgoing President and also wished the best for the incoming President and his board.  The installation ceremony concluded with the vote of thanks by the secretary followed by the national anthem.

UOC FMF took pleasure in participating in the installation ceremony of RCW and UOC FMF wishes all the best for the incoming board for a successful year of 2015/16.

Reported by-
Rtr. Ruvini Nuwangi

Compiled by-
Rtr. Aqeela Najeeb (Co-Director of Community Service)