Incoming And Outbound GSE Teams Felicitated

Dr. Sandeep Kadam, District Chairman of the Group Study Exchange Committee, gave a lucid description of the GSE programme, including its historical background, while speaking at the last meeting when the two GSE Teams were felicitated.

When the incoming and outbound GSE Teams were felicitated.
Incoming Team Leader Danuta Janse-Hoek of District 1560 in the
Netherlands, speaks at the last meeting

He recalled the words of the American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, who had said that peace could not be achieved through violence; peace could only be attained through world understanding.

The GSE programme was one of the unique, innovative projects of The Rotary Foundation, launched in 1965 and mandated to create world understanding by sending young professionals in the age group of 25 to 40 years to another country and welcoming a Team from that country (so that an exchange could take place at the professional and cultural levels).

At the international level, 500 GSE teams were .exchanged. every year. If one considered that there were ten members in every team, then it meant that 5,000 young professionals were exchanged all over the world . and they stayed with five to six families.

This meant that, in effect, more than 25,000 families were touched through the GSE programme.

Outbound Team Leader Dilip Jani expresses himself. And (second picture)
District 3140 GSE Chairman Dr. Sandeep Kadam explains the basic concept
behind the GSE programme. The incoming Team Members are Danny
Boshoven, Tom Olde Dubbelink, Ms Marianne Van Ruler and Ms
Femke Hogestijn

"Through this programme we can really create world understanding and achieve some kind of peace at the global level," Dr. Sandeep Kadam added.

He then introduced the incoming Team Leader, Danuta Janse-Hoek, from District 1560 in the Netherlands.

Jani, this memento is for you. President Dr. Rumi Jehangir presents a
memento to outbound GSE Team Leader Dilip Jani (second picture).
And PP Dr. Rahim Muljiani shares his experience with "Bandra girl"
Giselle Barboza, who is a member of the outbound Team. Some
members of the outbound are seated next to her

Danuta proceeded to present her Team Members, Danny Boshoven, Tom Olde Dubbelink, Ms Marianne Van Ruler and Ms Femke Hogestijn, to the Rotary Club of Bombay.

When the incoming get thoroughly mixed with the outbound. This group photograph
was taken at the last meeting, when the Club felicitated the GSE teams, both the one
going to the Netherlands as well as the one coming in from there. Among those who
can be seen on the head table are, from left, Dilip Jani (he leads the outbound Team
to District 1560 in the Netherlands), Programme Chairman Pradeep Saxena, Incoming
Team Leader Danuta Janse- Hoek, Dr. Sandeep Kadam (District 3140 GSE Chairman),
President Dr. Rumi Jehangir, Hon. Secretary Paul George and Vice-President
Nandan Damani. Standing behind them are the members of the two
participating GSE teams

Following this, Dr. Sandeep Kadam presented outbound GSE Team Leader Dilip Jani, a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Rotary Club of Bombay Harbour.

After Dilip introduced the Alternate Team Leader IPP Smriti Gulwady (a member of the Rotary Club of Thane Suburban), she presented Ms Janhvi Vyas, who then did the honours for her outbound colleague, Ms Giselle Barboza.

And so it went on. Giselle introduced Niranjan Shastri, who did the honours for Pankaj Natu.

The Alternate Team Members, Dr. Kavita Sawant and Avkash Jadhav, were also presented.

Finally, President Dr. Rumi Jehangir presented a memento to each one of the members of the incoming as well as the outbound GSE Teams.