Mr. Niteen Dhuru
President of Rotary Club of Thane Kalwa

Tell us something about yourself?
I have a SSI unit manufacturing Speciality Process and water Treatment Chemicals at MIDC Taloja. I am a Science graduate and also a Management student.

I am married to Netra who works for United India Insurance Company and have two daughters Namrata aged 11 and Rutuja aged 5.

Since when have you been associated with this Club?
I joined the club in August 1998.

What have been the achievements of your Club since its inceptions?
The single most achievement of our club is the Employment Exchange Bureau for unemployed youths. Till date about 8,000 candidates have registered and we have provided jobs for over 800 unemployed youths.

Apart from jobs, we also encourage candidates to start their own business and assistance is provided to the youths to achieve their goals.

The above project is first of its kind in India and is also internationally acclaimed. At present 8 Rotary clubs in District 3140 under the guidance of our club have started functioning.

What is your motto/aim during your Tenure as the President of the Club?
Motto is to spread Rotary Aims to the general citizens in Thane and in particular to Kalwe Area.

Also my focus is membership development. More the members more helping hands, more funds and hence more projects.

How do you demarcates your duties as a professional & Rotarian?
Well they are supplementary to each other. Rotary projects and activities help me to be energetic, fresh and innovative in my professional work.

How far your club has reached in its objectives?
Apart from Employment Exchange Bureau, we have number of other ongoing projects like ---

Adult Women Literacy Programme - about 50 women can read and write. The programme is still going on and more women are being taught to read and write.

RCC: We have adopted a slum areea in Kalwa East - Samrat Ashok Nagar. We have conducted lots of camps like eye check ups, provided Slumber kits for need students for the last 10 years. Recently we have provided them Computers to enable youths and children from the slum to get exposed to the new technology.

Any message to Thaneites?
No work is small. If each one of us do a small bit to help under privilege section of our society, I am sure the world would be more happy place to live.

As told to Thaneweb.com