Mangaluru: The Milagres Toastmasters Club has a new team led by TM Mahima Bhat for the TM year 2019-20. The installation ceremony was held at Monica hall, Milagres Church, on July 7 at 9.00 AM.
Area Director TM Vidya Shenoy administered the oath of office to the new team of office bearers for 2019-2020. Officers of the new team are VP Education – Azma Sheikh, VP PR – Ashwin Shetty, VP Membership-Sudheer Kumar, Treasurer – Amitha Shetty, Secretary – Sharline Rodrigues, SAA – Pradyumn Shenoy and TM Balakrishna Prabhu (immediate past president).
TM Prof. Phyllis Maria D’Costa was the chief guest of the day. In her address to the gathering she spoke about having these main things to achieve success in life, Dedication determination and positivity. Without it we may never reach our goals. Other people have the power to help motivate you to try harder, but in the end you need to be the one to have the determination, dedication and positivity to keep going and to continue fighting for your goals. She ended her speech quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson, “We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”
The program started with a prayer by Sudheer Kumar. Outgoing President, Balakrishna Prabhu welcomed the gathering, shared his experiences and the club’s achievements of the past year 2018-19 in a marvelous humorous speech that had the audience in splits.
DTM Dr. C. K. Ballal, the mentor of the Club announced that club was honoring TM Aatish Prabhu, a charter member and one who has served the club since inception with zeal and dedication with the outstanding toastmaster’s award of the year 2018-19. TM Aatish Prabhu has moved on to pursue his future and his contributions cannot be forgotten, ever, said Dr. Ballal. TM Azma Sheikh presented the accomplishments of Club and its members through a well-documented report for the year 2018-19 with a neat presentation. TM Amitha Shetty introduced the chief guest of the day. TM Mahima, incoming President accepted the role of President in a year defining speech that said it all.TM Anupama Shetty expressed gratitude beautifully with gratitude The photographs you see on this news item are the handiwork of TM Sharline Rodrigues. She captured for posterity the passing of the baton.
Toastmasters present at the ceremony were District Administration manager DTM Savitha Salian, Club mentor DTM Dr. C.K Ballal, Division director DTM Shivani Baliga, Area directors, TM Sukanya Rao, TM Oliver Dsouza , DTM CA MN Pai, DTM Brian Fernandes, DTM Divyashree Gatti, DTM Sameena Nayak, Dr. Bharati Somayajji, and Dr. Shashikala Shetty, TM Sukanya Rao, TM Kavitha Kamath ( President of MTM), TM Marina Seema (VPED of MTM),TM Aashritha Shenava(President of Inspiron toastmasters), TM Fiona Moras ( VPED of Inspiron toastmasters) ,TM Nikita Lorraine Menezes (President of Manipal Udupi toastmasters), and VPED TM Rashmika Rajaram, TM Reshma karkera (President of Proact toastmasters), Dr.Shashikala (President of Bantwal toastmasters), Dr. Bharati (VPED of Bantwal toastmasters) TM Supritha Harishankar( VPM NITK toastmasters), Meghana Gokhale (secretary of the NITK toastmasters). All the guests felicitated the incoming officers.
Leona Aranha, the compere, conducted the entire event with panache and élan.
Milagres Toastmasters Club meets every alternate Sunday at Monica Hall, Milagres Church, Hampankatta in the city at 9.15 AM.
