August 9th 2008 : Bangalore AMCHAM Annual Fellowship

The Annual Fellowship was well attended by members with their spouses. Mr. John Panikar welcomed all guests present and spoke about the agenda for the evening – That he would hand over to the incoming Chairman, Mr. C S Murali, who would then take the evening forward, besides a brief presentation by Mr. Anil Davuluri, a volunteer with the Rotary-TTK Blood Bank. Awards were then to be given to Donor member-companies, to be followed by entertainment for the evening - a Stand-Up comedy by India’s only ‘female’ artist Ms. Rubi Chakravarthi.

Mr. Panikar then invited Mr. Murali for a formal hand-over. On behalf of AmCham Bangalore, Mr. Panikar was congratulated for his contributions to AmCham by Mr. Murali. Mr. Murali then briefed members about the updates on services such as the Fast-Track program and the BEP Visa processing assistance. He elaborated on the forthcoming plans for the year and mentioned that the AmCham Blood Donation Drive, in partnership with Rotary TTK Blood Bank was proving to be a successful initiative, as seen by the enthusiastic participation of member-companies and especially the increasing volume of blood collected through this drive. He then invited Mr. Anil Davuluri to make his presentation. Anil presented graphs of the incremental participation of companies’ employees and also the incremental volume of blood collected from the AmCham drive. He implored non-participating members to join in the blood donation drive. After this brief presentation, Mr. Murali invited Mr. Panikar to present to award to GE – JFWTC, for the highest number of donors. Mr. Shesh Kulkarni was invited on stage to present the award to GE – Healthcare (MS) for the highest percentage of participants. Mr. Ashok Sharma, neighbour of GE – Healthcare collected the award on behalf. Ms. Akila Krishnakumar was invited to present the award to Mr. Gautam Khanna 3M – Healthcare for the second highest percentage of employee participation. Mr. Indraneel Roy Choudhury was invited to present the award to Mr. Anil Davuluri, for his contributions towards the AmCham 2008 Blood Donation Drive and lastly, Mr. Murali himself handed the award to Ms. Lakshmi Ravichandran, for spearheading this blood donation drive with AmCham, and making this a very successful initiative that AmCham was proud to proclaim.

The evening ended on a high note with all members enjoying Ms. Rubi Chakravarti’s performance who delivered as promised – a half hour of keeping guests laughing!!

 

"AMCHAM Bangalore Annual Fellowship - members networking"

" Mr. John Panikar welcoming members to the AMCHAM Bangalore Annual Fellowship 2008"

 

" Mr. John Panikar inviting Mr. C S Murali to take over as the new Chairman"