CCI Club Elections 2020

As a mix of change and continuity ....

why I propose to vote for :

1. Darius Pandole is on the top of my list, a mile high above the rest, as I believe he stands for excellence in Governance, Management and Sports and has a humble disposition and calm temperament. 

2. Satyapal Jain, an adversary in the last decade when I worked closely with Sevantibhai Parekh but then he, as many others did, understood my neutrality when it came to standing for elections myself in an endeavour to work on our clubs organisation development. I believe that he will provide the necessary checks and balances to any unsuitable and misplaced plans for our club, burgeoning from groups within aka an opposition within.

3. Darayus Mehta who I believe has wisened over time and should be handed back his roles in house keeping and F&B.

4. Neelkamal Siraj to bring in change and support his close ally Suresh Agarwal in ensuring an EC with diversity aka the opposition within. He needs a chance to work beyond the health club.

5. Premal Udani who I will be voting for the first time ever, and as such a matter we both laugh over together. But through the pandemic he has steered the club and caused a graded opening up. 

6. The 4 other candidates I have no complaints about but I can vote for 5 only and have made my choice and expect that 3/5 are likely to succeed.

7. Let's see how the traffic and parking issues on Dinshaw Vachha Road are managed. My own past contribution is explained at http://bit.ly/takestime Now the question is whether or not our club can augment parking space as a responsible institution should. As a resident of CCI Chambers our club is a part of my first home.

8. Will the voting patterns change with the introduction of online voting, this remains to be seen.

#CCIElections2018 post factum

I wanted to share with everyone, the email I had sent out on 24th September to all the candidates at #CCIElections2018
It may be fruit for thought ...

Dear Fellow Members & Candidates @ #CCIElections2018

At the outset I wish you all the very best. I trust that some of you will win and the others won't win. But none of you will loose. This will happen if successful candidates ensure a victory for our club's members, always.

Members get huge amounts of attention from candidates preceding elections. Thereafter, normalcy is returned to. Canvassing is tiring for candidates and members too are fatigued by annual elections.

But lets make it all worthwhile. To only enhance friendship and understanding between members, good Governance with Transparency in managing our club, and constantly developing member services, as we increase member facilities and infrastructure. A well made CCI and a well served membership, must go together.

Please refrain from making political footballs of things like the Cornerstone Report, Procurement Management, Systems and Processes and so on. There will need to be a genuine collective desire to address these things by members who have an interest in and aptitude for the stated subjects. These things are a matter of well strategised and planned implementation, and not a part of the routine day to day fire fighting methods. A proper vehicle will need to be put in place to drive these initiatives forward and they cannot be driven forward if there is a disconnect in the functional areas and there are information silos.

Future generations may not be as enthusiastic as we are in managing the affairs of our club. So its best that proper professional platforms are laid down by us so that in future, excessive member intervention may not be necessary to run our club.

In a spirit of love, not war,

I remain, as humble and articulate a members voice, as possible

Rajiv Bhatia

#CCIElections2018

Dear Fellow Members (CCI Club Mumbai)

I am one of you. And we are all one and should be, when it comes to a common objective and vision for our club :

“To continue the development of CCI as a premier choice for members & their families to avail of sports and recreation facilities; encouraging participation, camaraderie, sportsmanship, networking, heritage, culture and appreciation of cuisine and the sensible development of necessary facilities and services for the same, at reasonable costs to its members.”

~Vision Subscribed to by me in December 2007 at the AGM~

#CCIElections2018 are around the corner, on September 28th in the evening and September 29th for the full day, and before the turn of the week we will have newly elected members voted in because the majority of the membership chose them and took the trouble to come out and cast their votes.

I have no hesitation in sharing my personal choice as I have done for the past decade.

My Vote is for
President Naval Pandole
Treasurer Sanju Kothari
Executive Committee
Naval Pandole
Sachin Bajaj
Vineet Naik
Suresh Aggarwal
Hersh Kotecha

Do make your own choice, and please try and make it an informed one.

Rajiv Bhatia

It takes time ......

CCI Elections 2017

#CCIElections2017 Please Vote 4 Kekoo Nicholson, Gulshan Rai, Janak Madhavdas & Umesh Katre. Warm Regards Rajiv Bhatia

Trust all is well with the World. ~humph~

Dear All

Its been a while. Trust all is well with the World. ~humph~

The calendar in 2017 has moved along very quickly. DeMoney in the last quarter of 2016, new highs on the bourses, GST & RERA being new laws enacted, most MSMEs facing a slowdown, the investment climate being one of trepidation and concern, the Center constantly providing visions of future hope and a general political domination. With digitalisation as the buzzword, I find myself reworking my office with my increased involvement in IT - Desktop, Network & Web Administration (Hosted & Cloud). My favourite pass time is now a compulsion. The pace of learning has been rapid and new resources and approaches have been identified and are being adopted.

North East Development, of any relevant proportion, continues to be elusive. As I presented at the Namami Brahmaputra Road Show in Mumbai;

The Root Cause of tardy progress of the North East region, holds all responsible:

* Central Govt. - Unable to gain the confidence of the people. Resources have not been reaching the grass roots.
* State & Local Govt. - Inefficient. Unable to play the role of an effective hub between the Center and the people.
* People of the rest of India - Lack of knowledge. Descendants of the `Munims’ of the British Raj exploitative of the people. Opportunists from the North only interested in subsidies and `taking away’, not giving.
* People of North East India - Disorganised. Lack skills. Deficient in managing Projects. Lack of strong leadership required to cultivate social and commercial enterprise.
* Resulting opportunities for the Western Region to Partner in NER progress. EWI Development Initiative Foundation, a facilitating Sec 8 Company. (come join us)

Things haven't changed much, so far. Hopefully with a District wide Development Agenda being set-up in some of the Backward Districts of  the North East, some bright green shoots may show up before the end of this  fiscal. Food Entrepreneurship and Contract Based Production are likely to be the key drivers. It all depends on how locals subscribe to collective process and the leadership provided by the Steering Committees. The deficits include limitations in warehousing and logistics.

There are some early stage star entrepreneurs back home (Western Region)   who have come my way in the  recent past. Theirs' looks good. Lets see how things go and how involved I get. Some kids from the African continent seem interested too. More at http://www.rajivbhatia.in and http://instamojo.com/rajivbee

Club's elections will come up in the next few months. Continuance of old wine in recycled bottles, at best. Boss, change the approach ! I live in hope. (OD)

My daughter is doing well with her designer merchandise product sales. Art assignments too. http://www.maitreyibhatia.in and http://instamojo.com/monkibusiness.

Golf is nowhere on the cards and  unfortunately meeting up with school and childhood friends too. Missed my class 35th reunion with my mind soaked in a quest for rural remedy.

Here's hoping for a Happy Independence Day 15.08.17 and more radical policy implementation asap to follow.

Do catch up some time. Lets make the 100 sq ft around us a happier place. Oh, and please don’t cut trees !

Best regards

Rajiv

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year 2017 !