Rotary Club of Cossipore

Rotary club  of Cossipore was formed in 1966.   21 eminent personalities of north Calcutta had joined hands to form this club to render services to the needy and extend fellowship amongst each other, more precisely to enhance the dream of Rtn. Paul Harris.  The club was sponsored by R. C. CALCUTTA. The venue was the prestigious ordinance members’ " The Cossipore Club", and the official flag was approved having photographs of the Cossipore club, the Ordinance factory and the local playground. On 24th of July, 1967 the charter was presented to the 1st President of the club Rtn. Surendra nath Mullick.

The club had started in a very good note by the Charter President with activities lauded by the then District 329. Rtn Surendra Mullick continued till the year 1967-’68.

Rtn. S.C.Asthana, a government officer, took over from Rtn. Mullick and continued till 1969-70.  1970-’71 saw another prominent businessman in the printing business

Rtn K.C.Pal as the President. Rtn Pal owned the famous Navajeevan Press and continued as the club leader till 1972-’73.

Rtn S.P.Maingi an executive in the Calcutta Electric Supply took over as the President. He had taken the club to a new high. Rtn Maingi with his wife used to distribute foods and breads to the needy street children every night without beating the drums. 

Rtn Sanat Chatterjee was the next leader in the year 1974-’75.

In 1975-76 Rtn. Chitta Sen, the charter sgt. at arms, a railway supplier and a resident of Dakhineswar became president. Rtn. Chitta Sen was a knowledgeable person and was considered as the encyclopedia of Rotary. He was a 100% attendance member till he breathed his last in a tragic road accident.

1976-’77 saw a new breed of Rotarian in Radheshyam Makharia. He was a senior executive in Birla group of companies. During his Presidentship the club had earned laurels when he took the members to Bangla Desh to render service to the flood affected villagers.

Rtn. Kishori Mohan Dey, a famous electrical and electronics trader took over. Rtn Kishori Dey with his ever smiling anne Ila gave a new dimension in family values in the club1977-78.

1978-‘79 saw Rtn Silbhadra Chowdhury an executive in Sarabhai Chemicals, emerged as the leader of the club.

He then transferred his responsibilities to the new leader Rtn G.K.Gupta, a GKW officer.

Unfortunately, Rtn Gupta could not continue his full term and Rtn Sambhunath Sil became the stopgap

 President.1980-’81 saw a dynamic young leader, a jute magnate of the city, Rtn. Sankar Ladia at the helm of the club. A short and stocky man with strong will and soft heart. He was a man with strong will and soft heart. He was a man who led the club from the front and set examples for the leaders in the making. He was made President in 1983-84, 84-85 and again in the silver jubilee year 1991-92. He was also a hundred percenter till he met an accident of wrong treatment.

Rtn Sambhunath Sil was made a full-fledged President in 1981-82.

1982-83 brought another bright new leader Rtn. Sushit Roy, a senior executive in Saraswati press. Fellowship was the prime activity of this learned man. I

n 1984-85 Rtn D.P.Bagchi was a person who brought his banking contacts of U.B.I. into action with the Rotary activities.

Rtn. Susanta Gupta, a personnel from Inchek Tyres, took over in1985-86. He was a great follower of Rtn Sushit Roy and was successful with his fellowship activities.

After completing his term, Rtn Susanta Gupta handed over the mantle to Rtn Lakshmi Narayan Dutta in 1986-87 he was a branch manager of Calcutta Port Trust.

1988-89 saw Rtn Gopal Narayan Roy from Bhagyakul House taking over the Presidentship responsibilities and showing his charming personality to keep the members and their annes together.

Rtn Santi Ranjan Biswas was the next leader. Tall and lanky and ever smiling Rtn Santi was always ready for the service calls. His year saw the execution of water projects in sinking many tube wells in different localities.

1990-91 brought another tall man as president in Rtn. N.P.Chakravarty. An exporter of machineries, Rtn N.P., was a fascinating President and a good orator.

After celebrating our silver jubilee in 1991-92, the leadership transferred to Rtn S.N.Sarbadhikari in 1992-93.  Rtn S.N.’s contribution was sponsorship of a new club R. C. North Suburban among many.

In 1993-94 Rtn. Samir Dasgupta, owner of a pharmaceutical unit and a renowned sports personality became the president of the club.

Rtn.Amal Chandra Banerjee a top executive of Coal India became the next president. He was a strict follower of maintaining discipline and decorum.

Rtn Pijush Dasgupta, another sporting personality from the city took over the presidentship in 1995-96 and set new avenues for the club.

1996-97 was a golden year for the club. Rtn. Barun Catterjee a shipping magnate took over and did some fantastic works in the field of RVC and RCC. Rtn Barun's year was one of the best and long remembering one in the history of this club. For the first time a GSE team was hosted.

1997-98 was the year of Rtn.Sankar Bhowmick a businessman and politician.

1998-99 saw a new leader in Rtn.Vishwanath Jaiswal. He was a great admirer of Rtn Barun and carried out many activities in youth education, health services, vocational and RCC activities with fellowship as prime activity. For the first time there was a club display in the District Conference besides the club had bagged as many as 18 awards in the District award function. For the first time individual RI citation was bagged by Rtn Vishwanath.

Rtn.Tapan Dasgupta a veteran in club management became the club’s president in 1999-00. His tenure was highlighted with successful children programme and polio plus activity.

The New Millennium's first President Rtn Pradip Chowdhury was the leader in 2000-01.He continued the good efforts of his predecessors. With the help of the club members, Rtn Pradip executed activities, which kept the club members bonded together.

Rtn Deb Kumar Ghosh, the secretary in the Board of Rtn Pradip took the leadership mantle for the Rotary year 2001-02. Being a fairly good and Gold Medallist Architect, Rtn Debu created a real cohesive atmosphere within the club. Every member extended his or her utmost help in different activities that were immaculately planned and executed under the able leadership of Rtn Deb Kumar.

Next came Rtn Jatan Saha as the President of the club. Rtn Jatan with his amicable character gave the year 2002-’03 a great time to enjoy with service and fellowship. A new club R. C. Cal. LakeTown got chartered under our sponsorship in this year.

Now in the year of 2003-‘04 the baton is in the hands of Rtn Neeladri Chatterjee and being one of the most humble and experienced member of this District much is expected from him