Rotary District Seminar RID 3250

Rotary Peace Fellowship

Organized by Rotary Club of Ranchi

 The program
• 7:00 PM Meeting called to order and Welcome by Rtn Aditya Malhotra
• 7:04 PM Secretary report
• 7.06 to 7:09 PM Host (PP Manoj Tiwari) starts the meeting.
• 7.09 to 7.15 PM District Leadership is committed to Rotary Peace Fellowship
• DG Gopal Khemka
• DGE Rajan Gangotra
• DGN Pratim Banerjee
• 7:15 to 7:25 PM What is Rotary Peace Fellowship? Why is it excruciating need for us in current time. – Rtn PP R
V Raghunandan – District Chair – Peace subcommittee
• 7:25 to 8:00 PM How does Rotary Peace Fellowship mean to me and my community? Peace Scholar Speak.
• 7:25 to 7:35 PM Ms. Sakina Dorajiwala – Peace Scholar
• 7:35: 7:45 Mr. Vikas Gora – Director - Programme & Policy (South India HUB) at Save the Children, India
• 7: 45 to 7: 55 PM Mr. Louis Aind – DIG Assam Police
• 7:55 PM to 8:05 Ms. Monica Fennel – Pro Bono Manager at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP - Peace Scholar 2012-2013
• 8.05 to 8:25 PM Question from floor
• 8.25 PM: PP Rajendra Ruia, District Chair, Peace Fellowship RID 3140
• 8:25 to 8:28 PM Concluding remarks by Host and pointing to resources in the web
• 8:28 to 8:30 PM Vote of thanks by Mr. Gaurav Bagroy, Honorary Secretary Rotary Club of Ranchi
• 8:30 PM: Meeting adjourned by Rtn Aditya Malhotra
House keeping announcements
• We will be muting all participants during the presentations.
• However please participate as much as you can.
• We request that you continue writing your question or remarks on the chat
screen. Our co-host and host will try to answer them on the chat box.
• We will also pick up some questions presented there at the question answers
session and present it to the appropriate panelist. The ones we are not able
to answer, we will attend to them by email.
• You can also address the questions to manojtiwari@samadhanindia.com
• Raise a hand if you need support.
• The proceedings will be recorded and the recording of the meeting
will be made available to every registered participant.
 DG Rotarian Gopal Khemka

• Member Rotary Club of Patna Mid Town.

• Major donor.
• Director Magadh Health Point Pvt. Ltd. “Medica
Magadh Hospital a Cardiac Care hospital
• Director Anmol Homes Pvt. Ltd.
• Director, Magadh Infra Venture Pvt. Ltd.
• Director, G K Cotton Pvt. Ltd.
• Has been a secretary of Haripur Industry
Association and Honorary Secretary of Bankipore
Club Limited
DG Elect Rajan Gandotra 2020-2021
• Joined RC Dhanbad in 1996
• Distinguished President in 2005-06.
• Recognized as a Rotarian of the Year in 14-15
• Coordinated Global Grants
• Saheli Centers,
• Dialysis Centers,
• Sewing Machine projects
• Received Club Builders Award from RI President Gary
Hwang
• Attended Rotary Conventions at Bangkok and Seoul
and Rotary Assembly at San Diego Elected
• Married to Rtn Anju Gandotra, PP RC Dhanbad and PP
IWC, Dhanbad
DGN Pratim Banerjee 2021-2022
• Director at Allgemein Engineering Bureau Pvt Ltd
• A member of Rotary Club of Jamshedpur West, born in
Nuremburg, Germany, an Engineer by profession.
• Recognitions
• In 09-10, Dist. Award 1) best Club Secretary 2) RI Citation for
Avenues of Service.
• In 10–11 Dist. Recognition as Dist. Chairman – Interact
• In 12-13 As Club President got 33, RI and Dist. awards
• In 13-14 : RI citation as Club Builder Award / Graduated from RLI &
as a Trainer.
• In 14-15 – Dist. recognition as Editor of District Directory & as
District Interact Chair .
• In 15-16 – Dist. recognition: Outstanding Assistant Governor.
• In 16-17 District. Recognition as “Pillar” of RID 3250.
• In 17-18 Rotary Foundation - Citation for Meritorious Service.
• Rtn Pratim and spouse Rtn Suchanda are Rotary Foundation
Major Donor & their 2 children are PHFs.
Rtn R V Raghunandan
District Chair –Peace Subcommittee
• Member of Rotary Club of Giridih Greater
for last 35 years.
• Masters in Economy from Delhi School of
Economics
• Active Trade Unionists affiliated to Hind
Mazdoor Sabha
• Member of National Working Committee
• Number of responsibilities in Hind mazdoor
Sabha
Rotary Peace
Center s Fellowship
The Rotary Peace Centers
program has a vision of
sustainable peace —
encompassing a network of
peacebuilders and community
leaders dedicated to
preventing and resolving
conflicts around the globe.
Rotary partners with eight
leading universities to host
Rotary Peace Centers that
empower, educate, and increase
the capacity of peacebuilders.
More than 1,300 program
alumni are working on peace
and development in more than
115 countries.
Our Programs
Rotary Peace Centers
Up to 130 Rotary
Master’s program:
Peace Fellows are
• Those near the start of their careers
chosen annually • 50 fellows per year (10 per center)
• 15-24 month course

Certificate program:
• Proven peace and development leaders
• 80 fellows per year (20 per cohort)
• One-year program
Master’s program
Fellowship components
Master’s degree
candidates must:

• Be proficient in English

• Have a bachelor’s degree

• Have a strong and proven commitment to

cross-cultural understanding and peace

• Demonstrate leadership skills

• Have at least three years of full-time

experience in peace or development work
Certificate program
Fellowship components
Certificate candidates
must:
• Be proficient in English

• Have a bachelor’s degree

• Have a strong and proven commitment to cross-

cultural understanding and peace

• Demonstrate leadership skills

• Have at least five years of full-time experience in

peace or development work

• Be able to explain how their plan to promote

peace aligns with Rotary’s mission

• Candidates for Makerere University should

also either be from the region or working
in the area.

Fellowship
funding
Total average funding:
Master’s fellowship: US$75,000
Certificate fellowship: US$11,000
Master’s funding includes:
• Tuition
• Room and board
• Travel to and from country of study
• Internship expenses
• Conference/research expenses
• Insurance
• Contingency fund
Certificate funding includes:
• Tuition
• On-campus accommodations
• Travel to and from country of study
• Field study expenses
• Course materials
• Insurance
Rotary Peace
Fellow Alumni
Program alumni serve as
leaders in government and
nongovernment agencies,
education and research, United
Nations agencies, law
enforcement and the military,
humanitarian groups, and
international organizations.
ElsaMarie D’Silva (India)

Chulalongkorn, 2016

Founder and chief executive

Red Dot Foundation
India

“The Rotary Peace Fellowship program

came at a point in my life where I wanted
to validate my work. Some of the skills I
took back from the fellowship include
better communication in the nonviolent
space. I feel supported by this
community and can reach out to any
peace fellow in the world.”
Charlie Allen (Australia)

Chulalongkorn, 2010

Director of partnerships
Institute for Economics and Peace
Australia

“The fellowship opened up my thinking,

created new pathways, provided a new
set of tools, and most important, opened
up a whole new network of people and
resources.”
Mwila Chigaga (Zambia)

Duke, 2004-06

Senior regional gender specialist

International Labour Organization
South Africa

“My work is to promote equal rights for

women and men in the world of work.”
Abdikheir Ahmed (Somalia)

Queensland, 2011-12

Director
Immigration Partnership
Canada

“We are a family of peace fellows; we

see ourselves as change agents in the
community. And to be a change agent,
you need to be able to influence society
and put yourself in the loop of decision-
making.”
How to apply
• Visit rotary.org/peace-fellowships to see the eligibility requirements
and restrictions. Applications are available in February.

• Research the curriculum and programs at each Rotary Peace Center.

Prepare to rank two centers for the master’s program and choose one
for the certificate program.

• Connect with a local Rotary district to request an interview and

endorsement, which are required.

• Use the Club Finder to locate a club near you and engage with Rotary.

• Submit the online application to the district by 31 May. You’ll be

notified of the Rotary Foundation’s decision in November.

• Once selected, master’s fellowship finalists must apply separately for

university admission.
The new face of conflict – Post COVID pandemic

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The new face of conflict – Post COVID pandemic
• What is the new normal of CONFLICT?
– Just like the no of infections, it is exponential
– The contours are likely to be multi-dimensional
– We will keep discovering a new contour and a new angle as we proceed into the world
hitherto unknown to us. It will be a new existence altogether.
– All our learning of the past may be inadequate to handle the New Normal of the Conflict.
– If there was a time ever when Peace engineering was most important, that time is NOW.
• The world needs response from us, urgently and now.
• We are glad that our seniors Rotarians could foresee this need 18 year back.
• The youth needs to benefit from our program
• Rotary needs to connect the program to the youth

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Meet a peace fellow from Mumbai, India

Sakina Dorajiwala
Peace Fellow (2020-2022) - Duke University

Currently works with Liberation Technology (LibTech India), a

group that works in various parts of India on technology for
transparency and accountability.

Her research involves understanding rural citizen experience in

times of technology mediated policy initiatives with the aim
make information "actionable" for continuous monitoring and
effective delivery of government programs.

She has worked with civil society groups and governments in

Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh & Rajasthan on questions of
accountability in social security programs that being
implemented, monitored and evaluated digitally.

Prior to this she was a Teach for India Fellow (2012-14)

She holds a Master's in Public Policy and a Bachelor's in

Economics
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Meet a peace fellow from Hyderabad India

Vikas Gora
Peace Alumni 2006-2008
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Peace Centre -University of Queensland, Australia

Applied Field Experience/Internship

United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Hyogo,
Japan.

Pre program engagement

"Director, Disaster Management Wing of Arthik Samata
Mandal, a Gandhian secular nongovernmental
organization working in coastal and drought-prone areas
of Andhra Pradesh. "

Post Program engagement

Deputy Director - Programme & Policy (South India HUB)
at Save the Children, India

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Meet a peace fellow from Assam India

• Mr. Luish Aind,

IPS, Deputy Inspector General of Police,
Guwahati, Assam

• Peace association
– Underwent Professional Development Certificate Program
at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand in 2012.
– Participated in Rotary Peace Symposium in Sao Paolo,
Brazil in 2015.
– Participated as a panelist in Rotary India Centennial
Summit in Kolkata in February in 2020.
– Actively collaborating with local Rotary Clubs of Guwahati
and generous citizens during this pandemic for
provisioning of dry ration for the needy.

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Meet a peace fellow from Hyderabad India

Monica Fennell
Peace Alumni 2012-2013

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Rotary Peace Map
Questions?

Please type the questions in the chat box on Zoom

For clarifications please write to manojtiwari@samadhanindia.com

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Rtn PP Rajendra Ruia, District Chair RID 3140

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Concluding remarks
Rtn PP Manoj Tiwari
Chair Peace and Conflict Resolution,
Rotary Club of Ranchi, 2019-2020
Host Club for the District Seminar
Resources
Know all about the program
https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/peace-fellowships

Eligibility quiz
https://rotary.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bxsthkafvzV5aRv?Q_JFE=qdg

Watch out our Facebook page for updates:

https://www.facebook.com/events/729348684474262/
Call to action
Apply at:
https://rotary.embark.com/app
ly/2021?responseId=5ebb8c8e
7eef4800030f864a&page=Appl
ication%20Overview
Note the timeline
Vote of thanks
Rtn Gaurav Bagroy
Honorary Secretary, Rotary Club of
Ranchi, 2019-2020
Host Club for the District Seminar