Rotaract Club of Kathmandu Mid-Town

History of Rotaract Club of Kathmandu Mid-Town The name Rotaract is coined by Rotary International as "Rotary in Action". The first Rotaract club in the world is Rotaract Club of North Charlotte, North Carolina USA which was formed on 13th March 1968 hence the week in which 13th March falls is celebrated all over the world as the World Rotaract Week. In 1997 mentor Rtn. Dr. Chandra Lekha Tuladhar held a meeting spectra/ Blue Star to draw up the Rotaract club charter with the Mr. Santosh, Mr. Raju, Mr. Jeevan and decided to go for the establishment of the new Rotaract club. Even before being chartered Rotaract Club of Kathmandu Mid-Town organized various programs like Eye Camp, Program with Street Children, Prisoners child, Establishment of Library, Rotaract and Interact Forest etc. The new Rotaract club was named as Rotaract club of Kathmandu Mid-Town in the name of sponsoring club - Rotary club of Kathmandu Mid-Town. The charter was signed on 5th November 1997 and hence the Rotaract club of Kathmandu Mid-Town officially came into existence. So members of Rotaract Club of Kathmandu Mid-Town celebrate 5th November as the anniversary of the club. The Rotaract club of Kathmandu Mid-Town was chartered with 15 members designating Rtr. Santosh Giri as the charter president. Five advisors of the club include Rtn. Chandra Lekha Tuladhar, Rtn. Anand Tuladhar, Rtn. Yogendra Pradhan, Rtn. Mani Dhoj Joshi, Rtn. Anup SJB Rana (he passed away in the second year of establishment) With the guidance of the advisor Rtn. Dr. Lekha maam and other senior Rotarians the club started to function with proper official manner under the Rotaract constitution and by-laws. The club started holding its regular meeting on Sunday 3:00 pm at Spectra Optical, Thapathali.