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OCA India – admin office?

Dear Fellow Cottonians,
 
All of you must be aware that our OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION  has already completed 100 years this year. No mean achievement.

Our OCA is even older than some famous public schools,who recently managed to hog media limelight.
We all had a very successful 150 year celebrations of our school founders. As the 150 years were celebrated with such spirit and gusto, lets now work out an agenda for the future of OCA.

We have such exceptionally bright old boys, who are well connected and doing extremely well in life who can contribute  their ideas, to make the OCA an self sufficient and independent body.
Its been a hundred years, and we still do not have our own regular office/place where we can meet and call our own.

We are indeed very grateful and indebted to Mr.D.C. Anand, who for all these years has been providing us his hospitality, generosity and facilities at his office complex  at 1 Aurobindo Marg.

Is it not time that our Association plans to have a regular office complex ? We saw how old boys displayed their love and generosity to donate such large sums for the school’s 150 year celebrations. I think its time again to show your love for the OCA and come out to give your thoughts  to make a better and bigger OCA. I  am sure with our old boys being so well connected we manage to get some land allotted in the Institutional Areas in the NCR region.
From there on, we can build brick by brick, so at least the next generation of OC’s can have a place to call their own – THE OCA HOUSE.

THESE THOUGHTS ARE OF MANY LIKE MINDED OC’s, but we would like many more of you to give your ideas and suggestions.

Cheers
Vijay Singh (Kuttu)

RLV Update 13-Dec-09

RoshanLal043Dear  OCs,

Mission Roshan Lal Sir  “GREH PRAVESH” almost accomplished!

Attached photo of his ready house. Being Monday tomorrow we cant do much. Though we hope and look forward to move him to his house by the day after.

Needless to say that this has been possible with all the efforts of all OC’s.

Please look into the snaps of how the house was, and where he will be be moving into now.   

Love  and care to all those who’ve been in touch and those who’ve been there behind the scenes!!!

Rgds – Karan Sarin.

 


Here is the list attached in Excel format, of funds received in Palampur a/c and in the OCA Himachal a/c. 
There could be minor discrepancies as I have tried my best to link the receipts in the a/c with the confirmation mails.
OCs are requested to please check those UNTRACED remittances and let us know details so we can correctly allocate these to your name.
Please email webmaster@oldcottonians.org

Rgds – Arun Sawhney.

 

RVL Welfare Fund – update

Dear OCs

Roshan Lal Vashisht Welfare Fund

We are thankful to those who sent in contributions already. Appreciate your generosity.

However, some amounts that have been paid by OCs cannot be tracked and have not turned up in any of the 3 bank accounts [Palampur, Shimla, Delhi]. If you contributed already, kindly email the details of your payment/remittance to OCA Webmaster so we can track it as we don’t want any going astray.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE YET TO CONTRIBUTE:
WE APPEAL FOR DONATIONS FOR THIS GOOD CAUSE.
Any amount is welcome.

For those contributors who wish to remain anonymous, please indicate this when making your contribution and inform me. We will ensure your contribution is listed simply as “A Concerned OC“.

Read: A message from OCA DELHI regarding their contribution.

Remittances should be sent to:

Account name : Old Cottonian Association ( OCA Himachal)
Account number: 050010100080130
Bank: Axis Bank
Branch : Shimla
Address:
GF/FF Durga Cottage
SDA Commercial Complex
Kasumpti
Shimla -171009
Himachal Pradesh
India

OR mail your cheques at par/demand drafts to:

Dinesh M Sud
47, THE MALL
Shimla 171001
HP INDIA.
Mob.No. 94180 57500

or to:

Anil Walia
Hotel Himland West, Circular Road
Shimla 171001
HP INDIA.
Mob.No. 98160 17100

Further details about the fund are listed HERE

Sincerely
OCA Webmaster

OCA HP Chapter – Welfare Fund

Welfare Fund

The H.P. Chapter of the OCA met under the chairmanship of Mr. Narinder Chauhan  on 31-10-09 and determined as follows :

  • A core committee is constituted to oversee the welfare of Mr. Roshan Lal Vashisht. The proceeds accrued on account by contributions for Mr. RLV’s welfare in the personal a/c of Karan Sarin are Rs. 75,000. Out of this Rs. 6,000 has already been spent on his welfare. The following are the members of the committee :
    • Mr. Arun Sawhney
    • Mr. D.M. Sud
    • Mr. Pritinder Singh
    • Mr. Anil Walia
    • Dr. Arun Sirkeck
    • Dr. Ram Kumar Sood (Rotary, Palampur)
    • Mr. Sandeep Kakkar, CA
    • Mr. Karan Sarin
  •  Mr. RLV has been temporarily shifted into a guest house and it is decided to shift him back to his house with immediate effect.
  • It was decided that a corpus will be formed with the proceeds accruing from the contributions by OCs. A certain amount, undetermined as of now, will be spent to make Mr. RLV’s house habitable. The interest accruing from the corpus in the form of a fixed deposit would be remitted to Mr. RLV and his Old Cotonnian child (a child with special needs) on a monthly basis through the committee constituted and involvement of OCs at Palampur under the guidance of Dr. Ram Kumar Sood at Palampur. The OC community will be kept informed of the contributions through information provided to OCA Webmaster for posting on the OCA website.
  • It was also thought prudent that individual efforts should ideally be coalesced into efforts of the HP Chapter of the OCA. All further proceeds are to be remitted to the OCA Himachal a/c as per the following details:-
    Account name : Old Cottonian Association ( OCA Himachal)
    Account number: 050010100080130
    Bank: Axis Bank
    Branch : Shimla
    Address:
    GF/FF Durga Cottage
    SDA Commercial Complex
    Kasumpti
    Shimla -171009
    Himachal Pradesh
    India

Cheques at par/demand drafts can be mailed to:-

Dinesh M Sud
47, THE MALL
Shimla 171001
HP INDIA.
Mob.No. 94180 57500

or to:

Anil Walia
Hotel Himland West, Circular Road
Shimla 171001
HP INDIA.
Mob.No. 98160 17100

  • OCA Himachal appeals to all OCs to contribute generously to the cause as Mr. Roshal Lal’s house requires renovation, he is  very old , his son (an OC) is a special child and requires similar support and they need an attendant for the housework , hygienic needs and  medical expenses of both Mr.RLV and his son. They have no source of income.

This is for your information and necessary action. We request you to disseminate the information to the OC community so that the we can ensure a life of dignity for our beloved Hindi teacher, Mr. Roshal Lal Vashisht.

Regards,
D. M. Sud

On behalf of –
OCA Himachal

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Roshan Lal Vashisht [ex BCS Hindi teacher]

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Dear OCs

Mr. Roshan Lal taught Hindi at BCS from 1960 to 1985 and was also the warden at Remove for  many years. Now 84, Mr. Roshan Lal is in ill health and is in dire need of financial assistance.

Several OCs have recently been up to the village near Palampur [Himachal Pradesh, India] where he lives and moved him to better housing/accommodation, have got him medical attention, provided him with funds to take care of immediate needs, and have also set up a bank account from where a monthly amount will be disbursed for his needs.

Many OCs have already contributed towards this good cause.  We will list the names and contributions once we have tracked them all.

OCs Karan Sarin and Arun Sawhney have been actively involved in making arrangements at Palampur and mobilizing funds.

NOVEMBER/1/2009 UPDATE:

The Himachal Chapter of the OCA held a meeting at Shimla on 31st October. It was decided that the Himachal Chapter would be leading the initiative on behalf of  the OCA for the welfare of Mr. Roshan Lal.

All OCs  are requested to transfer funds/ pay cheques at par/demand drafts to the a/c of OCA Himachal. Also, they are requested to inform the Himachal Chapter and webmaster@oldcottonians.org regarding the transfers made to this a/c. The details of this a/c are :
 
Account name : Old Cottonian Association ( OCA Himachal).
Account number: 050010100080130
Bank: Axis Bank
Branch : Shimla
Address: GF/FF Durga Cottage, SDA Commercial Complex, Kasumpti, Shimla -171009, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Or, payments can be mailed to:
Dinesh M SUD
47, THE MALL
Shimla 171001
HP INDIA.
+91-9418057500

Nov/2/2009: FURTHER INFO HAS BEEN POSTED HERE

All such remittances should be informed to the following persons by email so that they can track the payments and keep you updated on the usage of your donation:
Arun Sawhney hilltechindia@gmail.com+ Vijay [Kuttu] Singh kvijaysingh@hotmail.com + OCA Webmaster webmaster@oldcottonians.org 

All OCs are requested to help out in donating what ever they can.
All contribution and donations are exempt under section 80G of the Indian Income Tax Act 1961.
Thank you.
Sincerely,

THE OLD COTTONIANS ASSOCIATION

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