News Input by Radhika Joshi :
Brief introduction of Sheela Ranjan :
She was born on 18th February, Sheela did her M.Sc. in Botany and Ph.D. from Ranchi University & is working as Head of Department in M.N.M.M. College Bettiah.
She is a founder of the Inner Wheel Club of Bettiah and joined as Charter Secretary in 2005. Since then she has worked very hard and a club with twelve members now has reached a great height with 60 members. She worked in all the posts of the club and bagged many prizes. She joined District 325 as District Editor in 2014-15, a great achievement for her club and since then worked in all the posts of the District. As District Editor she published an E- Recipe Book As District Editor she was the first to start E-Bulletin of the District projects online and gained a lot of applause for “ No Paper”. As District Treasurer she started Tally for the District Accounts. She is a Paul Harris Fellow and is an active Rotarian also. She bagged many prizes in Rotary also.
She is happily married to Charter President of Rotary Club Bettiah Central Dr. Pradeep Kumar, A Paul Harris Fellow and a renowned Eye Specialist of Bettiah. Pradeep belongs to a family of great doctors, his Grand Father Dr. Hargobind Prasad & his father, a renowned Eye Specialist of Bettiah Late Dr. Suresh Prasad who was famous for his simplicity and generosity. Both Sheela & Pradeep are devoted to social service and the weaker section of the society is their main thrust area. She always gets hundreds of free cataract surgery done in the memory of her parents and In-Laws by Dr. Pradeep for the past 25 years. She sponsors free operations by Anima Prasad Charitable Trust which was formed by her father, Late Dr. K.C.Prasad a renowned Physician, Head Of The Department RIMS Ranchi, Jharkhand. This was formed in the memory of her mother Late Anima Prasad who always showed her interest in social service.
They have two sons elder Dr. Shekhar Prashant and a Daughter in Law Dr. Madhumita Dayal both Dental Surgeons and a granddaughter Kiara of three years and a grandson Kiaan of eight months. The younger Son Dr. Sumant Shekhar has done M.S. in Ophthalmology from Wardha Medical College and younger daughter-in-law Dr. Apurva Sinha doing M.D in Pathology from Raj Rajeshwari Medical College Bangalore.
Sheela as DC Dist 325 2020-21:
Sheela became District Chairman of Inner Wheel Dist 325 in 2020-21 in a year where the Pandemic COVID was spread all over the world. She is a very positive lady who took this very positively and motivated all her Presidents to never lose hope and always look forward. She organized wonderful programs on Zoom in which she invited all the great leaders of Inner Wheel. Her main booster was Association President Vasudha Chandrachud, a very talented and dynamic lady. The Presidents and Members did remarkable projects Under the Goal of HOPE given by our AP. They also followed the goal given by the International Inner Wheel President. Dr. Bina Vyas. Though it was a very challenging year the Presidents and Members did very unique projects. Sheela herself was very prompt in giving the Presidents every month work to do Thus even in these difficult times everything went off very smoothly. She always believes “ Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.”
Brief Introduction of IWC :
International Inner Wheel is an international women’s organization to create friendship, service, and understanding. It has clubs in over 100 countries with over 100,000 members.IWC has a very strong presence in India. It has more than 3000 thousand clubs in Urban and rural India. Since the Covid 19 Pandemic broke out Inner wheel club launched a charity campaign worldwide.