Our Aim is to....
Go Beyond to Serve with Commitment & Excellence !
HISTORY
It is one of the top ranking Club in the city of Pune successfully functioning for over 3 decades. The Club was Inaugurated in May 1988 by then DG Late Lion Subhash Gulati . It was Extended by Lions Club of Poona Pimpri Chinchwad , of which then Pres. was Late Ln Omprakash Arora
Clubs Extension Chairman were :PDG, MJF, Ln Dr. Anil Toshniwal & PDG Latr Ln. S. Goverdhan Shetty , where as Guiding Lion was PDG Ln. Sadananda Shetty
Clubs Charter was presented by then DG Lion Bipin Parikh on 20th Sept. 1988, which was coincidently his as well as Ln. Dr.Anil Toshniwals Birth Day ! Following officers served during the first year.
¨ Charter President : Ln. Dr. Farooque Shaikh
¨ Charter Secretary : Late Ln. Narendra Bangad
¨ Charter Treasurer : Ln. Rajkumar Doshi
It is remarkable that currently there are 8 charter members are active till date ..i.e.
- PDG Ln. Dr. Jyoti Toshniwal
- PDG Ln. Dr. Anil Toshniwal
- Ln. Dr. Farooque Shaikh
- Ln Shamshad Shaikh
- Ln. Dr. Sanjeev Khurd
- Ln. Dr. Sadhana Khurd
- Ln. S.B.Mantri
- Ln. Vijaya Bangad .
Large Scale Activity in First year it self was : Mega Medical Camp at Murud Janjira
All former presidents in last 36 years gave excellent performance in Admin. & Activities but special to be mentioned are as under :
Ln. S B. Mantri : Methodical Admin. & Activities with involvement
Ln. Dr Jyoti Toshniwal : Excellent Meetings, Activities, Permanent Projects, Bharat Jodo Abhiyan Public Rally & Meeting , along with ABVP, at Midnight of 14th August 1990.Participants crossed 20,000 people from Pune & around.
Ln. Girish Sambyal – Salman Khan Nite, Mega Fundraising Project, at S.P.College Ground .Attended by over 70,000 people.
We had Super Star Salman Khan & Sangeeta Bijlani... with mimicry artist Raju Shrivastav first time performing LIVE on stage, Marathi Film heroine Varsha Usgaonkar, Pallavi Joshi , Prashant Damle, Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan alongwith the famous Kalakar Orchestra of Mumbai,.. performing LIVE on stage @ the S.P. College Grounds , Tilak road, Pune....
We had the entire lions fraternity of Pune and Past international director Lion Premchand Bafna was the chief guest alongwith the Police Commissioner of Pune, at that time
IMPORTANT DISTRICT AWARDS WON BY CLUB
Best New Club of District 1988-89
Best President of District
Ln.Dr.Jyoti Toshniwal– 1990-91
Ln. Vijay Dangara – 2005-06
Best Administered Club - 90-91
Best Cabinet officer of District – Ln. Vijay Dangara 2010-11
TRACK RECORD OF VARIOUS POSITIONS HELD BY CLUB LEADERS
District Cabinet Secretary :
1. Ln. Dr. Anil Toshniwal 91-92
2. Ln. D. G. Gholba 95-96
3. Ln. Sanjeev Bhosle 2005-06
4. Ln. Vijay Dangara 2010-11
District Cabinet Treasurer :
1. Ln. Bharatbhai Shah 1996-97
2. Ln. Vijay Dangara 2013-14
Region Chairperson :
1. Ln. Dr. Anil Toshniwal 90-91
2. Ln. Dr. Jyoti Toshniwal 97-98
3. Ln. Vijay Jaju 07-08
4. Ln. Sanjeev Bhosle 05-06
Zone Chairperson :
1. Ln. Dr. Jyoti Toshniwal 92-93
2. Ln. Hemant Maniar
3. Ln. Girish Sambyal
4. Ln Dr. Charudatta Naik
5. Ln. Chandrakant Rode
6. Ln. Vijay Jaju
7. Ln Neelima Bhosle
8. Ln Rajeev Nigdikar
9. Ln Jeevan Hendre
Exemplary performance of our Club Leaders was recognized as under:
International Presidents Medal was won By Ln.Dr. Anil & Lion Dr. Jyoti Toshniwal
Int. Leadership Medal was won twice by Ln.Dr. Anil & Lion Dr. Jyoti Toshniwal & once by Ln. Dangara. Besides this many Lions won Int. Presidents Appreciation Certificate.
SPECIAL SELECTION FOR LEADERSHIP INSTITUTES
Ln. Dr. Jyoti Toshniwal was selected for Senior Leadership Institute held at Baharain, organized by Lions International.
Ln. Vijay Jaju was selected for Regional Leadership Institute at Indore & Aurangabad. Organized by MD 323.
Ln. Sanjeev Bhosle, was selected for Regional Leadership Institute at Pune Organized by MD 323.
Ln, Rajiv Nigdikar, was selected for Regional Leadership Institute at Nagpur & Advance Lion's Leadership Institute at Aurangabad. Organized by MD 3234.
INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE TRAINERS FROM OUR CLUB
1] Ln.Dr. Jyoti Toshniwal was selected in L.Y.2009-10– She became FDI Graduate at FACULTY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ORGANIZED BY LCI – AT GOA
She became LCIP Trainer from 2019. She also became Lions Quest International Trainer in 2021. She is the only Past District Governor who is LCIP + Lions Quest International trainer in ISAME
2] Ln Dr. Anil Toshniwal was selected in 2018 _ He became FDI Graduate at FACULTY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ORGANIZED BY LCI – DUBAI - [ UAE ]
District Leadership :
Ln. Dr. Anil Toshniwal was elected as District Governor for L.Y.1996-97 with record margin of votes which is still unbroken till date..
Ln. Dr. Anil Toshniwal was elected to serve as Council Secretary of M.D. 323 in the year 1997-98. Thereafter he served as a Trustee of Lions Quest in India Foundation from 1998 to 2001
Ln. Dr.Jyoti Toshniwal was elected as Vice District Governor in 2004 & then became District Governor in L.Y. 2005-06.
Lion Dr. Anil & Ln. Dr. Jyoti is the first & Only Couple who provided exemplary Leadership as District Governor of then Dist 323 D2
PROVEN ABLITIES OF CLUB LEADERS
· Communication
· Organizing Skill
· Administrative ability
· Supportive attitude
· Accepting Responsibility
· Training the Leaders
CREATIVITY:
Ln. Rajkumar Jadhav & Ln. Sanjeev Bhosle were instrumental in Creating E- Administration System in District 323 D2. First time under Leadership of Ln. Dr Jyoti Toshniwal who is then recognized as e- Governor
USP OF LIONS CLUB OF POONA SHIVAJINAGAR:
· Harmony
· Family Club , Vegetarian & No alcohol
· Integrity, Commitment & Loyalty
· Strength & Support provider to Dist. Admin.
LADIES INVOLVEMENT & LEADERSHIP is note worthy
Ln Dr.Jyoti Toshniwal 1990-91
Ln. Sulochana Bangad 2011-12
Ln. Mrs. Lata Jaju 2013-14
Ln. Ratna Mantri 2014-15
Ln Vijaya Bangad 2018-19
Ln Neelma Bhosle
Ln Preeti Sambyal 2017-18
